[real-eyes] Re: Thoughts on CD/DVD drive problem
- From: "Duyahn Walker" <themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 11:05:32 -0600
I would have the drive replaced then Rip the same material with CDEX and see
if the problem reoccurs. If it doesn't then it's the software you are using
I am guessing. If it does reoccur then stop using that drive and use the
other drive as you have said that that particular drive works and you have
had no problems with it.
Duyahn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Epley" <gregepley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: [real-eyes] Thoughts on CD/DVD drive problem
> Got a strange problem that's come up and I'm just seeking some second
> opinions on it. Here's the story...
> My wife got me an early Christmas present of the Superman Returns audio
> book, the $20 version from Barnes and Noble. I've ripped many books and
> music with no problems over the years with Audiograbber, so it's not as if
> I have no experience doing it. However, I noticed when I took the first
> CD out of the package, there are eight of them, that the disc felt very
> cheap, not like the usual feel one expects. Ripping started fine, but
> when it got near the end of the disc, the disc spun down, then back up,
> then down, and it sounded like it was going to sling the drive head clean
> out of the optical drive any second. Sometimes I'd get an ASPI error, and
> other times it would copy the disc just fine, but the other problems I
> mentioned would occur on every disc. It took forever to rip to disc
> number six, and then, when I started to rip disc six, my whole system went
> beserk and JAWS was stuttering to beat the band, as if my poor system
> could no longer keep up. I had an external Lite
> On drive so I switched over and finally managed to finish ripping the
> other three discs, and as far as I can tell my LiteOn drive's okay. But
> now, when I try to rip a CD with Audiograbber in the internal CD/DVD drive
> where the stuttering was occuring, it always stutters and sounds like my
> system's going into complete meltdown, while I seem to be able to play or
> rip the exact same disc fine in the external LiteOn drive. I tried
> playing a DVD in the internal drive and the audio's clearly choppy, and
> yet the same DVD seems to play fine in the same player software off the
> external LiteOn.
>
> What I think's happened is that the stupid, cheap audio book has ruined my
> internal CD/DVD drive. I'm guessing it's thrown it out of alignment but
> that's just a guess. At any rate I find it odd that this just suddenly
> started happening after trying to rip this audio book.
>
> As a test, I took the same DVD movie disc and tried playing it with
> Windows Media Player in both the external LiteOn drive as well as the
> internal drive. The DVD plays fine in the external LiteOn, but JAWS
> begins stuttering and my system sounds like it's going into total meltdown
> from the internal drive. I ripped only three of the cheap discs in the
> LiteOn, but most of them were ripped in the internal drive. The odds that
> the internal drive just decided to go on the fritz right when I ripped
> this book are pretty small in my book.
>
> The system's still under warranty, so my thought was to contact the
> manufacturer and see if I can get a replacement optical drive. If the
> internal drive's simply knocked out of alignment, I can't very well get it
> back in alignment when I know none of the original specs of proper
> alignment. I don't know what else to do but try and get the drive
> replaced.
>
> At any rate, this is a caution to any of you that rip CD's. If the CD's
> feel cheap, beware. If possible, rip them on a drive you can easily
> replace. This drive happens to be in a laptop, and while I can replace it
> myself, getting it replaced still isn't a fun job, and from now on, I'm
> doing all my ripping on the external LiteOn. It costs less to replace and
> is easier to replace than the internal drive in the laptop.
>
> Thoughts on the problem, anyone?
> -Greg Epley
> Thinkzo Systems
> Web: http://www.thinkzo.com
>
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