On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Jean-Luc Schwing wrote: > My diagnostic of the root cause of the problem is the way PCs are designed, > all the air cooling the power supply comming through the CDRW drive and thus > adding dust in the mechanism of the drive. I now have an external drive without > any fan, and I only turn it on when I need to write, reducing the dust and on/off > related problems.
Since other drives last just fine, I think quality control is the issue. I still have Philips 2600 which works fine, but slowly. Joerg told me about the clean and lube cycle, and I performed maintenence once using some very high quality non-gumming silicone enhanced oil. Now it works fine, although I only burn 1-2 CD/month. I think short lifespan is more an issue than case design. I have burners in three other machines in the same office suite, all faster, so I only use it when I'm backing up stuff on the SMB network, rather than move it to a faster machine. -- -bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
