iancalderbank

Thanks all. I just bought some verb MKM01's, and a pioneer 115 as well (For the cost of 15 blanks, didn't seem worth messing with the old burner). upgraded to latest firmware, then first burn of a DVD+R DL with the new combo worked flawlessly...plays on all my standalone kit. Now I can backup my son's dvds for taking on holiday, whilst removing the annoying trailers... cheers, Ian

so are you saying trying anything DL with this drive is a waste of time, go buy a new drive (have had it a few years as you say)? (in that case - recommendations ? Sata or Ide I don't mind) it does say DL on it though..... or that I should get some different blanks that will work with this drive? (just tried again at 2.4x - same error) Ian

after reading this forum I've upgraded to (what I think is) the latest firmware for my burner, and latest imgburn. I can't get anywhere burning +R DL discs (This is my first attempt ever to burn a DL disc). I can burn single layer discs no problem at all. media are philips branded dvd+r DL bought in UK retail store (PC world) any clues? Ian default settings: I 10:00:00 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 10:00:00 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1) I 10:00:00 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,844 KB - Available: 1,277,152 KB I 10:00:01 Initialising SPTI... I 10:00:01 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 10:00:01 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD