Yeah I haven't had a good time with Samsung. For the most part they fail very quickly. I say just spend 5 min and 30$ and replace the optical drive.
-Jonas On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:05 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 7:56 am > Subject: Re: Is this internal CD/DVD drive positively dead? > > > > On Jan 3, 2010, at 9:30 PM, tonycd wrote: > > > > > > > Any reason to believe the drive isn't dead, and/or any remaining > > > tests, procedures or paramedic help I've not yet tried? > > > > > Replacements are cheap enough that it's senseless to spend much time > > trying all the stuff you've been told to do. OS X doesn't fail like > > this, but optical drives do, regularly. They're the most mechanically > > complex and fallible part of a computer, and for a long time they've > > been seriously commodity items, which means corners get cut routinely > > in manufacture. > > > Frys Electronics has a Pioneer DVD- R-RW for $29: > > > <http://tinyurl.com/ycfdumt> > > > Some googling produced a Lite-ON DL drive for $32 > > > <http://salestores.com/liteonihap32.html> > > > > -- > > Bruce Johnson > > University of Arizona > > College of Pharmacy > > Information Technology Group > > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > I would get the Pioneer drive. I have had very good luck with them. I just > > had to RMA two Samsung LightScribe drives from OWC. They failed too many burns > > and the LightScribe feature required two passes. Be sure to get a IDE PATA > > They are getting more scarce at some of the Fry's stores, the one near me only > > has the Liteon. I get all my drives from OWC or Newegg. > > > > John Carmonne > > Yorba Linda USA > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
