I'm having troubles with my current CD-RW drive. It's a Sony 48x drive. For the last couple of months it behaved strangely - sometimes it would take it 5mins to start the CD (the phase where it stays on the 4-5% mark before it starts the actual burn process), other times it would take it too long to close the CD, and sometimes it wouldn't burn at all.
I thought it was a problem with the media I was using (LG), but now I got some Memorex CD-Rs, which I used to write on with no problems, and I won't start writing at all - it stays on the initial stage of the Nero burn process and then spits out a 'Power Calibration' error.
I have had this drive for almost a year, and I still have about a year warranty left, but I don't think that they'll agree to exchange the drive - more likely they'll tear it open and tinker with it, but from my experiece that'll fix it for only a short period of time. What's with CD-RW drives? My old Teac 16x stopped recording CD-Rs after about a year and a half of usage. Can't companies make a drive which would last at least a couple of years? I think I would still use the Teac if it didn't die - I don't need much more speed than 6mins per CD.
If they refuse to exchange it, and I actually am stuck with getting a new one, which brand would you recommend? Some of my options are - Asus, LG, Nec, MSI. Previously I always thought that Teac were good. I don't anymore. The Sony I have I think is a rebadged Lite-On (I've heard before that Sony CD-RW are actually Lite-Ons + the tray on the inside is identical to my neighbor's Lite-On tray..) so I think I'll steer clean of Sony and Lite-On.
Anyway.. there is not MUCH point to this thread before I find out whether they'll exchange my current drive.. it's more of a rant, and perhaps if you guys can recommend a solution. I searched Sony's site for firmware updates but my model is not listed in the firmware updates page. Should I try another CD recording application? Any other suggestions?
I thought it was a problem with the media I was using (LG), but now I got some Memorex CD-Rs, which I used to write on with no problems, and I won't start writing at all - it stays on the initial stage of the Nero burn process and then spits out a 'Power Calibration' error.
I have had this drive for almost a year, and I still have about a year warranty left, but I don't think that they'll agree to exchange the drive - more likely they'll tear it open and tinker with it, but from my experiece that'll fix it for only a short period of time. What's with CD-RW drives? My old Teac 16x stopped recording CD-Rs after about a year and a half of usage. Can't companies make a drive which would last at least a couple of years? I think I would still use the Teac if it didn't die - I don't need much more speed than 6mins per CD.
If they refuse to exchange it, and I actually am stuck with getting a new one, which brand would you recommend? Some of my options are - Asus, LG, Nec, MSI. Previously I always thought that Teac were good. I don't anymore. The Sony I have I think is a rebadged Lite-On (I've heard before that Sony CD-RW are actually Lite-Ons + the tray on the inside is identical to my neighbor's Lite-On tray..) so I think I'll steer clean of Sony and Lite-On.
Anyway.. there is not MUCH point to this thread before I find out whether they'll exchange my current drive.. it's more of a rant, and perhaps if you guys can recommend a solution. I searched Sony's site for firmware updates but my model is not listed in the firmware updates page. Should I try another CD recording application? Any other suggestions?
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