April 2001

looks like im going to be getting a new cd-burner soon to replace my Yamaha 0x/0x/16x unit. i'm buying someone's old unit from them for $90. since ive been having money problems the past 3 years or so, i will be paying in installments.
i never realized how much a cd-burner meant to me until mine broke. my burner sometimes sat a few weeks without me using it, but i always knew it was there if i did want to use it.
until i get my new burner, a friend has lent me his external USB cd-burner.
for anyone trying to connect right this second, my server/bbs is down. after my scsi-based burner died and i was going to buy this one dude's IDE burner, i decided it was time to move some stuff out of my main system and into the server to "air out" my main PC since its been overheating recently. i pulled my 56k modem (my only ISA piece of hardware), my scsi-2 card, my internal zip drive, my USB webcam, and my 6.4 gig hd out of my main PC and put it all in/on the server. this sudden stream of new hardware to my 4-year old server has seemed to cause some problems. its down while i mess with settings, and defrag the hard drive.

after exchanging some e-mails with Yamaha, i called their tech support number to see about getting my cd burner fixed.

their response? no receipt, no help.

i was told that i wouldnt be covered under their warranty unless i had my receipt still. they then gave me two options; one - buy a refurbished cd burner from them for $160, or pay $160 to fix mine. either way, it's not worth it.

I hate this shit. My CD burner just died on me... Its been dying for a few months now, since the beginning of February, but now it's just dead. I have a Yamaha 4416S internal drive, it has worked great since I got it around mid 2000. When I try to burn stuff now, I get "spindle servo failure" and "track following error" with any type of disc and any cd burning program I use. Those errors mean the drive is fucked and needs to be repaired.
I don't know how or where to get the drive fixed though!!! If I bought it from Sears, I know I could get it replaced - with no questions asked, - but I got it from CompUSA or something.
I e-mailed Yamaha about it, but I haven't gotten a reply yet... I have 5 CDs worth of crap on my hard drive I want to burn and then delete.
If anyone can help me in finding a super fucking cheap replacement - or can help me get my drive fixed, please, e-mail me! I hate being without a burner.