LG GSA-2166D DVD RW Dual Layer Burner - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

try using different media ( non light scribe ) and second try using a program such as nero premium or easy media creator 9/10.Most of my dvd's have been successful with good quality especially with nero ultimate/premium

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ERROR 43? Check your SATA connection. HERE'S HOW I FIXED MINE. (IE. Computer tries to install driver for BD burner, but ultimately fails, and gives the message. "Unsuccessful" and/or "Microsoft Windows stopped device. Error 43") The SATA CONNECTION on my BD burner's EXTERNAL CASE had gone bad. TO TEST IT. I used a SATA/IDE to USB Adapter Cable I bought for about $10 on amazon.

• I unscrewed the external case to get at the internal drive, and plugged the SATA adapter cable directly into the internal BD burner drive (bypassing the case assembly), and plugged the other end into my computer USB port.
  • PS My BD burner POWER was working OK, so I left the big white 4pin power adapter connected to the original external case.

VOILA! Both my laptop and my desktop PC recognized the LG BD burner again and assigned it a drive letter (like it used to do).

• Now I either need to (1) Buy a NEW EXTERNAL case ($10 - $30), (2) install it as an internal drive (could get problematic if "ANYDVD" is installed) or (3) just leave it connected via the cheap adapter cable.

It's super EASY (& inexpensive) to TEST this before spending $$$$ on a new equipment. Hope this helps someone. It had me miffed for a while there.

Firstly the ide controllers you mention are only for internal devices like you hardrive and internal dvd writers, not usb peripherals. If you have service pack 2 on your system there should be no problem it could be that your usb port is faulting. You can locate the drivers that are on your girlfriends pc, they will be exactly in the location that you have typed in your post and copy them to a disc and paste them into your windows operating system in the same folder eg C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS and the other mentioned driver to see if it works. If not try another usb port or go to My computer>right click>properties>hardware tab>device manager and at the bottom of the list you will see everything to do with your usb port controllers. Right click on each controller and select uninstal and then restart your pc, the drivers that you put on your system should then automatically load when your pc finds the usb controllers again on start up.

You shouldn't need one. These drives are usually generic, the bios on your PC should find it and display it as an extra drive.

Assuming its connected and powered up, also assuming you're using windows, just click on "My Computer" you should find it there, probably listed as D, E or F drive.

Greetings... I think your having a problem with your hardware DVD R/W.
based on your observation...
1) The dvd rom drive is detected on your windows xp and by pushing open/close button still working... " this indicate that the power and SATA / IDE cable was properly connected.
2) And you've said "NOT SPINNING".... "means you have undergo testing by touching or listening DVDrom drive while the disk was inside after closing the disk tray which is right"

Therefore your DVDrom drive was defective... you can also check by opening the metal cover to see if the disk was spinning and if the laser of optical lens released a red light.

Click start control panel administrive tools,computer management,device manager scroll down cd-dvd rom drives you might see a yellow question mark ? right click you will have options to update driver,roll back driver,or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver or uninstall then reinstall if this does not fix the problem it might be a registry problem if you cant see your disk drive in windows explorer Close all open programs

Click on Start, Run, and type regedit and press Enter Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

SYSTEM

CurrentControlSet

Control

Class

{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

Upper Filters

Lower Filters

Upper Filters.bak

Lower Filters.bak

If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose DeleteAfter deleting the keys, close the registry editorReboot your computerOpen My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone. oryou might have to physically unplug the leads for this cd/dvd then plug them back this should activate the found new hardware wizard or you might have to uninstall then restart your computer then reinstall your DVD/CD then reinstall the driver for this device if your computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it click start control panel administrive tools computer management device manager scroll down cd dvdrom drives if you see a yellow question or exclamation mark?! or a red x right click you will need to update the driver or select properties general troubleshoot, select driver click to reinstall drivers click update driver hope this helps

Sounds like it might need a firmware update.

Here is the LG site for the Firmware.

http://www.lg.com/uk/support/product/support-product-profile.jsp?customerModelCode=GSA-2166D

Hope this helps.

If not send me a reply.

It could be a problem withthe lens, you should try cleaning the lens, it's already gone bad there is noharm in trying If you take a little riskcan solve . follow the instruction: Don'tpanic its very simply. 1. When running yourpc , open the drawer.> 2. switch off the acpower 3. remove powercable & sata or pata cable 4. remove all thescrew from the back side 5. press clip toopen the font panel 6. reverse thecd/dvd rw 7. just remove thecover 8. clean the optical lance 9. use a little( not much )oil place on two steel shaft 10.cover all the equipment 11.now you can fit to your pc Ifit does the same problem please change the cd/dvd rw because the lance hasdefected. Hopeit will help you. Don'tforgate to vote me.

try cleaning the lens carefully of your cd/dvd drive

Hi,

Yes you can connect the LG GSA DVD RW to your netbook and it should work fine.
Install software like Nero burn or Lightscribe to burn DVDs.

You dont need drivers to connect or install the LG DVD as it is compatible to with netbook.

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Edit the registry.

In Device Manager, delete both drives and close it.
Now delete the Upper and Lower Filters to force XP to redetect the drives on reboot:

a. Click on Start --> Run --> and type in 'regedit' followed by the enter key

b. Expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" key (looks like a folder) by double clicking it (or
clicking the "+" next to it.)

c. Expand the "SYSTEM" Key

d. Expand the "CurrentControlSet" Key

e. Expand the "Control" Key

f. Expand the "Class" Key


g. Look for a key containing the following string of letter and numbers:
{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

h. Highlight this key

i. On the right hand side you are looking for "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" under the "Name" column, once you find these delete them by right clicking on them and choosing "delete"

j. Exit the registry

Reboot.

Hope this helps. If you need further help, reach me via phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/elixirjose_00375ea24bd8141b

there is no driver necessary , check out that you have provided the proper jumper settings and connect the data bus correctly , press it tightly . that will solve your problem . if you are using more than 1 device on your bus then the jumper settings are quite necessary.

test all leads that are attached to your burner make sure they have a secure connection or just replace them including electical extensions or
control panel admistrive tools,computer management,device manager you should see dvd/cd drives right click to update drivers
hope this helps
good luck

make sure all leads that are attached to your LG DVD Writer are secure and are not faulty including electical extensions
good luck with this

That will depend a bit on the speed of the dvd drive and the media speed. Basically should take about 30-40 minutes. On a faster drive it should take about 25. A 2 hour movie should almost fill a dvd 4.7gb in size. Those times are for a internal burner not a external usb burner.

A dual layer dvd should take twice as long but from my experience it doesn;t seemt to take more than a few minutes longer than a normal dvd which is strange but nice.

Make sure you have lots of space on C and try not to be running anything other than the burner software to max out on the speed. And don't worry if you toast a few dvd's at first. They are cheap.

Hi As your drive is burning cds but wont burn dvds, I suggest your try other brands of dvds and a different burning program.I use Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 FREE, which you can down load free from the web.Hope this helps you.
Regards Bill

Hi! There are 2 possible problem with your computer, it's either your having a faulty DVD Drive or having a corrupted registry.

First you may check your device manager by going to start>right click computer>properties> device manager to see if your dvd drive is faulty. If there are any red X mark or yellow question mark beside the dvd drive it means you may need to reinstall your device by installing your machine driver from the computer manufacturer.

On the other hand if you don't see any of these inside device manager the next thing to do is to check the system registry by clicking start>run> then type regedit on the run textbox> In the navigation pane, locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} In the right pane you may see there either UpperFilter and/or lower filter. delete both of them by using right click then choosing delete. restart the computer. most of the time this steps fix this kind of issue. Please feel free to ask if you any more questions. Cheers~

If your DVD burner does not read a disk you should try a few other disk, if it still does not read any disk you should check the connections to make sure no cabe is slack or loose.If the problem still exist please got to the manufacturer website and download drivers for you DVD burner you should also go to www.cnet.com and download and install codec for your DVD burner.

speed of source data is too slow = the hard disk cannot deliver the data fast enough and the burning process stops; this is a sign of a severely fragmented file system and very charged background processes: defragment your hard disk, stop using other programs when burning a disk and use 8X as a recording speed.
 Track Following Error = the laser head in the burner is no longer capable of following the track it has itself burned - the lens is dirty, clean it.