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I thought it was same as 7173a, anyways which firmware do you have in it ? Edit There is G: and Q version so Grain is right it will be the 7170 version you may be able to use Liggy&Dee's firmware to bit set DVD+R If your drive is anything like my Optiarc 7173a it will book type Dual layer + to DVD-Rom but for single layer + it will not which is why I flashed mine with a modified firmware to be able to book type DVD-5 > DVD-ROM There seems to be a firmware on their page which they have modded If I remember right as well Flash in safe mode and set drive to Pio Mode 4 b4 flashing [edit safe mode should def be used [pio mode is not absolutely needed but might be advisable] I just used Safe mode from memory. http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7170A/ If it were my drive i would choose this one http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/disclaimer/en/7170a/1s2_orig.zip.html EDIT DO NOT USE AS THE INFO AND FILES ABOVE ARE FOR Sony AW-G170 AND NOT Sony AW-Q170

sorry bout that

Works ok for me. This was build mode and image as output [edit] just also tried it in build mode and device as output and it works as it should by clicking calendar icon

You need to buy verbatim discs. Datawrite discs are the cause of your problem or a faulty drive. If you buy verbatim disc's and it still does it chances are the drive is faulty.

too late ! Stop Cross posting or the rest of my clairvoyant friends will stick a curse on you.

andyr76 don't do it

It's down to the Media you are using. You can only use Verbatim dual layer disc's and try and get the 2.4x ones (they are the only ones that actually work with at least 99% success rate) And unless I am blind your pioneer writer seems to be running invisible firmware. Have you recently flashed your pioneer 111 you also choose an unsupported write rate

Not sure exactly what you mean or rather which mode you used etc but I have just built a dvd movie from video_ts stored on my core2duo comp to this amd64 one with output as device pioneer 108 (amd64 comp) (on the fly writing etc) and all was well and took very little time. I 18:45:22 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 18:45:22 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 18:45:22 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 604,808 KB W 18:45:22 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 18:45:22 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 18:45:22 Initialising SPTI... I 18:45:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 18:45:52 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 18:46:01 Operation Started! I 18:46:01 Building Image Tree... I 18:46:03 Checking Directory Depth... I 18:46:03 Calculating Totals... I 18:46:03 Preparing Image... I 18:46:03 Checking Path Length... I 18:46:03 Image Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 18:46:03 Image Sectors: 1,874,992 I 18:46:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:04 I 18:46:06 Operation Started! I 18:46:06 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 18:46:06 Source File Sectors: 1,874,992 (MODE1/2048) I 18:46:06 Source File Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 18:46:06 Source File Volume Identifier: MY_TEST I 18:46:06 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 18:46:06 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 18:46:06 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 18:46:06 Destination Device: [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 18:46:06 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 02RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 18:46:06 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 18:46:06 Write Mode: DVD I 18:46:06 Write Type: DAO I 18:46:06 Write Speed: 8x I 18:46:06 Link Size: Auto I 18:46:06 Test Mode: No I 18:46:06 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 18:46:06 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 18:46:07 Writing LeadIn... I 18:46:32 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 1874991) I 18:52:41 Synchronising Cache... I 18:52:59 Image MD5: abe1546f6a29ab9823d33bff409b6eb2 I 18:52:59 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:53 I 18:52:59 Average Write Rate: 10,162 KB/s (7.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,176 KB/s (8.1x) I 18:52:59 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 18:53:27 Device Ready! I 18:53:27 Operation Started! I 18:53:27 Source Device: [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 18:53:27 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MCC 02RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x) I 18:53:27 Image File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 18:53:27 Image File Sectors: 1,874,992 (MODE1/2048) I 18:53:27 Image File Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 18:53:27 Image File Volume Identifier: MY_TEST I 18:53:27 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 18:53:27 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 18:53:27 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 18:53:27 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 1874991) I 19:01:13 Device MD5: abe1546f6a29ab9823d33bff409b6eb2 I 19:01:13 Image MD5: abe1546f6a29ab9823d33bff409b6eb2 I 19:01:13 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:46 I 19:01:13 Average Verify Rate: 8,047 KB/s (5.8x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 15,787 KB/s (11.4x) This one I used build mode Video_ts on core2duo and Iso created on my amd 64 to maxtor drive I 19:44:14 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 19:44:14 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 19:44:14 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 471,524 KB W 19:44:14 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 19:44:14 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 19:44:14 Initialising SPTI... I 19:44:14 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 19:44:14 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 19:45:03 Operation Started! I 19:45:03 Building Image Tree... I 19:45:04 Checking Directory Depth... I 19:45:05 Calculating Totals... I 19:45:05 Preparing Image... I 19:45:05 Checking Path Length... I 19:45:05 Image Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 19:45:05 Image Sectors: 1,874,992 I 19:45:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:04 I 19:45:07 Operation Started! I 19:45:07 Image Contents: 8 Files, 2 Folders I 19:45:07 Image Sectors: 1,874,992 I 19:45:07 Image Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 19:45:07 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD-R/RW (Media Capacity: 2,298,496) I 19:45:07 Image Volume Identifier: MY_TEST I 19:45:07 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 19:45:07 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 19:45:07 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 19:45:07 Destination File: L:\test_then_delete.iso I 19:45:07 Destination Free Space: 61,814,226,944 bytes (60,365,456 KB) (58,950 MB) (57 GB) I 19:45:07 Destination File System: NTFS I 19:45:07 File Splitting: Auto I 19:45:07 Writing Image... I 19:46:27 Image MD5: 54573dd1059169f155853f149a080904 I 19:46:27 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:20 I 19:46:27 Average Write Rate: 46,874 KB/s (33.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 55,586 KB/s (40.1x) This one controlled Via ImgBurn on AMD64 build mode / video_ts on core2duo and ISO created on same hardrive as source on core2duo from amd machine I 19:58:10 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 19:58:10 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 19:58:10 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 510,828 KB W 19:58:10 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 19:58:10 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 19:58:10 Initialising SPTI... I 19:58:10 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 19:58:10 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 20:00:39 Operation Started! I 20:00:39 Building Image Tree... I 20:00:40 Checking Directory Depth... I 20:00:40 Calculating Totals... I 20:00:40 Preparing Image... I 20:00:40 Checking Path Length... I 20:00:40 Image Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 20:00:40 Image Sectors: 1,874,992 I 20:00:42 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 20:00:42 Operation Started! I 20:00:42 Image Contents: 8 Files, 2 Folders I 20:00:42 Image Sectors: 1,874,992 I 20:00:42 Image Size: 3,839,983,616 bytes I 20:00:42 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD-R/RW (Media Capacity: 2,298,496) I 20:00:42 Image Volume Identifier: MY_TEST I 20:00:42 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 20:00:42 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 20:00:42 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 20:00:42 Destination File: \\Ascii-core2-duo\shrink\my_test\cb.iso I 20:00:42 Destination Free Space: 20,950,519,808 bytes (20,459,492 KB) (19,979 MB) (19 GB) I 20:00:42 Destination File System: NTFS I 20:00:42 File Splitting: Auto I 20:00:42 Writing Image... I 20:03:40 Image MD5: 5d87ef06a8623f8d37be49f28171bc74 I 20:03:40 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:57 I 20:03:40 Average Write Rate: 21,186 KB/s (15.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 33,075 KB/s (23.9x) I'm still wondering exactly what you did and therfore trying to cover all modes etc you then mention burning the files did you urn the disc over network. This one files stored on on core2duo comp (XP pro disc) files, build mode on AMD64 and output to device , wrote and verified I did get a potential error *buffer recovery wait etc and the first time any of my computers has given this error, Either my network dragged or IMO because windows hates the source files, IE lots of small files within lots of folders etc. I 20:26:05 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 20:26:05 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 20:26:05 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 625,144 KB W 20:26:05 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 20:26:05 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 20:26:06 Initialising SPTI... I 20:26:06 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:26:06 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD?RW! I 20:26:55 Operation Started! I 20:26:55 Building Image Tree... I 20:27:00 Calculating Totals... I 20:27:00 Preparing Image... I 20:27:08 Checking Path Length... I 20:27:08 Image Size: 492,437,504 bytes I 20:27:08 Image Sectors: 240,448 I 20:27:09 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:14 I 20:27:10 Operation Started! I 20:27:10 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 20:27:10 Source File Sectors: 240,448 (MODE1/2048) I 20:27:10 Source File Size: 492,437,504 bytes I 20:27:10 Source File Volume Identifier: ASCII_TOOL_XP I 20:27:10 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 20:27:10 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 20:27:10 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 20:27:10 Destination Device: [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:27:10 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f) (Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x) I 20:27:10 Destination Media Sectors: 359,844 I 20:27:10 Write Mode: CD I 20:27:10 Write Type: SAO I 20:27:10 Write Speed: 16x I 20:27:10 Test Mode: No I 20:27:10 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:27:10 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 20:27:33 Writing LeadIn... I 20:27:56 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 240447) W 20:29:18 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 20:29:33 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 20:29:34 Writing Image... W 20:30:25 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 20:31:29 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 20:31:30 Writing Image... W 20:32:01 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 20:32:24 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 20:32:25 Writing Image... I 20:33:11 Synchronising Cache... I 20:33:21 Image MD5: 5c80a5d2ef1d51f5fc3b1424ca20c571 I 20:33:21 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:10 I 20:33:21 Average Write Rate: 1,526 KB/s (10.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 2,535 KB/s (16.9x) I 20:33:21 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 20:33:45 Device Ready! I 20:33:45 Operation Started! I 20:33:45 Source Device: [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:33:45 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x) I 20:33:45 Image File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 20:33:45 Image File Sectors: 240,448 (MODE1/2048) I 20:33:45 Image File Size: 492,437,504 bytes I 20:33:45 Image File Volume Identifier: ASCII_TOOL_XP I 20:33:45 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 20:33:45 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 20:33:45 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), UDF (1.02) I 20:33:45 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 240447) I 20:35:44 Device MD5: 5c80a5d2ef1d51f5fc3b1424ca20c571 I 20:35:44 Image MD5: 5c80a5d2ef1d51f5fc3b1424ca20c571 I 20:35:44 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:01:58 I 20:35:44 Average Verify Rate: 4,075 KB/s (27.2x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 5,344 KB/s (35.6x)

Roses are Red Violets Are Blue I'm a Schizophrenic And So Am I.

Dvdshrink look for guides on google for it

I'm curious why you hate this feature so much ?

No but could sell you the Master to Debbie Does Blyth

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1778

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?...p;tid=eshot0146

I had to try as I had only just updated it to latest then you posted and I thought that would be typical after telling someone to update to latest to find that Ahead had screwed up so I needed to check it still worked as they do F.O with their drivers and software before deleting the previous functioning version I had been using. When I say using I mean Ignoring until SPTI chucks out a Semaphore Timeout Error.

This is the version I was using http://rapidshare.com/files/26670794/WNASPI32.rar.html I had just updated to latest as well after reading that disc in so decided to read again using the latest and it's working ok for me, This is using USB2 Pioneer 109 and different chipsets/hardware may affect how it runs. I 18:14:22 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 18:14:22 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 18:14:22 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 698,176 KB W 18:14:22 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 18:14:22 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 18:14:22 Initialising ASPI... I 18:14:22 WNASPI32.DLL - Nero WnAspi32 - Win32 Nero Aspi Library - Version 2.0.1.74 I 18:14:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 18:14:22 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 2 DVD?RWs! I 18:14:33 Operation Started! I 18:14:33 Source Device: [6:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 I 18:14:34 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG03) I 18:14:34 Source Media Sectors: 2,285,848 (Track Path: PTP) I 18:14:34 Source Media Volume Identifier: _3 I 18:14:34 Source Media Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 18:14:34 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 18:14:34 Destination File: E:\_3.ISO I 18:14:34 Destination Free Space: 92,048,744,448 bytes (89,891,352 KB) (87,784 MB) (85 GB) I 18:14:34 Destination File System: NTFS I 18:14:34 File Splitting: Auto I 18:14:34 Reading Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2285847) I 18:14:39 Abort Request Acknowledged E 18:14:39 Failed to Read Sectors! E 18:14:39 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:00:05 E 18:14:39 Average Read Rate: 7,001 KB/s (5.1x) - Maximum Read Rate: 7,307 KB/s (5.3x) I 18:14:53 Operation Started! I 18:14:53 Source Device: [6:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 I 18:14:53 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG03) I 18:14:53 Source Media Sectors: 2,285,848 (Track Path: PTP) I 18:14:53 Source Media Volume Identifier: _3 I 18:14:53 Source Media Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 18:14:53 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 18:14:53 Destination File: I:\_3.ISO I 18:14:53 Destination Free Space: 89,218,940,928 bytes (87,127,872 KB) (85,085 MB) (83 GB) I 18:14:53 Destination File System: NTFS I 18:14:53 File Splitting: Auto I 18:14:55 Reading Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2285847) I 18:22:31 Image MD5: ac6bfa0bb712cb4088ccd578ec633686 I 18:22:31 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:38 I 18:22:31 Average Read Rate: 9,981 KB/s (7.2x) - Maximum Read Rate: 14,607 KB/s (10.5x) I still prefer SPTI though

Is this only after you have read disc. As mine picks up Imp Id and label Will read disc to ISO to fully check which version of wnaspi32 are you using ? I 17:27:42 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 17:27:42 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 17:27:42 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 710,044 KB W 17:27:42 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. W 17:27:42 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 17:27:42 Initialising ASPI... I 17:27:42 WNASPI32.DLL - Nero WnAspi32 - Win32 Nero Aspi Library - Version 2.0.1.68 I 17:27:42 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:27:52 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 2 DVD?RWs! I 17:27:59 Operation Started! I 17:27:59 Source Device: [6:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 I 17:28:00 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG03) I 17:28:00 Source Media Sectors: 2,285,848 (Track Path: PTP) I 17:28:00 Source Media Volume Identifier: _3 I 17:28:00 Source Media Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink I 17:28:00 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 17:28:00 Destination File: I:\_3.ISO I 17:28:00 Destination Free Space: 93,900,357,632 bytes (91,699,568 KB) (89,550 MB) (87 GB) I 17:28:00 Destination File System: NTFS I 17:28:00 File Splitting: Auto I 17:28:00 Reading Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2285847) I 17:35:39 Image MD5: ac6bfa0bb712cb4088ccd578ec633686 I 17:35:39 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:39 I 17:35:39 Average Read Rate: 9,960 KB/s (7.2x) - Maximum Read Rate: 14,560 KB/s (10.5x) The resulting ISO is fine as i just opened it in shrink latest wnaspi32 ftp://ftp6.nero.com/wnaspi32.dll Unless you actually mean neroaspi for 95/98/me [with you mentioning SPTI I Assumed2000/XP] and therefore you should get the latest wnaspi32 and paste it into your system32 folder overwriting the one in there.

Anyone want to buy my 1 eyed Parrot.

If that is a pressed dvd then you may not be able to copy it due to some protection. My haven't you got big eyes mmalves

extract the iso images or process them in dvdshrink, re-author then write to iso then burn. use google.

If D: is a hard drive check it for errors, tick top box only. If D: is a usb hard drive or your using any usb devices make sure power cables are in secure, as well as the usb cables at back of external and on the port of your computer. Then retry.

I'd go loopy and end up in nuthouse.

Too right

What a dip shit

I thought that looked quite funny as well.