Title: After returning a QPS QPCDRW161040SEM I got the CDI CD 00091
Product review: After my frustrating experience with the non-functioning SCSIQPS QPCDRW161040SEM (described elsewhere),I picked up the Cendyne Lightning at Costco. Installation was straightforward. The drive worked right-away under Linux (using Xcdroast-098-alpha) by loading the ide-scsi module. Needs to be loaded via grub, or lilo. Under W2k the supplied Nero software works fine and producing audio and data CD-s at 24x worked flawlessly (no coasters so far after about 12 disks). On-the-fly copying from a Toshiba 32x DVD-rom drive works even at 24x, though the actual speed is lower, probably due to the fact that both drives are on the same IDE-bus (Nero warns about this). The drive makes a slight whistling noise from time to time, but is quieter than external scsi drives (Yamaha and QPS) I have tried before.
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