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crumbles   07-02-2009 at 10:46:25 PM

I had one plain cd player, and one Cd burner, from my old system, and a cd burner that came with my new system, along with a dvd burner I bought for my newest system.
My newer computer just died, much like my old system, so I bought another.
This one came with a dvd burner and a blu ray player, and it's a micro case.
So now I've got not one, or two, bout rather FOUR spare disc drives.
I wonder how uncommon this is?
Does anyone else here have spare disc drives?

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505090   07-03-2009 at 12:18:28 AM
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I always keep a few around for fixing friends computers

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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the last resort   07-03-2009 at 12:38:07 AM
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i end up taking most of mine apart. granted most werent burners. At one point in time I had 11 spares. I still have 6 working drives.

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photonboy   07-03-2009 at 05:06:22 AM
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FYI,
As new discs are released, they update the firmware for the drives so they can better burn the discs. Companies stop updating the firmware after a while.

This means after a few years you may have to buy another burner even though the hardware is just fine and a firmware update would solve all the problems.

Do other people agree that perhaps there should be a Windows software program that can be updated rather than relying on firmware within the drive?

What a waste...

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