Re: Does the laser wear out?

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From: Chan WK
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 01:32

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ppnerk@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote in message news:<ap3l24$qncc6$1@ID-151056.news.dfncis.de>...
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> Well, what happens when it "wears out"?  Do you get a decent 
> unambiguous failure, or just an insidious increase in unreliable 
> writes that you don't notice until you need your backup CD?
> 

My experience with a three years old Creative 4X burner is that CDR/RW
burned at max speed (4X) is utterly unreliable and unreadable on my
home DVD player. It would also take a long time to read on other
CD-ROM.

If burning at 2X or below, everything seems to be fine (even the fussy
car stereo can read it). Of course I have since moved on to a new
drive.

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From: chan_waikeong@hotmail.com (Chan WK)
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