Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Mar 1997 09:06:39 -0800 | From | "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <> | Subject | Re: sense key error? |
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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 12:02:34 -0500 (EST) From: dave <tel1dvw@is.ups.com>
On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote: > A SCSI MEDIUM ERROR means that the target device could not read the physical > media for some reason. There's no way a MEDIUM ERROR is a driver problem. > It's also not unheard of for a CD-ROM to have problems being read, and read > just fine even a short while later.
Thanks for the info. I think I figured out what the problem was. I was reading from the CD in a loop, to test some problems with what I thought was a bad motherboard (before I replaced it) and the CD got so hot you would not believe :)
Kinda stupid, I guess. THere must be better ways to test a bad scsi disk and motherboard...
Excessive heat is one of the most common reasons for intermittent device problems, along with power supplies that are too weak to handle a heavy load but are adequate for typical case. I rather doubt most CD-ROMs are designed for continuous duty, and especially not in a typical cooling environment.
Leonard
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