[SGVLUG] off topic - hardware question

[Steve Bibayoff]

Hello,

On 1/26/06, jmd <jmd8800 at charter.net> wrote:

> my question is what causes the cdrom/dvdrom drive to reach these
> speeds. there must be something that causes this to happen so
> frequently.

Not sure how this is a related to Linux in any way, but

> the particulars:
>
> amd 3000+, 512MB memory, 80GB SATA 8MB cache, MS Win XP. the DVD RW
> drives were (2) AOPEN ( i forget the read write speeds and i don't
> have the boxes but they were fastest available in the last 6 months).
> the sony is a DVD +/- R dual layer.

I've seen this happen when you try to make a copy of any type of cd
from Microsoft using MS Windows. Usually the drives where close to
toast afterward.


m2c

Steve