Liteon iHAP422 Reads DVD+R DL As CD-ROM

LiteOn / PLDS / Sony Writer Discuss, Liteon iHAP422 Reads DVD+R DL As CD-ROM at CD and DVD Writers forum; I can play a pre-recorded DVD OK on this drive but Nero Disc Speed says that a blank DVD+R DL is a CD-ROM and wont even run a test on it. I did go through the motion of setting up a VOB file I have to burn to it using

Posted: 01-12-2008

Ex_Brit (MyCE Member): Posts: 197

I can play a pre-recorded DVD OK on this drive but Nero Disc Speed says that a blank DVD+R DL is a CD-ROM and wont even run a test on it.
I did go through the motion of setting up a VOB file I have to burn to it using Nero Vision and it started up OK and didn't object to the disc in that instance. I aborted before the burn started however. The new Verbatim DVD+R DL Lightscribe discs weren't cheap where I bought them so I don't want to waste them!

I've only just installed the drive and Windows sees it OK and says it is working properly.

It's setup as slave to my Liteon DH20A4P.

Am I panicking needlessly?

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Posted: 01-12-2008

Ex_Brit (MyCE Member): Posts: 197

To clarify...

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Posted: 02-12-2008

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You don't happen to have Alcohol or Daemon Tools installed, do you?

If so, there's a possibility a settings change may help.

How does it act with other blank media (CDR, DVD R, DVD RW etc)?

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Posted: 02-12-2008

Ex_Brit (MyCE Member): Posts: 197

I don't have either installed and it seems to have moods...it'll work for a while then revert to being dumb. I checked that the firmware is the latest and my software is all up to date.
Connections are solid and the drive, according to Windows, is perfectly healthy.

I have also discovered that it prints Lightscribe with some strange aberrations. I tried two different brands of media with the same result. Not to waste any more money I called NewEgg where it came 3 days earlier and they are sending me a replacement free of charge, I don't even have to return this one.

It would appear that it has some internal problems.

Sorry about the big pic, it's from my scanner.

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Posted: 02-12-2008

Ex_Brit (MyCE Member): Posts: 197

I should add that the only other "DVD" software apart from Nero 9 suite is 1-Click DVD Copy and AnyDVD. They've all worked fine for ages now, so little reason to suspect them, despite the fact that Nero 9 is the worst thought out and obviously the least tested version I've ever used.

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