I have a Teac DV-W50E DVD-R burner that I've had for almost a year now and have copied over 200 movies/games without any problems until a few weeks ago.

My pc randomly locks up while burning a PS2 game and even sometimes a movie.

I've used several programs to see if it was a specific program that was the problem but it would lockup while using DVD Decrypter, copyto dvd and even Primo Prassi DVD/RecornNow Max. And It's locked up while burning different ps2 games and movies and never at the same completion %.

I've also tried moving the burner to another pc and still get the occasional lock ups.

Could it be the DVD burner laser going bad on me.

Any feedback will greatly be appreciated.

TIA.