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How long do your cd burners last?

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i had a 2x hp drive thats still working on a freinds computer this day. the thing has to be like 3 or more years old. i got it back when a p3 500 was the fastest chip out and that was a while back. got it the same time i upgraded from my 75mhz pentium. also had an external sony that worked for like 2 years before i triped on the cords and launched it across the room. it still worked it just made a clicking noise when it opend and the usb port broke off.
 
Originally posted by: bockchow
i had a 2x hp drive thats still working on a freinds computer this day. the thing has to be like 3 or more years old. i got it back when a p3 500 was the fastest chip out and that was a while back. got it the same time i upgraded from my 75mhz pentium. also had an external sony that worked for like 2 years before i triped on the cords and launched it across the room. it still worked it just made a clicking noise when it opend and the usb port broke off.
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i had one of those 2x2x4 external parallel port hps, back when i had a 75MHz Pentium with 40MB ram (ooooooohhh). i ended up selling it on ebay for ~$50, but paid $500 for the damn thing.

 
I've had 4 burners and all are still in active service in various family members PC's.

Mitsumi CR4802TE
TEAC W58E
Philips 4x8x32
Liteon 32123S

Nearly all have burnt several hundred cd's.

I think burners are one of those components that appreciate a high quality power supply and a well ventilated drive bay

Greg
 
Originally posted by: bob332
i have had 6 and mine usually only last between 12-14 months (yamaha scsi and iomega(plextor rebadge) ide)). what brand and how long do yours last?

i must update this, the iomega(plextor rebadge) is back to life after i blew it out, must have been some dust on the lense or something, it is working again...
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My 2 year old Plextor 12X still works. The Liteon 48X stopped burning after three months and the Yamaha F1 I has been working okay for 5 or 6 months.

 
I've never had one die, but then again, I only use Plextor. Only.

Sold my 8x Plexwriter to a secretary at a business that I was doing tech support for a year and a half ago and immediately bought a 16x Plexwriter. Still flawless, still perfect. Fast enough for me. I'll probably get a 48x Plexwriter next summer if I for some reason feel the need.

Buy the good stuff the first time around and you don't have to screw with any bad issues. Suck it, Yamaha.

 
I had a Yamaha that started taking errors while reading CDs (originals and CD-R media). It had burned about 150-200 CDs in the 2 years I had it. I bought a Sony to replace it just last month.
 
my 8x4x32 Sony still burns disc
this is the ony CDR drive i have
i just ordered a Liteon 48x

i use to Burn like 10-20 a day since 98(for BL Music i sold)
 
My Plextor 8/4/32A has lasted nearly three years (2 years and 11 months pretty exactly) and only had a single problem with it but a bios-flash solved that (suddenly refused to burn one day but the bios-flash solved that). The only reason I upgraded to a 48(12/48 Lite-On (which I plan to flash to 52/24/52 soon 😉) ½ a year ago was that burn-proof would be nice and it was so cheap (100$) and convenient compared to losing cd's once in a while.
The Plextor still works fine though, it's in my tertiary rig now so I can burn 2 cd's at a time should I ever need that.
 
I still have a 4x CDR drive that I've had for around 4 years...

recently replaced it with a LiteOn, but it still works like a charm...
 
Hmmm. This got me to thinking. (No mean feat.)

I've been writing CDs since CD writers first became available for less than $1,000 on PCs. I write at least three CDs per day on each of my systems, with virtually all of these being data discs. I have not had a single burner last for more than a year and nine months, and (except for one DoA burner) I haven't had a single burner last less than about a year and three months. The burners have been Iomegas, Pioneers, HPs, Phillips, and Sonys. Every single drive died slowly by gradually ceasing to be able to write CDs. In the CD-R/CD-RW units it was always the CD-RW writing capability that was lost before the ability to write CD-Rs. Considering my rather standardized methods of use and the rather consistent life-span I have seen with these devices I'm beginning to think that these things typically die after about 1,500 to 2,500 writes. That would put their average useful writing life in the same ballpark as a single CD-RW disc (1,000 writes???). Kinda makes ya think, doesn't it?

Okay, maybe not. But it kept me busy for a couple of minutes. 😀

- prosaic
 
Yamaha SCSI 4x burner - 2 years and then it died 🙁
Iomega (Plextor) 12/10/32 - Almost 3 years and still burning great.

I dont really see a need for me to buy another burner till this one dies. The new ones are fast and all, but I'm pretty happy with what I've got.
 
my LG 8080B 8x4x32 still runs fine and hasn't produced any coasters with my PIII 866 for over two years. i have only burnt about 150-200 CD's tho.
i would like a faster drive but hopefully this will last me until DVD-R/RW+ drives come down to £80 or so and i maybe by then i will have a use for them 🙂
 
Had a 4X2X8 HP which was still working when I upgraded to a 12X10X24 HP which I then upgraded to a 24X10X48 Sanyo which is what I am using currently. Great drive.
 
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