Hello Peter,
Thank you for your reply to my question. I really appreciate the info and suggestion you offered.
The second and third burners, as with the Samsung, came thru the mail. Rough handling may have occurred during shipment. And, my wife likes to listen to CD's while playing on-line games a couple hours every night(multi-tasking). I tried to blame her for the failures, but, one never wins such arguments.
I don't know if it will make any difference, but I intend to install the Samsung in the open bay using that bay's cables.
Thank you again,
Norman Ushijima
--- On Tue, 10/6/09, Peter Ekkerman SC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Peter Ekkerman SC <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Failing DVD burners
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:15 AM
> Hi Norman,
>
> Sorry you're having so much trouble with your DVD burners.
> On one hand you can relax - IMHO , there's no such thing as
> "bad vibes"
> ;)
> Bad luck is either created by a person's own actions, like
> neglect,carelessness etc or it is just the luck of
> the draw ;)
> can't fight that one.
>
> Things that affect or reduce the lifespan of a burner are:
> Assembly - using inferior components and careless
> assembly.
> Handling prior to purchase or installation - rough handling
> will damage
> some components.
> Handling while installing - again rough handling will
> affect
> lifespan,plus static induced damage from touching
> the circuit board.May not be enough to cause
> instant failure,but may
> set it up for reduced lifespan.
> Very frequent use.
> Overheating from not getting enough cooling - obviously
> very important
> during continuous or very frequent usage.
> Corrosive or very dusty environment.Close proximity to a
> salt water
> source like an ocean (living on a boat ;)
> will cause early failure.
>
> I would sortof rule out overvoltage as the cause,since that
> would have
> caused damage to other components and devices.
> Nevertheless, do a voltage check on the powersupply and the
> DVD power
> connector.
>
> That's all I came up with for now -there may well be
> more,but the above
> is from personal experience.
>
> Peter E
> PS Hope you have better luck with your Samsung burner ;)
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Failing DVD burners
> From: Norman Ushijima <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, October 04, 2009 8:57 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Hello,>
> I have an almost 3 yrs-old Dell 530 with WinXP SP2, Audigy
> SoundBlaster
> and GeForce 8300 GS.
>
> I'll be replacing my DVD burner for the fourth time.
> The first two
> developed
> skips and pops when playing a CD...the original and
> replacement were
> trouble-free for only a few months. These were a Sony
> and Toshiba. The
> second one also began freezing my pc when a DVD (burned and
> commercial)
> was inserted. I would have to eject the disc with a
> paper clip and then
> my pc would return to normal. Tired of going thru
> Dell support again, I
> purchased a LiteOn burner and it has lasted for over a year
> and a half.
> Now, it's begun to have the same problem as the second
> burner, except
> the eject button still works and playing a CD is
> fine. A Samsung burner
> is coming in a few days, but, I'm wondering if it will also
> follow the
> path of the first three burners.
>
> Is it hard luck (I've been told I have bad vibes) or is it
> something
> within my pc that is causing the repeated DVD burner
> failures?
>
> By the way, I've never burned a DVD with any of three
> drives.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Norman Ushijima
>
>
>
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