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    May DVDRW Mashita of Tos. is not good?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by phuongdoo, Jan 1, 2007.

  1. phuongdoo

    phuongdoo Newbie

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    some disks of mine that the Mashita does not read well as the other on another lappy, why?
    mashita is not goood?? japanese quality????
     
    phuongdoo, Jan 1, 2007
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    A lot of users (I think quite a few with the SP A100) find these drives to be very unreliable. Try searching the Toshiba forum for threads about these drives as I think there are a couple of things you can do, like maybe update firmware or even replace the drive.
     
    moon angel, Jan 1, 2007
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  3. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Matshita is not good drive. It 's very unreliable especially while burning non brand(blank) DVDR either +/-. TSST is better but for me NEC DVD drive is one of the best drives out there.
     
    skywalker, Jan 5, 2007
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  4. khanhfat

    khanhfat Notebook Deity

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    I may give away that Mashita and buy another burner to upgrade. My Sony Fe has Mashita drive in there.... I haven' t test it yet. I just burned a couple of some Ridata Cds for music.

    You can google exact your Mashita model name to get the firmware for it.

    I think Ridata Cds works great as long as you burn under 10X. I don't know about their DVDs though.
     
    khanhfat, Jan 5, 2007
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Using high quality media will help some, but I would agree they are not the best drives.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 6, 2007
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