Your opinion on Aopen CD Burner - CRW2440

[iSpark]

Hi,
Does anybody have experience with Aopen CD burners running under Windows XP Home edition?

Is this a good burner?

Thanks

 

[cbuchach]

I have an AOpen 12x model that I bought this summer. The only problem I have had with it is when I overclock the FSB. I had my FSB set at 149 MHz and noticed that many over my CD's had CRC errors and failed verification. So, I had to set my FSB down to 141, and everything is peachy once again.

With an AOpen burner you get a solid recorder at a reasonable price. I would recommend one if you do not plan to severely overclock your FSB.

 

[iSpark]

Thanks for the reply



Basically, I'm looking for a cd-burner program and the burner itself, that will run in Windows XP Home Edition without any fuss.

Anybody recommend a great CD-Burner program and a great CD-Burner that is compatible all 3 ways?

Program and XP
Burner and XP
Program and Burner together in XP

I'm tired of all the incompatibilites with these 3 catorgories.

I hope this makes sense....lol

Thanks

 

[cbuchach]

Sorry I forgot to address the XP thing. I am running XP pro and have had no problems with it. I burn using the latest version of Nero which is compatible with XP and the AOpen burners.

 

[tboo]

I have one-using it with XP Pro-no problems at all-nice burner

 

[Budman]

I have 1 too & it's very nice, Just speed & just link are great. 🙂 very good burner for the money.

get one if you can.


Here's a review for you to look at.

 

[Budman]

Acer is not the same,

Aopen make good stuff & Acer's not that great,in the end it's the same company but Aopen's much better quality stuff.

Acer cdrw's are crap & most Aopen cdrw's are Ricoh rebadged drives.

 

[iSpark]

Thanks for the info guys.

Any brand of CD burner has to be better than the Creative crap I have now! (RW8438E), This will be the second time this particular burner has took a dump right before the holidays. It is a replacement burner (RMA'd the first) that I had to replace last year at this time.

The Creative burner I have now, has made about 10 good burns and 30 coasters, not a good track record 🙁
Plus the fact XP Home does not even recoginize it as a burner, just a standard CD-ROM.

sorry for the rant....
keep the opinions coming 🙂

 

[Mel0220]

A Open Are real poor quality and worse product support ,nothing but trouble best would bePlextor,weare using 4 on XP systems right now with great results,second choice would be Liteon

 

[Budman]

<< A Open Are real poor quality and worse product support ,nothing but trouble best would bePlextor,weare using 4 on XP systems right now with great results,second choice would be Liteon >>



Mel0220 do you own a Aopen CRDW2440 drive?

if you dont then you have no base for saying Aopen is a low quality product,on the contrary i feel Aopen makes very good products.

 

[tboo]

Open Are real poor quality and worse product support ,nothing but trouble best would bePlextor,weare using 4 on XP systems right now with great results,second choice would be Liteon

Thats a load of crap. I am quite impressed with Aopen products(as are most hardware review sites). Ive had a few mobos, a dvd-rom drive & their cdrw drive. All were of very high quality & finish.

 

[Mltsao]

mel quit hatin 🙂

 

[glenn1]

I just installed one of the AOpen x20 burners (CRW2040) in a system just a few days ago. It's rather loud, but otherwise pretty solid. If noise control is a big issue for you though, the AOpen probably isn't the drive for you.

 

[Midnight Rambler]

It has solid support with CloneCD, that's a plus ...

 

[Zepper]

I have had very good luck with the several AOpen CDRW drives that I have installed recently and also with Aopen mobos and other cards. Acer and Aopen are divisions of the same company, but not the same. It's easy to tell that their CDRW drives are completely different from appearance to features. The Aopens generally get very good reviews while the Acers don't. I don't know why they bother with two lines... Acer sells in retail channel while AOpen generally sells to system integrators, M&P shops etc. You won't find AOpen at your local BestBuy.
. re. XP it's really the burning software that makes the difference. Just make sure you're using the latest version that you have checked on the web site to be sure it's rated for XP. Updates for Nero and Roxio can be DLd for free.
.bh.