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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
To help you get more familiar with your combo drive, the following FAQ
lists some common problems you might encounter.
T
'
HE DRIVE CAN
T BE RECOGNIZED
• Make sure that the USB cable and power cord are plugged in
tightly. If they are connected correctly, unplug the USB cable from
your PC and plug it in again.
• If you installed a PCI host card in your PC, make sure that the driver
for the PCI host card has been installed correctly.
• If your PC has a built-in USB 2.0 port, install the driver, check the
BIOS setting, or consult the system board manufacturer.
T
HE DRIVE CAN READ DATA AND AUDIO
DVD
.
READ
S
Make sure that you've installed the DVD program.
T
'
HE DRIVE CAN
T READ FORMER SESSION
THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN TO TWO OR MORE TIMES
Before writing data to a CD-R, make sure that you select
so the combo drive can read the former sessions.
T
HE DRIVE MAKES NOISE WHILE READING
If the disc is warped, dirty, or has a loose label, the combo drive may
make noise. Try another disc.
T
'
HE DRIVE DOESN
T HAVE POWER
Make sure that the power cord is connected securely.
T
'
HE TRAY CAN
T BE OPENED
• Some CD and DVD programs requires you to use a program control
to open the tray. Use the program control to open the tray, then
close the program.
• The CD is inserted incorrectly and you need to manually open the
tray by inserting a paper clip or similar tool into the manual eject
hole.
T
'
HE DRIVE CAN
T READ SOME DISCS
• If the disc is scratched, you may not be able to play it.
• If the disc is dirty, clean the disc.
T
'
.
HE DRIVE CAN
T WRITE
Try the following:
• Use the burning program that came with this combo drive or
download the updated file from Internet.
• Most CD burning programs temporarily use space on your PC' s
hard drive to create the CD "image" before burning the image to
the CD. Make sure that you have enough room on the hard drive to
store the temporary image.
• Make sure that the disc is inserted correctly.
• If you are using a packet writing program, you need to fully format
the blank CD before you can burn the CD image.
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CD
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S
BUT IT CAN
T
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)
CD-R
S
OF THE
.
Import session
.
.
.
.
"B
"
UFFER UNDERRUN
ALWAYS OCCURS WHILE WRITING
.
DISCS
Try the following:
• Close the screen saver and and any other open programs.
• Select good quality and high-speed supported blank CDs.
• Add more memory to your PC.
• Use a different CD burning program.
• Defragment your PC's hard drive.
• Keep the source and destination discs clean. (no scratches,
fingerprints, or contamination.)
• Copy data as an image file to the hard drive to avoid buffer
underrun.
• Keep the hard drive clean. Do not install redundant drivers or
programs to reduce system loading or conflicts.
• Enable Buffer Underrun Protection mode if your program supports
it.
D
OES THIS DRIVE SUPPORT OVER
Yes, if you use a burning program that supports this function.
W
HAT BURNING PROGRAM SUPPORTS THIS COMBO DRIVE
Programs such as:
• Adaptec EasyCD Creator
• Ahead Nero-Burning ROM
• NTI CDMaker
D
OES THIS DRIVE SUPPORT THE
(S
O
)
ESSION AT
NCE
FUNCTION
Yes, it does support the CD-Text and SAO function, and you can edit the
title or content on your music CD.
Specifications
P
ERFORMANCE
Transfer
Read:
rate
CD: 3600 kb/sec (up to 24×)
DVD: 10816 kb/sec (up to 8×)
Write:
CD-R: 3600 kb/sec (up to 24×)
CD-RW: 3600 kb/sec (up to 24×)
Data buffer 2MB
Writing
TAO (Track at Once), DAO (Disc at
modes
Once), SAO (Session at Once),
multi-session, incremental packet
writing
Writing
CD-R: 8×/16×/24×
speed
CD-RW: 4×/8×/10×/12×/24×
P
HYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Interface
USB 2.0
Disc
Tray (automatically eject/manual load)
Loading
Power
Input: AC 100~240 V, 50/60 Hz
Output: 5 V 2.6A
Dimensions Height: 0.9 in. (23.0 mm)
Width: 5.6 in. (141.0 mm)
Depth: 6.1 in. (154.0 mm)
Weight: 12.4 oz (352 g)
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BURNING
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SAO
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