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MrWilly
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25. September 2006 @ 16:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I had a trojan a few weeks ago, everything is clean now, but for some reason, my DVD burner just kicked the bucket. I have 2 drives, ones a CD-RW and the other is a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW no longer lights up, or is even listed in the devices.

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MrWilly
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25. September 2006 @ 16:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's a BenQ model that I bought off of NewEgg, it's not recognized so I can't give the exact model...it's 8x DVD, with Lightscribe and CDRW at I think 52x.
Auslander
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25. September 2006 @ 17:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
umm, what exactly are you asking for? like you said, it sounds like it kicked the bucket.


MrWilly
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25. September 2006 @ 18:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well what is odd is that the drive is fairly new, and not too long ago it stopped playing DVD movies, but would still read DVD data. What I'm asking for is if theres a way to revive the drive, or get it to recognize, it shouldn't just "kick the bucket" so quickly and easily, as it was working yesterday.
Auslander
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25. September 2006 @ 19:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it just sounds like it's been dying; probably a faulty drive. there's no way to revive one. if it's still under warranty, exchange it.


MrWilly
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25. September 2006 @ 19:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Alright, I'll see what I can come up with, thanks for the input.
MrWilly
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26. September 2006 @ 11:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And to my suprise, it randomly came back on today...and I had changed nothing at all.
Auslander
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26. September 2006 @ 11:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i find that disturbing. that drive seems very untrustworthy.


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26. September 2006 @ 18:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you check to see if the power plug and ribbon cables were plugged in tightly? If either of those are loose, it could cause intermittent problems of that nature.

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