topic Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems in Optical Jukeboxes and Drives

CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

John Dawson_4 — Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:55:35 GMT

I've had my 7200i writer for 18 months now and had no problems at all with it
until recently.

Whilst using Easy CD Creator and writing to CDR's I receive the following
errors:-

T0100: I/O error (05/26/00) - Command error - invalid field in parameter list
T0100: I/O error (05/26/00) - Command error - invalid field in parameter list
T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed
D0100: I/O error (03/02/F2) - CD recorder error - cannot seek to the requested
location

I have re-installed the software and this had made no difference whatsoever!

If I try and use Direct CD to read / write to CDRW it seems to write for ages
and then lock up and will not let me eject the disk?

Anyone had similar problems. Is it that the writer is dirty.

The drive reads data ok though!!

Any help would be much appreciated.
Please email me direct: john@jdaw.demon.co.uk

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Michael Mcauley_4 — Fri, 24 Mar 2000 01:58:10 GMT

yes, same problem has occured on my 7200i.

I ran the diagnostics and get ASPI errors as well.

I can still create DCDs but forget creating any CDs. I get buffer underrun
errors at 2x and 1x record. Doesnt matter if I create from drive or CD. I have
also removed all caches.. nothing will correct this error.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Micheal Double — Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:55:01 GMT

And I have the very same problem!comon HP give us some support already

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Pat Long — Sun, 16 Apr 2000 09:25:37 GMT

I have a 7200i in a hybrid system with 128m RAM, 350 AMD processor and an IBM
DeskStar 13.2g hard drive. I always get buffer underrun errors when I try to
make audio cd's. I've tried adjusting my Vcache under system.ini file and that
didn't help. I wish HP would step up and give us some help. IF Hewlett-Packard
still stands for quality then they should look at this forum and give us some
assistance.
In the meantime if anyone has experienced this and fixed it please let me know.
THanks
Pat Long

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Johnny Green_1 — Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:53:49 GMT

I thought I was crazy because this happened to me with absolutely no changes to
my system. All of a sudden, after 9 or 10 months of working perfectly with CDR
CDRW, both reading and recording, it stopped recording music CDs. I can still
read and create data CDs but I've not gotten past Track 1 creating a music CD
in the last 3 weeks.

Does anybody know how we could go about getting some assistance from HP with
this issue? I can't find my receipt right now but I'm still searching. Is
there a recall on this model?

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Lynn Delgado — Tue, 25 Apr 2000 07:09:45 GMT

I too started receiving buffer overrun problems after about 6 months. I
recorded music externally and then copied the audio files to the cd with no
problem. Then it just quit working. I defraged, scandisked, ran virus checks,
tried making it a master, slowing the speed and then the drive did not eject.
They sent me a new drive that was produced 3 months after the previous drive.
I uninstalled the all the previous software, then reinstalled the enclosed
software and all the patches after 3.01. I still get buffer over-runs. I have
96MB RAM and 2 4GB drives and an 8x cdrom at 120 MHZ. Not the lastest, but
certainly not the oldest. HP please make this right.....

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Jaime Scarpatti_1 — Tue, 25 Apr 2000 17:12:21 GMT

I have a 9100 Series writer and I am getting the same error when making a copy
of a CD. I do not see a tread from HP. Hopefully they'll have some answers. I
have only had the system for about 4-5 months.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Wim Dobbelaere — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 06:26:21 GMT

Hi,

I have the same problems with my hp 9100. It worked perfectly for a few months and now I can't copy anymore cd's. The errors I get are the same T0100 and T7728. Sometimes the test works ok and then it fails when copying resulting in a wasted disk. I even had problems with copying data. The copying works fine in that case but the data on the disk seems to be unreachable.
I've checked other forums and this seems to be a regular plague amongst cd-writers. Suggestions go from cleaning the lens to making sure nothing is running and that all DMA's are shut off. I have two remarks on that point. 1 It doesn't seem to work either and 2 even if it did, this is no decent way of working with the PC. Imagine you have to change your bios , shut down everything else (including things as the screensaver) everytime you want to use that cd-writer. Best thing to do, get that thing back to the shop and get a new one, thats what I plan to do anyway.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Nilesh Patel — Thu, 19 Oct 2000 01:33:18 GMT

I have the same problem as mentioned above with the write track errors however I am also having problem of sometimes when burning audio tracks the first track burns then the burner just stalls the led for the laser turns off but the cd light still blinks and does not allow me to eject the disk. please if anyone has nay fixed I would greatly appreicate it
npatel@theriver.com

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

THE LAM — Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:19:41 GMT

I also have the same problem, after 18 months of perfect burning. I guess it's the life expectancy for all HP burners.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Stephen C — Sat, 28 Oct 2000 03:22:00 GMT

I too just had my HP 7200i CD Writer die on me after 18 monthes. Are these things timebombed to die ?

I just wasted 10 CD's thinking I must have did something wrong. It's obviously a defective product.

T0100: I/O error (05/26/00) - Command error - invalid field in parameter list
T0100: I/O error (05/26/00) - Command error - invalid field in parameter list
T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed
D0100: I/O error (03/02/F2) - CD recorder error - cannot seek to the requested
location

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

THE LAM — Sun, 29 Oct 2000 03:21:07 GMT

mine just said : "Unknown error " them eject the coaster.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Mad Turnip — Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:38:32 GMT

I had the same problem happen to me after 18 months. I returned it to where I bought it and luckily I have a friend working there who just gave me a new one. This one works fine although it hasnt been 18 months yet...
We'll see whether I hate-mail HP then or not...

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

THE LAM — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 01:54:28 GMT

I think I will return the HP hopefully they will exchange for another one. Don't hold my breath thought.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Will_4 — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 02:29:38 GMT

Quite disgusted with my 7200i. Worked great at first, but after about the same time (20 months) it started the same thing you all described. Buffer underruns and coasters at any speed even when copying to HD first. On a celeron 550 with 128MB I think the machine is fast enough. It originally worked fine on a PII 48MB machine.

I will buy Yamaha drives from now on.

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Horace Cho — Sun, 05 Nov 2000 04:00:20 GMT

I'm also having very similar problems with my 7200i. This was a unit that was reluctantly sent out by HP Support in Feb/2000 to replace the original one I bought which failed after about 9 months of light use. All in all, I'm not impressed with either the service I received or the product.

The errors I get when using easy CD creator are:
T7303: TrackWriter error - Undefined or invalid parameter
T7303: TrackWriter error - Undefined or invalid parameter
T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed
D0100: I/O error (05/64/09) - sense code 0x64
D0100: I/O error (05/2C/00) - Command error - commands not issued in sequence

Strangely enough, the drive reads CDR CD's fine, and will even burn a R/W CD. It fails on the Performance test of the HP Diagnose Utility and returns ASPI errors. I've tried running a CD Cleaner disc through it but this doesn't help. I'm thinking that the drive is toast as I've tried it in another PC and it does exactly the same thing. If anyone else has any ideas on what's causing this or how it can be fixed, I'd appreciate it.

horace.cho@home.com

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Derek Saddington — Sun, 05 Nov 2000 18:33:51 GMT

EVERYONE IS HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS!

My 7200i has just died after 24 months of light use. A friend had his 15 month old unit replaced after persistant complaints to technical department. I don't hold out much hope for a replacement for my old unit.

120,000 hours MTBF. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Buy a RICOH, cheaper and better.

Derek Saddington

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Philip_3 — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 13:53:46 GMT

I thought it was just me, I have exactly the same problems for no reason at all.

It rw ok, ir reads ok, it doesnt burn audio cd's.

After approx 18 months, bloomin weird.

Phil

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Andries Steenkamp — Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:50:36 GMT

It seems:

(1) Many people have the same problem
(2) HP doesn't care

My 7200i "buffer underrun" problems also started suddenly after about 20 months. I have done everything possible to resolve this (including HP's recommendations) The only thing I have not done yet is trash the damn thing and get something that works!

Re: CD-Writer 7200i Write Problems

Philip_3 — Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:31:43 GMT

I have given up, it is knackered.....HP replied to my email and I then spoke to them, apparently the RW and W actions are done at different frequencies/angles of laser? So my W bit is dead.

I just bought a replacement Ricoh RW/W and incorporated DVD player all for ?156 (inclusive of VAT) Bargain as I wanted a DVD player.

Phil