qwertykewl

Thanks for the really quick reply. I am gonna try flashing the firmware.

Thanks a lot for the prompt reply! Bit curious though. The link you gave is for LG firmwares it seems. Will it work on my HP dvd1035i drive? I thought firmwares of a certain manufacturer are incompatible with a drive of another manufacturer. It says that too in the readme file. My firmware version of the drive is 1.02 [from Nero InfoTool]. I am sorry to ask seemingly stupid questions. Its that I just got my first burner and thus new to burning stuff. Thanks again for all the help!!

I burned stuffs into a DVD+RW media using ImgBurn 2.5.0.0 and the burning was successful. When i tried to burn the EXACT same stuff using the SAME settings into a DVD-R media, there was a problem. The data was written into the DVD-R disc successfully (no complaint there!) but got stuck in the process of "Synchronising Cache.......". The writing process finished in around 6-8 min, (writing speed - 12x), but the "Synchronising Cache" process never ended. After 30 min like this, i had to terminate the program directly from the Task Manager. Because of this direct termination i could not retrieve the log. But the settings were same so the log should be the same too. I tried it at least 4 times, with DVD-R from a single box of 10. Below are few informations and the log of the writing of the stuffs inthe DVD+RW media. DVD-R IDENTITY: Verbatim (Manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.] [MCC 03RG20] Max writing speed : 16x Blank Disc Capacity:[2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)] DVD-RW IDENTITY: Mitsubishi [Manufactured by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media] [MKM-A02-000] Blank Disc Capacity:[2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)] Recording Speeds: [1x-2.4x , 1.6x-4x] DVD WRITER ID: HP dvd1035i Multiformat DVD Writer DVD+/- R max writing speed capability : 20x DVD+RW max writing speed capability : 8x LOG OF WRITING THE FILES IN DVD+RW I 14:31:17 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 14:31:17 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 14:31:17 Total Physical Memory: 391,984 KB - Available: 102,868 KB W 14:31:17 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 14:31:17 Initialising SPTI... I 14:31:17 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:31:17 Found 1 CD-ROM, 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 14:47:23 Operation Started! I 14:47:23 Building Image Tree... I 14:47:23 Checking Directory Depth... I 14:47:23 Calculating Totals... I 14:47:23 Preparing Image... W 14:47:23 Joliet File: '\[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.com].rar' -> '[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.c.rar' (OS Path: F:\Burner\[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.com].rar) I 14:47:23 Checking Path Length... I 14:47:23 Contents: 7 Files, 0 Folders I 14:47:23 Content Type: Data I 14:47:23 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 14:47:23 File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet, UDF (1.02) I 14:47:23 Volume Label: [Not Configured] I 14:47:23 Size: 4,654,690,520 bytes I 14:47:23 Sectors: 2,272,800 I 14:47:23 Image Size: 4,655,284,224 bytes I 14:47:23 Image Sectors: 2,273,088 I 14:47:23 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 14:47:50 Operation Started! I 14:47:50 Building Image Tree... I 14:48:09 Checking Directory Depth... I 14:48:09 Calculating Totals... I 14:48:09 Preparing Image... W 14:48:09 Joliet File: '\[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.com].rar' -> '[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.c.rar' (OS Path: F:\Burner\[PSP]Grand_Theft_Auto_Chinatown_Wars[uSA][FIX].-.[ESPALPSP.com].rar) I 14:48:09 Checking Path Length... I 14:48:09 Contents: 7 Files, 0 Folders I 14:48:09 Content Type: Data I 14:48:09 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 14:48:09 File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet, UDF (1.02) I 14:48:09 Volume Label: Burner I 14:48:09 Size: 4,654,690,520 bytes I 14:48:09 Sectors: 2,272,800 I 14:48:09 Image Size: 4,655,284,224 bytes I 14:48:09 Image Sectors: 2,273,088 I 14:48:10 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:20 I 14:48:10 Operation Started! I 14:48:10 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:48:11 Source File Sectors: 2,273,088 (MODE1/2048) I 14:48:11 Source File Size: 4,655,284,224 bytes I 14:48:11 Source File Volume Identifier: Burner I 14:48:11 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.0.0 - The Ultimate Image Burner! I 14:48:11 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 14:48:11 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet, UDF (1.02) I 14:48:11 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N 1.02 (H:) (ATA) I 14:48:11 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 4x) I 14:48:11 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 14:48:11 Write Mode: DVD I 14:48:11 Write Type: DAO I 14:48:11 Write Speed: 4x I 14:48:11 Link Size: Auto I 14:48:11 Lock Volume: Yes I 14:48:11 Test Mode: No I 14:48:11 OPC: No I 14:48:11 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:48:11 Book Type Setting: N/A I 14:48:11 Filling Buffer... (20 MB) I 14:48:12 Writing LeadIn... I 14:48:14 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2273087) I 14:48:14 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2273087) I 15:02:14 Synchronising Cache... <-- this is the last stage upto where it goes, with the DVD-R media I 15:02:15 Closing Session... I 15:02:48 Exporting Graph Data... I 15:02:48 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVD-RAM_GSA-H55N_1.02_FRIDAY-JANUARY-01-2010_2-48_PM_MKM-A02-00_4x.ibg I 15:02:48 Export Successfully Completed! I 15:02:48 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:14:37 I 15:02:48 Average Write Rate: 5,418 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,616 KB/s (4.1x) I 15:03:54 Close Request Acknowledged I 15:03:54 Closing Down... I 15:03:59 Shutting down SPTI... I 15:03:59 ImgBurn closed! The log for writing the EXACT files in DVD-R could not be retrieved as i had to terminate it directly from the task manager. I would be greatful if the problem could be identified and if any information is required or any confusion please ask for it in response to this post. THANKS A MILLION!!!