Faulty drive errors with rawdump 2.0

Anyone else having faulty drive errors with rawdump? I have the 8164BK revision 0L06 and when i load a wii disk and try to dump, it sees its a wii disk, then gives me a faulty drive error. Seems to be somewhat of a common problem with these maybe after googling. Has anyone heard of a solution? Thanks in advance!

 

Found the problem. At first I thought it was firmware, but i changed out my IDE to USB cable with another i have at home (didn't really want to because its a back up hard drive) and now the program works. The cable that does not work can be found here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260093956698

The USB to IDE that does work has a board inside of it where as the one that doesn't, does not. Hope this helps.

 

I get the same error message. I have an LG 8162B, but when I put a disc in, I hear it spin, then it just stops and nothing happens, then when I run rawdump, it says faulty disc drive. Any help?? Normal DVDs work no problem.

Thanks

 

Problem solved! In order for the program to identify the Wii disc, I insert the disc into the drive while the program is starting up.

 

This is what works for me may or may not help other people so I thought I would post it. Start RawDump, open drive tray, place disc in tray, click start dump, then immediately close tray. Seems to work everytime so far.

 

i tried starting rawdump v2 but it doesnt start. it just gives me "aplication fail to initiliaze properly(0xc0000135). any1 knows how i can get it started?

 

try uninstalling and reinstalling .net framework 2.0

 

try redownloading then reinstalling rawdump (possible a corrupted download or install)

 

I have been getting the same error when I try to dump a game. I've tried to insert the game when Raw Dump is starting up and still have the same problem. I tried repairing .net framework 2.0 should I uninstall and reinstall instead? Thanks

 

I dumped and burned about 5 games already with my LG 8164B DVD ROM. But when trying to burn th latest one i get the "fauly drive" error. I don't understand how my install could all of a sudden be bad or the cable to the disks not work.
I also tried doing that put in the cd while the program starts up thing, and it does not seem to work.
PLEASE HELP!

 

After playing with it a bit more, it seems that some games work fine for dumping (zelda, shrek), while others give me the "faulty drive" error (mortal combat). Anyone have an idea if a new protection is being put on wii games now or something?

 

there is a jumper on the back of your drive. for primary/master/slave/single drive. you have to configure it correctly for the drive to read the gamecube games correctly. For me, i simply removed that jumper. i can now backup my games.

 

This is the problem i am having with rawdump 2.0 and wii discs & i am using a LG 8164b dvd reader!

It starts the wii disc dump then approx 20-25 minutes later rawdump just stops and closes as if it has been closed ,once i click on the rawdump icon to restart it then choose START DUMP it gives me the option to continue last session then it will do exactly the same 20- 25 minutes later so it takes approx 5 -6 attempts until it completes the whole wii disc dump.I have tried changing the drives from master to slave etc((as i have to dvd drives installed))also tried running rawdump alone with nothing else running in the background ,tried net framework 3 aswell but still exactly the same problem,it would just be nice to dump the whole wii disc in 1 attempt say during the night! any help on this would be great cheers

 

I posted this on another thread but thought my advice would be relevant to other people who are computer newbies. Sometimes you might actually have the right drive (check the label that is actually on the LG drive you got) but your IDE CABLE CONNECTOR PINS may not be securely attached. Make sure all your connections are nice and tight.

When I first got my LG drive I hooked it up to my laptop computer through an external enclosure and I got the same problems: the drive was listed as a different name, Rawdump wouldn't read a disc, and actually the drive wouldn't read ANYTHING! It was actually recognized as a DVD drive, andlisted under device manager but as the wrong thing (I think it said GDR8144 instead of GDR8164). When I figured out it wasn't reading ANYTHING, I opened up my drive/external enclosure and then found out that my connections weren't really fastened securely...the ones that were the problem were the ones with the tons of pins you have to connect, not the power cord.

After I connected it my drive TOTALLY works...it's now Rawdumping my Zelda: Twilight Princess and Resident Evil 4 with no problems. I still have to see if my backup copy works and can function on my Wii, but if you are one of those people getting the "Error! You might have a Faulty Drive" messages when you use RawDump, check the connections first before you get upset that you got the wrong DVD drive. I know this is probably common sense for most people, but in case your drive isn't reading the disc during Rawdump and is also not reading anything, this is one easy solution.

Also, this brings up the point that for those of you who only have laptops and can't install an LG drive actually into your laptop, an external 5.25" enclosure with USB cable works really well as an alternative solution. There's a cheap one at Eaglebit.com (was actually free for me after rebate but it expired and is now $20 + shipping, I'm sure you can find it cheaper at other local companies) that I used.

 

believe me all the connection to the drive and motherboard are securly tight ,must be somthing conflicting with it or something,maybe i dont have enough memory(512 mb of sdram)?maybe have to wait for a new version of rawdump to fix this prob?who knows?certainly not me!!

 

Hi i have a lg player GDR-8164 build it into a external case and atached it to my laptop.
When i use rawdump 2.0 it find the dvd player.
When i start it with an original wii game, its start to dump.
everything is working fine.
When i pick a backup, it wont work.
Ive some backups on a dvd -r and some on a dvd +r
They all are working on the Wii.
Can any 1 help me to fix this problem ????
I tried many backups, but there isn't any that will start dumping.

thnxxx

 

Hello I also have same prob but with the lg 8162b it will backup gamecube games but not wii i put in the wii dose nothing as soon as i eject disk it raw dump says wii disk getting dvd name then says might have falty drive !!!


Anyone have any idea what to do ? thanks

 

i have the same prob too. When i try to use the rawdump 2.0 to dump my new wii game and as soon as i click " Start Dump" and it show this window say " Unhandled exception has occurred in your application...." i try all the method everyone has suggest in here, but it seems still not working!!!! Can anyone pls give me some other advice how to fix this prob ....I'll be really appreciate if anyone can help ~