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Title: Problems
Review: The 8230 comes with a very friendly price tag. Unfortunatly, you get what you pay for.I have had the 8230e for several months now and I continue to have problems burning audio CD's. My success rate is less than 50%. The drive has successfully burned MP3 files into CD format from HP MyCD at 4x speed less than half as many times as I have tried. The drive has always been successful when burning MP3's in Music Match Jukebox, however the fastest it will burn is 2x. I have only been able to make a direct copy of an audio CD twice out of over 20 attempts.Data CD's are not a problem.The error that consistantly appears is "Buffer Underrun". Despite closing all programs, disabling all power management and downloading and installing the latest drivers and program updates, the drive still fails to work consistantly.MY ADVICE: Spend a little extra money and purchase a better drive.
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