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

[CheapGator]

Do the Verbatim and Liteon drives look cosmetically identicle? Same face plate? My guess is yes if the Verbatim is a rebadged Liteon.

From what i heard the verbatim has a huge V on the front face plate. Since I have a liteon I can't confirm. I can tell you my true liteon only has 32x12x40x next to the eject button. That's it for art work.

Anyone have a review site for recording media with the liteon or all cdrw's for that matter. I'm just wondering how generic is generic...Staples...imation etc. TIA

 

[dude]

Originally posted by: x1xBugsBunnyx1x
BEWARE the lite ons will flash, the verbatims marked drive mod VBT321240A SER /12 DIGITS & 2MB buffers will crash w/o repair.. these arent liteon or a open or mit. drives but yet to be determined.. the 1 thing for certain is when i flashed it using MTKFLASH x W /B XSOU.BIN it started to flash then i got ERR: FAILED TO OPEN INPUT FILE next was the A:\ prompt & a burner that no longer functions, the door wont even open & the "LITE stays ON" 24/7 re downloaded the software a 2nd time /same thing.. unless your unit is marked liteon somewhere i would hesitate on the firmware upgrade. Good luck..

This is the exact drive I got. I would like to flash it for compabality sake but I'm hesitant. I wouldn't mind doing it but this guy says he can't reflash it back, which is odd.

Anyone else got this drive and had problems or successes?

 

[aoLhaTer]

Originally posted by: dude

Originally posted by: x1xBugsBunnyx1x
BEWARE the lite ons will flash, the verbatims marked drive mod <STRONG>VBT321240A SER /12 DIGITS & 2MB buffers will crash w/o repair..</STRONG> these arent liteon or a open or mit. drives but yet to be determined.. the 1 thing for certain is when i flashed it using MTKFLASH x W /B XSOU.BIN it started to flash then i got ERR: FAILED TO OPEN INPUT FILE next was the A:\ prompt & a burner that no longer functions, the door wont even open & the "LITE stays ON" 24/7 re downloaded the software a 2nd time /same thing.. unless your unit is marked liteon somewhere i would hesitate on the firmware upgrade. Good luck..

This is the exact drive I got. I would like to flash it for compabality sake but I'm hesitant. I wouldn't mind doing it but this guy says he can't reflash it back, which is odd.

Anyone else got this drive and had problems or successes?

i got this several times and was about to kill myself!
I tried multiple times and eventually it worked (had to use boot disk and 1 disk with the bin on it). I just tried a bunch of times and it eventually worked (thank god)

 

[Bob/NYC]

> BEWARE the lite ons will flash, the verbatims marked drive model > VBT321240A SER /12 DIGITS & 2MB buffers will crash w/o repair

Silly Rabbit, go learn basic DOS--Flashed without a glitch.

 

[tydas]

BEWARE the lite ons will flash, the verbatims marked drive model > VBT321240A SER /12 DIGITS & 2MB buffers will crash w/o repair

You really should learn to read...i got that message you speak off when i put a zero instead of a o or something..anyway i have that drive and mine worked...flash your drive now folks, at least you can return if something goes wrong...

 

[nealh]

the 32125W is a newer 32x cdrw...made after April 2002...it is not a rumor whether these compainies that rebadge have been using the 32125W is unclear..I did see in one othese threads at least one person or two got a 32125W....

they (32123S and 32125W) are different drives since these use a different mediatek chipset....

Lex Luthor
.......Are you sure Liteon is still making the 32123S..makes little sense to keep using an older chipset..downclocking would be easier....also how can you make the claim no one is getting the newer 32125W.....


I bet in a month or so all the rebadgers will have the 32125W and not the 32123S..but this is my personal speculation

 

[Morph]

If i recall correctly that one person had a Verbatim drive and was speculating for some reason that his drive was a 32125W. I really think that he was mistaken, but let's see if he can prove me wrong.

 

[Bob/NYC]

Morph:

Yes, I was speculating, since I had no April Verbatim peer review and went first.
The "W" flash didn't work properly, so I then used the "S" flash and all went well.

 

[Lex Luthor]

I did see in one othese threads at least one person or two got a 32125W....

Point me somewhere, anywhere that shows CONFIRMED that a person got the 32125W drive from this staples deal.

 

[Xidus]

So what's all the hubbub about getting a W model? So it uses P-CAV writing method. What's that, maybe 20 sec faster writing a full CD? I don't see the big deal.

 

[nealh]

Xidus..the W model can be flashed to a 48x cdrw..same hardware ..just appears to be a different firmware

Lex..I think was earlie in this thread..I will try to look for it

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Wh00t!! Placed this Lite-on 32123S (got from OM today ) in my PacDigital USB 2.0 (snatched the Lite-on 16x10x40 out ) enclosure. 628MB CD on the fly in 4:07 minutes ...oooooooo nice!

 

[unknown]

has anyone who has received the AOpen model noticed that it sounds like a jet fighter when it kicks in on boot up? Can I assume this to be normal behavior for this drive?

 

[sabka]

Just got mine - Verbatim model.

Any particular reason to flash it to a Lite-on?

 

[DiDiEE]

bump, since i have the same question

 

[McCarthy]

Got mine. Turned out to be a Verbatim aka Lite-On aka Cendyne. I'll call it Bert. Burns discs nicely and surprisingly quietly. Somewhere in these 500+ posts there was probably a reason given for flashing it, but I can't remember what it was so I won't.

Thanks again for the deal.

 

[DanFungus]

I flashed mine (obviously if you read my earlier posts) and *supposedly* the Lite-on burns faster, but one thing that I know for sure is that Lite-On releases new firmwares faster than Verbatim, plus Lite-On has the Media Checker thingy so that it will detect the fastest speed that the CD you put in there can handle. So if on the label is says 16x, it *might* be able to burn at 24x or even 32x, and the Lite-On will be able to tell this.

Hope that helped

 

[KenNashua]

I just tried my Verbatim last night before cutting out the UPC and sending off the rebate.

DOA. Green light comes on with power and can't eject the tray. Lite-on's support site seems to indicate it's flash is dead. Going to exchange it at Staples if they have any left.

As a backup plan does anyone have a copy of the Verbatim flash which I can try flashing to my drive?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Bob/NYC]

KenNashua:
> As a backup plan does anyone have a copy of the Verbatim flash which I can try > flashing to my drive?

Here ya' go. I'll leave it there for a day or so...both Liteon and Verbatim flashes.


http://g-lite.net/temp/

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29614 Nov 30 2001 Mtkflash.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 524288 May 31 10:51 verb.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 524288 May 7 19:02 xs0u.bin
------------------------------------------------ ^ Zero

 

[KenNashua]

Thanks! Got 'em.

Better yet, though, they exchaged the DOA unit for a Lite-on. Already flashed to the latest XS0X release!

 

[DanFungus]

I just tried my Verbatim last night before cutting out the UPC and sending off the rebate.

DOA. Green light comes on with power and can't eject the tray. Lite-on's support site seems to indicate it's flash is dead. Going to exchange it at Staples if they have any left.

As a backup plan does anyone have a copy of the Verbatim flash which I can try flashing to my drive?

Thanks in advance!

did you try flashing it with the exe file?
When I tried flashing it from DOS with the exe file, I got the same results, it's because the exe is ONLY for windows....use the bin file for the DOS conversion (you need to do the bin, the exe is for when it alreadys sees the drive as a lite-on)

 

[Lex Luthor]

Here's a great link for all of you looking for some help with your liteon/verbatim.
The BIG Lite-On FAQ
http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=e1efdb72c6c0406699f6cc3b571fd539&threadid=47239

Also, lite-on has released updated firwmare for the 32123S here:
http://www.liteonit.com.tw/english-load-firmware.htm
It just adds support for additional media types, I don't think anything else.

 

[DanFungus]

cool, downloading the new FW now

 

[Salvador]

Has anyone noticed how pathetic the prices are for these things on Ebay right now? I used to be able to make $30 a drive after rebate, but now it hardly seems worth my effort when they are going for between $50-$60. After fee's, that's about $15 profit if you're lucky.

I don't get it really because the 24x drives were selling for more money just a month or so ago. What gives?

Sal

 

[Fill]

I don't get it really because the 24x drives were selling for more money just a month or so ago. What gives?

That old fashioned economics principle.... supply and demand. This deal is VERY easy to put together. Why would someone pay $60 for this drive unless they were uninformed?

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