I think my burner died, Help me plz, Ive got pics

[chasem]

Well, i think my ricoh 7040a finnally bit the dust.
Here are some error messages:



Diskjuggler message
Fireburners message
Neros message

I can not burn a cd. I can read a cd.

Any ideas?

 

[MrDudeMan]

the fireburner picture doesnt work..for me at least


looks to me like you have a coaster maker, but with what i see i cant really prove that to be true, it just looks that way

 

[Mavrick007]

Try a cd-rw and just try to copy a few various files from your hard drive using EZ CD creator if you have it.
If the most basic copying doesn't work, then your cd writer is dead.

Try cleaning it, that might work, but I doubt it. If all else fails, at least it will still read cds and can use it as a cdrom. Is it still under warranty? How old is it?

 

[chasem]

its an old one, I needed an excuse to get a new burner anyway.
Im gonna try that cdrw crap

 

[Slacker]

I think those are the drives that get "dry rails" if you are going to open it up, look at the rails that the lens slides on, there will be a small amount of extra lube at the end of the rail, you can try to re-lube and see if that fixes it.

 

[chasem]

What burner should i get? I dont wana spend more than 150$

 

[Sniper82]

Whoa for $150 you can get alot(burner wise)nowdays. I would go with a Yamaha,Plextor or TDK which IMO are the top brands. Look on pricewatch all 3 brands @ 24x/10x/40x can be had for $150 and under. I think Plextor is the best then TDK and Yamaha last.

 

[AU Tiger]

I recommend Plextor or Lite-on

 

[Sniper82]

Lite On 40x/12x/48x can be had for under $150 on pricewatch.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Whoa for $150 you can get alot(burner wise)nowdays. I would go with a Yamaha,Plextor or TDK which IMO are the top brands. Look on pricewatch all 3 brands @ 24x/10x/40x can be had for $150 and under. I think Plextor is the best then TDK and Yamaha last.

what are you smoking? who buys a 24x for 150 dollars???? get a 40!

 

[Nate420]

I just got a Lite-On 32x12x40....Very nice drive..Quiet and Fast!

Got it from Newegg.com for $120 including shipping..Can't beat the price

 

[jh0sken612]

I love my TDK 24 10 40


Bestbuy / Pricewatch baby

 

[Paulson]

Ummmmm the 48x is the read speed there buddy

 

[gamephile]

I'm jiving just fine with my Lite-On 24x10x40, got it for 89 shipped at newegg.

 

[Telinar]

Get a Lite-On. I love mine!!

 

[scorpiots]

did u check at least if you have correct ASPI installed? theres is aspichecker from nero website that u can dnld. I have it happend to me one time after I installed couple programs and aspi was messed up.