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Nessness
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_ 		31. May 2004 @ 21:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I need some help; whenever I try to burn a plain ol' data CD, my CD writer simply dies on me. It's been a few weeks already, and I noticed back then when the CD burning would actually take 26 whole minutes, as opposed to the 9 minutes it used to take. And after a few minutes of burning a disc, it would suddenly die; the computer would claim that the disc is unusable, but in reality the CD writer just sorta disconnected itself. The computer would stop recognizing ALL the cd drives connected to it, as if they all just disappeared. I've tried writing discs after using the Comp, right after restarting it, and letting it sit for a while after it just turns on. Nothing is working! Please help.
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kcc76
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_ 		1. June 2004 @ 00:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how old is your burner if its quite old the laser could have burned out if not try lense cleaner
if you do a lot of burning it wont last long i go though 1 every 4 to 6 months
example burning at 48x for a few months and all of a sudden it drops to 12x to 24x time to get new 1
and there that cheep here i stock up on them
hope this helps if not at leased youve lernt somthing new
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Nessness
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_ 		1. June 2004 @ 07:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thank you very much. That seems like a reasonable explanation; I burn 1-2 CDs every week until it died. I can't believe I didn't already think of that!
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_ 		1. June 2004 @ 08:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
1-2 cds/week shouldnt cause a catastrophic failure like that even if you had it for years unless it was just a really bad quality drive -- make note of the Maker of the drive and avoid them in the future :P
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kcc76
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_ 		2. June 2004 @ 05:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
1/2 cd's a week dont buy that drive again
go for a liteon52/48/52 had no problems with that drive
and thats all i use i pay £ 30 for them
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pentium 4 3,2ghz 1gig ddr 2700
asusp4p800 delux mobo's
120gig sata hdd's
gforce fx 5600 8x agp
6.1 sound
no fancy lights way to girly
all times 3
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