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Lite-On DVD SATA drive
I'm having a lot of problems with this new DVD drive. Many times the
media is not recognized or Vista thinks its a blank disk when its not or that that its what was in there before. I tried to find the firmware info in the device manager buts its not there as "firmware". Is anyone else having media detection problems?? thanks |
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Lite-On DVD SATA drive
rwphilips,
A good way to find firmware, if you're looking for firmware, is to search the website of the manufacturer of your DVD drive. The manufacturer should provide information about this, usually in their Support or Download area. You have to search for it. Another approach for troubleshooting the issue you have is to use google to search the Internet for solutions. The problem has likely been addressed many times. There could be multiple sources causing this problem, with firmware being only one of them. Try a different media, like brand or type , for example. -- freddy " wrote: I'm having a lot of problems with this new DVD drive. Many times the media is not recognized or Vista thinks its a blank disk when its not or that that its what was in there before. I tried to find the firmware info in the device manager buts its not there as "firmware". Is anyone else having media detection problems?? thanks |
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Lite-On DVD SATA drive
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... I'm having a lot of problems with this new DVD drive. Many times the media is not recognized or Vista thinks its a blank disk when its not or that that its what was in there before. I tried to find the firmware info in the device manager buts its not there as "firmware". Is anyone else having media detection problems?? thanks Yes, I have had two Lite-On SH-16A7S drives, and I have returned them both to the retailer. With both of them I found a significant number of my DVD movies were not recognised at all when inserted into the drive. [The discs are perfectly fine, and are recognised immediately by my 10-year-old Hitachi drive that has never had a lens cleaner through it since it was new]. The Lite-On website has no downloadable firmware for this model (or didn't at the time I returned the first one) and their technical support suggested it was a drive fault and that I should return it. Either it is a fault with a batch that the retailer received, or it is a problem with the design of the whole model. I have now swapped for a Samsung drive, and hope it works better. I expect it to arrive on Saturday or Monday depending on the courier. Neil |
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Lite-On DVD SATA drive
"Neil" wrote in message
... Yes, I have had two Lite-On SH-16A7S drives, and I have returned them both to the retailer. I have now swapped for a Samsung drive, and hope it works better. I expect it to arrive on Saturday or Monday depending on the courier. Unfortunately, due to a cock-up in the shipping department I am now on my third Lite-On drive and I haven't had the chance to try a Samsung drive yet. For information, the third drive was considerably better than the other two. But still out of a random sample of seven movies from my collection, one I couldn't get to be recognised at all, and one was intermittently not recognised. I'm waiting for the courier to pick it back up, but it means I won't have the Samsung until next weekend probably. Neil |
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Lite-On DVD SATA drive
"Neil" wrote in message
... "Neil" wrote in message ... Yes, I have had two Lite-On SH-16A7S drives, and I have returned them both to the retailer. I have now swapped for a Samsung drive, and hope it works better. I expect it to arrive on Saturday or Monday depending on the courier. Unfortunately, due to a cock-up in the shipping department I am now on my third Lite-On drive and I haven't had the chance to try a Samsung drive yet. For information, the third drive was considerably better than the other two. But still out of a random sample of seven movies from my collection, one I couldn't get to be recognised at all, and one was intermittently not recognised. I have tested the Samsung drive (model SH-S203) and it appears to work fine. It successfully reads all the movies I have tried so far including the one which the LiteOn drives all found to be very problematic. Neil |