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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting
This Chapter discusses the basics of troubleshooting the 1600L i.LINK
drive.
A few words about CD-ROMs
The laser in a CD-ROM player reads the difference in reflectivity from
one spot to the next. This difference in reflectivity is simply created
from a difference in the depth of pits stamped into the CD-ROM
Media.
Large production runs of CDs are stamped to create the pits. The Sony
1600L i.LINK drive burns recordable CD media, or alters the state of
the substance within CD-RW media to change its reflectivity by means
of a finely controlled laser beam.
The pits that the laser of the CD reader senses are either the one or the
zero bits that are interpreted as data, music, photographs depending on
the format with which the disc is recorded. The CD is covered in a
transparent shield that the laser can read through or burn through.
Scratches, smudges or particles on the bottom read/write surface can
impede the functioning of your CD-RW, CD-R or CD-ROM device.
A few words about the i.LINK interface
Because the i.LINK interface allows for insertion and removal while
the computer is running, it is easy to overlook whether the unit is
connected. Please be sure the unit is connected before conducting other
troubleshooting steps.
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