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Your burner doesn't like the blanks you're using, and we've seen many people having problems with that dye/ink. Use Verbatim DVD+R DL blanks and it should work. Thanks for the quick reply! The verbatim's I had previously used must have been duds from India... Although I've been doing this for a while now I never had any problems burning the DL's and therefore never had to understand the error log... I would appreciate it if you could please explain to me how the section you referred to shows that the discs are at fault? I am eager to learn but just don't know how to read/understand the log. Thanks!

Sorry it took so long... I had to get some blanks first... I 19:10:02 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 19:10:02 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 19:10:02 Total Physical Memory: 6,290,616 KB - Available: 5,283,364 KB W 19:10:02 Drive I:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 19:10:02 Initialising SPTI... I 19:10:02 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 19:10:02 Found 2 DVD±RW/RAMs! I 19:11:28 Operation Started! I 19:11:28 Source File: Q:\360 ISO\Blood.Bowl-PAL-XBOX360-DAGGER\dgr-blb\dgr-blb.dvd I 19:11:28 Source File Sectors: 3,697,696 (MODE1/2048) I 19:11:28 Source File Size: 7,572,881,408 bytes I 19:11:28 Source File Volume Identifier: XGD2DVD_NTSC I 19:11:28 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 34672923 I 19:11:28 Source File Implementation Identifier: Sonic Scenarist 3.1 I 19:11:28 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 19:11:28 Destination Device: [3:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-218L 1.02 (J:) (ATA) I 19:11:28 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: UMEDISC-DL1-64) (Speeds: 4x) I 19:11:28 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 19:11:28 Write Mode: DVD I 19:11:28 Write Type: DAO I 19:11:28 Write Speed: 2.4x I 19:11:28 Link Size: Auto I 19:11:28 Lock Volume: Yes I 19:11:28 Test Mode: No I 19:11:28 OPC: No I 19:11:28 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 19:11:29 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x), Got: 5,540 KB/s (4x) I 19:11:29 Advanced Settings - Optimal Writing Speed: No I 19:11:29 User Specified L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760 I 19:11:29 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 19:11:30 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 19:11:32 Writing LeadIn... I 19:12:25 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3697695) I 19:12:25 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3697695) I 19:12:25 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1913759) I 19:24:32 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1913760 - 3697695) W 19:24:54 Failed to Write Sectors 1914976 - 1915007 - Reason: Write Error W 19:24:54 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 19:24:57 Writing Sectors... W 19:24:58 Failed to Write Sectors 1915616 - 1915647 - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 19:24:58 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 19:24:58 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write E 19:25:23 Failed to Write Sectors 1915616 - 1915647 - Reason: Invalid Address For Write E 19:25:23 Next Writable Address: 1914336 I 19:25:23 Synchronising Cache... W 19:25:28 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 19:25:28 Failed to Write Image! I 19:25:28 Exporting Graph Data... I 19:25:28 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Rab\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-218L_1.02_04-DECEMBER-2009_19-11_UMEDISC-DL1-64_2.4x.ibg I 19:25:28 Export Successfully Completed! E 19:25:28 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:13:59 I 19:25:28 Average Write Rate: 4,924 KB/s (3.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,621 KB/s (4.1x)

I had the same problem I/O error as everybody else but already went and bought a brand new Pioneer DVR-S18L (SATA) and the same error comes up. I have tried both verbatims and aones but that didn't make a difference. I did a virtual ram check (all was ok), updated the firmware, formatted and changed the OS from Windows 7 to XP, tried an older version of imgburn, wrote from different hdd's, tried the Patin-Couffin Software and ended up reinstalling W7 because none of those made a difference. Ultra DMA Mode 5 is also enabled. The only thing that worked for the first copy (but none afterwards) was to select 'Reading - Always use buffered I/O' and changing the buffer to 512MB I don't have the error log anymore but it's basically the same... the burn process fails after approx 10 minutes every time. Sorry, with all the formatting I lost the error log but it's basically the same as everybody else's... Please Help!!! Thanks!