Yamaha 8x4x24 Internal SCSI CDRW Drive

by Yamaha

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000488VG
• Item model number: CRW-8424SZ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Yamaha CRW-8424SZ CD-RW drive features 24x read, 8x write, and 4x rewrite speeds. With up to 4 MB of buffer memory and an average access speed of 140 milliseconds, the Yamaha CRW-8424SZ makes archiving and backing up data easy and efficient.

This drive allows you to store data and graphics files with floppy disk ease onto removable media to free up limited and expensive hard disk space. Using the CD-RW format, it is also easy to record your original music on audio CDs and to back up and archive information for instant access on the most reliable media. Because over 300 million computers now feature CD-ROM drives, data stored on CDs can be read almost anywhere. Record, erase, and record again, up to 999 times on one disc while still preserving reliability.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best CDRW yet, April 30, 2000

By 

edrisk (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha 8x4x24 Internal SCSI CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

Just bought the Yamaha 8x4x24 CDRW and the product is the best thing I have bought in months. I have had many problem with other CDRWs but this one has given me nothing but joy. I have had ZERO problems with this product, easy installation, FAST DRIVE, 99.99% Problem free. This product is THE CDRW to buy, it out performs the Sony Sepra and HP CDRWS. Yamaha is the name to trust when buying CDRWs, trust me you will love this product.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, nearly trouble-free, July 28, 2000

By 

Eric McCoy (Clinton, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha 8x4x24 Internal SCSI CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

I really love this drive. It's fun, and it's easy. Installation was a snap. I was literally burning CDs (in Windows 2000, no less) in under five minutes from when I got home. It's now happily living on a channel managed by a RAID controller, which my DVD-RAM drive can't do. As with all SCSI devices, this one consumes almost none of the CPU's time. The benefit to this is that you can do other things while burning CDs. For example, I successfully burned a CD while playing and encoding MP3s, downloading files off the Internet, and installing a game from my DVD drive (all at once!).

The only dim spot was that, about two days and twenty CDs after buying the drive, it broke - it wouldn't initialize. This happened when the power was on, too. I was able to exchange the drive for a new one which has lasted several weeks without flaw.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best CDRW in the market, February 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Yamaha 8x4x24 Internal SCSI CDRW Drive (Personal Computers)

I use this CDRW (8424s-vk) after using more the 20 disks i did not have any errors or any other prob. installing this drive using my scsi 7895 adapter was easy. the software is easy to use and it takes 10 minutes to start back up your system.