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Old December 22nd, 2002, 10:18 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Lite-On CDRW stops working over time

My Lite-On 48x12x48x (LTR48125W) CDRW will stop working after an extended period of inactivity, like overnight. It does not respond when trying to open normally. I can do a manual eject and load a CD, but it will no read it. The only thing that seems to fix it is to restart the computer, then it comes back to life. I have the latest firmware and have the drive set up as master on the secondary IDE. My Lite-On DVD has no such problems. Any ideas?
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Old December 26th, 2002, 01:23 PM     #2 (permalink)
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What OS?
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Old December 26th, 2002, 02:34 PM     #3 (permalink)
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Sorry.. left that out. WinXP with SP1
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Old January 2nd, 2003, 12:20 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Old January 7th, 2003, 09:16 AM     #5 (permalink)
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No answer to the problem, but my 40X12X48 sometimes does the same thing!
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Old January 7th, 2003, 09:24 AM     #6 (permalink)
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My W98SE box despised an older 4x2x6 IDE (Yamaha), and one reason was because the ASPI layers were not matched revisions. ASPI requires two software components, both must be the same revision for best results; but usually the CDRW software provides only one of the 2 parts, and thus you have mismatched versions. I think XP has a similar problem. If the ASPI layer is leaving the CDRW in a confused state, software eject might fail, while manual eject could override it.
Adaptec link to the ASPI software includes a testing routine which does not install anything. And the software is definitely used for XP. HTH.
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Old January 7th, 2003, 10:34 AM     #7 (permalink)
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Mine did the same thing. I found that it was because I was using older CDRs rated for 12x speeds. Make sure you have at least 40x capable media.
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Old January 7th, 2003, 10:43 AM     #8 (permalink)
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Strange. Mine's never done that. *crosses fingers*
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Old January 7th, 2003, 11:21 AM     #9 (permalink)
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My 52x does it , but my 48x does not... Strange
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Old January 8th, 2003, 04:54 PM     #10 (permalink)
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Thanks for the link dunbar. I'll give that a try once I get home.

I'm not sure if its the media or not. I usually leave the drive empty, but I'll try sticking a CD-R in there to see if the problem keeps occuring.
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