jebise

True. Looks like it's for another series of firmware, so normally it's no luck to update it to another series, like the 0609 as you have now. SlimLine burners are also usually more tricky to burn DL media with. not a slimline burner its a regular 5.25" drive.

Ritek's are a bit of hit and miss. Usually the later. got another pack of 15 , i should have spent the extra $$ on verbs but these where on sale. Clicking the Firmware Hq in your sig and looking at the firmware i can see there is one from 2009 for my drive. Currently i have 0609 but every time i try to update it gives the below error. Only thing i can think of mines is HP branded and that firmware is not?

The log shows that you tried the 8x write speed. Did you also try the other two supported ones? (4x/6x) I usually burn at the lowest speed which is 4x and it still failed, only time i got it to work was max speed.

On a side note someone explain what this means Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I have cleaned the drive, Firmware is the most up to date version HP released. I never had bad burns before this new batch of DVD out of 9 i burnt 2 burn't fine and one was on another PC. It really can't be the DVD can it? at first i though it was my HDD as moving it to a different HDD helped but now even on that HDD it fails. Been using ImgBurn for the last 4 years so not new to this application just the first time i had issues with burns. I 21:00:56 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 21:00:56 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 21:00:56 Total Physical Memory: 6,290,664 KB - Available: 4,200,992 KB W 21:00:56 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 21:00:56 Initialising SPTI... I 21:00:56 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:00:57 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N 0609 (E:) (ATAPI) I 21:00:57 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (G:) (SCSI) I 21:00:57 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM! I 21:02:03 Operation Started! I 21:02:03 Source File: D:\i\removed\the\link\to\the\iso.dvd I 21:02:03 Source File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048) I 21:02:03 Source File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes I 21:02:03 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM I 21:02:03 Source File Volume Set Identifier: ec67c000MS UDFBridge I 21:02:03 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM) I 21:02:03 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 21:02:03 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50) I 21:02:03 Destination Device: [0:1:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N 0609 (E:) (ATAPI) I 21:02:03 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RITEK-S04-66) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 21:02:03 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 21:02:03 Write Mode: DVD I 21:02:03 Write Type: DAO I 21:02:03 Write Speed: MAX I 21:02:03 Link Size: Auto I 21:02:03 Lock Volume: Yes I 21:02:03 Test Mode: No I 21:02:03 OPC: No I 21:02:03 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 21:02:03 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11,080 KB/s (8x) I 21:02:03 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 21:02:03 User Specified L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760 I 21:02:45 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 21:02:47 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 21:02:48 Writing LeadIn... I 21:02:50 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3827487) I 21:02:50 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3827487) I 21:02:50 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1913759) W 21:07:55 Failed to Write Sectors 1177184 - 1177215 - Reason: Write Error W 21:07:55 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 21:07:55 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:07:55 Retrying (17 of 20)... 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W 21:37:59 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:00 Retrying (29)... W 21:38:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:00 Retrying (30)... W 21:38:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:00 Retrying (31)... W 21:38:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:00 Retrying (32)... W 21:38:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:01 Retrying (33)... W 21:38:01 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:01 Retrying (34)... W 21:38:01 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:01 Retrying (35)... W 21:38:01 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:01 Retrying (36)... W 21:38:01 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:01 Retrying (37)... W 21:38:01 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:02 Retrying (38)... W 21:38:02 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:03 Retrying (39)... 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W 21:38:18 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:18 Retrying (62)... W 21:38:18 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:19 Retrying (63)... W 21:38:19 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:19 Retrying (64)... W 21:38:19 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:20 Retrying (65)... W 21:38:20 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:20 Retrying (66)... W 21:38:20 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write W 21:38:20 Retrying (67)... W 21:38:20 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write E 21:38:24 Failed to Write Sectors 1177184 - 1177215 - Reason: Write Error E 21:38:24 Next Writable Address: 1176513 I 21:38:24 Synchronising Cache... W 21:38:34 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions. E 21:38:34 Failed to Write Image! I 21:38:34 Exporting Graph Data... I 21:38:34 Graph Data File: C:\Users\ihi\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_TS-H653N_0609_THURSDAY-JUNE-23-2011_9-02_PM_RITEK-S04-66_MAX.ibg I 21:38:34 Export Successfully Completed! E 21:38:34 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:36:31 I 21:38:34 Average Write Rate: 1,103 KB/s (0.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,133 KB/s (8.0x) I 21:38:40 Close Request Acknowledged I 21:38:40 Closing Down... I 21:38:41 Shutting down SPTI... I 21:38:41 ImgBurn closed!