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newbhere
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_ 		3. January 2005 @ 14:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all, newb to these forums here.

I bought a Optorite dd0405 from newegg in October. I burned about 5 audio cd's on it and then all of a sudden it stopped recognizing blank cd-r's so I RMA'ed it to Newegg. Just got around to getting the new one installed and this piece of junk won't recognize any media. I don't care if you put in a store-bought cd or dvd, any type of blank media, or a peanut butter sandwich. Under "my computer" the drive shows up as "dvd-rw drive (E:)" I have noticed that sometimes when I put a blank cd in changes to dvd-rom drive (E:).

I have an old toshiba cd-r/rw dvd-rom combo drive on the same ide channel, and it works fine. I have tried swapping the slave/master places, uninstalling the optorite under device manager, looking for new drivers, etc. I dowmnloaded & installed the 2 available updates from Optorite's website. I emailed optorite's tech support but got no answer.

Does anyone have any idea on what could cause this? I already have another RMA number from Newegg tonight, but I am wondering if I am overlooking something and the same problem is going to occur when I get the second replacement.

Thanks,

Dan
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newbhere
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_ 		3. January 2005 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Check this out. Even though all the other problems still exist, the optorite will burn a back up copy of a dvd via DVD Shrink and Nero if I put the original in my toshiba drive. So this must be some OS issue I think...

Dan
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