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Summary: Not for music CDs!
Review: First, my three stars should only be taken with a grain of salt, as I haven't yet had a chance to give the I/O Magic CD-RW drive a thorough work out. I'm writing primarily to confirm that the second reviewer is correct: a firmware upgrade, available on I/O Magic's web site, does solve the problems with the drive. I was having the same issues that the first reviewer had, except I was using Easy CD Creator (version 5.3.5) from Roxio. I was just about to return the drive when I learned of the firmware upgrade.Now the drive is recognized by the software, and I am able to burn data CD's (my primary use for this drive) at the maximum speed without problems. The drive may have some shortcomings in areas that I haven't tried yet, but considering the low price that I paid for it (...), I think it represents a good value for the money.
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Summary: Second reviewer is right; firmware upgrade solves problems
Review: First, my three stars should only be taken with a grain of salt, as I haven't yet had a chance to give the I/O Magic CD-RW drive a thorough work out. I'm writing primarily to confirm that the second reviewer is correct: a firmware upgrade, available on I/O Magic's web site, does solve the problems with the drive. I was having the same issues that the first reviewer had, except I was using Easy CD Creator (version 5.3.5) from Roxio. I was just about to return the drive when I learned of the firmware upgrade. Now the drive is recognized by the software, and I am able to burn data CD's (my primary use for this drive) at the maximum speed without problems. The drive may have some shortcomings in areas that I haven't tried yet, but considering the low price that I paid for it (...), I think it represents a good value for the money.
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Summary: Not for music CDs!
Review: I got this at Office Max (...), but it's going back. I installed it and found myself unable to burn .wma files onto a music CD. Whenever I tried, it gave me an error message saying that it didn't recognize "file.wma", and that it only supports formats such as .mp3, .wav, ..., .wma! After attempting to upgrade the software with their website (which took forever and didn't help), I found out that I would have to upgrade to the platinum edition ($$$) to use .wma's. Sadly, my old burner's software (which I loved) won't work with this drive. So it looks like I'll be returning this drive, and getting the (...) burner here on Amazon, since it comes with good software.
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Summary: Worked perfect at first, then I get every error msg it has.
Review: I got this from Best Buy a couple of months ago, installed it, and burned cds with perfect speed and perfect quality. All was fine through the first 30 or so cds, but after that I started getting weird error messages in Nero (the one I always used with it). So, I contacted Nero tech support and asked them what the problem could be, took a week and a half to get a response, and finally they ask me if my system meets all the requirements. Here's the kicker: I gave them the system requirements for the CD Burner, my system specs, and how I had the burner set up. So after that I contacted I/O magic's tech support, and I still haven't gotten a response after a week. So this thing is coming out of my computer and going back to the store. If you're thinking of buying this, I recommend making paper airplanes with your money instead. They're alot cheaper than the cds I had to buy, only for them to be turned into coasters.
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Summary: Firmware!!
Review: You forgot to update to the new firmware...I had same problem but everything is A-OK.....Best bang for buck....
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