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    Question PC Probs and DVDRW Probs

    My PC is ready for the knackers yard. At least half the time I turn it on, it freezes up totally and I have to spend the next 10 mins trying to get it to boot back up again. Ive reformatted numerous times ,fitted a new hard drive and increased memory from 512mb to 1 gb, but the problems have happened before and after the upgrade. Ive taken it to bits and blown where I can blow to clear the 6 inch of dust away, but still the same. Anyways, I can just about live with that but my current problem is my DVDRW has stopped burning anything.

    Its a Pioneer DVR-105, and usin Nero I either get "I/O error" or just that the burn process has failed. Normal "dragging, dropping and burning" in Windows will not work either. Ive tried different versions of Nero, but it doesnt seem to do anything at all. Ive searched from some drivers, but can only find firmware upgrades that never work.

    Ive reformatted and reinstalled everything about 5 times (prior to getting a new hdd, though this hasnt fixed anything)

    Is there anything I can do, or do I have to sell my worldly belongings to buy a new pc? I would buy a cheap exertnal dvdrw if I could fix the first problem and be sure it would work, but I have no confidence that it wont just either shut down totally, or blow up and set the house on fire.

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    Default Re: PC Probs and DVDRW Probs

    Just swap the DVD drive for a new one - its probably shagged.

    you could test your current one on a different pc.

    New one

    http://www.shopneo.co.uk/cd-dvd-writers-c-254.html

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    Default Re: PC Probs and DVDRW Probs

    You know it could be the power supply, mine kept locking up whilst booting, and then it would die, and nothing would fix it, I got a new psu and it worked perfectly.

    Also read up about psu before buying, it needs to have enough watts but as important is the voltage on various rails, lots of psu offer high watts and crap rail specs for example the one I just bought has 34amps on the 12 volt rail, which is nice.

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    Default Re: PC Probs and DVDRW Probs

    try another ide cable, another psu as mentioned above, would be a good idea too

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    Default Re: PC Probs and DVDRW Probs

    For the price of a new DVD drive, rip that old bit of shit out and get a new one. My old 109 has served me well and does the same kind of thing as yours. Time for another upgrade

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