Need A New Dvd Rw

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Need A New Dvd Rw, Surgestions for a new dvd rw,,,, not a LiteOn

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figgis41 View Member Profile	May 7 2008, 10:30 AM Post #1
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Hull England Member No.: 129,329	hi all,,, at the moment i have a rebranded liteon dvd rw, but it dose'nt like burning any kind of discs,,, ie dvd-r,, dvd+r dvd-rw,,,dvd+rw etc,,, i have also used all brands like TDK and verbatem,, etc,,,, but thats another problem,,, what i need is a drive to replace this one and use my origenal as a second drive,,,, at the moment this is my spec of the one i have General Information : IDE Controller : VIA Technologies Inc VT8237A SATA Controller IDE Controller : VIA Technologies Inc VT82xxxx EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets) Informations CD-Rom ATAPI DVD W DH16W1P : THIS IS THE REBRANDED LITEON IN A PACKARD BELL PC IDE Channel : #2 - Master Drive Manufacturer : ATAPI Model : ATAPI DVD W DH16W1P Revision : LP21 Serial ATA : No IORDY : Yes LBA Mode : Yes DMA Mode : Yes TCQ Mode : No NCQ Mode : No Multiword DMA Mode : 2 PIO Mode : PIO 4 UDMA Mode max. : 4 (ATA-66) UDMA Mode Enabled : 4 (ATA-66) Rotation Control : CLV CD-R Read : Yes CD-RW Reading : Yes DVD-Rom Reading : Yes DVD-RAM Reading : No DVD-R Reading : Yes DVD-RW Reading : Yes DVD+R Reading : Yes DVD+RW Reading : Yes DVD+R DL Reading : Yes DVD BD Reading : No DVD BD-RE Reading : No DVD BD-R Reading : No DVD BD-Rom Reading : No DVD HD Reading : No CD-R Writing : Yes CD-RW Writing : Yes DVD-RAM Writing : No DVD-R Writing : Yes DVD+R Writing : Yes DVD-RW Writing : Yes DVD+RW Writing : Yes DVD+R DL Writing : Yes DVD BD Writing : No DVD BD-RE Writing : No DVD BD-R Wrting : No DVD HD Writing : No DVD HD-RW Writing : No Mount Rainier (MRW) : No Buffer Underrun : Yes JustLink : Yes LabelFlash : No LightScribe : No LightScribe Drive Speed : No SolidBurn : No Method 2 : Yes CD-Audio Support : Yes MultiSession or Photo-CD : Yes Side Change Capable : No Reading CD-Rom : 48x (8467 KB/s) Reading DVD-Rom : 16x Writing CD-R : 48x (8467 KB/s) Writing CD-RW : 30x Writing DVD-R : 10x Writing DVD-RW : 6x Writing DVD+R : 10x Writing DVD+RW : 6x Writing DVD+R DL : 4x Region Code : Installed Region : 1 User Changes : 4 Vendor Changes : 4 RPC Phase II : Yes thanks for the help,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ian -------------------- Figgis,,,, LUFC

garmanma View Member Profile	May 7 2008, 12:18 PM Post #2
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 4,417 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	I like Pioneer. I've installed 5 with no problems -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around

figgis41 View Member Profile	May 7 2008, 01:48 PM Post #3
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Hull England Member No.: 129,329	hi Mark,,,, what do you think of this one http://www.ebuyer.com/product/136445 thanks,,,,,Ian -------------------- Figgis,,,, LUFC

garmanma View Member Profile	May 7 2008, 04:31 PM Post #4
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 4,417 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	Looks like a good deal for the money. I don't think you'll be disappointed -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around

figgis41 View Member Profile	May 8 2008, 02:19 AM Post #5
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Hull England Member No.: 129,329	thanks Mark,,, i think i'll order it today,,,, i still cant get imgburn to work with the one i have now,,, it keeps coming up with "power calibration area error",,,, funny thing is it works fine with the same media in my xp machine that has an NEC dvd rw,,, go figure,,,,, cheers for your time Mark,,,,,,,, Ian -------------------- Figgis,,,, LUFC

garmanma View Member Profile	May 8 2008, 07:42 AM Post #6
Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 4,417 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618	I'm going to move your other post on imgburn to Audio and Video. Maybe DaChew will see it This post has been edited by garmanma: May 8 2008, 07:42 AM -------------------- Mark why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around

figgis41 View Member Profile	May 8 2008, 11:08 AM Post #7
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 7-May 07 From: Hull England Member No.: 129,329	thanks Mark,,, i was hopeing chewy would pick up on that one,,, i understand he's a bata tester for imgburn,,,, he has helped me befor with a simelar problem,,,, i have orderd that pioneer dvd rw today,,,, once agaain thanks for your help Mark,,,,, regards,,, Ian -------------------- Figgis,,,, LUFC

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