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    Dodgy Matsh!ta DVD drives.

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by moon angel, Nov 14, 2006.

  1. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I'm wondering...

    I've heard compalints about Matsh!ta drives in Toshibas especially A100s, as my L100 shares various parts with the A100 (battery and a cpl other bits) if there's a chance my drive (LG GMA-4082N) is a compatible replacement?
     
    moon angel, Nov 14, 2006
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  2. Zlic3r

    Zlic3r Notebook Guru

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    Infact i was wonderring the same jess, also herd alot of complaints about the MAt****a drives...wanna get a Pioneer super multi drive or something...
     
    Zlic3r, Nov 15, 2006
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    Chrisho69 Newbie

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    Me also having problem with Mat****a drives on my Toshiba Portege M500! Try to burn with Verbatim and Imation disc CD-R but failed almost everytime!!! :confused:
     
    Chrisho69, Nov 16, 2006
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  4. Paleo

    Paleo Notebook Consultant

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    it's ridiculous...you would think that Toshiba would be smarter and put more Pioneers in (some have them). Best thing to do is get warranty and request a replacement drive of anything BUT matsh!ta!
     
    Paleo, Nov 16, 2006
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  5. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Agreeed!!! My Matsh!ta in old M55 can't burn generic(non brand) DVDR, whereas NEC 6650 in Inspiron 6000 was able to burn in seamlessly....grr..
     
    skywalker, Nov 16, 2006
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  6. Paleo

    Paleo Notebook Consultant

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    I was thinking of picking up another a100 today since there is nothing else to buy really (not fond of HP anymore), but everywhere I checked they all had the Matshiiita drives. They don't work...i even googled it and was appauled at how many people are having problems with them. What the hell is wrong with matshiita?? at least toshiba could wise up and which to something that actually WORKS out of the box!
     
    Paleo, Nov 17, 2006
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    av41medic Newbie

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    How hard is it to replace a drive?
     
    av41medic, Dec 5, 2006
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  8. rkj__

    rkj__ Notebook Consultant

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    i use my mat****a mainly for playing DVDs, and it has worked fine for that thus far, but who knows how long it will last.

    what is wrong with these things anyways? is it a hardware or software issue?
     
    rkj__, Dec 6, 2006
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    Wheel_nut Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did some Googling on the Matsh!ta UJ 841S DVD RAM drive and there are reports of difficulties with some brands of media with this drive. This appears to be recognised by the Toshiba bulletin board where it is stated that not all brands of media will work with all drives.

    I also found a statement that "This device has given me some problems, as the firmware protect commercial CSS incoded DVDs rather good. It looks like the drive protect DVDs with the Sony ARccOs copy protection system."

    I am relieved that the problem is not hardware reliability. I expect that some hacker somewhere will crack the copy protection system and make it available as a firmware upgrade.
     
    Wheel_nut, Dec 6, 2006
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  10. cloud9x

    cloud9x Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm burning a dvd as we speak; no problems with my matsh!ta :p (it's the one on the m50-mx5)
     
    cloud9x, Dec 7, 2006
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