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LiteON LTR-52327S Media Recognition Problems
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:21 pmby EvilMM
My LiteON LTR-52327S (52x32x52x) is having problems rcognizing Media, i dont know the exact types, but I have tried Verbatims and PNY Technologies. I just updated to the QS0C firmware from QS09, and no luck, the lite-on site is down, so this is my only hope!
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:28 pmby rdgrimes
Can you be more specific about what it's doing? Blank media, burned media, software, etc.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:29 pmby EvilMM
It reads all media fine, but when i go to burn, it says to insert media. When i hit disc info, it says no media is in drive.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:38 pmby rdgrimes
What software is installed? InCD can sometimes cause similar issues, but usually it gives a message about conflicts and such. I would discount the PNY media, it's pretty cheap stuff, but Verbatim DataLife Plus should work very well.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:40 pmby EvilMM
I use Nero.
Do you have AIM? This might be easier
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:55 pmby CDRecorder
Do you have Alcohol or CloneCD software on your computer? If I understand correctly, they both have an option which intentionally causes this issue to allow copies of certain copy-protected games to work.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:58 pmby EvilMM
I do have alcohol 120%, but I've had all that stuff on here for well over 2 months, and it just started this the other day.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:17 pmby rdgrimes
In Alcohol, go to options - emulation. Uncheck "ignore media type" and see if that helps.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:18 pmby EvilMM
I dont use it that much, so i uninstalled it.
Still not working.
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Mon Oct 27, 2003 11:49 pmby EvilMM
And now it doesnt read anything.
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Tue Oct 28, 2003 2:58 amby CDRecorder
The drive isn't reading anything now? If so, try uninstalling the IDE channel to which it is attached in Device Manager and reboot the computer. This will re-install the driver, which may help.
Another thing to try is to boot from a bootable floppy disk in DOS and see if you can read a disc that way. You can find programs to make bootable DOS floppy disks with optical drive drivers at
http://www.bootdisk.com.
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Tue Oct 28, 2003 6:38 pmby EvilMM
Did a bootdisk, isnt recognizing any CD's, but it does the drive.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 1:25 amby CDRecorder
If you can't even read from the drive in DOS, it's probably dead.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:51 amby EvilMM
Thanks for your help, looking into returning for a refund if possible, this is my second lite-on drive.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:55 pmby EvilMM
hold on a second, when i run Nero infotool, it says the system ASPI isnt installed.
EDIT: I went to the adaptec site and installed the newest ASPI drivers like it says to do for win XP, now infotool says ASPI installation is corrupted.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 5:46 pmby CDRecorder
Try installing ASPI 4.60. It works better than 4.7x.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:21 pmby dodecahedron
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 6:28 pmby EvilMM
thx guys, i got the aspi installed and "working properly" according to nero.
Drive still isnt working.
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Wed Oct 29, 2003 7:13 pmby CDRecorder
Well, since the drive can't read anything through DOS (even though it is being recognized in DOS), the drive is probably dead. I'd recommend that you try to get another drive.