jcleav

it successfully burned an audio cd on a cd-r...does that mean it's not dead??

i just got this drive like 3 months ago after having problems with my old one...you really think it could be dead already??? i tried burning at 6x with the same result.

My computer was running very poorly as of late, and i decided to reformat it. On top of everything else going wrong with the computer, I started having problems burning dvd-dl's...i've tried burning multiple iso's, but I have the same problem everytime. I tried to update my dvd-r firmware, and i downloaded the newest imgburn, but i'm still having the same problem. I try to burn, it says power calibration error, i hit retry, it starts burning, gets to 1% then fails. here is the log. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! THANK YOU! ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log ; Wednesday, 07 October 2009, 12:58:52 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 12:53:59 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 12:53:59 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 12:53:59 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 450,920 KB I 12:53:59 Initialising SPTI... I 12:53:59 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:54:19 Found 1 DVD

every time i try to burn now, i get this error....anybody know the problem? ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log ; Monday, 07 September 2009, 11:36:19 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 11:30:55 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 11:30:55 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 11:30:55 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 241,268 KB W 11:30:55 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 11:30:55 Initialising SPTI... I 11:30:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:30:55 Found 1 DVD

here's another recent one ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 - Log ; Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 18:10:24 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 17:41:53 ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 started! I 17:41:53 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 17:41:53 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 162,356 KB I 17:41:53 Initialising SPTI... I 17:41:53 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:41:54 Found 1 DVD

up until the last week or two, i burned discs with no problem/errors...now i can't finish the discs...here's the latest error message. people have been extremely helpful on here in the past, and I would be extremely greatful if you guys could help me out again. ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log ; Tuesday, 04 August 2009, 01:26:27 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 01:00:22 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 01:00:22 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 01:00:22 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 313,248 KB W 01:00:22 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 01:00:22 Initialising SPTI... I 01:00:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:00:23 Found 1 DVD

here's the most recent log ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 - Log ; Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 11:46:33 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 11:00:15 ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 started! I 11:00:15 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 11:00:15 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 524,904 KB I 11:00:15 Initialising SPTI... I 11:00:15 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:00:15 Found 1 DVD

i posted on here a week or two ago and it was decided that my old dvd burner was toast, and i needed to get a new one. i got the new drive, but now i'm having different problems trying to burn... (see attached image for error message) even though this just happened 5 minutes ago (wednesday), my imgburn log doesn't have anything in it in the last week...so i don't have a log for this particular error. thanks!

thankfully these burners are wayyyyyyyyy cheaper than i thought...thanks for all your help!! it's very much appreciated.

wow...really?? is there any final things i can do to make sure that it is indeed broken?? are there any brands/models of dual layers burners that you can recommend?

no...everything was working fine until i got the random error message. i didn't change anything on the computer inbetween the successfull burn and the error message, that's what's confusing to me. i only tried reinstalling the firmware when i was having problems. is there any chance this is a virus?

nope, doesn't change anything...that was one of the first things i tried.

=============================================== Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.2.0.0 =============================================== Upper Device Filter: redbook Upper Class Filter: GEARAspiWDM Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device Lower Class Filter: ElbyCDFL Lower Device Filter: imapi Filter Name: redbook File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108) File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver Product Name: Microsoft

if i put an already burned disc in the drive, nothing happens. if i double click the drive in windows explorer with an already burned disc, it shows nothing...the window is blank. if i put a blank disc in, the status row says: "Device Not Ready (Medium Not Present - Tray Closed)" the thing is, i used the same discs on the same drive with the same version of imgburn and everything worked fine...it happened very suddenly. i even tried using other burning programs, and now they won't recognize anything in the drive either. like i said, i can't even burn an audio cd in iTunes now...it keeps saying "please insert a blank disc."

and in case it helps, this is the log for the successful burn right before the first error: ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 - Log ; Thursday, 05 February 2009, 13:39:15 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 12:53:54 ImgBurn Version 2.2.0.0 started! I 12:53:54 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 12:53:54 Total Physical Memory: 915,944 KB - Available: 194,248 KB I 12:53:54 Initialising SPTI... I 12:53:54 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:53:54 Found 1 DVD