Question Opticals Drives Don't Last?

[jsmithepa]

I have optical drives consistently dying on me after 3 years. HP, LG, Pioneer, don't matter, and I don't use them heavily either, seem very unreliable. Your experiences? and if u have a home remedy, please share.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I dont use optical drives anymore but my last one lasted about 4 years.

Laptop drives seem to last longer, which is opposite to what id think.

 

[DMAN999]

My last DVD Burner (a Pioneer) lasted 8 or 9 years. I currently have an Asus DVD Burner that is 3 or 4 years old now.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I've used the same Asus DVD/CD burner for years in a bunch of builds and have yet to have one fail. The one in my desktop was bought new in January 2011 with my 2600K. Last year I ripped my entire 450+ CD collection to FLAC to replace the mishmash of MP3 rips I'd done over the years previously. Drive still works fine and I probably rip about 5 CDs a month. This is just the standard $20 Asus SATA DVD/CD burner. Nothing fancy. At one time it had about 4.6/5 stars out of 2000+ reviews on Newegg.

 

[Ataxia]

I use external ones nowadays partly because the Internal ones didn't last long, whereas the external only gets plugged in when I need it, so isn't going through all the running up/down daily.
So far this seems to be extending the life.