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Article #59Re: CD-RW Blaster-8432 not recognizable for 8438?? HELP!!
From: Peter van der Goes
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:02
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:02
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One year, I believe. Good luck! "Ken Collins" <kcollins@sc.rr.com> wrote in message news:9h975p$69p$1@news.creativelabs.com... > Thanks Peter, Paul, and Travis for your knowledge, time,a nd advice. I just > found my receipt and I bought the drive in January of this year. Do any of > you know what kind of Warranty this cd-rw drive has on it? Hope it is a one > year warranty. Again, thanks for you help. Hoping to hear the right answer > on the above question. Have a great night. > > Bryan > "Paul" <prdavies@btinternet.com> wrote in message > news:9h886v$pm6$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > I will sceond what peter has just said, as i am also a shitty 8432e owner > :( > > "Peter van der Goes" <pvdg@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message > > news:9h7qq5$lnf$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > > Not a screwup for Creative in terms of substituting a cheap Samsung > drive > > > (8438E) for the original Plextor (8432E) in terms of corporate bottom > line > > > (short term). Major screwup for Creative in terms of customer relations > > and > > > word-of-mouth advertising. In case it isn't obvious, Creative offers > *no* > > > support for the cheap substitute drives. The only firmware update is for > > the > > > 8432E *only*. Owners of cheap substititute drives sold in the same box > > > (8433E, 8435E, 8438E and 8439E) need not apply. > > > I afraid the biggest screwup was you buying the Creative product. If you > > are > > > still under warranty and can prove it, try getting them to RMA the > drive. > > > Good luck. > > > > > > "Ken Collins" <kcollins@sc.rr.com> wrote in message > > > news:9h6qvo$civ$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > > > I have a CD-RW Creative Blaster 8432 that when checked in the system's > > > > manager is recognized as product 8438e. I have been burning cds with > no > > > > problems for about 6 months...flawlessly. Now, all of a sudden I > can't > > > copy > > > > cds or play cds without getting some high pitch/scratch like sound in > > the > > > > background. > > > > > > > > I went to the Creative website and looked for an update and the only > > > update > > > > on the site was the Firm Ware update, but when I tried to install it > > (the > > > > updated file) I got an error saying 8432e not recognized or something > > like > > > > that. Can someone help me out with this problem? I hate to contact > > tech > > > > support because it is long distance. I used to like Creative but they > > > make > > > > things so difficult to find help. I then ran a search on the Model > > number > > > > MK4214 and there were no results. Was this model a major screwup or > > > what?? > > > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112df1,92e1bb1ba559c298 X-Google-Attributes: gid112df1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-27 04:04:39 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!news.creativelabs.com!not-for-mail From: "Peter van der Goes" <pvdg@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: creative.products.cd.removable_storage Subject: Re: CD-RW Blaster-8432 not recognizable for 8438?? HELP!! Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 06:02:39 -0500 Organization: Creative Labs, Inc. Lines: 87 Message-ID: <9haaqi$fn1$1@news.creativelabs.com> References: <9h6qvo$civ$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9h7qq5$lnf$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9h886v$pm6$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9h975p$69p$1@news.creativelabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 182.oklahoma-city-06-07rs16rt.ok.dial-access.att.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400