QPS QPCDRW161040SEM External 16x10x40 SCSI CD-RW Drive

by QPS

Product Details

Product Manual [454kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B63T
• Item model number: QPCDRW161040SEM
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This external SCSI CD-RW drive from QPS delivers fast 40x read, 16x write, and 10x rewrite speeds for storing data or audio on high-capacity CDs. Compatible with both PCs and Macs, the drive features an Ultra SCSI interface providing burst transfer rates of 20 MBps, 140-millisecond average access times, and a generous 4 MB buffer.

In addition to the fast burst rates and large buffer, internal cooling, vibration dampening, and synchronous data transfer increase efficiency and ensure reliable CD writing. Bundled software enables you to use your drive for drag-and-drop data file transfer and for creating custom music CDs quickly and easily, making it an excellent tool for desktop publishing, data archiving, and MIDI and recording studios.

QPS offers a one-year warranty on this drive.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Design Defect burns drive..., December 22, 2001

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Bernhard Haidacher "Gadget Lover" (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QPS QPCDRW161040SEM External 16x10x40 SCSI CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

They use a cheaper IDE drive and convert the drive's native interface through badly designed circuitry. This overloads the drive and after a few hours it burns.

Company will not comment on this issue.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Drive arrived defective; 75% failure rate, December 30, 2001

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HM "edwinmay" (Corona Del Mar, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: QPS QPCDRW161040SEM External 16x10x40 SCSI CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

I returned this drive after struggling with it for a few days. On arrival the SCSI address selector did not work; had to use preset address 3. Then the AHA7890 scsi adapter would recognize the drive only after I changed my scanner's address to 4, and lower the speed in the bios from 80 to 20 Mhz.
Windows reported the existence of the drive but CD-creator or DirectCD could not find it.
Under Linux I managed to use the drive but only at writing speed 1, resulting in a 75% failure rate (i.e., 1 out of four disks!).
I e-mailed QPS customer service -- they never replied.
I finally got a Cendyne 20x10x40 IDE drive, which works fine both under W2k and Linux by loading the ide-scsi module with Xcdroast

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars QPS - horrible product, horrible customer support, February 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: QPS QPCDRW161040SEM External 16x10x40 SCSI CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought this drive and it only worked some of the time. Eventually, it quit working all together. I called customer support to find out what recourse I had, and after being on hold for an hour on a NON toll-free number, QPS could offer me NOTHING. No service provider is willing to repair it, and QPS's repair service costs twice as much as the drive itself. My whole experince with this product and company has been a disaster. I discourage you from buying a QPS product. I never will again.