Thread: ? about letting the laser cool down

Hello all. I use EAC for extraction and burning. I was told to let the burner cool between burnings to extend laser life (I have a Plextor 12/10/32A, which I use for DAE and burning). Should I also let it cool after extraction or can I burn right after extraction?

Also, can I use my computer during extraction without hurting the extraction - I don't mind if it slows down a little, just don't want to have a bad extraction file?

Thank you to all.

Peace.

Also, Andre, I am new to EAC and I love it - thank you so much for this wonderful work. My postcard is on the way.

Cheers.

I´m also using my burner to rip (sony crx 100)-
but i cant really anser the question if you should let it cool down (but i think usually when READING cds it wouldt get too hot anyway - at least mine doesn´t)

but as for reading cds while working on the computer:

I´ve always been doing that and never had any problems concerning the quality of the rips - you can even do jobs that use all the computer power; then the extraction will just slow down (if eac is set to "idle" in the EAC-options).

Suggestions:

- While reading, cds become hot because of heat produced by the spinEngine. The semiConductorLaser is insignificant.

- SemiConductorLasers' average lifetime nearly is 7 years. That means it'll last 27 years by using a writer 6 hours a day before recycling.

=> Add a little fan on writer's back and you needn't worry about heat anymore.

Thank you Dick and bnm!

Hi!
How much the drive heats (how much it gets hot, as far as I understand english) varies much from one computer to another.
A friend uses an SCSI Teac 4x burner since 2 years, and the burned CDs are very hot. I use a Yamaha 6416S, and the burned CDs are cold, but my whole computer is cold : I've got two coolers : one for the box, and one for the CPU. However the drive died 9 monthes after being in use, refusing to load any CD, blank or not.
Maybe its bad for the drive to be very hot, but I think it has little to do with its lifetime. Once my DAT drive became so hot that a "thermal overdrive" (thermal cascade?) occured in the power supply, shutting down electricity in the whole house! Touching the front of the deck, I wondered how the tape didn't melt inside ... Those machines can stand very hot weather.