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upgrade or what
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bojan087
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17. March 2006 @ 21:07 |
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i received my http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827101002 today "friday" and i've been trying to get it to read a normal music cd ('s) and it wont do anything, i hear the disk spinning and nothing happens, i also tried finding an upgrade for it but i wasnt successful, anybody have any idea on what i should do please let me know, thank you
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18. March 2006 @ 00:37 |
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What are you playing the CD in, and what OS are you using?
Operating systems older than Windows XP require a physical link between the drive and the motherboard for CD audio (a small black and red cable).
Also, try using a couple of players like Windows Media Player, Winamp and itunes. If these do play, try updating you're previous software. If they don't, then try another audio cd. If that doesn't play either, then you may need to replace the drive, preferably with a different brand if I had my way (because from a personal perspective I've had bad experiences with Benq).
If it does play other CDs then you may just need to clean that CD.
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bojan087
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18. March 2006 @ 06:10 |
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its a regular music cd, i run win xp professional, and when ever i put in the cd nothing happens at all
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bojan087
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18. March 2006 @ 08:03 |
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anybody know where i can get the firmware upgrade for this bq60? because from this point its been of no use at all for me, cant burn, cant read, just sitting in my computer waisting space
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The_OGS
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18. March 2006 @ 08:19 |
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Quoting some guy called Budz I found on the web, he says:
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You have a REBADGED BENQ DQ60 drive. You can not use the official BENQ FIRMWARE for your drive. You would need to go to the I/O MAGIC website to see if they have any new firmware for the drive. In device manager it will not show a BENQ drive unless it's crossflashed to a BENQ DQ60 which to my knowledge is not possible at this time. Check the BENQ FORUM on the DQ60 drive. From the reviews at the BENQ FORUM at Cdfreaks.com it isn't a good drive. The 1655 & 1650 are the drives that have gotten good reviews from members at Cdfreaks.com.
My suggestion is to return the I/O MAGIC drive and get a BENQ 1655 from Newegg.com. If you want a rebadged BENQ 1640 COMPUSA sells it under the NORWOOD MICRO brand. Newegg.com should be coming out with the BENQ 1650 soon.
Thank you Sir Budz :^) Over to you bojan087...
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bojan087
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18. March 2006 @ 08:44 |
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thanx for that helpfull information, do you think that i should return this product and get one of those better bq brands or return this one and get a lg or one another better known brand for a little bit more money from newegg?
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The_OGS
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18. March 2006 @ 10:32 |
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I like top-quality stuff - to me, that means Plextor (and NOT LG).
I have also had good luck with NEC, Sony OEM (Lite-On), and Pioneer.
These are all $49 bucks. Plextor costs more, they are The Best!
Regards
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320GB/16MB WD, 150GB/16MB Raptor
Plextor PX-755SA DVD (SATA)
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bojan087
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18. March 2006 @ 11:32 |
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could u point out exactly one that you specificly prefer, consider 80$ or less, im trying to download movies from net onto cd and hopefully get them to play on dvd player so i can watch it through television if anyway possible if not, than just software on the cd/dvd's/music/animation ect... thanx
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18. March 2006 @ 12:21 |
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The LG GSA-4167 is a superb cheap DVD Writer that'll do absolutely everything. Before you do that though, is the drive actually recognised in windows? I don't mean to sound patronising but it sounds like it may not even be attached properly. If it is, then it'll likely be faulty, at least it isn't doing what my drive did and activate the burning laser when I put a CD-ROM in the drive.
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bojan087
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18. March 2006 @ 19:46 |
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yes its recognized in windows, its under My Computer, and also when i went to click on Add Hardware, and clicked on the burner, it told me its working properly
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ddp
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19. March 2006 @ 06:44 |
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if you can, try another ide cable. also what drives are on what cables & which is master & slave?
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 09:58 |
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first it was my cd rom that came with the computer, it didnt have anything, than i put a jumper plug or w/e u call those things on the master, and put the new burner on the slave mode, added the ide cable that was with the master one, so from hard drive to, new burner, and on the end to the old cd rom drive, and of course the power plug, i tired another set of ide cables and still nothing changed
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ddp
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19. March 2006 @ 10:26 |
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are you saying you have 3 drives on 1 cable as in hd, burner & cd rom??
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 11:00 |
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no hard drive is on serperate one
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ddp
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19. March 2006 @ 11:15 |
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set it as slave to the hd as had a somewhat similar problem between a dvd burner as master & cd burner as slave that the cd burner will eventually go offline & take the dvd burner. changed dvd burner to slave with the hd, set cdrom as master that was slave to hd & cd burner still as slave with no drop out yet.
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 11:22 |
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so have the new burner as slave, and connect the new burner to the ide that the hard drive is on, and leave the old cd rom the same way it was before?
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ddp
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19. March 2006 @ 11:37 |
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yes to see if both rom drives read & play cd's alright.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 19. March 2006 @ 11:37
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 12:51 |
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okay, i have the old cd rom drive all by its self, i have the burner/slave connected to the hd/ide cable, now the old cd rom doesnt read nor is it recognized in my computer, the new burner (D:)is recognized and is able to read a disk but i have to open it under my computer, it wont run by its self
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ddp
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19. March 2006 @ 13:04 |
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what is the old drive jumpered as in slave, master or cable select? do a properties on the dvd burner to see if autorun is enabled or not.
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 13:10 |
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the old drive was in master, and it didnt show so i took the jumper out and it still doesnt show me anything under my computer, and what do u mean do a properties on the dvd burner?
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19. March 2006 @ 13:16 |
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Device manager, select it and go properties. If the burner works if you change its settings around, the problem is to do with your IDE channels not the drive itself.
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 13:24 |
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i just checked my ide channels i have 2 of them, and under add hardware it sais that they're both working properly, and if there is a probelm what can i do to solve it?
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19. March 2006 @ 14:02 |
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Make sure everything's plugged in and set up in the BIOS correctly. Ensure that your drivea are given proper priority in the BIOS.
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bojan087
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19. March 2006 @ 16:51 |
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if its comming up in my computer than doesnt it mean its in proper condition under Bios, the problem now is that my old cd rom isnt under it
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20. March 2006 @ 02:47 |
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it would, but of course if the problem switches from one drive to another when you change their configuration, the problem is with that configuration rather than the drives themselves.
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