#Hissing from my CD-ROM
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I have an old Hitachi drive (actually an Amdek), which eventually I will
replace with a MPC compliant something or other.
It sat around for a few years until I got a fast enough PC that booted
through the MSCDEX stuff in less than a lifetime and now I use it for data
access of some CD-ROM based files and even though it is five years old it
works pretty well.
I noticed when I put an audio CD on it and play music (listening through
headphones), it works fine for around an hour and then increasing amounts
of hiss and pop start occuring.
I have the feeling that it needs repair of some sort and that the repair
would be more expensive than it is worth.
Any comments??
– Dan
Daniel,
You are probably right – I have recently seen refurbished Hitachi CD drives
bundled w/Interface card and software (17 programs, who knows how many
CD's) for $299. Most repair places I know of charge $150 to look at
ANYTHING! If they actually fix it, costs for parts would also be added.
IMHO, you should use it as long as it will do all of what you need, and
most of what you want. When you get to the point of wanting to pound it
with a hammer, get a new one.
Hope it helps,
John