(Dead) At Staples CenDyne "32x12x40" (Lite-ons, Mitsumi & AOpen) "$30.00" AR & coupon

[NetworkDad]

Woo hoo, just got one ordered online to zip 97201 !!! - ETA is 4 business days though. Oh well, excellent drive!

Jason

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: Platinum
For all who have install this drive...how fast are you able to do a cd-to-cd copy? (on-the-fly) The time I'm getting is horrible, like 12 min at 32X. If I do a copy to hd first, the time writing to hd is ~6 min and writing to cdrw is ~8 min.

My CD-ROM speed is 44X and is config as primary slave while the CDRW is config as secondary master. Any idea wats going on here? Thanks.

A site called CDSpeed.com LINK has some good info and FAQ on getting the most speed from your CD-RW.

 

[Amber]

I don't FLASH my CDRW's any more

1) You can chash it and it won't work
2) if you get in on deals like this (like I do) you will be getting a new Drive every few months my $30 24X is only 5 months old (good thing I burned over 400 CD's)

I like that my Drive is a Verbtim , because my other Drive's are Lite-on's and when I have to pick a Reader or Wrighter its easy to know the DVD from the CDRW and CDROM

But How do I get the Orange Verbatim off the tray

ON THE FLY COPY IS ALL ABOUT THE READER's "DAE"

"MysticMan1" YOU ROCK
I'm looking foword to your 40X HOT DEAL (hehe)

 

[Jack159]

Originally posted by: NccOps
Woo hoo, just got one ordered online to zip 97201 !!! - ETA is 4 business days though. Oh well, excellent drive!

Jason

Ordered mine online - they gave an estimated shipping date of 5/28, but it arrived yesterday. Got the liteon one direct - no flashing needed here. Now to see if I have any problems burning 16x certified media at 32x....

I wish there was a way to bypass the 4x cdrw speeds....without having to buy higher rated cdrws

good deal, imho

 

[stevejst]

Do you guys get the noise from the tray going in, from your Liteon. Some clickety sound repeating fast.
I get some noise when the burning ends as well.
Jack, don't burn 16 at 32. You will have disks unreadable later down the road. Perhaps with 24 you would have better luck but 16 is just asking too much.

 

[vsk]

What is the hipe about reprogramming firmware of verbatum drive?
I went to Lite-On website and the only firmware changes there are
the ones which adding support for additional media to smart-burn thing.

As far as myself I have two. First I gor verbutum and then went to B&M
and got Lite-on. So I have been testing them. The Verbutum
with original firmware as reader is quicker than Lite-on with original
firmware. Verbutum does not have smart-burn, but have another
type of protection. Verbatum is more noisy as far as reader.
On my verbatum sticker say Verbatum on Lite-on Stiker says
Cen-dyne. Verbatum have toll free phone support.
If you update firmware of verbatum with Lite-on's one, say buy - buy to warranty.
Lite-on burn my RCA 16X sertified CD with 679 MB winnt workstation cd for 3.03 min
of cause I use cdclone and done that from the image. Lite-on smart-burn
did not pick up that cd is 16X and burned it with 32X.
I will do the same test on verbatum and post tomorrow.
so far I like verbutum more, but it is more noisy.

 

[Lex Luthor]

vsk,
Many programs (EZCD for one) don't recognize it with the verbatim firmware, but do with the liteon firmware, so that's one advantage.

As far as your read speed or noise, I don't buy it. It's the SAME drive. Maybe you got one in a batch that was made better than the others, but the verbatim IS a liteon and is made by liteon and is the EXACT same drive with just different firmware.

As far as the smartburn, my guess is that it's still technically smartburn technology, just that verbatim couldn't call it that. I'd be almost sure that liteon gives the firmware to verbatim, verbatim changes the ID string and maybe another thing or 2 and then they load it onto the drive.

As far as liteon picking up the 16x cd. Liteon has a database of CDs in it's firmware. Smartburn uses that database to figure out what speed to burn at. Perhaps in their testing, they felt as if the Cds you have work fine at 32x and that's why they allow to burn them at 16x. Sounds like the CD burned properly, so no problems there, no?

Converting isn't for everyone, but there are advantages for sure.

As far as the warranty, I don't fully agree there. I kept the file that I loaded off the verbatim. Unless the drive is totally dead, I can make it a verbatim again any time I want

 

[WantMoreDeals]

Well I tried to order online and it said that shipping was expected in 4 business days.... the rebate ends on 25th.. Will I still qualify for the rebate???

 

[vsk]

Originally posted by: Lex Luthor
vsk,
Many programs (EZCD for one) don't recognize it with the verbatim firmware, but do with the liteon firmware, so that's one advantage.

As far as your read speed or noise, I don't buy it. It's the SAME drive. Maybe you got one in a batch that was made better than the others, but the verbatim IS a liteon and is made by liteon and is the EXACT same drive with just different firmware.

As far as the smartburn, my guess is that it's still technically smartburn technology, just that verbatim couldn't call it that. I'd be almost sure that liteon gives the firmware to verbatim, verbatim changes the ID string and maybe another thing or 2 and then they load it onto the drive.

As far as liteon picking up the 16x cd. Liteon has a database of CDs in it's firmware. Smartburn uses that database to figure out what speed to burn at. Perhaps in their testing, they felt as if the Cds you have work fine at 32x and that's why they allow to burn them at 16x. Sounds like the CD burned properly, so no problems there, no?

Converting isn't for everyone, but there are advantages for sure.

As far as the warranty, I don't fully agree there. I kept the file that I loaded off the verbatim. Unless the drive is totally dead, I can make it a verbatim again any time I want

Lite-on's website states that once you reprogramed the drive you cannot reverse it. So if you have a chance
try it now , while you still can return. As far as when it will die on you, you know yourself, your warranty is gone
since they would read firmware and you have no way of reprogramming back even if it possible.
As far as 16x cd it was fine, but the truth is the 16x cd came up before 32 or 48x speed was available, so
they may very well still work on 48x as lond as medium is OK.
As far as noise. I like theories. And it is not possible because it is not possible. The truth is I have Two drives and
Verbutum is noticebly more noisy, when reading the disk. that is why, it is quicker on reading tests. As far
as program recognition that is an argument. It could be a problem if you use such programs. The verbutum
I got was prodused april 22 so it is fresh with the latest firmware. Verbatum's website suck and does not have
any firmware updates, but they have toll free tech support, so they might will give you an ftp address for firmware
updates.

 

[Lex Luthor]

vsk,

As far as the warrantee thing, yes, you can't use their "normal" flash routine to go back firwmare revs or go back to verbatim, you can use the mtkflash program and whatever .bin files you can get your hands on and go from whatever rev you want to whatever other one.

If the drive is totally dead, then you probably couldn't flash back to verbatim, but if it's some other problem and you still can "See" the drive, you can get the verbatim firmware back in.

 

[aldamon]

Looks like if any of you got a Lite-On drive marked "32125W", then you can flash it with the 40x 40125W firmware:

Thread discussing 32125W to 40125W flash

Getting a 40x for $30 puts my $80 40x from Dell to shame for sure

 

[gigglehertz]

When flashing my Verbatim to be seen as a LiteOn, I get this error in DOS:

"ERR: fail to open input file!"

This happens right after I see "Updating.......00%"

I used MTKFLASH to back-up the Verbatim's firmware just fine. Then I tried to flash by typing MTKFLASH 1 W /B XSOU.BIN, I got the above error. I tried flashing it with the earlier 32XSOF.BIN file and the same error occured.

I booted to DOS w/a Win98 boot disk, then removed the boot disk. I then inserted the floppy with just the MTKFLASH.EXE and the XSOU.BIN files on it. The Verbatim CDRW is on the Primary Master port.

Am I doing something wrong?????

Thanks

 

[tbalon]

Are you sure it is on the primary master pot? Usually you computer will boot from the primary master unless you are running a raid setup or some other scsi boot setup......

 

[frankqfrank]

I ordered today at about 3 PM, back OOS now, I got peachtree accounting too and used $40 off $200, after rebate I will pay $21.92 after tax. Not to mention, I can probably sell the account software for nearly that much.

 

[Univac]

Originally posted by: gigglehertz
When flashing my Verbatim to be seen as a LiteOn, I get this error in DOS: "ERR: fail to open input file!" This happens right after I see "Updating.......00%" I used MTKFLASH to back-up the Verbatim's firmware just fine. Then I tried to flash by typing MTKFLASH 1 W /B XSOU.BIN, I got the above error. I tried flashing it with the earlier 32XSOF.BIN file and the same error occured. I booted to DOS w/a Win98 boot disk, then removed the boot disk. I then inserted the floppy with just the MTKFLASH.EXE and the XSOU.BIN files on it. The Verbatim CDRW is on the Primary Master port. Am I doing something wrong????? Thanks

HEh,I had the same thing.

The "O" in XSOU.BIN is a zero

Univac

 

[DaiShan]

Got my rubberbands on tuesday and the drive today, it is the lite-on BTW.

 

[gonzo2k]

Ya think market value on the Peachtree "free" accounting software will be worth $140.00 or $1.40 on the open market?

I would not use this for any purpose other than to get the software or to get to use the $40 off $200 coupon.

Just a thought!

BTW Suite 602 (WAY Cool!!!) sure makes MS Office pale in comparison!

 

[frankqfrank]

forgive me for being too lazy to read the whole thread, what's the improvement in flashing to the lite-on firmware from the verbatim?
I havent gotten a drive yet so I don't know what I'll do.

 

[scornful]

You guys suck..... I ordered Sunday, paying at the register for a delivery item. A couple days later I'm lookin for it and they tell me "You havent received anything yet?? Just a moment." She comes back to tell me that they "lost" my package and I cant reorder it (OOS). On the bright side to the story though, they refunded me $127 (including the coupon I used). I cant complain too much, I'm going to the retail store and pick one up for free after rebate.

 

[compper]

Hey i just got my 17" NEC monitor from staples.com, and the sticker which has the upc code is torn up a bit and only like half of the UPC code is visible. Is there anything I can do about this or is my rebate just down the drain? Thanks

 

[stockjock]

Got mine today...its the Lite-On model.....yeah baby!!!

 

[gigglehertz]

Univac wrote: "The "O" in XSOU.BIN is a zero"

Thanks Univac, That was it! Flashed without problems.....whoohooo!

 

[Fireman]

I got the Aopen. It is indeed marked 48X read. Fastest out there for CD/RW's I believe.

 

[onelove]

Couldn't resist this!! $30 AR for a LITEON 32x ---> SD2 compliant + C2 error checking! 0w0w0w!!

Too bad I still have about 150 16x CDRs...

[edit: of course, those were all free or they paid me, so who's counting! -- thanks for the media checker link, lex!]

 

[Lex Luthor]

Originally posted by: onelove
Couldn't resist this!! $30 AR for a LITEON 32x ---> SD2 compliant + C2 error checking! 0w0w0w!!

Too bad I still have about 150 16x CDRs...

Go to the download --> util section here and get the smartburn media check:
http://www.liteonit.com.tw/index-english.htm
It will tell you the max you can burn those at...maybe it will be higher?!