Drive lockup - Fixed by installing new firmware in the Drive

[MTUSUPPORT]

On this Old Drive you must Update the Firmware: http://www.plextor.com/english/suppo...firm_4824.html

It needs this update to work with the new Technology we are using in the latest version of Hoster.

[dpreeves]

Firmware update did the trick!

Is it normal for it to take 60-90 seconds for Hoster to recognize the cd in the drive and post the cd data? The import times are faster, but it takes 3 times as long to recognize the cd. Thanks

[mindonstrike]

Originally Posted by dpreeves

Firmware update did the trick!

Is it normal for it to take 60-90 seconds for Hoster to recognize the cd in the drive and post the cd data? The import times are faster, but it takes 3 times as long to recognize the cd. Thanks

No this is not normal but it seems to occur with a few folks (well at least you and me). Both the drives/computers listed in my signature below take a good 55-70 sec before the first import can occur. I know of one person with the same drive as one of mine and he does not have this problem, so it's more than just the drive I believe. Maybe a combination of the drive and something else?
Just don't know what that something else might be yet!

And I might add I installed the latest firmware for both drives and it had no effect

Sam

[a2kmike]

I am having the same problem. I have two plextors on two different systems that are locking up when you are trying to import CD tracks and choose to click on the Check FreeDB radio button. The stranger thing is my Lite-On DVDRW (SHW-160P6S firmware v PS01) will work fine!! The Plextors will cause an application hang if you look into your event viewer in Windows Computer Management console. Sometimes I cannot even shut down Windows normally I must do a hard shutdown. The shutdown process will get as far as the screen that says "Windows Is Shutting Down...." and hang there and I have to manually shutdown.

MIke Summitt


System Details:

@Home
Compaq 8000 Series Mini-Tower Model 8QSXE1
1.53 GhZ AMD Athlon XP
1024 Mb RAM
Nvidia GeForce 2 MX?MX400
XP Home SP2
Plextor CDR-W PX_W2410A v 1.04
Plextor CDR-W Premium V1.07
On this Plextor Premium, Hoster says it has v1.09 firmware, my system says it has v1.07 and the website lists v1.06 as the latest firmware?????


@Work
Acer Aspire 1800
3.2 GhZ Intel Pentium 4
1024 Mb Ram
ATI Mobility Radeon X600 PCI Express
XP Home SP2
Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-831S (Internal)
Plextor Px-W2410A V1.04 (External USB 2.0)

An additional note ....I have two of the Plextor 2410's and they both produce the same result on either system.

[a2kmike]

Just so someone does not suggest it I have Auto-run shut off and I have uninstalled and reinstalled Hoster also. In addition I have used good copies of discs made @ 8X and not originals. Neither the originals nor copies will work...same net results!!

[a2kmike]

I also have the same problem as the person that initiated this thread. When in the Import CD Tracks window you click on radio button to "Add Disc Tracks To Import" my plextor drives will lockup my system. I can hear them spinning like they are trying to read a disc but it does not happen and the led will stay constantly lit but never blink. They will spin multiple times if I let the disc stay in the drive and don't shutdown, but they will never read and display tracks in the track window. Again the Lite-On works fine it will initially spin up and its led will blink and it will display tracks in window....go figger!!