Mac Help Forums


Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes

Lite-On DX-20A4PU Help

 
New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 1
 
      12th May 2008
Hello all. I just recently bought a Lite-On DX-20A4PU after researching it and finding out that it *supposedly* runs well with Macs. It hangs whenever I put *anything* in the drive though. System profiler recognizes it and all my programs can see it (DVD player, MTR, Toast, etc.), but anytime I try to actually run something the system just hangs. I tried to run it in Parallels under my XP image but it'll even hang there. Can someone please help me with this?
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Ric Ric is offline
Senior Member
Ric's Avatar
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 4,260
 
      14th May 2008
Hi there and welcome,

first I would be tempted to check what version firmware it has and update to the latest version...then let us know if it still doesn't work.

regards

Ric
 
Reply With Quote
 
New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2
 
      18th May 2008
Hello!,
I recently purchased the same drive and also read material that said it was Mac compatible. I can burn DVD's from the Finder using burn folders no problem. DVD movies and other disc's mount on the desktop but when I try to access files from those disc's whatever program I'm using (Toast, MTR, DVD Player Etc...) seems to hang and freeze.

The drive I have does have the current firmware. I'm wondering if updating Toast to current version (9.0.2) will help. I am using 8.0.3 right now. I'm pleased the drive is not useless and I can burn from the Finder but I want to be able to use it with Toast. Any suggestions?

Last edited by djhep1318; 18th May 2008 at 08:24 PM..
 
Reply With Quote
 
New Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1
 
      22nd January 2009
did you ever get this sorted? I have what would seem to be the same problem...
Just wondering if you had any luck?
 
Reply With Quote
 
New Member
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2
 
      23rd January 2009
@SebastianHS

Luckily for myself, the superdrive in my emac will still read DVDs. It just wont burn them. So I use that to copy DVDs to my hard drive. I then use DVD2oneX to burn the DVDs with my LiteOn external burner. No problems. I noticed the DVDs I was burning using the finder with my LiteOn would not play in all my DVD players. So I started using the DVD2oneX work around. Works great. Also DVD+R's seem to work using Toast 9.0.2 with the LiteOn.
BTW - I am running 10.4.11 on an old 1.25 ghz G4 iMac.

Hope this helps you out
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Downloads Lite app Oppie iPod 0 23rd September 2011 02:03 PM
Sipgate & X-Lite 4 for Mac SimonB UK Macs 0 9th November 2010 03:33 PM
Lite-On Compatibility Frank P. Eigler Storage 2 16th January 2007 06:28 PM
Lite web authoring app? UK Macs 21 17th November 2004 03:29 AM
X-Lite for Mac OS X Eddy Young UK Macs 0 30th August 2003 08:12 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 10:40 PM.
Mac-Help.com is an independent website and is not affiliated with Apple Inc.


Welcome!
Welcome to the Mac Help Forums
 


Latest Threads
Yikes! Teacher needs help!
Mollyc4627 (1 Hour Ago, 08:57 PM)

Unable to log in to websites
AMonty20 (4 Hours Ago, 05:52 PM)

Add Different Speech Commands
bae_22 (5 Hours Ago, 04:40 PM)

Login (2 macs) passwords spontaniously changed?
Roger Vaught (7 Hours Ago, 03:31 PM)

Best car charger or inverter for Macbook Pro?
imeme87 (7 Hours Ago, 03:22 PM)

 


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51