[kevs]

My D2 Lacie DVD/CD burner is working fine for long time.

But the super-fast CD Lacie Porsche 52 burner -- they don't seem to last more than year or two. Right now it says "connection failed" consistently, after couple years of not seeing this.

Lacie says, check firmware, cables etc, but I don't know.... any other ideas??

and any other burners CD only 52x others recommend? thanks.

[mduell]

Ideas? Don't buy LaCie. From what I've seen, their hardware is crap.

I recommend buying an Oxford 911 based Firewire enclosure and an internal CD or DVD burner.

Assuming you want "52x" so you can burn CDs as fast as possible, keep in mind that 52x is only the maximum speed, and what matters more (in determining the time to burn) is the average speed. If a "48x" burner has a better burn profile (higher speeds sooner), it may finish before a "52x" burner does. In short, don't get too hung up on the "52x" instead of 48x.

[angelmb]

LaCie d2 are kinda reliable, Porsche's line on another side… as mduell says, I have read bad things about them.

[kevs]

48 is fine, don't have energy to build own hardrives. anyway, it was a bad FW hub that went bad. never had that happen before. lot of work to isolate it to that and not blame it on hardware/software. thanks.