Plextor 716-A

[George]

Plextor has an on line diagnostic tool for troubleshooting their drives.

I have no idea how effective it is.

http://www.plextor.com/english/suppo...lexhelper.html

George

[kedmison]

Thanks George, I'll try it. I notice though Plextor lists it's PX-716A as a ATAPI drive. It doesn't list a 716A as a USB. The drive MTU sent says PX-716A and it's an USB connection. In fact I can find no where on the plextor web site showing an External PX-716A USB.

Kelly

[bobcox- with the Lord]

Update firmware at plextor . com this can sometimes help. 716 a and u are listed for the same firmware update. Bob

[George]

Originally Posted by kedmison

Thanks George, I'll try it. I notice though Plextor lists it's PX-716A as a ATAPI drive. It doesn't list a 716A as a USB. The drive MTU sent says PX-716A and it's an USB connection. In fact I can find no where on the plextor web site showing an External PX-716A USB.

Kelly

Kelly,

I believe MTU uses the 716-A and puts them in a USB case themselves..

George

[kedmison]

Thanks guys. I'll try it when I get home from work.

Kelly

[kedmison]

No luck. Tried the firmware update. Nothing changed. Computers still lock up when when trying to read a disc or even when there is no disc and the tray is in.

Kelly

[kedmison]

Update. Just downloaded new Hoster 3.300. Drive will still not work. Internal Phillips drive on laptop does work with new Hoster as they said it would. BUT, right now I sure wish my PX-716A would work with Micro Studio!

Kelly

[kenpattx]

what is the difference in the 708A and the 708UF

[kedmison]

Went home at dinner and put in a sound choice disc and it worked in Microstudio. Took it out and tried again and could not get it to work. I have tried everything I can think of. Drivers, updates, firmware. Something is causing a problem with this drive. And not just on one computer. I've tried it on 3. Two of which are from MTU. Could it possible be there is something wrong with the drive it self? I'm glad the new version of Hoster is able to utilize the internal drive in their laptop. But I am at need in getting the PX-716A up and running.

Kelly

[kenpattx]

I purchased a plextor px716uf, it shows up in my computer, shows in hardware devices show operating properly it will not read a disc, any disc
presently running 3.10 and microstudio maybe 1 year old,,, I've tried upgrading firmware etc. no help any suggestions....thanks

[Kate Hurrell]

The following has been passed on from MTU.

You would need at least version 3.110 to run this drive. So if you do not have 3.110 or newer then please upgrade to it for running Hoster with your new Plextor 716 drive.

NOTE: Do the following if the drives show under the Tools Menu\Detect Drives.

Open Hoster, Click the Tools Tab then down to CD/DVD Drives Defults,
Left click the Down arrow to the Right side of the Reading and Writing Drive's. Left click this same drive at the very bottom, even though it is the same name, left click it. This is the only way to reset the registry.
Click Ok, then close Hoster to save it. Then re-open Hoster and it should now show.

Good luck!