On 2010-05-01 21:03 , paul stenquist wrote:
On May 1, 2010, at 10:55 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2010-05-01 19:04 , paul stenquist wrote:
I have a LaCie DVD burner that doesnt't seem to work any more. Haven't fooled
with it enough to be sure it's dead, since I don't really need it any more. But
I guess I should look into it.
DVD mechanisms are basically expendable; you pop open the case and add a new
$20-30 mechanism (piles of them at MicroCenter, just check whether its SATA or
PATA); that is assuming the case isn't glued shut in a stupid way like LaCie
sometimes does, and hasn't got a bad power supply (can happen with any vendor,
but the heavy cost cutters like LaCie are more prone)
Good to know. When I try to use the burner, the computer says the connection is
bad. It's on firewire 400. The cable is okay. I've checked that. Toast can see
it, but can't write to it or read from it.
bad but non-dead power supply could cause the firewire connection to
work, but the drive to not respond correctly; if possible, i'd try it on
another machine before considering a repair, and also try a different cable
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