My Ricoh RO-1420C have 4 year of blaster use and don't gave me a bit of trouble !!!!! It have just 250k of buffer !!!! Do you have an electrical connection in good state ? Mark ----- Original Message ----- > > Ricoh is on MY list of never-ever buy again from them. I had a 6200 > CD-RW which died about 4 weeks before the warranty expired, sent it in, > had to hassle them for about 8 weeks. Then I got an replacement drive > with 3 months of warranty, it dies after 5 months of use. > > Call repair, they tell me each repair is USD 200 flat (without shipping). > > So I go and buy a new Yamaha for 219 USD. > > FWIW, > > U. > > >