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Author Topic: DTS faulty toshiba drives Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-14-2001 03:34 PM                        Hello everyone. I have a "new" (1996 but never used) DTS6D with toshiba drives. Is there a way to recognize the toshiba faulty units I've seen on "Joe" reviews? Bye Antonio  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-14-2001 05:18 PM                     When the Toshiba drives work, they just work. When they die, you'll know....and it usually happens on a Friday night during a sell-out crowd.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-14-2001 05:34 PM                        If they look exactly like the drives pictured in my review (either black or vanilla colored), then chances are that you have a Toshiba drive.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-14-2001 05:34 PM                     I forget the external appearences but you could always take the lid off and look to see if the drives say "Toshiba" on them. They are right there when you remove the cover. You shouldn't have to do anything more than look.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-14-2001 08:11 PM                        Randy seems to have the easiest and most foolproof idea here.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-14-2001 08:27 PM                     The most foolproof ideas often DO come from the most foolish people, don't they?  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-14-2001 11:53 PM                     Guys, I think what Antonio is asking is if there is a way to tell if the Toshiba drives that he has are some of the ones that he read about. Like a certain batch, or serial # group.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-15-2001 02:24 AM                        Well Randy admitted to being foolish, which is why we misunderstood the question! It's all Randy's fault!  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-15-2001 04:21 AM                        Bruce is right. My player has Toshiba drives (I saw them!) but I wonder if there is a way to know in advance if that players will be the "faulty" ones... I've noted that that toshiba drives has some mechanism to work also vertically: all toshiba has that damn thing (you need three hand to put a CD in the unit)? Bye Antonio  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 05-16-2001 12:12 AM                     It was my understanding that all Toshiba drives in the DTS units were condemned and should be replaced. Can anyone verify that for sure?  |  IP: Logged

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