Flaky CDRW drive

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spadge - 20 Jan 2004 12:31 GMT

I have a Philips CDR4816 drive which is apparently compatible with XP (according to the box). Trouble is it's really flaky - sometimes I can read CD Roms, sometimes not. For Audio CD's I can get them to play back but there is a very noticable juddering to the sound. Writing to CDR's does not appear to be working. I have flashed the drive with the latest Rom update from Philips but this has not solve the problem. Anyone else suffering from this - have an idea?

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Alvin Brown - 20 Jan 2004 14:46 GMT

Hello

Replace it

Alvin

> I have a Philips CDR4816 drive which is apparently compatible with XP (according to the box). Trouble is it's really flaky - sometimes I can read CD Roms, sometimes not. For Audio CD's I can get them to play back but there is a very noticable juddering to the sound. Writing to CDR's does not appear to be working. I have flashed the drive with the latest Rom update from Philips but this has not solve the problem. Anyone else suffering from this - have an idea?

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 20 Jan 2004 16:38 GMT

What software are you using to burn your Cd's ??
I would say change to a different app. I use Nero 5.5.10
and am VERY happy with it.

Tim

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a Philips CDR4816 drive which is apparently compatible with XP (according to the box). Trouble is it's

really flaky - sometimes I can read CD Roms, sometimes
not. For Audio CD's I can get them to play back but there
is a very noticable juddering to the sound. Writing to
CDR's does not appear to be working. I have flashed the
drive with the latest Rom update from Philips but this has
not solve the problem. Anyone else suffering from this -
have an idea?

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