Problem with brand-spanking new Lite-On 24/10/40 CDRW...please read.

[mAdD INDIAN]

Ok so I went out and bought the Lite-On 24/10/40 for $145 CDN (with tax it came to $170CDN).

Anyway..so I install it on my machine which is WinXP on a P2-450 w/256MB RAM. I also install the Nero 5.5 that came with it.

Ok..so I burn the Mandrake8.1 ISO as a Mode2 image. I'm in awe as the burn completes in around 4 mins! Then I pop in the cd, nothing. The computer doesn't recognize anything in it. It looks blank. So I'm thinking...in the mean time I decide Ill burn another cd, this time a music one. So I burn it, again I'm in awe at the speed. It pops out..I play in the computer...doesn't work. Hmmm..so I play in the mini-system...works beautifully! So why won't my burner and regular cd rom drive read it??

My regular cd rom drive (Acer 36X) reads CDR/CDRWs fine..??

Also, I burnt both cds at a speed of 24X, when the media is only 16x certified. Could that be a difference?? The CDRs are Maxell CD-R 700MB.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Hanpan]

n/m

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< Click write and unclick simulate in nero. >>

lol

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

<< Click write and unclick simulate in nero. >>



I did that, I'm not stupid you know..

Also I know it burned on the cd, because I could see the mark on the back of hte cd..u know you can tell how much got written on the cd.

 

[Hanpan]

Sorry didn't mean to insult your intelligenence.



Anyways it could be the media. I have seen problems like that before with media that was not up to snuff...

 

[PliotronX]

Yup, that's one of the symptoms of media being burned too fast. Able to be read in certain drives, but others choke on it.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

<< Sorry didn't mean to insult your intelligenence. >>




It's ok..its been insulted many many times..

I'm hopings its the media...because I'm using Maxell cd-rs..

 

[homaryu]

Did you try pressed CD's to see if the burner can read them. I recently also purchased an Liteon 24x and it couldn't read anything but burned ok. RMAed it--got new one and everything is perfect now.

 

[DN]

Uhm.. Wouldn't the next LOGICAL thing to do is burn at 16x and see what happens..?

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

<< Uhm.. Wouldn't the next LOGICAL thing to do is burn at 16x and see what happens..? >>



yes it would...pretty smart there!

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

I tried using the CDRW disc that came with the Lite-ON burner at 10X and I got the same result. It would read empty in the cdrom drives.

 

[Steven the Leech]

Do you have DMA enable in advanced setting on the ide controllers? Doesnt sound like a media problem to me. I have a LO 24x and burns everything i throw in ti. Maybe get the update for Nero or go here for more infoHere

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Update..burned at 16x..and it works!!

So..are there any 24x cdrs on the market??

 

[PliotronX]

<< Update..burned at 16x..and it works!! So..are there any 24x cdrs on the market?? >>


That's good to hear

Look for the Fuji 24X CDRs, they're manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, some of the best you can buy. I got two spindles of 50 of them for $30 just the other day at Fry's

 

[Steven the Leech]

Also that link i gave you in earlier post has some info on the firmware's for the drive, have you updated the firmware?. I have used kodak 8x, kingstonhypermedia 16x Imation 16x color and fuji 16x[TY] verbatim 16x, and all of them burn/read at 24x iso/cdj/audio/ccd/bin-cue and all work.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Thanks for all the help guys..

I also saw some Memorex 24x cdrs at FutureShop..but since I already bought a 30-pack of Maxell 16x cdrs...I'll have to use that first.