Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... - Club CDFreaks

SkullDuggory · 10-05-2008

Ok, so I just bought this drive earlier, put it in, now it won't read the Nero Essentials disc that came with it. Lucky I have another drive so I installed Nero just fine. Now, everytime I put in a disc (music CD, blank DVD-R, blank DVD-RW) and try to access it from My Computer, my PC will freeze up on me.

Tried updating the firmware with the newest one from Lite-on's website(EP5A), it became worse and gave me a BSOD when I tried to open a data CD, and now the tray won't even open.

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

**harley2ride** · 12-05-2008

Is the drive jumpered properly.. (check the jumper pins)

SkullDuggory · 13-05-2008

It's a SATA drive btw. I thought there was no need to mess with jumper settings with SATA drives, or am I wrong. Sorry, 1st time I'm doing all this.

**harley2ride** · 13-05-2008

Do you have another sata connector that you can try. A different sata port... Have you check in the bios, and made sure that the device shows up there.

SkullDuggory · 13-05-2008

OK, I have it working now, turned out to be conflicts with some nVidia drivers. Thanks for your replies, harley2ride.

jojiesal · 2 Weeks Ago

I also experienced the same symptoms and problem "SkullDuggory" had with his Lite-On DH-20A3L. I also have the same SATA DVD Drive and when I installed the Nero 7 Essential CD that comes with it, my computer also freezes up (Like for example: I can't open open programs, but I can see in the task manager that the programs I opened are running.) Likewise I can't open the Nero programs.
Another problem is that I also can't burn DVDs on this SATA Drive. But it can read DVDs just fine. I also tried another SATA port but the result is just the same.
My setup is IDE 1- Maxtor HDD(Master), IDE 2 -Hitatchi Drive(Master)
Lite-On CD-RW (Slave), Sata - Lite-On DH-20A3L
I also flashed it with EP5A firmware from the Lite-On website and uninstalled the Nero software and tried other freeware DVD burners like Imgburn, FinalBurner, AVS Disc Creator but the all can't see my SATA Drive except AVS Disc Creator. But the problem is that the program can't see that I already inserted a DVD disc to burn.
By the way, WindowsXP can see the DVD disc that I inserted and I also have no problem with my CD-RW drive.
SkullDuggory said that NVidia drivers may have caused his problems. Well I too have an Nvidia Drivers installed so can anyone tell me how he resolved his problem or if there is any other solution to this problem.

10-05-2008	#1 (permalink)
SkullDuggory New on Forum Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Ok, so I just bought this drive earlier, put it in, now it won't read the Nero Essentials disc that came with it. Lucky I have another drive so I installed Nero just fine. Now, everytime I put in a disc (music CD, blank DVD-R, blank DVD-RW) and try to access it from My Computer, my PC will freeze up on me. Tried updating the firmware with the newest one from Lite-on's website(EP5A), it became worse and gave me a BSOD when I tried to open a data CD, and now the tray won't even open. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks.

12-05-2008	#2 (permalink)
harley2ride Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,259	Re: Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... Is the drive jumpered properly.. (check the jumper pins) __________________ Rob C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor,320gb sata,geforce 8800 gt, Vista Premium, 22" Samsung LCD,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS Dell P4 3.4GHZ 2GB PC533 DDR XP PRO SP2 w/ADS Pyro Firewire card,160GB Sata, 250GB ATA133, ATI 2600XT HD/ DELL 20" LCD/ ALS 251 5.1 Speakers / Audigy 2 ZS Platinum / Plextor PX716A / MD (NEC3500) 2FD firmware

13-05-2008	#3 (permalink)
SkullDuggory New on Forum Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... It's a SATA drive btw. I thought there was no need to mess with jumper settings with SATA drives, or am I wrong. Sorry, 1st time I'm doing all this.

13-05-2008	#4 (permalink)
harley2ride Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,259	Re: Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... Do you have another sata connector that you can try. A different sata port... Have you check in the bios, and made sure that the device shows up there. __________________ Rob C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor,320gb sata,geforce 8800 gt, Vista Premium, 22" Samsung LCD,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS Dell P4 3.4GHZ 2GB PC533 DDR XP PRO SP2 w/ADS Pyro Firewire card,160GB Sata, 250GB ATA133, ATI 2600XT HD/ DELL 20" LCD/ ALS 251 5.1 Speakers / Audigy 2 ZS Platinum / Plextor PX716A / MD (NEC3500) 2FD firmware

13-05-2008	#5 (permalink)
SkullDuggory New on Forum Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... OK, I have it working now, turned out to be conflicts with some nVidia drivers. Thanks for your replies, harley2ride.

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2 Weeks Ago	#6 (permalink)
jojiesal New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Help! New Lite-on DH-20A3L is giving me trouble. Grrr... I also experienced the same symptoms and problem "SkullDuggory" had with his Lite-On DH-20A3L. I also have the same SATA DVD Drive and when I installed the Nero 7 Essential CD that comes with it, my computer also freezes up (Like for example: I can't open open programs, but I can see in the task manager that the programs I opened are running.) Likewise I can't open the Nero programs. Another problem is that I also can't burn DVDs on this SATA Drive. But it can read DVDs just fine. I also tried another SATA port but the result is just the same. My setup is IDE 1- Maxtor HDD(Master), IDE 2 -Hitatchi Drive(Master) Lite-On CD-RW (Slave), Sata - Lite-On DH-20A3L I also flashed it with EP5A firmware from the Lite-On website and uninstalled the Nero software and tried other freeware DVD burners like Imgburn, FinalBurner, AVS Disc Creator but the all can't see my SATA Drive except AVS Disc Creator. But the problem is that the program can't see that I already inserted a DVD disc to burn. By the way, WindowsXP can see the DVD disc that I inserted and I also have no problem with my CD-RW drive. SkullDuggory said that NVidia drivers may have caused his problems. Well I too have an Nvidia Drivers installed so can anyone tell me how he resolved his problem or if there is any other solution to this problem.

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