LG GSA-H42N Brun Quality Test



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Model GSA-H42N
Release date 6.Dec.2006
Price 5580JPY (about $47.7USD)



Features
Manufacturer name HL-DT-ST
Drive name DVD-RAM GSA-H42N
Initial Firmware ver. RL00
Buffer 2MB
PIO/DMA mode UltraDMA Mode-4 (ATA66)
Main Chipset Renesas R8J32021HFPV
Country of origin KOREA
Power consumption 5V/12V = 1.5A/2.0A
QualityScan Function unavailable.
Maximum DVD write speed 18x
Maximum DVDR DLwrite speed 10x
Maximum DVDRW write speed 8x(6x)
Maximum DVD-ROM read speed 16x
Maximum DVD-R read speed 16x
Maximum DVD DL read speed 12x
Maximum DVD(with CSS) read speed 8x
Maximum CD-R write speed 48x
Maximum CD-RW write speed 32x
Maximum CD read speed 48x
Overburn DVD+R unavailable.
Overburn CD-R up to 92min.
Maximum DVD-RAM(2x-3x) read speed 5x(P-CAV)
Maximum DVD-RAM(2x-3x) read speed 5x(P-CAV)
Bitsetting DVD+R available.
Bitsetting DVD+RW unavailable.
Bitsetting DVD+R DL available.
recording time for DVD-R 8x 7分50秒前後
recording time for DVD-R 18x 5分前後
Bundle software CyberLink PowerPowerProducer
CyberLink PowerDVD
Nero Express
InCD




Write speed & behavior
18x DVD-R(*1) [4x] is CLV.
[8x-16x] is P-CAV(start from 7.2x)
[18x] is CAV(start from 7.6x)
18x DVD+R(*1) [4x] is CLV.
[8x-12x-16x] is P-CAV(start from 7.2x)
[18x] is CAV(start from 7.6x)
16x DVD-R [4x] is CLV.
[8x-16x] is P-CAV(start from 7.2x)
16x DVD+R [4x] is CLV.
[8x-12x-16x] is P-CAV(start from 7.2x)
12x DVD+R(*2) [4x] is CLV.
[8x-12x] is Z-CLV(start from 6x)
8x DVD-R [4x] is CLV.
[8x] is Z-CLV(start from 6x)
8x DVD+R [4x] is CLV.
[8x] is Z-CLV(start from 6x)
4x DVD-R [4x] is CLV.
4x DVD+R [4x] is CLV.
1x DVD-R [2x] is CLV.
2.4x DVD+R [2.4x] is CLV.
6x DVD-RW [4x-6x] is CLV.
4x DVD-RW [2x-4x] is CLV.
2x DVD-RW [1x-2x] is CLV.
1x DVD-RW [1x] is CLV.
8x DVD+RW [6x] is CLV.
[8x] is Z-CLV.(start from 6x)
4x DVD+RW [2.4x-4x] is CLV.
2.4x DVD+RW [2.4x] is CLV.
10x DVD+R DL(*3) [2.4x-4x-6x] is CLV.
[8x-10x] is Z-CLV.(start from 6x)
8x DVD+R DL [2.4x-4x-6x] is CLV.
[8x] is Z-CLV.(start from 6x)
6x DVD+R DL(*4) [2.4x-4x-6x] is CLV.
2.4x DVD+R DL [2.4x] is CLV.
10x DVD-R DL(*3) [2x-4x-6x] is CLV.
[8x-10x] is Z-CLV.(start from 6x)
8x DVD-R DL [2x-4x-6x] is CLV.
[8x] is Z-CLV.(start from 6x)
6x DVD-R DL(*4) [2x-4x-6x] is CLV.
4x DVD-R DL [2x-4x] is CLV.
12x DVD-RAM [6x] is CLV.
[8x-10x] is P-CAV.(start from 6x)
5x DVD-RAM [2x-3x] is CLV.
[5x] is P-CAV.(start from 3x)
3x DVD-RAM [2x-3x] is CLV.
2x DVD-RAM [2x] is CLV.
CD-R [4x-8x-16x] is CLV.
[24x-32x-40x-48x] is Z-CLV(start from 16x)
CD-RW [4x] is CLV.
HS CD-RW [10x] is CLV.
US CD-RW [16x-24x] is CLV.
US+ CD-RW [16x-24x-32x] is CLV.
(*1) 18x is available for
TYG03 / YUDEN000 T03 / MCC 03RG20 / MCC 004 / SONY16D1
SONY D21 / TTH02 / TDK 003 / MXL RG04 / MAXELL 003 ......10 kinds of MID.
(*2) Overspeed enabled 8x media.
(*3) MITSUBISHI/Verbatim MKM 003 / MKM 03RD30.
(*4) MITSUBISHI/Verbatim MKM 001 / MKM 03RD20.



Drive Information



-Package and Chipset-

"LG" Designed bezel。



Product label.
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manufacture date is Nov.2006.
12V = 1.5A, and 5V = 2.0A.




Board and Chipset
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GSA-H10N

Renesas R8J32018FPV
GSA-H42N

Renesas R8J32021HFPV
The left image is GSA-H10N/12N, and the Right is GSA-H42N.
main chip is changed.



You can see the difference with GSA-H10N/12N
when you burn@8x and scan with BenQ DW1655.

and...CDSpeed 4.7.0.0 "create datadisc" can't control recording speed.
Forced Maxspeed burning......