Help! I think I broke my 812s

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers LiteOn / PLDS / Sony Writer
#1

I tried to find answer to my problems in other threads but weren’t able to find it. So if somebody already answered this, please re-direct me there.

I have SOHW 812S dvd burner (firmware US0F). It was working fine at first but then it started to show power callibration error. Somebody told me that I should download and install new firmware (US0Q). So I did. It went well. No trouble at all. But since then I can’t burn dvds. It just says: driver is in use by another application.

So… can somebody please help me since I’m an idiot for this stuff.
Thanx!

#2

@ Ashlar1984
Try deleting the IDE channel in ‘device manager’ that the Liteon resides on and reboot your system. That will allow windows to redetect your drive. Let us know how it goes.

#3

[QUOTE=Ashlar1984] It just says: driver is in use by another application.

[QUOTE]
It seems that you have DirectCD or Nero InCD installed. Create and post the log file from Nero Info Tool.

#4

Yes, get rid of INCD…!

#5

Here’s log. I have two drives so I just posted the whole log. :rolleyes:

Nero InfoTool 2.00

Drive Information

Drive : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8526B
Type : CD-RW Recorder
Firmware Version : 1.04
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : ?
Drive Letter : F:
Location : 3:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 52 X
Write Speed : 52 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : No
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : No
Read DVD-RW : No
Read DVD+R : No
Read DVD+RW : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : No
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : No
Write DVD-RW : No
Write DVD+R : No
Write DVD+RW : No
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : Yes
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Disc Information (F:)

Type : - no disc inserted -

Drive Information

Drive : LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-812S
Type : DVD-R/RW Combo Drive
Firmware Version : US0Q
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : 2004-07-16
Serial Number : 2004033000026056
Drive Letter : G:
Location : 4:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 40 X
Write Speed : 40 X

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 2
Changes User : 4
Changes Vendor : 4

Disc Information (G:)

Type : - no disc inserted -

Interface Information

Adapter 1

Description : Primary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1164 (xpsp2.021217-1051)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: Maxtor 6Y160M0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On

Adapter 2

Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1164 (xpsp2.021217-1051)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices

Adapter 3

Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1164 (xpsp2.021217-1051)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices

Adapter 4

Description : Secondary IDE Channel

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1164 (xpsp2.021217-1051)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver

Attached Devices
Description : Master: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8526B
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On

Adapter 5

Description : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1254 (xpsp2.030801-1834)
Description : EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver

Attached Devices
Description : LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-812S USB Device
Type : CD-Rom Drive
Autorun : On

Software Information

Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.01.2600 Service Pack 1)
ASPI : Nero Aspi Library 2.0.1.56 Ahead Software AG

Description : Nero Burning ROM
Version : 6, 0, 0, 0
Company : Ahead Software AG
Version Check : Ok

Description : PowerDVD
Version : 5.00.1107
Company : CyberLink Corp.

Description : Sonic MyDVD
Version : 4.5
Company : Sonic Solutions

Hardware Information

CPU : AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ 1800 MHz
Bus Speed : 200 MHz
Motherboard : K8T890-8237
System :
BIOS : Phoenix 6.00 PG
Memory : 512 MB (5ns)
Sound : Realtek AC97 Audio
Video : RADEON X600 Series

Driver Information

Driver : ACPI
Description : ACPI Driver for NT
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ALCXSENS
Description : Sensaura WDM 3D Audio Driver
Version : 5.10.00.3513
Company : Sensaura

Driver : ALCXWDM
Description : Realtek AC’97 Audio Driver (WDM)
Version : 5.10.5630
Company : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Driver : AmdK8
Description : AMD Processor Driver
Version : 1.1.0 built by: dnsrv(wmbla)
Company : Advanced Micro Devices

Driver : Arp1394
Description : IP/1394 Arp Client
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : AsyncMac
Description : MS Remote Access serial network driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : atapi
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1164 (xpsp2.021217-1051)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ati2mtag
Description : ATI Radeon WindowsNT Miniport Driver
Version : 6.14.10.6490
Company : ATI Technologies Inc.

Driver : audstub
Description : AudStub Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Cdfs
Description : CD-ROM File System Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Cdrom
Description : SCSI CD-ROM Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Disk
Description : PnP Disk Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : dmio
Description : NT Disk Manager I/O Driver
Version : 2600.0.503.0
Company : Microsoft Corp., Veritas Software

Driver : dmload
Description : NT Disk Manager Startup Driver
Version : 2600.0.503.0
Company : Microsoft Corp., Veritas Software.

Driver : drvmcdb
Description : Device Driver
Version : 3.21.52a
Company : Sonic Solutions

Driver : Fdc
Description : Floppy Disk Controller Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Flpydisk
Description : Floppy Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Ftdisk
Description : FT Disk Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : GEARAspiWDM
Description : CDRom Class Filter Driver
Version : 2.0.4.0
Company : GEAR Software Inc.

Driver : i8042prt
Description : i8042 Port Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Imapi
Description : IMAPI Kernel Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Intels51
Description : Intel V.92 Modem
Version : 4.60.2
Company : Intel Corporation

Driver : IpNat
Description : IP Network Address Translator
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : IPSec
Description : IPSec Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : isapnp
Description : PNP ISA Bus Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : kmixer
Description : Kernel Mode Audio Mixer
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Modem
Description : Modem Device Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : MODEMCSA
Description : Unimodem CSA Filter
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : MRxDAV
Description : Windows NT WebDav Minirdr
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : NdisTapi
Description : NDIS 3.0 connection wrapper driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Ndisuio
Description : NDIS User mode I/O Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1254 (xpsp2.030801-1834)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : NdisWan
Description : MS PPP Framing Driver (Strong Encryption)
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : NIC1394
Description : IEEE1394 Ndis Miniport and Call Manager
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Npfs
Description : NPFS Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Ntfs
Description : NT File System Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ohci1394
Description : 1394 OpenHCI Port Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Parport
Description : Parallel Port Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : PartMgr
Description : Partition Manager
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ParVdm
Description : VDM Parallel Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : PCI
Description : NT Plug and Play PCI Enumerator
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : PCIIde
Description : Generic PCI IDE Bus Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : pfc
Description : Padus® ASPI Shell
Version : 2, 5, 0, 201
Company : Padus, Inc.

Driver : PSched
Description : MS QoS Packet Scheduler
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Ptilink
Description : Parallel Technologies DirectParallel IO Library
Version : 1.10 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Parallel Technologies, Inc.

Driver : PxHelp20
Description : Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Version : 2.02.47a
Company : Sonic Solutions

Driver : Rasl2tp
Description : RAS L2TP mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RasPppoe
Description : RAS PPPoE mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Raspti
Description : PTI DirectParallel® mini-port/call-manager driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Rdbss
Description : Redirected Drive Buffering SubSystem Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1239 (xpsp2.030618-0119)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : RDPCDD
Description : RDP Miniport
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : rdpdr
Description : Microsoft RDP Device redirector
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : redbook
Description : Redbook Audio Filter Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : serenum
Description : Serial Port Enumerator
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Serial
Description : Serial Device Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : sr
Description : System Restore Filesystem Filter Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Srv
Description : Server driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1193 (xpsp2.030327-2018)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : swenum
Description : Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
Version : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : sysaudio
Description : System Audio WDM Filter
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Tcpip
Description : TCP/IP Protocol Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : TermDD
Description : Terminal Server Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Update
Description : Update Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbehci
Description : EHCI eUSB Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1254 (xpsp2.030801-1834)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbhub
Description : Default Hub Driver for USB
Version : 5.1.2600.1254 (xpsp2.030801-1834)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbprint
Description : USB Printer driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : USBSTOR
Description : USB Mass Storage Class Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : usbuhci
Description : UHCI USB Miniport Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.1254 (xpsp2.030801-1834)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : ViaIde
Description : Generic PCI IDE Bus Driver
Version : 1.00.01.00
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : VolSnap
Description : Volume Shadow Copy Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : Wanarp
Description : MS Remote Access and Routing ARP Driver
Version : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : wdmaud
Description : MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Company : Microsoft Corporation

Driver : msvcrt.dll
Version : 7.0.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)

Driver : msvcirt.dll
Version : 7.0.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)

Driver : mfc42.dll
Version : 6.00.8665.0

Driver : msvcp60.dll
Version : 6.00.8972.0

Driver : msvcp70.dll
Version : 7.00.9466.0

Driver : msvcr70.dll
Version : 7.00.9466.0

Driver : ole32.dll
Version : 5.1.2600.1362 (xpsp2.040109-1800)

Driver : olepro32.dll
Version : 5.0.5014

Driver : oledlg.dll
Version : 1.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)

Driver : advapi32.dll
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)

Driver : comctl32.dll
Version : 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920)

Driver : setupapi.dll
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)

Lower Filters

Driver : Pfc
Description : Padus® ASPI Shell
Version : 2, 5, 0, 201
Company : Padus, Inc.

Upper Filters

Driver : GEARAspiWDM
Description : CDRom Class Filter Driver
Version : 2.0.4.0
Company : GEAR Software Inc.

Video Codecs

Cinepak Codec by Radius : 1.10.0.6
Intel 4|2|0 Video V2.50 : 4.4.3400
Intel Indeo® Video R3.2
Intel Indeo® Video R3.2
Intel IYUV codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Microsoft RLE : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Microsoft Video 1 : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Toshiba YUV Codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Microsoft H.263 Video Codec : 4.4.3400
Microsoft H.261 Video Codec : 4.4.3400
Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 : 9.0.1.0369
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V1 : 4.1.00.3927
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V2 : 4.1.00.3927
DivX Pro 5.0.3 Codec : 5, 0, 3, 740
DivX Pro 5.0.3 Codec : 5, 0, 3, 740
XviD MPEG-4 Codec : n/a
DivX :wink: MPEG-4 Low-Motion : 4.divx.3927
DivX :wink: MPEG-4 Fast-Motion : 4.divx.3917
Microsoft MPEG-4 Video Codec V3 : 4.1.00.3927
3ivx D4 4.0.3 : 4, 0, 3, 0
Huffyuv v2.1.1 : 2.1.1
Ligos Indeo® XP Video 5.2 : 5.2.15.58

Audio Codecs

Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC : 4.00.0.0
DSP Group TrueSpeech™ Software CODEC : 1.00.0.0
Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC : 1.02.0.1
Windows Media Audio : 4.02.0.0
Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec : 3.02.0.0
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (professional) : 3.03.0.44
Ogg Vorbis Audio CODEC : 4.00.0.0
DivX WMA Audio Compressor : 4.02.0.0
Indeo® Audio Software : 2.05.0.54
Microsoft PCM Converter : 5.00.0.0

ASPI Information

System ASPI : ASPI is not installed

Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly

WNASPI32.DLL : 2.0.1.56 163910 bytes April 02, 2003

#6

I don’t have InCd nor DirectCD. And I don’t think that external drives connect to IDE channel. Or do they? Since it connects through USB?

#7

You have Sonic MyDVD installed. It is incompatible with Nero. Try to uninstall Sonic. And update Nero to current version 6.6.0.8a. You have the first version of Nero. It is very buggy.

#8

@ Ashlar1984
Right, your external USB unit is NOT connected to an IDE channel…you didn’t mention the ‘usb’ thing before. But, you can choose ‘safely remove (usb) hardware’ from the taskbar and select your 812. Then restart your computer, then plug your USB back in.

I might also recommend using the Nero Clean pack (registry checker and driver clean tool) to deactivate any undesireable drivers. If that faisl you may benefit from doing a complete uninstall of all burning software, including nero using the clean tools and reinstall the latest version of nero.

Poaalpina also makes excellent suggestions

#9

since when? :confused:

in the 18months ive been burning dvds i have had RNDX 4.6 installed and many version of nero with no problems, and have never read a post saying this before. Roxio and nero bad yes, but sonic?

#10

Urgh… I tried all of the above and it still doesn’t work…
It’s driving me insane…

#11

Check the the windows IMAPI service is not running (My Computer/Properties/Services). This stuff here coming with your Sonic software:


Lower Filters
-------------
Driver : Pfc
Description : Padus(R) ASPI Shell
Version : 2, 5, 0, 201
Company : Padus, Inc.

Upper Filters
-------------
Driver : GEARAspiWDM
Description : CDRom Class Filter Driver
Version : 2.0.4.0
Company : GEAR Software Inc.

also might cause your problems.

#12

@Ashlar1984
What type of external enclosure do you have…Liteon or aftermarket? This thread may interest you. Or this. You may also wish to remove the drive from the enclosure and try the burner attached to your IDE channels to see if it will work. Let us know how it goes.

#13

I’ll try that.

But it was fine before I upgraded firmware. Does it have anything to do with that?

#14

Hey!
I found a solution! Since it didn’t work when I uninstalled Sonic and kept Nero I tried it the other way around. So I uninstalled Nero and installed Sonic. And it worked. I can burn DVDs now.

But thanks guys for trying to help me…