My burner is extremely unreliable. I have a success rate of something like 25% (it used to work fine, but slow) it is a 8x4x32 (yes it is very old 1999 I think) does anyone know what the problem could be? I am using NTI standard and it always gives me the same message: hardware error. I do not know what make it is so I cannot contact the manufacturer as NTI suggests. I have already tried with other (more expensive) media but that is not the problem. I have also experimented with a lot of software. The drive is set as the primary slave with the secondary slave being a LG DVD drive. Also I have tried writing at a slower speed than the drives max. has anyone got any ideas as to what could be wrong and how it could be solved. Or should I just dump the piece of s*** and get a decent one. If so are there any drive's that u could recommend I should buy or steer clear of. Replies very welcome
Yeah... please keep to the correct forum Sounds like its just... knackered to me. You can pick up CDRW drives dirt cheap at the moment You tried the drive in another PC or OS?
i think you should dump it and get a new one. I got a cd-rw when the first came out and it was less than reliable.
Sounds like its donald ducked then, you could open the case and try manually cleaning the lens but I doubt it would be worth the hassle considering you can get a 40x for £45 nowdays. I must be old as remember £75 for a normal 8x cd rom drive.
Everspring 40x12x48 Burnproof IDE CD-RW + Nero 5.5 Burning ROM - OEM http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=36807 u think this is any good?
Get a liteon 32x or 40x or one of the clones you cannot go wrong with them as they do efm and can copy most games and are cheap. But they do have problems with some audio protection.
sorry i must be getting anying by now but what is efm? also the Everspring 1 has burnproof is this something worth having? and is the brand name woth paying for?
That should be correct efm http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Glossary/Details.asp?RelatedID=296 basically allows drive to write regular bit patterns correctly, which is good for backing up. Burnproof is so common nowdays your be hard pressed to find one without it or similar method to stop bufferunder runs like JustLink. Yes its a good thing to have.
lol, i remember when i got a bargain of a cd writer, i got it for trade price for working at a small pc shop, and it cost me £110!! 4x write, 4x rewrrite, i was respected for a while!
If you've tried the basics like defragging the drive you're copying from, and ensuring no residents operate while you're burning (I discovered Motherboard Monitor was giving me coasters) then get a burn-proof writer.
cpemma, i tried that but if it was it says there is a hardware error not buffer underrun. muse46, if the drive cost that much i bet the media cost a fiver per disk
I remember paying £165 for my 2x speed HP7200i and thinking it was a good deal then, which it was. Then thinking 30 mins to burn a cd was good, now i get peeved if it takes longer than 4 mins to burn.
I do believe plextor was the first to have burnproof... they invented it... i had one of the first burners to have it...plextor12.10.32X it was... plextors are very good but overpriced, so i'd consider a new liteon, or possibly Samsung, Lg, or any other popular brand which ain't too overpriced... any one should do...and any burner 16X or faster outta have burn proof.
Just bought a Lite-On CDRW LTR-40125S (40x12x48x) from Dabs - £47 Much improved over my old 8x burner. I just need to get some 40 speed CDRs, my spindle only works up to 24
