[Ti] drive Matshita UJ-845s not spinning up disc occasionally

[Malcolm Cornelius]

>> Any Titanium would be getting on now - they were discontinued about 5
>> years ago.
> The drive itself is only two years old or so. No titaniums came with  
> the
> Matshita UJ-845s AFAIK. It can burn Dual Layer DVD, something I think
> only the 1.0 Ghz model could do. Though it had another drive I'm  
> pretty sure.

DL burning didn't come until the last revision of the ALs IIRC.

>> Is there any pattern to the discs it won't read ?  Old burnt ones,  
>> any
>> burnt ones or maybe only reads ones burnt on it ?
> There's no patterns like that. It will read all discs finally, if it
> does spin up. Which gives me some hope at least.

Given the cost of drives now, I'd save the hassle and worry and just  
replace it.

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