Liteon DH20A4H install issues

Shoozleboy 2008-04-10 07:22:47 UTC #1

Greetings! I am having some issues with installing my new Liteon DH20A4H DVD recorder.

I am running Windows Vista with all of the latest updates. When I installed the drive into my system, it shows up as a DVD RW Drive under Computer, but is not recognized as a burner by any of the software. When I check the installed drivers, Vista is showing this drive as a CD-Rom drive. (driver file: \Windows\system32\DRIVERS\cdrom.sys)

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drive, switching the drive switch from Cable Select to Master, no good.

Lite-on's website shows no drivers or firmware for this drive. I'm at a loss. Has anyone else had an issue like this? What do I try next? (Before I take this drive back to the store)

Thank you.

pfloyd1 2008-04-10 10:30:42 UTC #2

XP and Vista have their own drivers. cdrom.sys is the appropriate file. There is no dvdrom.sys.
What apps are you using to burn with?

Shoozleboy 2008-04-10 11:22:47 UTC #3

I was able to burn an ISO image of Ubuntu Linux to a DVD with no problems using CloneDVD.

Nero has for some reason now disappeared from my system… interesting…

AnyDVD is not recognizing the drive as a DVD drive - it says there are none available.

CyberLink LabelPrint does not recognize the LightScribe drive either - it’s supposed to show LightScribe as an option when it detects such a device.

With being able to burn that ISO image, now I’m wondering if this a device issue or something else…

billredfern 2009-06-29 06:11:55 UTC #4

I have a new computer with the same issue. ULEAD, NERO do not detect my Liteon DH20A4H burner. However, ConvertXtoDVD is able to see and write to it.
I went to the Lite-On site to download drivers/firmware etc and tried the QP5B XFlash. When I try to install it, I get the error message "No mached drive detected!"
I have a MSI X58 Platinum system with Windows XP Home (SP3). I’ve checked the internet for days with no luck finding a fix.

Regards Bill

pfloyd1 2009-06-29 09:40:48 UTC #5

[QUOTE=Shoozleboy;2035780]I was able to burn an ISO image of Ubuntu Linux to a DVD with no problems using CloneDVD.

Nero has for some reason now disappeared from my system… interesting…

AnyDVD is not recognizing the drive as a DVD drive - it says there are none available.

CyberLink LabelPrint does not recognize the LightScribe drive either - it’s supposed to show LightScribe as an option when it detects such a device.

With being able to burn that ISO image, now I’m wondering if this a device issue or something else… [/QUOTE]

Is that the only optical drive installed?