On Saturday 25 October 2003 10:07 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday 25 October 2003 09:04 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Saturday 25 October 2003 08:37 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > Mandrake is already compiling a list. Search IMPORTANT > > > on the cooker list archive. Currently, > > > > > > fried: > > > COMPAQ CRD-8322B(CP1) > > > CRD-8400B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx1) > > > CRD-8400B (machine: IBM PC 300 PL) > > > CDR-8400B(mi) > > > CRD-8400C > > > COMPAQ CRD-8402B > > > LG CRD-8480C (machine: Old Dell XPS T650r) > > > GCR-8481B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx270; rom: 1.06; date: jun > > > 2003) CRD-8482B (machine: Dell Optiplex GX1) > > > GOLDSTAR CDR-8482B (machine: HP Vectra VL400; firmware: 1.01) > > > CRD-8482B (Dell Precision 220, rom: 1.05) > > > > <snip> > > Tom, can you get to cooker and have them add the LG GCR-8523B > > model. That is the model that went up in smoke at least twice > > for me. I don't subscribe to cooker so don't know how to let them > > know. I did put the info up on the hardware forum. Thanks, > > Sure Dennis, but I'll need your hardware info, and the CDrom's > firmware version would be helpful too. If you'll notice, most all > the models listed as 'fried', are in ready mades, eg, Compaq, HP, > Dell. Most all the ones that 'work', are in home or shop built > systems (judging by the motherboard reported). Some have reported > on cooker that models previously reported as 'fried', don't fail if > the firmware was upgraded first. Unfortunately tryin to flash the > drive post mortem won't salvage it. Tom, the drives are OEM LG drives. I have had them in three different computers and all three 9.2 update or clean install killed the drives. So I don't think it is related to any other hardware. All three computers are different spec, only thing they have in common is that I use only AMD cpus, two are Athlon XP and one Duron. It appears that the problem is indeed with the OEM cheapo drives. Wonder how a retail boxed LG would do, I chicken to try it. I will be getting several new Sony or EPO DVDroms as replacements. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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