The earlier CD burners (which I assume this one is) have been bad about
burning out the read/write lasers in a couple of years. I've seen several
in the past year that were bad.  I'd get ready to buy another one.

Doug

At 1/12/01 01:39 AM, Edna Sloan wrote:

>Have a CD burner, Memorex 1622 ( 2x2x6), made by Wearnes.  For some reason
>it quit detecting CDs or would open the CD to a blank screen.  Use Nero 5
>software and have burned more than 100 CD-Rs with no problem.  Tried a
>cleaner CD with no change.  Downloaded and installed the latest firmware
>with no change.  Tried the burner in another computer with same result.
>Another burner I installed works fine in the original computer, so I assume
>it is the burner that is the problem.  It acts normal - light flashes on
>drive in detect process and then stops as if CD detected, but then gives
>error message of not ready.  Any suggestions appreciated.  Edna Sloan

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