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Hello folks, Got the LG DVDRAM GSA 4163B drive today and installed it. (you know...you have to wait a little while when you're too cheap to pay for shipping!) it has burned the 2.4X DL Matrix DVD's (RICOHJPN-D00-01) with no problem. Ain't it nice when things work the way they're supposed to!! This is just too cool... Hey, thanks to all of you for your help! Hope the new year brings the best to all of you and leaves you with no new coasters.... Cheers!

cornholio7, it seems that DVDShrink 3.2.0.15 can make a full disk backup to your hardrive without any compression. Is there anything wrong with using Imgburn to then build the ISO file using the backup files that DVDShrink creates?

HA! he was an odd duck, but could he ever play! Well, with Kenadjian's comment, I think I'm going to purchase the LG DVDRAM GSA 4163B. Kenadjian, is this the model you are using?

Okay... I'm convinced. has anyone out there had success burning a RICOHJPN-D00-01 with this Plextor 760A burner? I did find it for $58 after a rebate. The only reason I ask is because I had previously mail ordered a 50 pack of these (minus the 7 coasters..) I'd really not rather throw these out. I see a BENQ drive will burn them. Of course, I will enlighten HP as to my opinion of their magnificent drive... huh... where's the smiley that's getting something shoved up his a$$.... anyway... off to what I really enjoy.... Thanks everyone for your thoughts... it's been a treat....

Didn't get a chance to pick up any more verbatims today... BUT... I did discover an interesting fact about the HP drive. According to the specs on HP website, you require 18 Gb of free space on your harddrive in order to burn a DL. It just so happens I still have backup data for another harddrive on this one that had left me with less than half that available. (of course, it doesn't help that Microsoft OS & Office SUCK half the drives resources away). The lack of storage may be why the burn to the Ricoh broke at 50%. just a guess.... but once I transfer some data off the drive, I'm going to attempt the Ricoh burn one more time... If that doesn't work, it'll be appointed as a home video and data burner on my second computer.

kevdriver, my friend.... thanks so much for your help tonight. I'm calling it a day.. Morning comes far too fast... not enough time for dreaming... especially tonight!! THANKS again! I'll be back for another try tomorrow. It'll soon be time to make a decision on whether to just buy a drive that's known to work. I've toasted $20.00 worth of DVDs (3 Verbs and 7 Matrix). Too much more of this and I'll have been able to buy a new drive! Take care my friend.

The drive is about 1 year old. I think I've actually only burned 1 DVD of a home video on a SL DVD using Nero. So it's had very little use... although that has no correlation to the dust that may have blown through the unit in the past year... I flashed back to HJ and tried to burn another Ricoh. It failed to initiate the burn. Unfortunately, I toasted my last Verbatim on the last attempt. I'll have to pick up some more tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll try a HJ burn on the verbatim. Here's the log for the ricoh with the HJ: I 21:58:26 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.0 started! I 21:58:26 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 21:58:26 Initialising SPTI... I 21:58:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:58:27 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 21:59:36 Operation Started! I 21:59:36 Source File: C:\dvd temp\PROJECT_1.MDS I 21:59:36 Source File Sectors: 4,130,816 (MODE1/2048) I 21:59:36 Source File Size: 8,459,911,168 bytes I 21:59:36 Source File Volume Identifier: PROJECT_1 I 21:59:36 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 21:59:36 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 21:59:36 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 21:59:36 Destination Device: [1:1:0] HP DVD Writer 740b HJ24 (F:) (ATA) I 21:59:36 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D00-01) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 21:59:36 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 21:59:36 Write Mode: DVD I 21:59:36 Write Type: DAO I 21:59:36 Write Speed: 2.4x I 21:59:36 Link Size: Auto I 21:59:36 Test Mode: No I 21:59:36 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 21:59:36 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,073,840 I 21:59:36 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 21:59:36 Filling Buffer... I 21:59:38 Writing LeadIn... W 22:01:49 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) W 22:01:49 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - No Seek Complete W 22:01:49 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 22:01:49 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 22:01:49 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write E 22:01:53 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) I 22:01:53 Synchronising Cache... I 22:01:54 Closing Track... I 22:01:55 Finalising Disc... E 22:01:56 Failed to Write Image! E 22:01:56 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:19 I 22:01:56 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 22:03:24 Close Request Acknowledged I 22:03:24 Closing Down... I 22:03:24 Shutting down SPTI... I 22:03:24 ImgBurn closed!

here's the log for the RICOHJPN-D00-01 attempt. you may be right about the flashing. It just failed on the verbatim. Didn't even get started. I 21:08:08 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.0 started! I 21:08:08 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 21:08:08 Initialising SPTI... I 21:08:08 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:08:08 Found 1 CD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 21:10:42 Operation Started! I 21:10:42 Source File: C:\dvd temp\PROJECT_1.MDS I 21:10:42 Source File Sectors: 4,130,816 (MODE1/2048) I 21:10:42 Source File Size: 8,459,911,168 bytes I 21:10:42 Source File Volume Identifier: PROJECT_1 I 21:10:42 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 21:10:42 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 21:10:42 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 21:10:42 Destination Device: [1:1:0] HP DVD Writer 740b HI24 (F:) (ATA) I 21:10:42 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D00-01) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 21:10:42 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 21:10:42 Write Mode: DVD I 21:10:42 Write Type: DAO I 21:10:42 Write Speed: 2.4x I 21:10:42 Link Size: Auto I 21:10:42 Test Mode: No I 21:10:42 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 21:10:42 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,073,840 I 21:10:42 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 21:10:42 Filling Buffer... I 21:10:42 Writing LeadIn... I 21:11:33 Writing Image... I 21:11:33 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2073839) W 21:33:11 Failed to Write Sectors 2073824 - 2073839 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) W 21:33:11 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - No Seek Complete W 21:33:11 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:11 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 21:33:11 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:12 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 21:33:12 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 21:33:12 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 21:33:12 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write E 21:33:22 Failed to Write Sectors 2073824 - 2073839 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) I 21:33:22 Synchronising Cache... I 21:33:23 Closing Track... I 21:33:24 Finalising Disc... E 21:33:25 Failed to Write Image! E 21:33:25 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:22:43 I 21:33:25 Average Write Rate: 3,168 KB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,387 KB/s (2.4x)

well... so much for Matrix... it failed at 50%. Hmm... let's try the verbatim...

Okay... here's what I did. I updated with HJ, and then updated again with HI. It's currently burning (at 13%) the Matrix brand DVD (RICOHJPN-D00-01) (which it wouldn't do before). Amazing! I will try the verbatim after this one completes and let you know how it goes. HEY... THANKS for helping me out! And that goes to everyone who posted! HP was really informative about the history of updates... NOT!! Just an additional thought... You know.... with all the horrible news you see in the headlines everyday about people who are nothing but scum sucking bottom feeders, it's a nice feeling to have complete and total strangers from who knows where give you a helping hand. Gives a person a little hope for the world. why do I have this feeling I'm going to be dreaming about boobs tonight?????

Okay... here's what I did. I updated with HJ, and then updated again with HI. It's currently burning (at 13%) the Matrix brand DVD (RICOHJPN-D00-01) (which it wouldn't do before). Amazing! I will try the verbatim after this one completes and let you know how it goes. HEY... THANKS for helping me out! And that goes to everyone who posted! HP was really informative about the history of updates... NOT!!

hmmmm.. something's not right here. THe HI24 update (the one I did yesterday) has a release date of 2006-08-23. The HJ24 update has a release date of 2006-March. According to the dates, I've got the latest one. Do you suppose that the HJ24 has some updates that the HI24 doesn't include?

From the HP website. I sent them an email and told them I was having write errors on ricoh and verbatim DL's. perhaps that was the cause of the update??? nooowayyyy.... but I'll try the update now. THANKS for pointing that out!

IYE, YI, YI!! Well... that relieved some eyestrain! I'm not sure which to thank you for! Actually, I just updated the firmware yesterday before I attempted the verbatim burn.

Because they can't??? All jokes aside, did you burn the verb at 2.4X? If not try that. Can you also post the log from the failed verb burn please? This is also possible. Hey there, Kenadjian..... Yes, it was burned...or should I say <not> burned... at 2.4X. Here's the verb burn log: I 17:48:09 Operation Started! I 17:48:09 Source File: C:\dvd temp\PROJECT_1.MDS I 17:48:09 Source File Sectors: 4,130,816 (MODE1/2048) I 17:48:09 Source File Size: 8,459,911,168 bytes I 17:48:09 Source File Volume Identifier: PROJECT_1 I 17:48:09 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 17:48:09 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 17:48:09 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 17:48:09 Destination Device: [1:1:0] HP DVD Writer 740b HI24 (F:) (ATA) I 17:48:09 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 17:48:09 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 17:48:09 Write Mode: DVD I 17:48:09 Write Type: DAO I 17:48:09 Write Speed: 2.4x I 17:48:09 Link Size: Auto I 17:48:09 Test Mode: No I 17:48:09 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 17:48:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,073,840 I 17:48:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 17:48:09 Filling Buffer... I 17:48:09 Writing LeadIn... W 17:51:41 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) W 17:51:41 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - No Seek Complete W 17:51:41 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 17:51:41 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 17:51:41 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write E 17:51:44 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Unknown (Write Error) (0x0C, 0x80) I 17:51:44 Synchronising Cache... I 17:51:45 Closing Track... I 17:51:46 Finalising Disc... E 17:51:47 Failed to Write Image! E 17:51:47 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:03:38 I 17:51:47 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A I 18:02:29 Close Request Acknowledged