On Thu February 26 2004 12:29 am, David E. Fox wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:48:49 -0500 > > Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suggest a Pioneer, or Plextor drive as a long-term > > replacement. That 8100+ is about 2 or 3 years old, isn't it? > > Depending on how much you use the drive, it may be time for an > > upgrade anyway. > > I've had good luck with a Toshiba combo drive. SD-1302, DVD-R & > CD-RW. > > > Before you run out to the store to buy a new one though, > > replace the IDE cable, and see if the drive is set as a Master > > or Slave. Whichever it is, > > Good idea. But I simplified things a bit. I unplugged my existing > CD-R drive (a Memorex) and just plugged its replacement using the > same cables. No trouble having to figure whether it was master or > slave, same positioning (/dev/hdc) etc. The biggest difficulty in > using the new drive - the existing install hung on boot. That > took some doing to recover from, to say the least. > > But as I see it, there's little reason to have both a CDR and a > CDRW in the same system, unless you are doing a lot of > duplication (which I am not -- the little I do I can get by with > dd'ing or ripping off the contents of the drive, and then burning > a new CD).
I have no problems with replace cables, changing jumpers, or figuring out whether it was master or slave. About 2 years ago I picked up a truck load of old computers and hardware for $150. Some of the computer just had some simple problem. Some had parts missing. Some of them I spent a littel time fixing then sold them, mostly on eBay. Some went for scrap, others I am keeping for my own use. I also got 2 of the very 1st portable computer ever made, both in near mint working condition. I did make a very nice return on my investment. I will most likely go with a new combo drive. It will not be a Samsung. It looks like they not support there drive for more that a couple of years. I can not even get windows updates for this cd burner. I does work fine with Windows 98ce and XP pro. so as long as I have to have Windows on a couple of my computers I will have a place for the Samsung cd burner. -- Ray Hogaboom
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