SunnyD: I assume that Newegg uses their RMA dept. as the return address on shipping labels so that returns are sent there when customers change their minds and refuse deliveries.
I have also used a load of Samsung ODD's, including eight SH-S223C's I got on a similar deal several month's ago. I have not heard anything about any of them. I thoroughly checked the reviews before I bought them, as I did notice particularly poor reviews on this model. The more thoughtful complaints I found at the time indicated that testing revealed a large number of write errors on high speed burns. I personally do not burn anything faster than 16x no matter what, so trying to push these +20x burners has never been an issue for me. I have one friend who does a ton of CD burning and has always chewed through burners. Yes, he chews through today's burners faster than he did back in the day when Plextor was Plextor, Teac was Teac and even the cheaper NEC's were built with solid transports. He doesn't waste his time complaining anymore. He has a case with removable 5.25" drive rails and every time one of his Sonys, Liteons or Samsungs dies he pulls it out and sticks another $20 jobber in it's place. They seem to last him about a year or so.
BTW, this drive is shallow and did not get in the way of an Antec EarthWatts EA380 PSU in a Qpack build I did.
Be sure to flash your drives to the latest firmware but you already knew that. Here is a complete listing of SH-S223C firmware versions.
I have also used a load of Samsung ODD's, including eight SH-S223C's I got on a similar deal several month's ago. I have not heard anything about any of them. I thoroughly checked the reviews before I bought them, as I did notice particularly poor reviews on this model. The more thoughtful complaints I found at the time indicated that testing revealed a large number of write errors on high speed burns. I personally do not burn anything faster than 16x no matter what, so trying to push these +20x burners has never been an issue for me. I have one friend who does a ton of CD burning and has always chewed through burners. Yes, he chews through today's burners faster than he did back in the day when Plextor was Plextor, Teac was Teac and even the cheaper NEC's were built with solid transports. He doesn't waste his time complaining anymore. He has a case with removable 5.25" drive rails and every time one of his Sonys, Liteons or Samsungs dies he pulls it out and sticks another $20 jobber in it's place. They seem to last him about a year or so.
BTW, this drive is shallow and did not get in the way of an Antec EarthWatts EA380 PSU in a Qpack build I did.
Be sure to flash your drives to the latest firmware but you already knew that. Here is a complete listing of SH-S223C firmware versions.
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