Posted by Atropos on 09/12/06 13:42

Sorry - meant 4550A

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"Atropos" <none@yallahabibe.com> wrote in message
news:ee6c9t$kfj$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
> An NEC 4570A - used externally in a prolific housing with a laptop via
> USB.
>
> All used to work fine. No probs for the first 6 months. I left it for 5,
> then came back and it was working okay for a month but now:
>
> Drive suddenly starts taking ages for the laptop to recognise it. Green
> light staying on for some time. Requires several power on/offs.
>
> Drive suddenly doesn't recognise DVDR at first few attempts. Needs power
> on/offs or ejecting and re-entering disks.
>
> Drive really hates DVD+R - will not rip them.
>
> Drive starts failing midway through a burn with DVD Decrypter with I/O
> errors. This is new - has happened a couple times in the last 24 hours.
>
> Is it on the way out? Or is the housing crapping out?
>
> Cheers
>

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