LiteON 5045 and Double Layer

[neftv]

I was wonder has anyone ever tried to replaced the DVD burner in the 5045 with a double Layer burner? I purchased a Lite On DL burner 1693S for my PC and I tried to play a DL disk in the 5045 and it would not play it.

[otpw1]

As a matter of fact, your 1693s is one of the most popular donors.
What are you trying to achieve?
https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=292674

[garryheather]

I would say putting a dual layer burner into a recorder manufactured with a single layer drive will result in a single layer recorder... the firmware in the recorder itself probably won't know what do do with a second layer and I suggest it would just ignore it...

[neftv]

I wanted to see if I could atleast read a double layer and it appears it wont do it as is.

[otpw1]

Are you sure? My ILO dvdr04 (lite-on lvw5001 clone) will, but the disc in question must be bitset to DVD-Rom. Otherwise its a no go.