Lite-On DVD-RW/CD-RW combo

Counterfe1t · Oct 10, 2004, 06:24 AM

im having a bit of trouble with my new lite on dvd-rw/cdrw combo it seems it doesnt want to play dvds even worse i tried poking around for a while and now it doesnt detect at all and everytime i restart it detects as a new drive with a different model number.
model number is SOHW-802S/ SOHW-812S/DRW-2S81

Dom · Oct 10, 2004, 06:41 AM

Did you try unmounting all your image drives and uninstalling your physical drives and restarting?

Counterfe1t · Oct 10, 2004, 07:32 AM

ive unsistalled physically the optical drives but not the virtual drives this occured after uninstalling Soldiers:heroes of WWII and running starforce uninstaller after a reboot it seems it would not play and dvds so i attempted to restart again but this time it gave me a funny model number then after another restart it gave me another then it changed back to normal then after trying to play a second dvd it occrus again.

Matth · Oct 10, 2004, 02:54 PM

I think you have a bad data cable - if the signalling for the drive NAME is corrupted, there's no chance of getting good data.

Make sure you have the trasfer mode set to AUTO, or I believe the correct mode is UDMA 2 / ATA33.

Try the drive as Master, nothing else on the same data cable, and if using a 40 wire cable, try an 80, or just replace the cable.

Counterfe1t · Oct 12, 2004, 03:49 AM

thanks i will try that but im receiving a new motherboard and processor do you think this will solve the problem along with a reformat?

Counterfe1t · Oct 14, 2004, 07:00 PM

Update: i have not switched the data cables yet but for some reason it recognizes the drive when i boot one time then when i reboot it detects a different drive

the actual drive name should be LITE-ON SOHW-812S not WOLW-852W and it recognizes as a cd drive not a dvd-rw

Oct 10, 2004, 06:24 AM	#1
Counterfe1t DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 440 Rep Power: 0	Lite-On DVD-RW/CD-RW combo im having a bit of trouble with my new lite on dvd-rw/cdrw combo it seems it doesnt want to play dvds even worse i tried poking around for a while and now it doesnt detect at all and everytime i restart it detects as a new drive with a different model number. model number is SOHW-802S/ SOHW-812S/DRW-2S81 __________________ Last edited by Counterfe1t; Oct 10, 2004 at 06:29 AM.

Oct 10, 2004, 07:32 AM	Thread Starter #3
Counterfe1t DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 440 Rep Power: 0	ive unsistalled physically the optical drives but not the virtual drives this occured after uninstalling Soldiers:heroes of WWII and running starforce uninstaller after a reboot it seems it would not play and dvds so i attempted to restart again but this time it gave me a funny model number then after another restart it gave me another then it changed back to normal then after trying to play a second dvd it occrus again. __________________

Oct 12, 2004, 03:49 AM	Thread Starter #5
Counterfe1t DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 440 Rep Power: 0	thanks i will try that but im receiving a new motherboard and processor do you think this will solve the problem along with a reformat? __________________

Oct 14, 2004, 07:00 PM	Thread Starter #6
Counterfe1t DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 440 Rep Power: 0	Update: i have not switched the data cables yet but for some reason it recognizes the drive when i boot one time then when i reboot it detects a different drive the actual drive name should be LITE-ON SOHW-812S not WOLW-852W and it recognizes as a cd drive not a dvd-rw __________________

Oct 10, 2004, 06:41 AM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Did you try unmounting all your image drives and uninstalling your physical drives and restarting?

Oct 10, 2004, 02:54 PM	#4
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	I think you have a bad data cable - if the signalling for the drive NAME is corrupted, there's no chance of getting good data. Make sure you have the trasfer mode set to AUTO, or I believe the correct mode is UDMA 2 / ATA33. Try the drive as Master, nothing else on the same data cable, and if using a 40 wire cable, try an 80, or just replace the cable.