DVD-rom/CD Burner is dying.

horse-fly · 15th July 2004, 05:10

So here is the story. My ODD is dying. It is a Samsung 332b Dvd-rom/CDRW drive. Sometimes when I put in a disk, it reads it, or atleast dignifies the existence of a disk inside it. But most of the time I have no luck and I can get diddly squat out of it. I ran a test today to see if it atleast read at 2X speed. It failed horribly. Does anyone know a way to fix it through windows? Or even a hardware fix? I think it is something with the motor, but I haven't even used it that much. 2 years old it was.

deeder7001 · 15th July 2004, 05:17

i have a cd burner made in '99. it's 4x2x24x. it takes 20 minutes to burn a CD but it gets the job done. but i think you should just spend about $40 on a new DVD drive and another $40 for a CD burner. or you could spend about $100+ for a DVD burner.

horse-fly · 15th July 2004, 05:20

I have all of my slots taken up. Unless I get rid of my original hard drive and replace it with the one I have in one of those slots, I'll still have 2 slots and no money.

. - .... .- -. .... · 15th July 2004, 08:02

Combo drives are evil - I've gone through a few in my time. Buy an IDE card if you don't have enough slots on the motherboard, or splash out on a DVD burner - they aren't that expensive these days...

Lapikas · 15th July 2004, 10:05

Just yesterday I ordered Nec duallayer dvd-burner for 90 €. Not too expensive IMO..

15th July 2004, 05:10	#1
horse-fly Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,360	DVD-rom/CD Burner is dying. So here is the story. My ODD is dying. It is a Samsung 332b Dvd-rom/CDRW drive. Sometimes when I put in a disk, it reads it, or atleast dignifies the existence of a disk inside it. But most of the time I have no luck and I can get diddly squat out of it. I ran a test today to see if it atleast read at 2X speed. It failed horribly. Does anyone know a way to fix it through windows? Or even a hardware fix? I think it is something with the motor, but I haven't even used it that much. 2 years old it was.

15th July 2004, 05:17	#2
deeder7001 Jesus Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 5,560	i have a cd burner made in '99. it's 4x2x24x. it takes 20 minutes to burn a CD but it gets the job done. but i think you should just spend about $40 on a new DVD drive and another $40 for a CD burner. or you could spend about $100+ for a DVD burner. There is no sig.

15th July 2004, 08:02	#4
. - .... .- -. .... Backpacking Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: საქართველო (Georgia) Posts: 10,104	Combo drives are evil - I've gone through a few in my time. Buy an IDE card if you don't have enough slots on the motherboard, or splash out on a DVD burner - they aren't that expensive these days... Like my photography? Buy some here....

15th July 2004, 10:05	#5
Lapikas Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the other side.. Posts: 670	Just yesterday I ordered Nec duallayer dvd-burner for 90 €. Not too expensive IMO.. The requested SIG could not be retrieved

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15th July 2004, 05:20	#3
horse-fly Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,360	I have all of my slots taken up. Unless I get rid of my original hard drive and replace it with the one I have in one of those slots, I'll still have 2 slots and no money.