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BTW, LUK, do you have any firmware updates for your drive? I did a check for firmware for this drive in ImgBurn and there were no hits for its ID string on the firmware site ImgBurn uses to check for firmware updates. If you do have any, can you direct me to the page where you found them? I did a Google for the returned string as well as the model string number printed on the drive. The drive label itself says its BDR-209UBK. ImgBurn sends PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209M to firmwarehq.com for my drive. Thanks!

And looks like they quickly restocked.

Looks like I got one of the last ones NewEgg had! It's now listed as out of stock.

One thing I noticed that I don't know if it's part of the issue but I saw that when the device was turned off, ImgBurn didn't display a notice saying a device removal had been detected. I'm guessing it was because the software only queues up one device removal/detection at a time?

I did some testing to see if I could replicate the issue and get you the dialog message. It's something I can repeat. Here's what I did. First, I started a write on a DVD+RW that needed a format/full erase before the write. Once the format first reached 99%, then, I turned on my USB LiteOn burner from its powered off state. I waited for ImgBurn to say it would refresh the device list at the next available opportunity. I waited for about a minute and turned off the USB LiteOn. Once the format finished, it detected the device list again but never started the actual write. No error is written to the log, just a dialog window that opens with the following message: "Device not ready (The handle is invalid.)" Here's the log, but, it won't help, I'm afraid. I 18:57:48 Operation Started! I 18:57:48 Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01 (S:) (SATA) I 18:57:48 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W21-01) I 18:57:48 Media Supported Write Speeds: 6x, 8x I 18:57:48 Quick Erase: No I 18:57:49 Format Properly: Yes I 18:57:49 Format Size: Preferred I 18:57:49 Erasing Disc... W 18:58:23 Device Arrival Detected! W 18:58:23 The device list will be refreshed at the next available opportunity. I 19:06:12 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:23 I 19:06:16 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 19:06:16 -> Drive 1 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (L:) (SCSI) I 19:06:16 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (N:) (SCSI) I 19:06:16 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (Q:) (SCSI) I 19:06:18 -> Drive 4 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01-A1 (S:) (SATA) I 19:06:18 -> Drive 5 - Info: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ABS PD11 (K:) (SATA) I 19:06:18 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 3 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROMs and 1 BD-RE XL!

Sony used to be able to do right. They made a good product as far back as their CD-RW's around 2000. And the Playstation 1 was good, except for the top loading design, which they fixed in the PS 2. The first model of the PS 2 was also good and that's when their products started going downhill. The 2nd generation PS 2 I had needed its disc assembly replaced after a year. I had to recently swap out that PS 2 because it simply stopped displaying audio and video. I THINK it boots but I can't tell because all I get is a black screen with no audio. And that PS 2 hadn't played a game since 2006! It was powered off from the back and only powered on once a month to test the batteries in the PS 2 DVD remote. Those PS 2 DVD remote batteries were made back when Sony made a good product. They STILL have power in them after 10 years! My PS 3 remote Sony batteries died after a year! I swapped in my first generation PS 2 in its place. It was only used for 2 years and then shelved without power connected to it. It still works because it's a first generation, tray loading PS 2. As for the PS 4, I will not be getting one. The only reason I'd get one is why I got my PS 3, for an entertainment center. I don't have Internet access availability in my room, where the PS 3. And since I don't have any PS 3 games, I use it entirely for playing CD's, DVD's, Blu-Ray's, and container files. The PS 4 requires phone home to activate to be able to use. Plus, you need to phone home to download a software update to even play any CD's/DVD's/Blu-Ray's, even out of the box. Since I can't phone home in that room, I will NOT be getting a PS 4.

It may have appeared in Season 3, but it first showed up in Season 1. I went over my DVD set, which was season 1, because I'd just recently seen it and most likely remembered it from there. And, it turns out, it shows up there, too.

At least, we believe you have this drive, unlike the LG I had.

I got something called a BDR-2209. It's an XL, too.

There's nothing in the log, I think, that will help, but here it is: //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 - Log ; Thursday, 13 February 2014, 15:33:14 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 10:59:14 Project Successfully Loaded! I 10:59:14 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 10:59:14 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 10:59:14 Total Physical Memory: 8,370,632 KiB - Available: 5,001,360 KiB I 10:59:14 Initialising SPTI... I 10:59:14 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 10:59:14 -> Drive 1 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (L:) (SCSI) I 10:59:14 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (N:) (SCSI) I 10:59:14 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (Q:) (SCSI) I 10:59:14 -> Drive 4 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01-A1 (S:) (SATA) I 10:59:14 -> Drive 5 - Info: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ABS PD11 (K:) (SATA) I 10:59:14 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 3 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROMs and 1 BD-RE XL! I 11:22:22 Project Successfully Saved! I 11:25:43 Operation Started! I 11:25:43 Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01 (S:) (SATA) I 11:25:43 Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W21-01) I 11:25:43 Media Supported Write Speeds: 6x, 8x I 11:25:43 Quick Erase: No I 11:25:43 Format Properly: Yes I 11:25:43 Format Size: Preferred I 11:25:43 Erasing Disc... W 11:26:32 Device Arrival Detected! W 11:26:32 The device list will be refreshed at the next available opportunity. I 11:34:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:23 I 11:34:11 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:34:11 -> Drive 1 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (L:) (SCSI) I 11:34:11 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (N:) (SCSI) I 11:34:11 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (Q:) (SCSI) I 11:34:12 -> Drive 4 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01-A1 (S:) (SATA) I 11:34:12 -> Drive 5 - Info: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ABS PD11 (K:) (SATA) I 11:34:12 -> Drive 6 - Info: ATAPI eHAU424 A 7L1P (T:) (USB 2.0) I 11:34:12 Found 2 DVD±RW/RAMs, 3 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROMs and 1 BD-RE XL! I 12:17:23 Operation Started! I 12:17:23 Source File Sectors: 623,648 (MODE1/2048) I 12:17:23 Source File Size: 1,277,231,104 bytes I 12:17:23 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 444D5ADD00098406 I 12:17:23 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:17:23 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:17:23 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:17:23 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01 (S:) (SATA) I 12:17:23 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W21-01) I 12:17:23 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 6x, 8x I 12:17:23 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 12:17:23 Write Mode: DVD I 12:17:23 Write Type: DAO I 12:17:23 Write Speed: MAX I 12:17:23 Link Size: Auto I 12:17:23 Lock Volume: Yes I 12:17:23 Test Mode: No I 12:17:23 OPC: No I 12:17:23 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 12:17:23 Write Speed Miscompare! - MODE SENSE: 11,080 KB/s (8x), GET PERFORMANCE: 8,310 KB/s (6x) I 12:17:23 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 8,310 KB/s (6x) I 12:17:23 Book Type Setting: N/A I 12:17:24 Filling Buffer... (40 MiB) I 12:17:25 Writing LeadIn... I 12:17:29 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 623647) I 12:17:29 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 623647) I 12:20:04 Synchronising Cache... I 12:20:05 Closing Session... I 12:20:06 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:20:06 Export Successfully Completed! I 12:20:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:42 I 12:20:06 Average Write Rate: 8,099 KiB/s (6.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 10,929 KiB/s (8.1x) I 12:20:06 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 12:20:14 Waiting for device to become ready... I 12:20:26 Device Ready! I 12:20:29 Operation Started! I 12:20:29 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.01 (S:) (SATA) I 12:20:29 Source Media Type: DVD+RW (Book Type: DVD+RW) (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-W21-01) I 12:20:29 Source Media Supported Read Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6.3x, 8.3x, 10.3x, 12.1x I 12:20:29 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 6x, 8x I 12:20:29 Source Media Sectors: 2,295,104 (Track Path: PTP) I 12:20:29 Source Media Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes I 12:20:29 Image File Sectors: 623,648 (MODE1/2048) I 12:20:29 Image File Size: 1,277,231,104 bytes I 12:20:29 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 444D5ADD00098406 I 12:20:29 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.8.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 12:20:29 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 12:20:29 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 12:20:29 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 12:20:30 Read Speed - Effective: 5x - 12.1x I 12:20:30 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 623647) I 12:20:30 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 623647) I 12:23:04 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:23:04 Export Successfully Completed! I 12:23:04 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:29 I 12:23:04 Average Verify Rate: 8,485 KiB/s (6.3x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 10,366 KiB/s (7.7x) As I said, there was no error written to the log. The error was in a dialog window only.

I just ordered a Pioneer Blu-Ray burner to replace my dying LG. I found a post of MYC relating to the drive and it seems to indicate the drive as an Asus/Pioneer. Are Asus and Pioneer essentially the same thing? I only found 2 Pioneer drives on NewEgg because LUK said I should try them next time I needed a Blu-Ray burner. I also found 1 Asus Blu-Ray drive there. The rest of the drives are LG's.

I noticed one of the ImgBurn startup messages is "I'm so depressed I can't even blink." Is that a reference to a first season episode of King Of The Hill?

Doctor Who director Christopher Barry has died. He was 88. He died after having a fall at his home. Barry directed the lion's share of the episodes for the first Dalek story, The Daleks. It was under his direction that only the Dalek plunger was shown at the end of episode 1, creating a national hysteria to see, next week, what was at the end of that arm! He also cemented the continued success of Doctor Who by directing The Power Of The Daleks, the first story to feature a new actor in the lead role of the Doctor. At the time, it was a concept that was so unfamiliar, no one was sure that the audience would be a different actor in the lead. It's shame only a few seconds of clips exist from this story in the BBC vaults. Barry was one of only 3 directors to direct stories for the first 4 Doctors. He also directed the classic The Daemons for Jon Pertwee. He helmed the debuted of Tom Baker in the series helping again to cement the change in lead actor, for Robot. He also directed another classic Tom Baker serial, The Brain Of Morbius, which one of the first Doctor Who stories I ever saw back when they were first released on VHS around 1987. He directed some 40 total episodes. He was a unique vision on Doctor Who, helping on several occasions to secure the success of the series. Without the Daleks, the show might not have become a worldwide institution.

Well, I edited the file in Notepad and ImgBurn burned the .CUE file to CD-R. It's verifying right now, so I'm guessing everything's okay.

Actually, I just discovered that .CUE files are basically text files. I just needed to change a label field because of a typo. So, I'm guessing I can just edit the file in Notepad, change the text with the typo, and save it and everything should be okay?

Is there a way to edit .CUE files of Audio CD's created by ImgBurn? I tried Cuemaster, but it's really old plus it didn't work. Said Multiple FILE statements not allowed.

I was writing an image to a DVD+RW. It was new and hadn't been formatted yet, so the write first started by formatting the disc. While it was doing that, I turned on my LiteOn Lightscribe USB drive to write a label on a Lightscribe surface DVD-R. After the formatted completed, the write never started after the format due to some kind of Device not ready error. There was no entry in the log and I didn't write down the window of error dialog text, so I'm not sure what it was. I'm guessing this is most likely caused by the detection of new devices, right? I just started the write again and the SATA drive then wrote correctly to the disc.

This sort of goes hand in hand with my past post about the 99% erasing/formatting length of time. The Finalising of a disc starts at like 2% and then goes up in incremental values. Then, when it gets to 99%, it stays at 99% for quite some time on most drives I've seen. (My USB LiteOn seems to go really fast at 99% versus my SATA drives I've used in the past.) So, I was wondering what it's doing at 99% of Finalising that might take so long.

Looks like the drive does need to be replaced. Now, I'm getting the same error twice in a row on DVD+R DL's. It writes 8x Verbatims at 8x for layer 0, then speeds down to 4x and stays there for layer 1. Then, on Verify, it fails exactly at the layer transition. E 19:38:13 Failed to Read Sector 2049106 - Reason: Timeout on Logical Unit I'm making a 3rd write of this image to a 3rd Verbatim DVD+R DL from the same cake stack in my USB LiteOn. I'll know for sure if it burns and verifies successfully on that. Write's completes on the USB LiteOn. It's an older drive and I never really used it for writing DVD+R DL's before for DVD Video. At layer 1, it drops at one point from 8x to 6x then towards the end of the burn drops down to 4x. I've seen it drop down to 4x on layer 1 towards the end of some burns of DVD+R DL before, so it's not unexpected. Let's see how the verify goes. Well, Verify passed the layer transition. And, the Verify completed. So, I'm going to replace the drive.

Wait, if DVD+RW are already formatted, how come whenever I insert a new DVD+RW, it says it needs formatting? Or does it say erasing?

Actually, I've seen that on every drive I can remember that I've used to format a rewritable disc.

Whenever a disc needs to be formatted, the percentage complete jumps to 99% and stays there for the entire length of the format. What exactly is it that takes so long at 99% to complete a format?

So, there is, in fact, not a Write LeadIn for DVD+RW?

Is there a longer Writing LeadIn time between DVD-RW and DVD+RW? I seem to recall that when writing images to DVD-RW, there's a measurable period of time during the Write LeadIn phase. On DVD+RW, though, I think the Write LeadIn occurs almost instantaneously, if there even is a LeadIn on DVD+RW. Have I just imagined this or are there differences in the times in Write LeadIn on DVD-RW versus DVD+RW? Or is there not a Write LeadIn on DVD+RW? I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd have to think there must be some kind of Write LeadIn on both media. I'm not sure, though.

In a restructuring attempt to save the company, Sony is selling its PC division. I say good riddance! I've only had 2 good Sony experiences in the PC realm. I got a VAIO monitor in 1997 that lasted for about 6 years and I liked that monitor. I also got in on the ground floor of its DRU dual format DVD burners, the 500 A. I also had the 700 A which died after like 2 months, the beginning of Sony's decline in quality. I then had 2 other DRU drives before they exited that market. Sony then bought up Optiarc and the quality of the drives plummited. Then there was the BD-RE I had that died after 5 writes! Sony had some early quality experience with the Playstation, but has driven the quality of that brand into the ground. The PS 1 was fine. The PS 2 started out fine, but they gradually removed features and switched back to the PS 1 style top loading system. The tray system was adopted in the PS 2 exactly to fix the issues the top loading disc design caused. Sony then got cheap and replaced the tray system because the top loader was cheaper. Then came the PS 3, minus backwards compatibility and the infamous removal of features customers paid for. So, my love for Sony no longer exists. The PS 1 was my first real experience with Sony and it was a joy. The early years of the PS 2 were even better. Then, Sony just got to be a cheap ass and I don't feel sorry for their financial woes at all.