hi! Got myself that same drive, gsa-4166b. I've got a problem though. dvd drive speed prog gives me error that says logical unit communication error, udma32 crc and a code 040803. system is win xp corp ed, ancient via mobo 133-c something. what does that error mean. what shoul be checked first?

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

Looks like you don't have DMA enabled... this is a UDMA4 drive.

(in reply to thomaso247)

I get an error that says:

Can not initialize: 27D4

Can you resend it to me again. Maybe the upload was corrupted???

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

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ORIGINAL: MP3Mogul

Looks like you don't have DMA enabled... this is a UDMA4 drive.

I do have dma enabled. I realized that udma4 needs a 80-wire cable and theres only atapi-2 cable included. how come?

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

I read reviews of the external 2166B and the internal 4167B.

It seems that for 16x DVD +- writing, the 2166B uses slower CAV compared to the P-CAV of 4167B. For 48x CDR, the 2166B uses CAV while 4167B uses Z-CLV.

Does the same apply for the internal 4166B?

thanks

(in reply to thomaso247)

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ORIGINAL: Techno Pride

I read reviews of the external 2166B and the internal 4167B.

It seems that for 16x DVD +- writing, the 2166B uses slower CAV compared to the P-CAV of 4167B. For 48x CDR, the 2166B uses CAV while 4167B uses Z-CLV.

Does the same apply for the internal 4166B?

thanks

Yes, the internal drive is the same.  The x166 drives use a Panasonic chipset while most LG drives use Renesas chipsets.

(in reply to Techno Pride)

I got my drive working. I changed the ide cable to udma4 cable and voila!
Makes me think what really is the idea on putting a udma2 cable in the retail package because the drive didnt work at all, not reading or writing!

(in reply to thomaso247)

I have the LG GSA 4166B and I hooked it up with the cable that came with it i think its a atapi cable and the drive isnt working properly. all Ive tried to do so far is just run DVDs on it and its not playing them smoothly. I set the udma to 2 because thats what I read to do with a atapi cable. can anyone help me?

(in reply to thomaso247)

never mind. Im a dumb ass. when I put in the cable I changed to udma2. so I just changed it back to udma4 and it works perfect. :P

(in reply to medsor)

Great news!

(in reply to medsor)

Got it since 2 days :

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

October drives come with 1.00 firmware : thanks mogul  for the november firmware 1.01


ala42 (MCSE author) opens the firmware and saw that the "GSA-4164B" word was in it : 4164 = 4166
Another evidence :


Some tests :

A/ A Memorex DVD+RW 4X burned on the LG 4166 fw 1.01 and scanned with my BenQ 1620 :


B/ A Maxell DVD+R 4X in box (YUDEN T01 - best 4X blank discs I've ever seen) burned on the LG @4X, scanned on the BenQ :


C/ A yellox Datawrite DVD+R 8X (MCC003 dye) burned @8X on the LG 4166 and scanned with the BenQ :

(in reply to ItalianJob)

Burns look great.... I love this drive.... and it burns really really CHEAP media very well!

(in reply to ItalianJob)

hmmm....the drive is white, not beige, right?

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

quote:

ORIGINAL: ItalianJob

October drives come with 1.00 firmware : thanks mogul  for the november firmware 1.01


ala42 (MCSE author) opens the firmware and saw that the "GSA-4164B" word was in it : 4164 = 4166
Another evidence :


Some tests :

A/ A Memorex DVD+RW 4X burned on the LG 4166 fw 1.01 and scanned with my BenQ 1620 :


B/ A Maxell DVD+R 4X in box (YUDEN T01 - best 4X blank discs I've ever seen) burned on the LG @4X, scanned on the BenQ :


C/ A yellox Datawrite DVD+R 8X (MCC003 dye) burned @8X on the LG 4166 and scanned with the BenQ :

October drives come with 1.00 firmware , for the november firmware 1.01
Does any hardware(PCB) different between October and november drives?

(in reply to ItalianJob)

Actually, my drive was manufactured in November and it came with 1.00 firmware as well.... I have a friend at the factory, and he emailed me the 1.01 firmware.... the official release will come soon.

(in reply to idolclub)