thedon01

So in your professional opinion is this the standard from here on out or are there advancements in the near future to smooth out the inconsistencies? What's your preference on OPC and burn proof? I've noticed your results with FHT enabled, but how about OPC and burn proof? And are there different Verbatim model numbers from Singapore or are they all the same?

I'm very confused when it comes to burning xbox 360 games, hopefully i can explain the confusion and get some solid clarification. I know this is a sketchy topic because there's so many different scenarios and i've read hundred's of posts on multiple forums about different individual's particular settings and results, but i just can't seem to figure it out. Just when i think i did figure it out i get a curve ball of bad burns. Here's my set up: Desktop with Windows XP SP3 ihas424B flashed correctly with C4eva's ihas cfw external enclosure connected via usb Verbatim 003 (possibly #96577, i'm not sure, but i do remember buying them off newegg.com on sale $50 for 50 disks) My problem: i can't get consistent quality burns. I usually get a solid spike at the layer break (approx PI Max 200+) but the averages across the board seem legit. I've also had times where the averages are relatively high. I've tried God knows how many setting changes and wasted God knows how many discs and still haven't found a solid setting that works. Actually at one time imgburn was having a hard time verifying the image so i began burning in safe mode. i would clear opc and cycle the drive before every burn, i had FHT/OHT/SB/perform OPC on Burn Proof/OS off Burned at 4x with 512MB buffer and verified image and i had about a stretch of 12 good burns. Then following the same procedure i got a stretch of about 3 or 4 bad burns. Now i've tried the settings outlined by lightning uk: FHT/SB/ = On OHT/OPC/OS = off (BP on and off) cycle the drive once before changing settings. i've received a stretch of 4-5 bad burns stated above. My Questions: General 1. What could the problem be? 2. Do i literally have to burn through 50 discs before i find a setting group that works? 3. Once i find a setting group that works, will it always work? 4. Is it a bad spindle and is that really possible? 5. What's the correct model # of Verbatim's to purchase and will they work or will i have the same scenario play out again? 6. Is it the drive itself and how could i tell? 7. Is there a certain model # of ihas drives that perform more consistently than others? 8. I don't see many people using the same ihas drive as i do, could that be an indication that i should go with a different drive? Settings 1. What's the deal about clearing opc and cycling the drive? There's so many different opinions and it get's confusing. I've read that we should only cycle once before the setting changes, but why did i have success with 12 burns by clearing the opc before each burn? 2. What happens if you get a bad burn, do you continue on with the same settings? If so, how do you know when to try a different group of settings? 3. What's causing the inconsistency, wrong settings, wrong set up (IE: external enclosure), too many system processes, bad disks, or bad drive? How do you narrow it down? 4. I would assume that a person would pick a group of settings, burn and get good results, but the more i watch i feel like it has less to do with settings, because the burns on many tests seem to improve after each consecutive burn, so it leads me to believe that there's no a magic setting that will automatically produce a good disk, am i correct? I hope i've explained my situation and my mind set and look forward to hearing back from lightning uk on this topic. Thank you!

i checked it out, you did a fantastic job. thanks for helping everyone out at your expense!

i decided to try to burn the image again (haha after 8 coasters) and this time i did so in safe mode. This time around imgburn verified the results and the game played correctly in the flashed console. I haven't ran through kprobe yet (i will shortly) and i will post the results. Obviously if the only thing that changed what whether or not the verification passed in imgburn then that in itself has to be relevant. Wouldn't you think?

I'm basically trying to back up my copy of Skyrim (the retail plays fine). I had success doing so prior to LT3.0, but now i get solid results in kprobe2 but fail to verify in imgburn. i keep getting the error: Failed to Read Sector 2133520 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error and the game won't progress during the intro scene. I've ripped with 0800v3, patched with abgx 1.0.6, burnt with a burner max flashed ihas424b drive in an external enclosure. Settings were: 512mb buffer Clear opc history and cycle drive burn proof off SB/OS/OHT/FHT on. What i don't understand is where the problem lies. If i'm getting good "burn" results in kprobe, but the image is failing to verify, so does that mean there's a problem with the actual burning of the image or the image itself? All the documents pertaining from ripping to verifying are attached. Thank you for taking the time to help me out. XBC Rip with 0800v3.txt Skyrim ABGX.txt Skyrim Imgburn Result.txt Skyrim Kprobe result.txt