Issues With Plextor Drive

[willbemcse]

I have plextor px716a the drive was working fine for couple of weeks not it doesn't read any disks. I tried the firmware upgrade that didn't helped . any ideas??

 

[hclarkjr]

are you getting a blinking light on the drive itself? green or amber? if so look here to see what the code means. count how many times the light blinks in a cycle.

 

[willbemcse]

the light only blinks once and the disk doesn't spin

 

[Bozo Galora]

the 716a was the worst drive plextor ever made
thats why they had to go to a rebadged benq for their next drive

 

[hclarkjr]

what color is it when it blinks once? is it a stready 1 blink?

 

[willbemcse]

No it blinks before it inserts the disk after the disk no light plextor says drive is toast since there is no light I just want to verify before I buy a new one and find out I wated my money.

 

[hclarkjr]

how old is the drive? plextor RMA service is top notch here in the USA, i bought one from ebay and it was DOA and i emailed them and explained where i bought it and gave the serial number and so forth. within a week i had brand new drive that is still working to this day. all that without a receipt i might add. here is plextor tech support email address

 

[willbemcse]

I called plextor the drive is 2 weeks over the warrenty. They are not doing anything from me . Anyway how is nec 3550a pretty reliable or no

 

[MrUniq]

I had an expensive plextor and it's can't read cd's...worked great for a long time too...so they do fail sometimes. Replaced it with a far cheaper plextor..probably one of those rebadged Benq's that were mentioned earlier.

 

[LoathedSynapse]

The rebadged BenQ is the 740A

 

[willbemcse]

Ok then how are nec , do they offer only one year warrenty ??

 

[Nocturnal]

Their latest offering the 760 isn't rebadged, I don't think. IIRC it was made by Plextor themselves.

 

[willbemcse]

does anyone has the new nec one ??

 

[MrUniq]

yup thats what i have..kinda wish i knew that when i got it!

 

[SnoMunke]

I have the PX-755A...all the new Plextors (PX-750A/SA, PX-755A/SA, and PX-760A/SA are made by Plextor here in Japan.

 

[Bozo Galora]

actually, you might want to wait a week or 2 for the newer 4551 - and yes, the benQ and NEC are the current most reliable
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/266

the new made by plextor Plextors are too expensive.

 

[SnoMunke]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
actually, you might want to wait a week or 2 for the newer 4551 - and yes, the benQ and NEC are the current most reliable
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/266

the new made by plextor Plextors are too expensive.

The best tend to be expensive...

 

[willbemcse]

I will get the 3550a, how are compusa dvd burners are they rebadged nec or liteon , or I am better off with nec.