Hmmm.
Aopen had problems like this with the 24x as well. I do hope we're not getting a sense of deja-vu here
I have to say though, that the Artec drives, which are very similar to the Aopen ones, are holding up extremely well. I have a 32x and a 48x here (I've overclocked the 32x to 48x, and the 48x was given to me by a bloke in disgust although it now turns out it just needed a firmware update and works just fine) and they are both getting a fair old beating, one in an IDE duplicator. Both are good.
On the other hand, my Aopen 40x's bearings seem to be going -- it's very noisy. That said, it might just not be able to take the strain of being overclocked to an Artec 48x lolol.
These drives do require a LOT of power. If you can, I'd try using it on a skeleton system with a big meaty PSU.
