Blank DVD-RW Media

[Haui]

As the title says:

Can bad quality media burn up a dvd-rw drive?

My mother has burned through two Sony Sata dvd-rw drives in 3 weeks (burning about 10 discs at a time) with generic media.

 

[intogamer]

I doubt it...

Prollly something on your end.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Haui
As the title says:

Can bad quality media burn up a dvd-rw drive?

My mother has burned through two Sony Sata dvd-rw drives in 3 weeks (burning about 10 discs at a time) with generic media.

Burned thru? Got pics?

 

[MrPickins]

Maybe you should let her know that there should be no actual fire involved in the "burning" process.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Power supply? Motherboard?

I had an Asus board that would slowly kill hard drives plugged in as the slave on the primary IDE channel. I didn't figure that one out right away, since the drives it took out were a Deathstar and its refurb replacement. That sucked.

 

[dr150]

It's not the media. It's the crappily built drive you're using.

Even if the media was bad and made the drive spin up fast (happens to me fairly often), the drive should be of enough high quality to deal with such scenarios......and last you for YEARS (until you upgrade your machine).

Since Sony seems to be the culprit in your case (twice), get a different brand that's highly reviewed.

 

[TwiceOver]

Media shouldn't really make a difference. I guess at fast enough speeds if it wobbles it could smack the eye?

You would probably hear that though.