Monday, July 12, 2010

Wages of sin

  i asked for it!

Boned Jello

 My light scribe CD burner broke, FWIW, (cd's are no longer recognized - and it makes grunge sounds - can't even run programs off it anymore.).  I doubt HP will replace it after I admit that I had it on it's side.  I do have a great burner in the old computer, which I was gonna swap, but look it these new connections?  No more ribbon cable?  Is there an easy way to do this?

7/12/2010 10:19:00 AM 7 Comments

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Anonymous said...

SATA or Serial ATA. It's counterintuitive to the non-engineer, but if you want to go fast, go serial. With any parallel link as the speed increases you have to treat the ribbon cable as a transmission line and sometimes the bits don't always arrive in sync.

Some less than $20 at newegg.

7/12/10, 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...

Sorry, I usually sign my comments.

JLW III

7/12/10, 10:46 AM
Jess said...

It's probably best to buy an external usb dvd burner. Place it where you want. There are some really compact external burners on the market.

7/12/10, 11:53 AM
DougM said...

Or,
you could buy a [censored].

(Turing word: merain. Like the rubble ridge left when a glacier recedes. Appropriate, donchca think?)

7/12/10, 11:56 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

I have one that came with my notebook (never used). I have so many DC adapters I don't know which is which. The drive says 5v but the closest adapter in my sack if 6v?

BTW, HP just now - sending me a new burner no questions asked.

7/12/10, 12:26 PM
Scott said...

Wait? What!?! HP is sending you anything for free to replace something that's out of warranty?

I'm seriously blown away. I want some of your awesome HP mojo. My unexpectedly-combustible power supply complaint just made them LOL at me.

7/12/10, 8:29 PM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

I've had HP computers for years and always found their customer service to be over the top (knock on wood). I'm major surprised about the power supply -- was it still under warranty?

7/13/10, 6:42 AM

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