Is it only my CD-ROM drive thats like this?

[Jerboy]

The Creative 48x speed drive in one of our computer is beginning to bite the dust. It is one of many drives made by Top-G in China. The drive still works, but it appears that the optics inside is having hard time tracking lately and it slows down to 6x no matter what CD I throw it at. I thought it was some configuration problem on Windows and I tried the drive in a different computer and same problem.

Most cheapo Made in Taiwan drives are made by BTC, cheapo made in China's are made by Top-G, that said, anyone having noticeable deterioration in performance or premature failures with 40x+ CD ROM drives?

 

[Mitzi]

<< anyone having noticeable deterioration in performance or premature failures with 40x+ CD ROM drives? >>



I had one of those 48x Creative CDs - died in about 6 weeks. I brought a Philips 48x to replace it - died in about 8 months, I got an RMA on the Philips drive, the replacement died in about 4 weeks.

I now use my Philips 8x CDRW as my primary CDROM drive.

 

[Jerboy]

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<< anyone having noticeable deterioration in performance or premature failures with 40x+ CD ROM drives? >>



I had one of those 48x Creative CDs - died in about 6 weeks. I brought a Philips 48x to replace it - died in about 8 months, I got an RMA on the Philips drive, the replacement died in about 4 weeks.

I now use my Philips 8x CDRW as my primary CDROM drive. >>




So who makes a good CD-ROM drive that isn't a recorder? Recorders just plainly suck at seek time and I wouldn't want to use it as a main reader.

 

[dunkster]

http://www.cdrlabs.com/

The above site has some decent performance reviews. Unfortunately, they can't predict longevity of any device.

Hope this helps!

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

try cleaning the drive with one of those cd cleaning kits before replacing it and see if it helps...