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Answer» I am so happy with my new EVGA GT610 video card I thought I would seek another recommendation. My Sony disk drive still works fine on CD's but will not boot from or play a DVD. It appears the DVD laser is kaput. I hardly ever use it but I would like it to work. My current drive is IDE but my mobo has several unused SATA ports and my power wiring harness has the right connectors, I think. For some reason HP built this computer with a SATA HD and IDE disk drive. I see where LG has some very inexpensive disk drives that get decent reviews. What do you folks suggest? DVD drives nowadays are all pretty much the same - It's not like they used to be when there was a massive variation in terms of performance and features. I'd just get the cheapest you can find - My main decision with DVD drives is how they look more than anything else (I prefer ones without white labelling on the front bezel). I have not noticed any drives describes as "bare" or "OEM". I'll have to look more closely. Thanks for the quick response. Sounds like I would be happy with a cheap LG? I have a 10 year old LG dvd-rw drive that is performing as well as when it was new. Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 25, 2014, 04:56:47 PM I have a 10 year old LG dvd-rw drive that is performing as well as when it was new. That is unreal! I have gone thru two in 7 years and I hardly use it. Forget what came from the factory but it failed in 3-4 years and I replaced it with a Sony which lasted about the same amount of time. From what I read, the DVD laser usually goes first and the DVD laser life is independent of drive use.I still have a 1x Mitsumi CD-ROM drive that still worked last I checked. I don't know where it's proprietary card is and I don't have a computer with an ISA Slot but it was able to play an Audio CD when I powered it up and used it's front-panel. The only Optical Drive I've had fail on me was a CD-RW and that was because of a failed firmware flash. The Mitsumi, is from 1989, I believe.WOW that Mitsumi pre dates my dinosaur Sony 2x CDU33A that came with my old 486DX33Mhz in 1994 and also had its own special ISA card for it. Still remember playing Myst on it around 1995 I have only had 2 drives for me personally fail and one was an IDE DVD/CD-RW LG Combo drive that was working well for a while, but I think I overworked it with Knoppix 5.0 with a CD that spun at 52x. Ran that for about 9 months daily in break room at last job for people to be able to have internet access from an old Pentium II 266Mhz with 192MB RAM and UNABLE to install anything on it. I think we overworked it Eventually it wouldnt read discs even though it was clean. I placed a Panasonic 24x in place of this failed drive and then the break room system was back up and running again. The Panasonic came out of a thrown away computer. The other drive to fail was a cheapo 24x CD-ROM back around 2001 that started having issues ejecting and so eventually I had to use paperclip to open it or get the timing right and push the button andget fingernail in corner of tray to try to pull out when unlatched and trying to open. Other than overworking a drive like I did with Knoppix 5.0 hard driveless system, all others have held up to frequent use. I have DVD-RW drives both IDE and SATA flavor in my towers now that I regularly burn backups to disc on important projects using re-writables etc, as well as dig out an old disc such as last night from 2006 on a program I wrote to get my source to use for another project and the data is all still there. I also agree that for the most part just about most of the drives out there even if just $15-$20 at newegg are good long lasting drives. I bought mostly LG drives at this price, but they are good and work. Most drives I see fail in the field are the result of abuse...here are some examples: - Disc inserted into tray after soda spilled on disc. - Tray shoved in quick breaking it mechanically - 2 discs installed into tray at same time and closed and it didnt want to reopen - button smashed in by an upset kid with parents computer VIA pen or pencil when game disc taken away from them - tray snapped off when it was bumped or something fell from above on it as it was open sheering it off such as a cat landing on it. - child pulled tray out of the drive - <My personal favorite> child who placed a slice of bologna on tray ( hey the size matches up ) and turn it into a meat grinder when it clamped down and spun the bologna at say 52x. Hey computers get hungry too. ( so most failures from the field are user created or caused vs a defect or flaw in design or quality )I have this on ORDER: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8528704&tab=7&SRCCODE=WEBLET03ORDER&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03ORDER-_-Deals&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEBLET03ORDER&[email protected]Looks Good! As long as your computer has a SATA port and SATA power connection your all set then.Ahhh, so nice to have a 100% working CD/DVD drive! My old desktop is now in A1 condition with new video card, new CD/DVD drive, 3GB RAM and Win 7 OS. Looking for another 7 years from this rig (with continuing help from you folks, of course). PS TigerDirect is first class. Amazon replaced the suspect RAM with a true Crucial kit in OEM packaging at a discounted rate. Got a Crucial 2x1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 kit delivered to my door for less than $23. Quote from: artbuc on April 30, 2014, 02:05:14 PM Ahhh, so nice to have a 100% working CD/DVD drive! My old desktop is now in A1 condition with new video card, new CD/DVD drive, 3GB RAM and Win 7 OS. Looking for another 7 years from this rig (with continuing help from you folks, of course). Quick Update: my old rig is still performing great! I was a concerned about putting $$$ in this older machine but it was well worth it. Thanks again to all who guided me through troubleshooting and parts selection.Glad all is well, and if your looking to get another 7 years out of it I hope you do. One suggestion to give it better odds against the test of time is to clean out the fans of dust and lint with canned air or air compressor quarterly if used on a daily basis to keep dust from building up on thermal vital parts to avoid an overheat condition. Also when spraying pressurized air try not to spin up the fan blade up too quickly or directly from the canned air or air hose. You just need enough air pressure to dislodge the dust bunnies, but not pack them into the center of the fan blade where the bearing is located. I always suggest not using a vacuum because they have a tendency to suck off jumpers and also a tendency to act like a vandegraff generator and build up a high voltage charge at the end of the vacuum hose in which it can arc to a chip and DESTROY the motherboard or RAM etc. Quote from: DaveLembke on February 13, 2015, 11:48:28 AM I always suggest not using a vacuum because they have a tendency to suck off jumpers and also a tendency to act like a vandegraff generator and build up a high voltage charge at the end of the vacuum hose in which it can arc to a chip and destroy the motherboard or RAM etc. And seriously overspeed fans, damaging bearings or worse. I just found a computer on the side of the road today, and to my surprise, it had a decent motherboard and dvd drive. Maybe you can't get that lucky but for about 40-60 bucks you can get a blue ray drive. Which I was thinking of installing on a computer I am trying to build. This one is $34 and free shipping. For an extra 10-20 bucks and you can play blue ray dvd's, that is the way I figure it. http://www.upgradebay.com/Products/ProductInfo.aspx?rid=26&ProductID=170109879&utm_source=googlepepla&utm_medium=adwords&utm_content=pla&gclid=CjwKEAiA3vamBRDJ1Lfwt5Pckw4SJAAdhnk2FEjjlbUsaR6NtfFwKqLThTNYVEt_6bRPaPDjXe8avBoCBXPw_wcB |
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