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Simon Mead <TheMeades@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> 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.

While its possible to have 3 dud drives in a row, its very unlikely
unless the mob flogging them is being stupid about repeatedly
flogging drives that are returned because they dont work.

> The third might not have been as straightforward as it
> appears, there's a possibility that it was not a new model.

Guess it could be one hell of a shonky operation you were dealing with.

> My question is, is it possible that my PC could be destroying CD writers?

Its certainly theoretically possible, but very very unlikely.

Easy enough to test that theory, get yet another burner,
this time from someone else. Install it in a different PC and
check its working. Install it in your PC and see it fail to work.
Put it back in the first PC and see it not work anymore.

> If so, Should it also be destroying CD ROM drives too?

Not necessarily.

Its much more likely that the operation you were dealing with is a packa shonks.

Just get another drive from somewhere else. If it doesnt
work either, there is very likely some basic problem with
the PC but its unlikely to be actually killing the burners.