***PROBLEM*** BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure - Club CDFreaks

lightrush · 24-10-2005

Hello everyone,

I have a problem with my BENQ DW1640. I decided to put it in an external encloisure drive and I chose Vantec NexStar 2 for this purpose. Everything seemed to be perfect at the beginning - the drive worked perfectly - reading , but ... when I tried to write a DVD (Sony 8x single layer media) it hung at 68%, and the system showed that the drive is burning, Nero worked like there is nothing wrong but it continued to stay and "burn" at 68% half an hour until I swithced off the power of the drive... My next tries were with differend DVD media on different speeds and the result was that everytime it hangs on random percentage. Finally I decided to put it inside - and amazingly everything worked perfect - no problems ! it recorded whatever i wanted . So ... do u have any idea of solving my problem, cause I really want to use my encloisure?

The drive is DW1640 (BSLB), the encloisure is Vantec NexStar 2 (USB 2.0 version, chip ALi M5621 A1)

schranzi · 24-10-2005

Do you use Nero in it's latest Version? If not, update it to 6.6.0.16.

Another thing you could try, is to crossflash your 1640 to 164B.

sj

*qwakrz* · 24-10-2005

Ali M5621 chip wont work correctly with a DW1640. The chip seems to only work with HDD's and a few lower end DVD writers (below 8x e.g. PX-708A).

The only USB / Firewire chipset I have made work with any of the drives I have is the Prolific chipset and I have tried my PX-716A, DW1620 and DW1640 with the ALi chipset.

schranzi · 24-10-2005

The Prolific 3507 is indeed the chipset to choose, in case a BenQ 1640 will be used to get the full read/write bandwidth. But there are other Chipsets, which work fine, a little slower though.

My Mapower enclosure worked great with my old 1620Pro for example.

sj

BlueDogPT · 24-10-2005

Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" has a model with the prolific chipset with FW, can you change it in your dealer? it has the reference NST-525UF.

**alan1476** · 24-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by schranzi

Do you use Nero in it's latest Version? If not, update it to 6.6.0.16.

Another thing you could try, is to crossflash your 1640 to 164B.

sj

Do what schranzi said: flash to 164B, it an external firmware version of BSLB called BEFB.

lightrush · 25-10-2005

Well, thank u for all the advices, I'll try all of them and I hope thet they will help.

If not.. I'll open the window and try to hit some bird with it..

)

*bigmike7* · 25-10-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightrush

Well, thank u for all the advices, I'll try all of them and I hope thet they will help.

If not.. I'll open the window and try to hit some bird with it..

)

Yo-

Please DO NOT throw any Optical Disc Device at women..................

..............as it tends to damage the laser

Mike

24-10-2005	#1 (permalink)
lightrush New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	*PROBLEM* BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure <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> Hello everyone, I have a problem with my BENQ DW1640. I decided to put it in an external encloisure drive and I chose Vantec NexStar 2 for this purpose. Everything seemed to be perfect at the beginning - the drive worked perfectly - reading , but ... when I tried to write a DVD (Sony 8x single layer media) it hung at 68%, and the system showed that the drive is burning, Nero worked like there is nothing wrong but it continued to stay and "burn" at 68% half an hour until I swithced off the power of the drive... My next tries were with differend DVD media on different speeds and the result was that everytime it hangs on random percentage. Finally I decided to put it inside - and amazingly everything worked perfect - no problems ! it recorded whatever i wanted . So ... do u have any idea of solving my problem, cause I really want to use my encloisure? The drive is DW1640 (BSLB), the encloisure is Vantec NexStar 2 (USB 2.0 version, chip ALi M5621 A1)

24-10-2005	#2 (permalink)
schranzi CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 69	Re: PROBLEM BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure Do you use Nero in it's latest Version? If not, update it to 6.6.0.16. Another thing you could try, is to crossflash your 1640 to 164B. sj __________________ Samsung SH-203B (SB01) and a Core2Duo machine hostet by Vista64

24-10-2005	#3 (permalink)
qwakrz CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Plymouth, UK Posts: 873	Re: PROBLEM BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure Ali M5621 chip wont work correctly with a DW1640. The chip seems to only work with HDD's and a few lower end DVD writers (below 8x e.g. PX-708A). The only USB / Firewire chipset I have made work with any of the drives I have is the Prolific chipset and I have tried my PX-716A, DW1620 and DW1640 with the ALi chipset. __________________ Current Setup Corsair 750W Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 3.33GHz (333x10) Swiftech H20 Ultra+ Watercooling CoolerMaster Tsunami Dream Case 6GB PC6400 DDR2 RAM @ 4-4-4-15 800MHz (2x2 + 2x1) Asus P5K Deluxe 8800GTS @ 800/2000/1000 + Water block 19" BenQ 4:3 TFT 19" Hannson 16:9 TFT BenQ 1655 Lite-on 20A1S LG BD-R/HDDVD Samsung 750GB x 3 Raid 5 Logitech G15 Keyboard iPhone 3G 16GB Archos 560 Please dont PM me directly with your problems..... Thats what these forums are for.

24-10-2005	#4 (permalink)
schranzi CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 69	Re: PROBLEM BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure The Prolific 3507 is indeed the chipset to choose, in case a BenQ 1640 will be used to get the full read/write bandwidth. But there are other Chipsets, which work fine, a little slower though. My Mapower enclosure worked great with my old 1620Pro for example. sj __________________ Samsung SH-203B (SB01) and a Core2Duo machine hostet by Vista64

24-10-2005	#5 (permalink)
BlueDogPT New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Re: PROBLEM BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" has a model with the prolific chipset with FW, can you change it in your dealer? it has the reference NST-525UF.

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25-10-2005	#7 (permalink)
lightrush New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2	Re: PROBLEM BENQ DW1640 in Vantec NexStar 2 5.25" Encloisure Well, thank u for all the advices, I'll try all of them and I hope thet they will help. If not.. I'll open the window and try to hit some bird with it.. )

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