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Jun 25, 2015 - 10:36 PM
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Joe 1956
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I admit to still being a little confused as to what's going on, but it sounds like a drive is going bad.
A DVD and CD combination burner, as a rough analogy, needs bifocals. The laser lens has to adjust to the "coarse" pitch of a CD or the finer pitch of DVD tracks. The drive could play CD's and not DVD's or vice versa or it could be an intermittent problem. It could also be a controller in the drive or on the motherboard.
The easiest thing to try first is to "uninstall" the drive through the Device Manager, then restart the computer and Windows will see it as "new" hardware and rebuild the registry, just in case there are any errors. It won't confuse any programs you're using with it, such as iTunes. Someone might have to help you out how because I'm only running XP.
You can also open the case and unplug and replug the connectors on the drive. Unplug it from the wall and router first.
Personally, if I had to buy another drive, I'd put another one into the tower case, only because I'd never used an external burner. Internal drives are still plentiful and cheap. An external drive is one more cord with connectors to worry about.
Do you know what speed you're ripping the CD's with? If so, can you possibly slow it down?
Wish I could help you more.
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Jun 26, 2015 - 7:44 AM
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jkannry
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I admit to still being a little confused as to what's going on, but it sounds like a drive is going bad.
A DVD and CD combination burner, as a rough analogy, needs bifocals. The laser lens has to adjust to the "coarse" pitch of a CD or the finer pitch of DVD tracks. The drive could play CD's and not DVD's or vice versa or it could be an intermittent problem. It could also be a controller in the drive or on the motherboard.
The easiest thing to try first is to "uninstall" the drive through the Device Manager, then restart the computer and Windows will see it as "new" hardware and rebuild the registry, just in case there are any errors. It won't confuse any programs you're using with it, such as iTunes. Someone might have to help you out how because I'm only running XP.
You can also open the case and unplug and replug the connectors on the drive. Unplug it from the wall and router first.
Personally, if I had to buy another drive, I'd put another one into the tower case, only because I'd never used an external burner. Internal drives are still plentiful and cheap. An external drive is one more cord with connectors to worry about.
Do you know what speed you're ripping the CD's with? If so, can you possibly slow it down?
Wish I could help you more.
Very helpful. Makes sense. And you may have given me key piece of info. Speed. Can slow iTunes down by putting error correction on. Without error correction runs 7-10x. With 3-4x.
Does running faster cause drives to malfunction as in wear and tear?
To recap. Two pcs. One started having problem after hundred or more CDs problem started. Second PC after 20-30 CDs. Both pcs same manufacturer but different years purchased. Both Windows 7. Problem burst of static. No clicks. No distorted music. Using iTunes to burn. Not looking for audiophile solutions or monitoring every track in great detail or spending hour or more reviewing each transfer.imnot that obsessive with audio. Just don't want bursts of unpredictable static.
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