In a message dated 4/15/2006 11:27:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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1. Has anyone else experienced a failure where the audio is choppy and video
running slow?

2. I contacted the manufacturer already, but has anyone had luck replacing
the firmware in such a situation?

3. Most important - a recommendation for a new DVDRW drive?
 Hi Peter,
1. Yes, I have had drives when they start to fail perform poorly, choppy and 
slow.

2. I used Sony's drive checker and their update software to no avail. Sony 
replaced one of the drives under warranty.
One was just a ROM and it failed first, I did not unplug the cables soon 
enough and it took out the second drive the burner.
My daughters computer just had two drives fail the same way. One a Sony ROM 
and the second a Liteon dvd + -dl.

3.I have tow other computers, one running a Benq 1625 lightscribe and a Sony 
710a.
The one that I just built has a HP 640I and a Sony 810A.
I like the Sony for its speed, the lightscribe is for my Wife to use for 
school disk.

Hope this is some help. 
                     Bud Jarman.

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