possibly dead cd burner

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  1. daemonzx6

    daemonzx6 Regular member

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    i recently tried to back up call of duty with my Philips PCRW 1208 CD-R/RW burner. it didnt work so i just figured my burner wasnt up to it. later i tried to back up an audio cd and it gave me an error message about power calibration. could call of duty's safedisc 2.9 have killed my burner?
     
    daemonzx6, Jul 8, 2004
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    I doubt it was SafeDisc that killed your burner. Power calibration errors can be the sign of a dying burner. Take it as the perfect excuse to get a new burner.........

    I see from from your sig that you want the Plextor PX-712A. It's a great choice and a very, very fine drive that should be quite good at backing up PC protections (my PX-708A does a fine job backing up games).
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    Indeedy,
    1. Phillips isnt quite known for "high quality" type products
    2. The only way (realistically) SD can ruin your drive is if, during a image dumping, you select to "Fast Error Skip" (which your're supposed to) and your drive doesnt actually support that feature.
    3. Go for the Plexey :)
     
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  4. daemonzx6

    daemonzx6 Regular member

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    yeah my philips is quite old. i bought it probably 5 years ago. i'm definitely going for the px-712a, as i have found it online for as low as $158
     
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    Kamran Regular member

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    get the pioneer 108...its coming out in a months time and is supposed to bethe best drive. i i have the 107 and can honestly says its the best
     
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    daemonzx6 Regular member

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    what is the 'full' name of the pioneer 108, so i can find some specs?
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    DVR-108??? You dont need the "full" name to find it if and when they put the info up.

    The Plexy is better .... costs a crapload more though :)
     
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    daemonzx6 Regular member

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    yeah im probably gonna get the plexy. at first i was unsure because there was no dual layer support, but i found dvd shrink, so its no problem
     
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    Kamran Regular member

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    daemon you are honestly wasting your money do some research the pioneer and nec are the best ask anyone
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    Kamran
    - Plextor make the best drives. Period. They cost a lot but for those who will make use of the performance and capabilities they are worth it.

    - Pioneer is the best all-around burner -- but the the best burner period.

    - NEC is.... uh.... yeah

    :)
     
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    Praetor am not gonna argue but go on club cd freaks video help and on there you can see millions of people saying that the best dvd burner at the moment is either the pioneer 107D or The NEC 2510A
     
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    Plextor and Pioneer both have sterling reputations for quality, performance and reliability. NEC doesn't.
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    The Pioneer is an excellent all-around burner no doubt but I'm sure the people there would also agree that it is not a a 2-sheep burner. As for that specific NEC drive I'm not certain but I do know the NEC1300 and NEC2500s cause a lot of people grief. I suspect they are reccommended because of their cost-performance ratio
     
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    what i was really going for is the 2-sheep ability, i have some games that need backing up and adding the dvd burning ability to it makes it better
     
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    I give my Plextor 708-A's a hug, every night, before I go to bed. LOLLOL

    Pioneer is rock steady, but I love my Plextor.
     
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    That narrows it down to the 712A then :)
     
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    Praetor Moderator Staff Member

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    Well there are a couple others. But the Plexy's are the most easily obtained.... of course there is that almost mythical Toshiba 3-sheep burner :p
     
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    2-sheep 3 sheep am i missing something here
     
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    The last few Lite-On DVD burners are 2-sheepers but I said that since daemonzx6 was interested in the Plexy ;)
     
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  20. daemonzx6

    daemonzx6 Regular member

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    ive never heard of a 3 sheep burner, but i know that 2 sheep burns bit patterns correctly and 1 sheepers burn almost correctly, so how could a burner get better then 2 sheep?
     
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