D'oh! I think my CD-R just croaked.

[leech]

The last three disks that I've tried to burn (all the same thing, a compilation of files that I made myself for a backup) has died on me. And they get worse with each copy I try to make.

So I'm guessing my burner is dying on me. So anyone have any suggestions for a new one? Currently I have a Plextor 12/10/32S. That's right, a SCSI one, I would like to replace it with another SCSI one if I could. I have finally done away with all IDE devices, so I would rather not have to put anymore in my system.

Leech

[K6-III]

Well, your best bet will probably be with Yamaha.

[az]

Yamaha stopped making burners after the F1, AFAIK. There is a new Plextor Plexwriter Premium (IDE though, I think) that has some nice features, among them semi-professional CD quality testing (better than on any consumer drive yet), and the ability to burn up to 1 GB on a 700 MB CDR.

AZ

[Dr Mordrid]

Picked up a Memorex (rumored to be a Lite-On) 52/24/52 a while back at Best Buy when they mismarked a whold bin of 'em at $22. You should have seen the stampede

So far it's been a pretty good burner with near zip in the way of coasters using various blanks.

Dr. Mordrid

[Jon P. Inghram]

Any reason why you have an IDE phobia?

[leech]

Originally posted by Jon P. Inghram
Any reasonwhy you have an IDE phobia?

'cause I've had nothing but problems with IDE burners. And it's much easier to set up a scsi burner inside linux than an IDE one.

I'm wondering if I just got a bad case of CD-R's, but they are TDK's and usually they're decent....

I checked out Plextor's site, and that P
lexwriter Premium does look pretty sweet, is that using that Samsung technology that was in that goofy cartoon that was posted on here recently? Maybe I'll email Plextor and see if they are planning on coming out with a SCSI version of that....

Leech

[isochar]

Just buy the Plextor 40x CD-RW SCSI drive then.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Stop using Linux, then you'll see the light and realize IDE is the only way to go. Did you clean the lens on it, if there isn't any reason not to do that on a burner?

[Technoid]

Originally posted by leech
' is that using that Samsung technology that was in that goofy cartoon that was posted on here recently?
Leech

It was Sanyo

http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41677

[William]

Sanyo technology; and yes it is.

[Taz]

They're also the people who came up with BURN proof

[K6-III]

So why not get the Yamaha F1 SCSI???

[Ribbit]

Trouble is finding one Yamaha left the CD-RW business a few months ago, and I haven't seen internal F1s on sale for a while now. My choice would be the Plextor 40x burner, except that it's very pricey. Maybe they'll do a SCSI Premium...

[Wombat]

There isn't much reason for Plextor these days. Do Lite-On.

[leech]

I emailed plextor, and they did say that there isn't currently a Premium SCSI one, but that they were still supporting SCSI and that they may release one in the future.... a lot of good that did me....

Anyhow, I'm wondering now if it's just the files I'm trying to copy that is bad, 'cause I used it earlier to burn just an ISO and it worked without problems. So perhaps it's not quite time to upgrade it

And a big OOPS on my part. Sanyo, not Samsung. (hey, they both start with SA....) I think if I do upgrade, I'll just wait 'til they either release the SCSI Premium one, it's too bad that Yamaha bailed, I heard a lot of good reviews on their burners.

Do Lite-On's have a brand name? I thought mostly they just made the mechanism's in certain drives.

Leech