Memorex 48X CD-ROM $10.25 + Tax shipped free

[divinemartyr]

Leo,

Just wanted to show you a good place to test your audio extraction. One of TDK's selling points with their VeloCD burner is the audio extraction at 24x, so they conveniently put a test program up at velocd.tdk.com to test the audio extraction as well as the ACCURACY of your DAE. I'd go check out this program, I used it and it's rather accurate.

divinemartyr

 

[ghouldini]

Anyone know how long of a warranty Memorex's have for these drives?

I got a 24x a couple of years ago, and it won't spin up most CD's. Then cheap $5 game CD's worked fine, but when I got to modern CD's like Win98 and Starcraft, it acts like someone is holding a finger on the disk to keep it from spinning. One CD that tried to spin but quit/timed out, I trimmed the outer edge with a exacto knife and then it spun up. But there "Seemed" to be enough play between the tray wall and edge of disk to me. Shaking the front door panel with my finger while it was trying to spin got it to move a little sometimes. I got it at Best-Buy and it had no manual, just a one sheet with instructions, no mention of warranty. I figure it has expired and for the cost of having it fixed/shipping, I can buy a new one and got me that Toshiba DVD drive instead of trying to make that old one work in my new build. Had it in an old 386 that hasn't been used in a year. I don't think much of it's quality from my experiance since it did this almost from day one, but for $10, sounds better than what you can get at a local show for that price.

 

[gychang]

where is the $20 coupon?, is it in the stores? (I assume for purchase over 20 dollars?)

GYC:Q

 

[CinderElmo]

Elmo no can post coupon codes on this forum.

You will have to find the coupon for $20 off at Staples through other means. Just gotta look in the right spots

 

[gychang]

where do I get this coupon?, tried to order via website but still requires the code number.

any help out there?, do they have it in the stores?

GYC:Q

 

[GISGURU]

ordered yesterday at 1:00pm delivered today at 11:00am
price with tax after rebate 11.77
Great Deal Thanks

 

[Kwad Guy]

I have one of these. It worked great for a few weeks. Now I
continually have troubles with time-outs and whatnot. I tried
to use it to install Linux on my machine (booting from CD) and
1/2 the time it didn't find the CD at boot, another 1/4 the time
it would find the CD at boot, but then trudge along at an
incredibly slow pace trying to extract from the CD (finally
timing out). The other 1/4 of the time (1/4 of the time may
be generous) it would actually work.

DAE extraction is relatively poor. I can't recall the rate right
now, but not good enough to power even an 8x on-the-fly write.

Drive is worth $10, especially when it's working. But it isn't
a great drive by any means.

Kwad

 

[HKSturboKID]

I remember I bought a no frills cd rom from 3gghead and it works fine in the beginning and than after a few weeks went by....I bought the linux magazine and try to install on my pc. Pop the cd in to boot up. I can hear the cd rom spins very fast and nothing is happening. I press the eject button and nothing happens...So finally I use a pin and push it into the pinhole on the cd rom to eject the tray and that cd flew out so damn fast it almost cut me up. Luckily it was facing the wall and cause a dent on my wall. Then it drops to the group and it still spinning. The Cd rom is only 40x.

CDROM IS Dangerous...Choose wisely!

I am not making this up, this is true!

 

[gychang]

thanks for all the tips and help. Ordered one for total cost of $11 after rebate.

GYC

 

[y2kyu]

Wow, great deal! These will work great in the extra PCs I'm building. I wasn't even going to put in cd-roms, just use my network drives, but at that price how can I resist?

After reading rebate, it doesn't look like there's any limit either.

 

[Southpaw]

update #1 this particular drive is a POS.. DAE at 4X with 65% errors and loud as crap...back she goes..

hey all,

Got my 48X in on Wednesday and just set it up this morning...

Did it say anywhere that these drives were supposed to be used??

After installing, i noticed the light stayed on...Upon pushing the button, voila...a Velocity 4400 Videocard Driver CD pops out....

I know $10 bucks is a good deal, but.....come on...everybody else got a new drive....didn't they??

Do I have recourse at the Staples B&M??? Swap-a-rooni for a new one???

thx

southpaw

 

[MIDIman]

How funny! Considering its from Staples, these should be brand new though.

 

[PicPop]

I am using this cd rom..sux...man..very slow to load a cd or install games....48x? i think it's only 12x or 24x..

 

[pdragn78]

i would think that for $10, you can't go wrong...but after hearing the feekback from users on this site, i'm gonna pass on this deal; don't need anymore headaches

 

[gychang]

ordered from Staples, on a loud side when it is full go, but seems reasonably fast and works.

GYC

 

[CLiu]

Does Staples charge tax no matter where you live? I always got charged for TAX.

 

[mikelou26]

dang great deal
=)

 

[randomlinh]

if you got a staples in your state, you gunna get taxed.

 

[ghouldini]

Well, if you can find something you want at Staples that costs $10.02 or more (something you need or will buy eventually anyway), you could get the Delta 50x CD-ROM drive for $39.98 + the $10.02/up item and use $20 off $50 coupon and the $20 Delta rebate. The drive would only end up costing you what you added plus tax. That drive is supposed to be a "lesser" name brand like the Memeorx, but has pretty good reviews at usserreviews.com......anybody get the Delta before?


Just read another post on the Delta....sounds like that one may not be so hot either. Noisy too and slow starter. Well Staple-s has a good drive 48x LG Electronics that goes for $42.49, but it has no rebate so you could only get $20 off it if you got something else for around $8. If the Delta is as junkie as the Memorex, I'll pass on that too. Bummer.