-=PCTechTalk=- Re: DVD-RW drive about to die
- From: <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 22:17:50 -0400
Depending on usage rate the drive may be worn out. Try downloading and
installing the newest driver for the operating system installed.
I would suggest buy a new drive. I'd make it an external so it could move
easily to a different or new computer.
If your operating system and the rest of the computer is also 7 years old,
consider a whole new computer. The dvd burner won't be the last thing to go
bad and in another year or two you may end up spending another 2 or 3 or 4
hundred dollars and have nothing much better than a 10 year old computer.
New e-machines desktops with very good levels of equipment and RAM were
priced under $500 with Win7 and 17 or 19 inch monitors before I left
Walmart. Also consider laptops at very similar prices.
Don
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Folkvord -
PlanetOrigo.com
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 8:49 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- DVD-RW drive about to die
Hey gang,
Havent had a major PC problem for several months now, partially thanks to
this list which offers so much great help by just reading posts. Thanks to
everyone who has asked and/or answered something the last six months! :-)
The last few weeks I have experienced problems with my CD/DVD burner, which
is a Sony DRU-500a. First it started to not recognise RW discs at all. It
doesnt see there is a disc there, it doesnt burn them, it doesnt read them,
it doesnt erase them. More or less the same time I also got problems with
burn-once discs, as discs would not burn and the software (Nero) would
return a "power calibration error" message.
I have googled that and it seems to be a known problem, but none of the
solutions work. I have:
Installed Service Pack 3
Tried new ASPI layers
Tried to install Microsoft's hotix (works only on SP2)
Used three different burning softwares
Used 4 different brands of DVD-RWs
Used 3 different brands of DVD-Rs
Opened DVD unit to remove dust (it was suggested as a fix)
....but nothing works! The drive can still not recognise any RW discs, and I
frequently (half the time) get power calibration errors.
Should I assume the drive is about to die and get a new one? If the problem
lies in Windows, getting a new burner wont help, I think. The burner is
quite old, about 7 years, and I have used it daily since I got it. Do the
symptoms point at death?
glenn
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