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Re: DVD burners have stopped writing

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GMAN wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> GMAN wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> Yousuf Khan wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>> Yousuf Khan wrote

>>>>>>> Don't have another desktop to try it with.

>>>>>> Do you dispose of your previous machines ?

>>>>> No, my basic modus operandi is to keep upgrade an
>>>>> existing machine until it's bleeding edge modern again.

>>>> I do too, but with the significant changes in cases and power supplys
>>>> and motherboards, I still end up with obsolete machines that can be
>>>> used to test something like the problem with CD/DVD drives.

>>>>> I do it piece by piece though,

>>>> Sometimes I do, sometimes I dont.

>>>>> disposing of individual pieces as needed.

>>>> I dont bother to dispose of them myself. Handy for testing like now in your case.

>>>>>> In theory it could be just that the lens needs cleaning
>>>>>> if you are a smoker, but that wouldnt normally see
>>>>>> both drive stop writing that the same time.

>>>>> No, not a smoker, but I did have a friend who used to be,
>>>>> and I know what you mean about things getting cloudy inside.

>>>> And you can always pick a smokers PC when you open it, the stink alone is enough.

>>> Usually , i can salvage the drives and stuff, but oh
>>> my god, the Power Supply is always the first to go.

>> I buy decent ones in the first place, so dont need to operate like that.

>> The format does change and the capacity does too over time and the power connectors too.

>> And I keep a spare on hand too.

> No, i meant when i work on someone elses PC to repair , i usually
> cant stand working on it with their power supply attached.

Why ?

> I usually hook one up temporarily while i repair their pc.

Mad. 

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DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-06 21:22 -0500
  Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 16:14 +1100
    Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-07 09:18 -0500
  Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-07 08:41 +0000
    Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-07 09:23 -0500
      Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-02-07 17:16 +0000
      Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 07:00 +1100
        Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-09 14:22 -0500
          Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 08:32 +1100
            Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-02-10 05:44 +0000
              Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 17:07 +1100
                Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-02-11 04:16 +0000
                Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 03:03 +1100
                Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-02-11 17:33 +0000
  Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Frank Williams <FWilliams@happy.com.ru> - 2012-02-08 13:15 +1300
    Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 11:55 +1100
      Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-09 14:23 -0500
        Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-10 08:34 +1100
  Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Franc Zabkar <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> - 2012-02-11 16:27 +1100
  Re: DVD burners have stopped writing Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-02-15 17:37 -0500
    Re: DVD burners have stopped writing "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-02-16 16:01 +1100

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