On Tuesday, September 21, 1999 10:41 AM, Roberto Safora
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> Any explanation, recommendation  or solution for this problem?
> A friend has a CTX EZBOOK notebook, model RT6730 from 800 series. It
happens
> that many CDs he has burned on a externnal HP CD writer, are not read by
the
> CD driver that comes with the notebook. These same CDs are read by other
> drivers in other PCs. However there seems to be no problem with original
> Cds.
>
> Thanks a lot
> Roberto Safora
> [log in to unmask]

No recommendations or solution, but I can give an explanation.  CDR's and
CDRW's have a lower reflectivity than a normal CD.  This means the laser
has to be brighter or the reciever more sensitive to read them.  One or
both of these is not true in the notebook's CD, therefore not enough light
is being recieved.  This is a problem in many older CD-rom drives, even on
desktops.

Donald Gaither

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