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I doubt whether any of the devices were phsyically faulty.  It sounds
like device driver problems. You wouldn't have installed any
Adaptec/Roxio software by any chance (ie EasyCD Creator, DirectCD )?
These utilities and their drivers cause a lot of trouble.

Unfortunately, one of the issues with the Adaptec  stuff, is that when
you uninstall their software, the drivers are sometimes not properly
uninstalled.  As an eye opener, visit the alt.comp.periphs.cdr
newsgroup - there are a lot of very pissed off Adaptec users out
there.

If you can manage to completey uninstall the bundled software that was
provided with the drives, try downloading Nero Burning Rom from
www.ahead.de.

Eddie

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001 18:21:57 +1100, "Simon Mead"
<TheMeades@bigpond.com> wrote:

>I wonder if anyone can offer any advice.
>I purchased a Sony CD Writer, attached it to my pc and found it was faulty.
>Basically the data coming from it was corrupted.
>I got a replacement unit - same model - also faulty, it 'hung' my system and
>Win98 wouldn't load.
>I returned it and got a Ricoh this time.
>I fitted it to my computer. It was recognised at boot up. Device Manager
>knew the unit was there. I inserted a CD in my other CD Rom drive, it
>powered up and read the disc. I inserted the CD in the Ricoh, it wouldn't
>power up (spin) and wouldn't read the disk.
>This time I got my money back, although I actually wanted a working CD
>Writer.
>The computer shop would not give me a replacement as "your machine is
>destroying CD Writers and I can't risk another one".
>
>My feelings are that I was unlucky with the first 2. The third might not
>have been as straightforward as it appears, there's a possibility that it
>was not a new model.
>
>My question is, is it possible that my PC could be destroying CD writers? If
>so, Should it also be destroying CD ROM drives too?
>
>Simon
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