Lite-ON=teh suX0r

Big B

Big B

HWF Godfather
Oh my god, why do they suck so hard? 2nd Lite-ON burner to go bad before a year is up. Congratulations, Lite-ON, you've earned a place on my suckass list right beside Epox, FIC, and Memorex.

Ordered a Samsung to replace this crapper.
 
That'S odd 'cause as far as I can remember, that's the first time I hear (read read) someone say that Lite-on sucks that bad.

But I agree with Samsung. I have an old Samsung CD-RW 8/8/32 that I paid $60 USD back then that still works like a charm. On the other hand, I have an almost brand new AOpen CD-RW that can't be recognized by Nero unless it's a fairly recent version. I haven't scrapped a cd with it yet though. (Actually I have scrapped many but it was my own fault :swt: )
 
Well, there's issues between Lite-ON drives and the nForce 2 chipset, or more accurately, nVidia's software IDE driver---which I wasn't using anyway. Uplugging the IDE cable allows me to actually eject the damn thing.
 
For the record, all of my current optical drives are Lite-On, and I haven't had a singe problem with any of them. As a matter of fact, I just replaced an Optiwrite burner who's plastic lense finally warped to the point of being unusable. Then again, I'm one of those VIA chipset people. ;)
 
I do have to agree: Via is good. Some people are still like "Oh, VIA sucks...their chipsets are horrible...blah,blah,blah,blah." I've used most of their KT series chipsets and not had a problem. The nForce 2's main selling point is the locked AGP/PCI busses.
 
I say it all depends what you wanna do with it.

It's not appealing to the enthusiast crowd but I've used a KT333 and it's been very good to me.

Also, they seem to have taken the edge over the nforce3.
 
Yup. I've used the KT133, KT266, KT333 (briefly, no thanks to Epox), KT400, and the KT600. I fail to see the problem with the Via chipsets. I'd like to see how the KT880 performs, though. Soyo seems to have a very nice one due out soon.
 
I just put together a Linux box for a friend with a KT600 chipset... damn that thing is sweet. ;) nForce Chipsets are a big pain in the ass, especially in Linux.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top