(Dead) FREE! or $4.99 CenDyne 32x12x40 AR & coupon at Staples with PM (Updated)

[spinn]

gillettecat...why look for the Office Depot coupon when you can also use a Staples coupon in your case? You should be able to find that easily.

 

[MysticMan1]

Powerforward

Look at the back of the box to the left of the UPC code and you will see "Part # CDICD00107" printed on the box.

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

Originally posted by: MysticMan1
let me clear something up, for all the people searching for a upgradeable 32x CenDyne/LiteOn STOP LOOKING, your chances of finding one are probably slim and none. I've been posting deals for 32x CenDyne from Staples and OfficeMax for the last 4 or 5 months and NO ONE has ever said they they got the upgradeable LTR-32125W LiteOn drive, and remember the LTR-32125W is based on the 40x LiteOn and they stop making the 32x version soon after they started making the 40x drives, so there's only a few LTR-32125W LiteOn out there. If you want to upgrade a LiteOn to 48x buy a 40x CenDyne/LiteOn ALL of them are upgradeable to 48x. But don't let this information stop you from the fun of still looking for that W drive. 😉

They dont have any at my local Staples anyways.... Maybe I'll just hold out a couple of weeks and wait for a free 40....

 

[ghetto buck]

Had no problem getting this great deal (thanks MysticMan1), however all staples had was aopen. I assumed I would get the crw3248 but the model on the drive is actually crw2440. So apparently it's a firmware upgraded 24x drive. How are these drives? Also when upgrading the firmware which should I download?

Finally this thing is very loud when reading but not when writing, is there a way to lower the top reading speed so it's not so loUD?

Thanks

 

[Powerforward]

Thanks MysticMan1 for where to find that number and for the deal.

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: ghetto buck
Had no problem getting this great deal (thanks MysticMan1), however all staples had was aopen. I assumed I would get the crw3248 but the model on the drive is actually crw2440. So apparently it's a firmware upgraded 24x drive. How are these drives? Also when upgrading the firmware which should I download?

I accidentally deleted the information about the different CenDyne 32x rebadged drives from my post at the beginnig of this thread but the information is back up now including links to AOpen.com and a review of the AOpen 32x drive.

 

[Nefrodite]

anyone confused by the cd player rebate?


n/m seems u gotta go in and buy the ugly thing.

its not listed on their site😛 atleast that i could find😛

 

[wildting88]

i think i got a Aopen drive.

i went to www.aopen.com and found what i think is the driver... can someone tell me what is "formal release driver" ... i think it is not that one. but rather, the first one on the list below. also... how do i do the firmware upgrade... it says i need to do it from DOS. is that right? do i make some disk or something. please help if you've already done this. thanks!

and what would you mark as better, Aopen or LiteOn or ...?

🙂

 

[wiin]

Got the Mitsumi 32X @ OM, made in Philippine, January 2002. Is this an old stock? I'm looking for the "e" firmware for this baby. cdrinfo has the link but it doesn't work. Anyone has the '"e" firmware? Thanks people.

 

[MWoody]

The Staples in Gilroy, California, had one more Cendyne as of last night. I got the other one for $44.90 out the door (PM with Outpost.com to $49.90, +5$ to simulate shipping, -$10 coupon). After rebate, they'll have paid for my gas to come pick up my free burner 😀 . Looks like a Verbatim, and I think the other one was, too.

Now I need to find a deal on a PCI IDE controller... Five devices and counting!

Thanks!

 

[wiin]

We have to buy the cd player? I thought we submit the rebate form and OM will send us the cd player. Well, looks like I won't be getting the cd player. I submitted the rebate form with a copy of the cd writer receipt and a copy of the UPC.
That's my understanding of the submision guidelines listed in the rebate form. Oh wel...
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Nefrodite said:
anyone confused by the cd player rebate?


n/m seems u gotta go in and buy the ugly thing.



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[nuthead]

Mystic:

You da man!!! I've been using my 2x burner forever. At $15 (if I get the rebate) I couldn't pass on the deal this time. No OM around here, so $15 after rebate and coupon @Staples is not too shabby. Thanks.

 

[Pakaderm]

I visited a Staples near me last night and got the last drive. It's a Lite-On model. (San Diego, CA) They matched the price of OM to 59.99 but they wouldn't give me the 10 of 40 that I had printed out. So I got the drive for 62.xx tax included. I guess $12 isn't too bad for this this drive, but I'm jealous of you ppl getting them for nothing, or even getting paid. I'll try one other Staples today to see if they will hook me up.

-Pak

 

[LukFilm]

Originally posted by: MysticMan1
Had to go and buy another one. A CenDyne 32x CDRW for the price of a loaf of bread was to much to resist. Got the last one they had (a LiteOn), so now have two 32x LiteOns. This is starting to be fun, I can't wait until they start selling the 40x CenDyne for free, which should be real soon (They're $40 AR now) and going down fast. 😉

You could have gotten a free 40x Lite-On by 7/26 with a free 32x Cendyne and free 100pk Philips CDRs (that's what I did, I'll actually make $10 on this deal). So the time has come 😀

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

Originally posted by: Pakaderm
I visited a Staples near me last night and got the last drive. It's a Lite-On model. (San Diego, CA) They matched the price of OM to 59.99 but they wouldn't give me the 10 of 40 that I had printed out. So I got the drive for 62.xx tax included. I guess $12 isn't too bad for this this drive, but I'm jealous of you ppl getting them for nothing, or even getting paid. I'll try one other Staples today to see if they will hook me up.

-Pak

Which one did you go to in SD? I called the Kerney Mesa store and they told me they had 2... but I was too lazy to drive over there. Carmel Mountain was out, Mira Mesa told me they had one.

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
anyone confused by the cd player rebate?
n/m seems u gotta go in and buy the ugly thing.
its not listed on their site😛 atleast that i could find😛

The way I understand it, you send in the cd player rebate form and they send you a cd player, besides OfficeMax does sell or carry cd players.

 

[straubs]

Originally posted by: jonnashville
Nice post, but why do I feel a little bored about it all??

Now, if this was a free 40x or 48x, I might be getting excited a little.

Uh.... Why is that? You know that 40x or 48x will only burn a full CD faster than 32x by about 20-30 seconds, right?
😕

 

[straubs]

Originally posted by: cremefilled
seatidex, you can turn off the SmartBurn feature and burn at whatever speed you want. This is what I did. Nero was only allowing me to burn at 12X on some 24X rated CD's (that in fact burn fine at 40X). This does not disable the buffer underrun feature. Go to "Choose Recorder" and "options" and you'll see a SmartBurn checkbox.

You must have some bad quality media... Leaving everything the way it is, with a CenDyne (Lite-On) 32x burner and 16x media, Nero lets me go to the full 32x burning speed...and it has worked fine.

 

[jrichrds]

Ricoh has the buffer underrun protection and media speed detection separated into JustLink and JustSpeed, respectively. Both can be enabled/disabled separately

LiteON seems to combine both features into one, SmartBurn. So turning off SmartBurn doesn't also turn off the buffer underrun protection? Or is the buffer underrun protection always enabled in the drive, with no disable option?

 

[Pakaderm]

Which one did you go to in SD? I called the Kerney Mesa store and they told me they had 2... but I was too lazy to drive over there. Carmel Mountain was out, Mira Mesa told me they had one.

Carmel Mountain was out, but I was able to get one (the last one I think) in Escondido.

-Pak

 

[K75S]

A 32 x 12 x 40 with 2 mb of buffer isn't worth a couple of bucks??? 😕

 

[guinea101]

Hi, thanks for the great deal, but I may have a problem

Ok i got the last one in 57th st NYC store after walking a mile in the hot 95 Weather (after not finding it in another staples store) during my lunch break.

I had a clueless clerk so i was lucky. Gave me pricematch to outpost $49.90 than got a $10 off $40 coupon code

$70.98-30-10 = $43.08 with tax. And it also printed out $50 rebate .

Now my question is: Will STaples honor this $50 rebate? I looked closely and noticed it says "OFFER NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER REBATEs, OFFERS OR PROMOTIONS". In other words, since I used a coupon code, will it mess up my rebate???

Even though, I'm not sure would they honor a rebate that pays more than I paid, since I paid $43.08 and they are giving me $50???

Any ideas, options, answers before I send in my rebate????

THANKS🙂

 

[unclebud]

"LiteON seems to combine both features into one, SmartBurn. So turning off SmartBurn doesn't also turn off the buffer underrun protection? Or is the buffer underrun protection always enabled in the drive, with no disable option?"
i think the second and third q/a of this link will answer some questions. hope so anyway. good luck

 

[Nefrodite]

Originally posted by: wiin
We have to buy the cd player? I thought we submit the rebate form and OM will send us the cd player. Well, looks like I won't be getting the cd player. I submitted the rebate form with a copy of the cd writer receipt and a copy of the UPC.
That's my understanding of the submision guidelines listed in the rebate form. Oh wel...
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Nefrodite said:
anyone confused by the cd player rebate?


n/m seems u gotta go in and buy the ugly thing.



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well i might be wrong. i'm donig what ur doing now cuz i called the rebate center and they said they will mail the cdplayer to u. go figure. conflicting rebate info.. the joy.



and don't worry about liteon tech, its like poormans plextor. smartburn works great, and yes you can turn it off, why i dunno.

 

[Northland]

I got a Liteon drive dropped at my doorstep today! Not bad for $5.

Thanks for the great deal.

Northland