Riodass external CD drive

[Milestones]

Has anyone used this for ripping, burning, and even listening to CDs?  I just received this today, and I can't get it to function at all.  My previous CD drive (LG) worked fine on my old HP computer and my current Apple Mac.  This one...just a problem.  I tried a host of troubleshooting trips and no luck.  There were a lot of good reviews on this, so I am surprised. 

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

9% of Amazon reviews are 1 star, with most of them saying that the drive arrived dead.

I worked in the electronics industry for over 40 years and I've been told that a lot of companies (our customers) that were making cheap electronics like this external CD drive, use the consumer for "final test". It's cheaper to have you return it for a new one than it is to test it themselves.

I would send it back and get a replacement or a credit.

https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B07DLRG9VH/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar

A little while back, I got a new tower PC with a shit laptop-sized optical drive, so I bought an external case, this one:

https://www.amazon.com/External-Enclosure-Generation-Aluminum-NST-540S3-BK/dp/B09SS74KCN/a4b666

And then I bought a highly-rated internal drive. I researched it quite a bit and eventually bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9FRFT7?

And yes, I know that Plextor is no longer a company, just a licensed name, but this drive had decent reviews at the time.

 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

Did you find the latest drivers for the product (company website probably) and install them? After you've done that, does the drive show up when you plug it in?  For ex on a pc you should see it in File Explorer.

I recently bought a Dell PC tower which did not have a built in cd player so I bought an external usb player from Dell for about $50.  Works fine so far.

Edited 5 hours ago by Stompin at the Savoy