LIte-On DH-20A4h

Hello guest,
default
To benefit from all extra features you need to log in or sign up.
Newbie Forum Discuss, LIte-On DH-20A4h at Starters forum; I am having a problem with my Lite-on DH-20A4H not recognizing blank dual layer media. I have tried both Verbatim and Memorex Dual Layer media. When I emailed Lite-on about the issue they simply said make sure you are using brand name media.

default_avatar
walkwk (New on Forum)
Posts: 3
Posted: 14-03-2008
I am having a problem with my Lite-on DH-20A4H not recognizing blank dual layer media. I have tried both Verbatim and Memorex Dual Layer media.

When I emailed Lite-on about the issue they simply said make sure you are using brand name media.
default_avatar
Today (MyCE Staff)
Posts: 15,596
Arachne's Avatar
Arachne (Senior Moderator & Reviewer)
Posts: 28,633
Posted: 14-03-2008
Welcome to the forum

You've tried Verbatim, which is the safest bet for DL media, so I'd imagine it's not the discs...do you by any chance have Acohol, or Daemon Tools installed on your system?
__________________
Current drives: Samsung SH-S223F (SB03 RPC1 + other goodies) + TSST (Samsung) TS-H653F (D200) + Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 RPC1 + other goodies) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B)
Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B + Pioneer DVR-115D
My Review PCs

How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble

Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community!
The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here
default_avatar
walkwk (New on Forum)
Posts: 3
Posted: 14-03-2008
I don't currently but I could, if you let me know what to do.
Kerry56's Avatar
Kerry56 (Moderator)
Posts: 7,152
Posted: 14-03-2008
I believe she meant that those two programs have been known to cause problems, and might have been responsible for your current trouble.

What programs are you using to try to burn the disks? I would suggest ImgBurn for dual layer burns personally. www.imgburn.com
See if the disks show up in it. Imgburn is free to use, and there are guides to using it in the Imgburn forums.

Are you having any other problems with the drive?

And by the way, if you can still get your money back on those Memorex disks, I'd certainly look into that.
Arachne's Avatar
Arachne (Senior Moderator & Reviewer)
Posts: 28,633
Posted: 14-03-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kerry56 View Post
I believe she meant that those two programs have been known to cause problems, and might have been responsible for your current trouble.
Hehe, yep. And I'd stick with the Verbatim DL's once you get the problem fixed.

Edit: You say it doesn't recognise the discs, what exactly happens when you put in a disc and click burn?
__________________
Current drives: Samsung SH-S223F (SB03 RPC1 + other goodies) + TSST (Samsung) TS-H653F (D200) + Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 RPC1 + other goodies) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B)
Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B + Pioneer DVR-115D
My Review PCs

How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble

Click here to join cdfreaks.com and be part of our friendly community!
The CDFreaks Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here
default_avatar
walkwk (New on Forum)
Posts: 3
Posted: 14-03-2008
When I put the disk in, the drive shows it as a cd. however if I put in a non dual layer dvd the drives shows as a dvd. I usually use Roxio as my burning software, it also showed as cd.
Kerry56's Avatar
Kerry56 (Moderator)
Posts: 7,152
Posted: 14-03-2008
Just for grins and giggles, download ImgBurn, put a dual layer disk in the drive and start the program.

On the right side of the upper window, Imgburn will show the disk information...if you have put in a Verbatim DL disk, it will tell you the disk id code, which will either be MKM001 or MKM003 depending on which speed you bought. There will be a lot of other information about the disk also.

If it can identify the disk correctly, it should burn to it correctly as well.

Have you actually tried a burn with Roxio?
There's more to MyCE.com

Listen up, we've got more. Product information on 102,541 products. Our experts have written 521 articles. We've gathered 16,068 news items for you to always keep updated.

Active Commenters

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Similar Threads

People who found this also searched for

  • disc empty dh-20a4h
  • dh-20a4h problems
  • dh-20a4h review
  • liteon dh-20a4h
  • liteon dh-20a4h not recognizing dvd
  • liteon dh20a4h dual layer read
All times are GMT +2. The time now is 14:54.
Top