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CD-ROM misbehaving in Persario X1000...
I recently got a refubrished Compaq Presario X1050US (the label reads
X1000, so it depends on how you look at it). It's a very nice unit, except for the CDROM behaviour: 1. Access time is verry long... 20s for original CDs, more for CD-R's. 2. That drive is LOUD... I'm talking about motor noise, including causing the whole laptop to vibrate while spinning. (hear for yourselves :-) http://www.sfu.ca/~dlahat/cdrom.mp3) 3. There is a known issue with this drive, of being unable to burn 4X DVD+RW media. There's a firmware update specifically for that, but it did not change a thing - I still get "illegal media" when trying to use these discs. The actual model is Sony DW-P50A, a 24X DVD+R/W combo. Since my warranty ends in a week, I'm trying to figure this all out. Do you think these problems might be connected? Should I send away my precious laptop for service, and insist on having the drive replaced? Or perhaps it's just a coincidence? Thanks, Drew. |
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