OK, i'll take the bait. I've had my IDE Yamaha 6824 CDRW for about 15 months and have never had a single problem with it.
Jerry, what brand are you using since the Yamahas? --- Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > God! I'll be flame bait for this one... > > I had a 6416s last for just a few months... I also had a 4416s that > lasted > like... maybe 2 years or there abouts. From that experience I'll never > buy or > recommend another yamaha anything... The 6416 would write cdr's > without a > problem... but nothing could read them... not even the 6416 that > originally > wrote the cdr... Real useful for backups. > > As for the 4416s... it won't detect the media being present... The > last disk > it burned > was perfect in every way... the very next disk... "no media > present"... and > that was > that. > > The next cdrw writer I get will be the cheapest IDE bastard that I can > find. > That way if it turns belly up next month... all I'll miss is a $20.00 > bill > instead of the $150.00 and $200.00 I spent on my yams... :') > > Incidentially, I buried my 4416s alongside my 6414s in the county > landfill. > Who knows, maybe they'll keep each other company. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
