me again! lite-on drive help required!

[technoe]

You generally don't need the VIA card for anything other than the BenQ/Phillips drive. There are even instances when the VIA card will cause more problems than it solves.

[sadalius]

VIA is all I use. I've only had a couple of minor problems, but thats it. Other people has lots of problems, but some has none. It's almost a crap shoot, and it really depends on your system. I hate to say it, but I'm a troubleshooter, both professionally and by nature, but thats what it takes to be able to figure out what works for you and what don't. Just some good old fashioned troubleshooting.

[iamwatt]

You generally don't need the VIA card for anything other than the BenQ/Phillips drive. There are even instances when the VIA card will cause more problems than it solves.

not sure about that one. . .

[CoFree]

You generally don't need the VIA card for anything other than the BenQ/Phillips drive.

well that is not 100% there man.

The via is almost a must for all samsung dvd drive.
The v28 was almost unflashable with out one.

now i think jungle will work for some without a via

[flamethrower]

troubleshooting is actually one of the skills i think i have!

i have followed guide after guide on this, i have removed the drivers, deleted the .sys file, checked its all as it should be

but JF is still hanging

if i dont power cycle the drive, i can proceed to get the 3 key files with the probe, but they are identified as bad

i am that close i can feel it, there must be a bios option, or a way of making JF not hang when i power cycle the drive!

[flamethrower]

even if i power cycle the drive before windows loads, the PC still hangs.. so it cant be a windows problem can it?

[flamethrower]

and now i am getting bsod in windows

FFS man

[Backslash]

are u using Vista/XP or 64Bit/32Bit ?

[flamethrower]

xp 32bit

[Backslash]

OK jungleflasher should work with that. That's odd. I've never done a liteon, so i would wait for one of the staff to help.

[flamethrower]

f'in joke man

decided to send the drive to someone else to do.. man i hate admitting defeat

benq no problem
hitatchi, no problem

lite-on.. makes me want to stab myself

[Backslash]

Alright, sorry to hear that, but Sadalius does all drives, so give him a PM.

[flamethrower]

is he UK based? I am in england

[Backslash]

I would try parminder or Lilrevuk then.

[lilrevuk]

Parminder's in B'ham, I'm near Nottingham. I would go with whichever's closer