Re: CD writer wear out?
* Alan Ianson <alianson@shaw.ca> [2006 Jul 17 16:00 -0500]:
> On Mon July 17 2006 12:54 pm, Art Edwards wrote:
> > I have had several CD burners die. They read just fine, but they stop
> > writing after a very finite number (say tens) of CD's. My hardware vendor
> > says that this is rare. Has anyone else had this experience? Is there
> > something I should be doing?
>
> Really!? I have CD burners here that go back 7 years and they still work. I
> don't know what to suggest but I don't think the burner is worn out.
I have a Sony I bought in '01. About 18 months ago it started making
discs that were nearly unreadable on my T23. I bought an Iomega USB
writer and that helped for a while. Finally I replaced the CD-ROM in
the T23 with a CD/DVD-RW drive. Since it's much faster than my old
Sony, I just use it.
I suspect minor alignment problems over time especially on a laptop.
- Nate >>
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