CD-RW....is death near?

[Baby Arm]

Hello, I have a TDK 40x ?x 40x cdrw, and lately it's been having focus problems during burns. Also, If I burn a cd, it often isn't recognised or can't be read until I reboot the machine. Also, it seems that if I burn multiple disks at once, the last one or 2 won't be useable, even though it says that the burn was completed successfully. I'm usng nero 6 ultra edition. I thought my problem was the cheaps cds I was using, but with the new tdk disks the problem remains.

Any ideas? This cd burner isn't that old...is it croaking?

[dajogejr]

Sounds like that drive may very well be going bad...

For free, try putting the CDRW on another IDE channel, and/or try a different ribbon cable for it.

See if that helps. Make sure to jumper it correctly when you move it around.

[r8500]

It could be worse, at leasr CDRW drivers are pretty cheap now. It could have been a DVD/RW drive.

[dajogejr]

Heck...those are cheap too.
Buslink from Microcenter:
79 Bucks after a couple rebates...out the door for 130 plus tax!

[Baby Arm]

Ooh no don't want to buy another drive dang it. What a bummer :(

I'll try switching cables..thanks