Sony CDU5211 52x Internal IDE CD-ROM Drive OEM 10-Pack (Pearl White)

Rating:
Summary: Not Durable
Review: Immediately after installing the drive (which, by the way, went smoothly and was auto-recognized by Windows 2000), this unit did not meet the documented CD access times and as time passed it became slower and slower. Eventually, after five months it stopped accepting data discs, although it would still play audio CDs.

Thinking this was just a fluke, I made the mistake of installing another of the same drive brand. Four months later, the drive door began to malfunction--refuse to open or close or open when not expected. Now six months have passed and the drive hangs whenever trying to read a disc. Obviously, this device was not built to last.