Saturday, April 20, 2024
Search
English
Optical Storage
Graphics Cards
General Computing
PC Parts
Digital Cameras
Consumer Electronics
Games
Mobiles
All News Categories
Older News
Optical Storage
Graphics Cards
General Computing
PC Parts
Digital Cameras
Consumer Electronics
Games
Cooling Systems
Mobiles
Software Reviews
Reviews Around the Web
Technology Previews
Essays
Interviews
Tech Views
Glossary
FAQ
Guides/How-To's
Firmware
Drivers
BIOS
Software
Media Tests
Drive Comparisons
DVD Media Formats
All Forums
Become Member
Today's Posts
Popular Topics
In-House
Optical Storage
Optical Storage Software
General
Consumer Electronics
Other
News Around The Web
Advertise
Links
Jobs
Site Map
News/Reviews Feed
Submit News
Polls
Competitions
Users' Privacy
Contact Us
About
Home
|
News
|
Reviews
|
Articles
|
Guides
|
Download
|
Expert Area
|
Forum
|
Site Info
Monday, December 11, 2000
User alert: Creative Labs CDR-W drives problems..
You are sending an email that contains the article
and a private message for your recipient(s).
Your Name:
Your e-mail:
* Required!
Recipient (e-mail):
*
Subject:
*
Introductory Message:
HTML/Text
(Photo: Yes/No)
(At the moment, only Text is allowed...)
Message Text:
Here is an interesting email we got. We cannot confirm or reject this email. Your info is important! If you can help about this issue please email us!
Update: As it seems the 3 models which descibed in below they don't have the same ID code even they are 8/4/32. As Martin emailed us there are 3 currently different Creative 8/4/32 models out. Another viewer added the latest build (8438):
- Creative CD-RW8432 (based on Plextor PX-W8432 2MB buffer)
- Creative CD-RW8433 (based on Panasonic CW-7585B 2MB buffer)
- Creative CD-RW8435 (based on Samsung SW-208 4MB buffer)
- Creative CD-RW8438 (based on Sanyo ?, doesn't support CD-Text and overburn)
There is also a picture which shows the 3 first Creative model differences. So take care when you decide to buy Creative's 8/4/32 model..
"...I work in a well known computer shop in France and i noticed some interesting things about Creative Labs products...3 months ago we got their 8/4/32 CDRW drive that was a cool thing to use. It had the same face as the ide Plextor 8x and 12x drives. It also had the 1.05 firmware version when the plex 8x has a 1.05 too so i said this is a Plextor based drive. We had none of these drive coming back to us.
Then we had another shipment (i cannot say any other word sorry...) of these drives but they had PANASONIC faces and had the same firmware revision as the Panasonic drives had (don't remember which one). 80% of theses drives were dead in the box. The ones we got today have Goldstar faces. What is going on? It Creative Labs trying to trick users?
I remember Memorex doing the same thing in December 1998, shipping YAMAHA drives with memorex printed on. Then we Said "Damned those drives are good" and they were! In February they were selling drives of any other taiwaneese brand..."
Home
|
News
|
All News
|
Reviews
|
Articles
|
Guides
|
Download
|
Expert Area
|
Forum
|
Site Info
Site best viewed at 1024x768+ -
CDRINFO.COM
1998-2024 - All rights reserved
-
Privacy policy
-
Contact Us
.