Is This A Repackaged Lite - On

[Kaiser_Sose]

First, I dont know what happenned to my username account .... it seems to have dissappeared so I had to re - register to post this

I joined this great forum a long time ago and maybe some of you remember my nick



Anyways can someone tell me if this is a repackaged Lite - On

h**p://latimes.p2ionline.com/treeprintads/treesplash.htm?page=0003629262-001/f-edition.htm

You will see a drive for $77. Click on it and it will say 'Ikebana' .... I was wondering if this is a Lite - On and will do SD 2.51

[Kaiser_Sose]

Someone just told me that the drive says LG and the manual as well

How is this drive for read and write of SD 2.51 and other things as well

[woody]

Go here to see a review of the drive. h**p://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=95

The GCE 16X model does Safedisc2 fine.I can't guarantee this one will.

[Kaiser_Sose]

Woody,

I couldnt find any LG drive listed on any list floating around that it can do SD 2.51

Anyone know if this burner can do it

[Kaiser_Sose]

What about a CenDyne 16x10x40, what is that a re packaged of ..................

Does this burn SD 2.5x

h**p://latimes.p2ionline.com/treeprintads/0003629741-001/f-edition.htm?z=ALL&menu=13&menu=7&menu=5


Click on the left hand middle of the page .... you will see a drive for $47

[woody]

Hi bud.I just wanted to say this...Instead of taking a chance,why don't you find the real thing.Take the guesswork out of it,and make sure you get a Liteon.Sometimes the rebadgers change brands or change the id.string in the bios.Then you have to wait for long periods of time to get firmware updates.Everybody seems to be able to find the Liteon 24102B.It definitely does the trick.

Oh,and yes,I do remember you from Cdrforum.

[Kaiser_Sose]

You are right about just getting a Lite - On but I couldnt find them until I checked Newegg

They were not listed their so by chance I clicked on Black cdrw's and I saw it then

Is this the correct one ...... LITE-ON LTR-24102B-02 24x10x40 CDRW BLACK - OEM

h**p://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=259&manufactory=1336&DEPA=1

How does this drive do on mp3 to cdda

[woody]

Yep, that is the correct writer model#.It will do audio fine,but it can't rip protected audio cd's such as Cactus data shield.It's one of the best right now.

Oh,sorry but no direct links unless they are forum links.I fixed your link.

[Kaiser_Sose]

I picked one up

What settings do I need with it ... because I know with my Plextor 1210a 1.4 firmaware I need to check 'AWS'

Should I use it as a reader as well because I know my toshiba 6602b reads SD 2.51 pretty fast

What is cactus shield music

[woody]

Hi bud,your Toshiba will be fine as a reader.Just use fast error skip for SD2.You don't need AWS with the Liteon.It makes perfect SD2 backups.

Cactus Data Shield is an audio protection,that stops you from making backups of Commercial cd's.The Plextors are among the best to defeat this protection.

[Kaiser_Sose]

The first thing I did with the drive after installing it was to check Sync Data Transfer and DMA in WIN 98 SE and then reboored. I then poped the first music cd to check the ripping speeds with EAC. The 7 minute song rippied at 3.6 x speed ... isnt that awfully slow for this drive

I know DMA is checked and the bios is reading it as a DMA 4 device

How can I better benchmark it to see if its ok



Thanks

[woody]

Take a look at this link bud.Fix it and Copy and paste into your browser.You need to to test with a full cd also,as the drive will build up speed.Sync data transfer should be disabled.

h**p://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=daeresults.php3

[Kaiser_Sose]

I just used CD Speed .85 and this is what I got:

Average: 17.46
Start 9.34
End 18.31
Type Z - CLV

This was with a retail copy of a Thelonius Monk Jazz CD

Just to be clear, are you saying that with the Liteon drive I should NOT check Sync Data Transfer and only have DMA checked

[woody]

That is correct it (sync data transfer)should be disabled.You need DMA with the Liteon.

[Kaiser_Sose]

Ok, I I think I have a problem and I know with you knowledge you can help. The only thing I have checked now is Disconnect and DMA

I went to run CDspeed .85 and this is what I got. I used a copy of Win 98 se on a cdr

Start 18.61
Current 21.83

I t went to the end of the 71 minute dc and said Read error at 69:54:25 [code 031100}
Test aborted

Here is the output in txt format


CD Speed

07 March 2002 - 0:14:41

CD-ROM drive information
Vendor LITE-ON
Product LTR-24102B
Firmware Version 5S54

CD information
Type Data
Length 71:05.07

Test results

Transfer rate
Average 21.03x
Start 18.61x
End N/A
Reading type N/A

DAE quality
Score N/A
Accurate stream No

Seek times
Random N/A
1/3 Seek N/A
Full N/A

CPU usage
1X N/A
2X N/A
4X N/A
8X N/A

Interface
Burst rate N/A

Spinup/Spindown Time
Spinup Time N/A
Spindown Time N/A

Disc Eject Time N/A
Disc Load Time N/A
Disc Recognition Time N/A

The disk might be scratched but even if it is the line just stayed constant at 21 speed



Do you have any advice