Topic: CD Writer

[Lona]

My cd-writer is acting up and I'm not sure what's wrong. It will burn a few discs then it just stops recognising that there is a disc in the drawer. The disc is always very hot when I remove it. If I shut down and wait half an hour, then reboot, writer works ok. What could be causing this?

[Sandra]

Sounds like overworked caused by excessive downloads since you got BB Lona  

[Lona]

Sounds like overworked caused by excessive downloads since you got BB Lona  

 

[Adept]

Sounds like it could be overheating Lona  

[Simon]

I found that when CDs start coming out extra warm (they are usually warmish after burning), the drive is usually on the way out.  

[Dogsbody]

As Simon says Lona it sounds as though its on the way out I had one which did what yours is doing and it finally died. Now buried in the back garden next to the old monitor that succumbed as well.

[Tony]

Lona,

Does the drive also disappear in "My Computer"? That happened to me on a PC running ME, installed W2K, same thing. Also, when you put a CD in the drive, the PC locked up. It was only a bog standard CD-Rom, I then installed my CR-RW 32x12x24 in to that PC, problem solved.

So I sold that drive for a tenner, and bought a nice new shiny fast Samsung Drive 52x32x52, £26.95 with carrage includes Nero V5.5 software.

http://www.cclcomputers.biz/acatalog/

Go on treat yourself, as it sounds to me like your writer is on the way out.

[Lona]

Tony

My drive doesn't disappear from my computer but when I click on the drive with a disc in drawer it says "insert disc" but not every time. As regards buying a new writer, would such a fast one be compatible with my P111, 1ghz speed PC?

[Simon]

As regards buying a new writer, would such a fast one be compatible with my P111, 1ghz speed PC?

I don't think that would be a problem, Lona.  

[Tony]

Lona,

new writer will be OK on your system, is the writer as old as the PC ? have you tried reinstalling the writer software? I'm just of the opinon, when kit like that acts up, and taking into consideration it's age and it's speed. For ball park £26 you can save yourself alot of hassle, and have a fast writer to boot.

[Lona]

Yes, writer came pre-installed with PC. I was just looking at that site, Tony and I think I should be going the full hog and buying the dvd writer and cd writer combined. Would I be asking to much of my machine or would I still be ok.?

I see they have a Sony,

Sony DW14A Silver (Dual Writer +/-) OEM Ref: CDR4027
Silver OEM Drive - (4x DVD+R / 4x DVD+RW / 4x DVD-R / 2x DVD-RW / 24x CD-R / 16X CD-RW), (OEM DVD Drives require DVD playback software)

In Stock(As Of 17:30 On 11/03/2004)
 


Online Price  £61.60£72.38 Including VAT

What do you think?

[ketamininja]

Its always handy I suppose, but will you really be burning DVD's??

£40 could buy you something else  

[TR]

Lona, you could try >>> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?
action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=57305&_LOC=UK

* Simon tidied link.  

[Lona]

Lona, you could try >>> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?
action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=57305&_LOC=UK

That one only does dvd-. I want one that does both.

[Lona]

Its always handy I suppose, but will you really be burning DVD's??

£40 could buy you something else  

DVD's hold lots more data, Ketamininja. If I have to replace might as well buy dvd writer as I would probably want one at a later date anyway.