Liteon 48246s CDR problem

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Bazza145

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Hi All

Sorry to start my time here with a question, but can anyone help me out with this?
I've had this drive for a while, so I don't think I can return it. I'd only ever used it for CD-RW's so never realised there was a problem, but it doesn't like CDR's. It will read normal CD's, and read and write to CD-RW's, but it won't read or write to CDR's. I've tried a few different makes too. Any ideas? I've tried updated the firmware, but it hasn't helped.
I can't
think of any other information that might be pertinent... I'm running Windows ME if that helps.
Thanks for any guidance anyone can give.
 
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Bazza145

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Oh yeah, that would be pertinent, wouldn't it? :eek:
It's the software that came with the drive. Ahead Nero 5 I think.
Do you have a theory?
 
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LTR12101B

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Reads and writes CD-RW - is that with Nero, or with InCD.
InCD (the packet writer) cannot use CD-R media.

Any other CD-related software installed?
 
Duracell

Duracell

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Bazza145 said:
It will read normal CD's, and read and write to CD-RW's, but it won't read or write to CDR's. I've tried a few different makes too. Any ideas?
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if you tried burning with Nero itself (and not with InCD Drag & Drop) nevertheless it could be a media problem; What media brands did you used?


Greetings from
Duracell
 
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Bazza145

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Haven't got InCD on, so that's not it. It may be worth (and I should probably have already tried this) removing and re-installing Nero though. I'll try that today and see if it helps.
On the other hand, that'd be unlikely to affect whether it could read CDR's I suppose.
The brands I can remember having used are:
Vivistar
Lifetec
Sony
 
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LTR12101B

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That's bizarre! - normally it's CD-R that burn ok and CD-RW that give trouble. If Nero itself is working satisfactorily with CD-RW media, not sure if that rules out things like ASPI issues.

Does it not accept that there is a CD there? Or does it start the process and then fail with an error.

Can you get it to show you the media info?

Which version of Nero? 5.5.10.50 has a bug - fixed in 5.5.10.54.

One possible binding factor (which could relate to that bug)....
Are all your CD-RW's 74 minute, and all your CD-R media 80 minute (650 and 700 Mb)?
 
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Bazza145

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It's version 5.5.9.13.
All the CDR's are 80 mins. Not sure about the CDRW's though, lets see if I can check...
Yes. It looks like you're right.
But if it's a Nero bug, why won't the drive read CDR's either? My DVD drive will read them fine.
 
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LTR12101B

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So it won't read a pre-burned CD-R.
It begins to sound like a bad drive - though it may be worth trying in another machine - and even with no CD-R software loaded, it would work as a CD-ROM (which should include reading CD-R burns).

My DVD-ROM is a lot fussier than the writer ... at least, in any machine that has dual drives, the writer has always had a better read margin than the DVD-ROM, especially for CD-R.

Can't say if 5.5.9.13 is good or bad - I had some trouble with the Wav editor around the 5.5.9.x series, and ran with a "cut & shut" of two different versions - I'd rate 5.5.9.17, 5.5.10.42, and possibly 5.5.10.54 as good - and the 5.5.9.x were ok other than the Wav editor bug.
 
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