JVC Lite-On JLXJ-HD166S Issues

[dvd-dude]

I bought a Compaq Presario S6300NX a few months back. It came with a DVD-Rom drive that I replaced with a DVD-burner. I tried installing it in my brother's machine (the label on the drive says its a JVC Lite-On I.T. DVD-Rom Drive, model XJ-HD166S, V/M-JLXJ-HD166S). So I install it and Windows ME sees it, but the only driver it has for it is a generic CD-Rom driver. It seems to play DVD movies okay, but I've tried a few different brands of DVD-R discs (finalized ones) and it sees them but freezes up when it tries to navigate through them spitting the disc out and saying it needs cleaning. My guess is there's nothing I can do and it's just a fussy drive, but I wondered if maybe there was a driver or firmware update I could use. However, upon searching on Google I came up with nothing. I found one that was close to the one I have, but it wasn't it and the firmware update wouldn't work. I'm just writing to make sure there's nothing else I can do. Unfortunately I replaced the drive immediately when I got my new Compaq so I don't know if it would've had the same issue on my new machine - or which driver it used. Thanks!

-DVD-Dude

[rallynavvie]

I have a 166S in my primary workstation and I wouldn't dare put an inferior drive in that machine. The LiteOns are loud but one of the fastest DVD drives I've ever worked with. I haven't had a problem with burned DVD and I'm using the firmware it shipped with.