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| t2682 - Replacement for CD-RW?; reads fine but no write | |
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| Topic Started: May 8 2008, 12:57 PM (196 Views) | |
| bwTN | May 8 2008, 12:57 PM Post #1 |
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It's a really great little computer, I have had very few problems but I'm pretty sure the drive is bad. Cannot burn any type CDR or RW at any speed with any program. Tried: firmware, uninstall, different media, and recently used restore disc, drive fires up and whines a lot, couple of CLUNKS and just basically hangs during write. Slow speed it appears to write just fine but just trashes the media. I have not tried the drive in another machine, but I probably should...? The drive is Samsung SW-248F and I also have a DVD read only, they are set up as Master/Slave the writer is slave. I want to replace them both with a good combo drive, anybody done something like this? I don't need a fancy or a fast drive I need reliable. TIA, bw |
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T2682, upgraded to P4 2.4 added WD 40g HD doubled RAM to 512K XP Service Pack 2/IE7 Upgraded to 350Watt PSU | |
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| TD25x | May 8 2008, 07:58 PM Post #2 |
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Optical drives are cheap now-days. Just click over to NEWEGG and take your pick. Stay away from the SATA interface as your mobo doesn't support those. If you want to keep the OEM faceplate stay within the same brand, i.e. Samsung, and you might get lucky and the faceplate will interchange. |
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T5224 ‡ Intel DG33TLM ‡ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ‡ 2 x 1GB Crucial PC6400 DDR2 ‡ EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB ‡ 1- WD 80GB SATA2 10,000RPM Raptor ‡ 1- WD 1.0TB SATA3 7200RPM ‡ Samsung 22x DVD-RW SH-S222L ‡ Corsair AX750W PSU ‡ Win7 Ult x64 ‡ Logitech wireless keyboard & mouse ‡ DELL - UltraSharp 2408WFP 24-inch Flat Panel ‡ Bose Companion 3 speakers | |
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| bwTN | May 9 2008, 04:00 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah they are all cheap, I can't believe I can get a dvd burner for 30 bucks. I smell planned obsolesence are we fixing to switch to different size disc or what? I don't think I like Samsung, but I hadn't thought about the faceplate. I guess there are a couple of screws like a floppy. I will yank this drive over the weekend and check that out before I order one thanks. |
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T2682, upgraded to P4 2.4 added WD 40g HD doubled RAM to 512K XP Service Pack 2/IE7 Upgraded to 350Watt PSU | |
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| TD25x | May 9 2008, 07:30 PM Post #4 |
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Wouldn't suprise me if software starts being released on flash drives |
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T5224 ‡ Intel DG33TLM ‡ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 ‡ 2 x 1GB Crucial PC6400 DDR2 ‡ EVGA GeForce 8800GT 512MB ‡ 1- WD 80GB SATA2 10,000RPM Raptor ‡ 1- WD 1.0TB SATA3 7200RPM ‡ Samsung 22x DVD-RW SH-S222L ‡ Corsair AX750W PSU ‡ Win7 Ult x64 ‡ Logitech wireless keyboard & mouse ‡ DELL - UltraSharp 2408WFP 24-inch Flat Panel ‡ Bose Companion 3 speakers | |
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