Sunday, December 11, 2011
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
Well, that is a little dramatic. Only a short blackout.
For the last week or two my DVD drive in the computer has been turning down a much too high percentage of DVD's. This has actually been happening a long time. Maybe rejecting, continuously, 1 out of 20 discs. Sometimes it has been apparent that it had some reason to do this. A big scratch or a chafe mark on the disc.
But now, there is no way there can be damage and so I finally tested two rejects in John's computer and his machine swallowed each without a gulp.
Mine makes a small grinding noise.
So I have ordered an outboard DVD drive which will give my machine the equivalent of a transplant.
A Samsung USB 2.0 External Optical Drive SE-S084D/TSBS (Gloss Black)
It powers off the machine. Wow. I have three USB ports available plus one in a hub. All checks out.
It will arrive later in the week. I couldn't bring myself to pay the extra one or two day delivery. I will get by. In the meantime, a viewing vacation.
