Skyline_Guy

Problem solved! My Sony Optiarc 5280S-CB Plus drive arrived in the mail today. I realized when I went to install it into my PC that I would have to remove my power supply in order to remove the current drive, as it's an aftermarket unit, and the wires are wrapped in a wire mesh, which makes the rather inflexible, and I had to cram the excess into the secondary bay, so I got creative. I ran to Best Buy and bought a 2' SATA cable, and drilled a hole in my case big enough for the cable to run through, and hooked it to the computer and the drive. Then I plugged in my external molex power supply for X360USB Pro V2 and connected it to the drive with the molex to SATA conversion so the drive was powered. I ran the software disc included with the drive, popped in a Verbatim, fired up IMG Burn, confirmed the disc size showing as 8.7GB and burned. Once it was done, I popped it into my Xbox, and it works! The results in Kprobe2 weren't where they should be, but my modded console is banned from Live anyways, so I'm not worried about it getting me flagged, banned, etc. I do wonder why the results were off though; maybe because I scanned it at the max speed instead of the suggested 4x (I forgot to set it).

I can also confirm. I have never had a bad backup with the 5280S-CB. Thanks for the confirmation! I'll post an update once I've gotten it!

I hope so! I'll post an update once it arrives, has been hooked up, and tested out. Thanks!

No offense, but do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Revision B Lite-On drive nowadays? They were discontinued a very long time ago, and are now practically impossible to find, especially without paying an arm and a leg. I have yet to read a bad report about the Sony drive that I bought, as one of the native features of its firmware is the ability to burn the full amount of space of a dual-layer disc, meaning, 8.7GB. It produces burns equal to, or better than that of any other drive, even a Lite-On with Burner Max flashed to it.

Okay, here's an update. Last night, I was looking for a solution to this problem. I participate on a website called Crowdtap, where you basically take short surveys and earn rewards, especially Amazon gift cards. I had some saved up, and took a look around Amazon for a new drive to buy, and I found the Sony Optiarc 5280S-CB-PLUS, capable of overburn, which has been tested and found able to successfully burn XGD3 backups. Using my gift cards, I got it for free, so let's hope it works! If it doesn't, I know that I can return it, get my gift cards back, and then I'll be able to buy a Revision C or D Lite-On, as I know Amazon has them as well. Thanks for the info that the Payload Tool works with the C & D drives RhoTrux.

Hey, everyone! So, I recently invested in the tools to be able to flash my Lite-On drive. Previously, I was paying someone I found on the Internet to do it for me, as I didn't have the money, and was unsure as to whether or not I could flash the drive myself, but after he stopped offering flashing services, I was forced to man-up and do it myself. I got all of the tools in the mail the other day, and flashed my drive successfully, but now I've run into another problem (as usual); I can't successfully burn XGD3 backups! I keep getting an error in IMG Burn at 99%, saying "Failure to Finalize Disc: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out." Here is the log from Nero Info Tool detailing my drive: Nero InfoTool 8.0.1.100 Drive Information ------------------ Drive : TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q Type : DVD±R/RW DL Recorder Firmware Version : 0303 Buffer Size : 2 MB Date : ? Serial Number : ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Vendor Specific : 0506 Drive Letter : E:\ Location : 0:0 Mechanism : Tray Read Speed : 8.0 , 6.0 , 4.0 , 2.0 X Write Speed : 2.4 X Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : Yes Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : Yes Read DVD-RAM : Yes Read DVD-R : Yes Read DVD-RW : Yes Read DVD-R DL : Yes Read DVD+R : Yes Read DVD+RW : Yes Read DVD+R DL : Yes Read BD-ROM : No Read BD-R : No Read BD-RE : No Read HD DVD-ROM : No Read HD DVD-R : No Read HD DVD-R DL : No Read HD DVD-RAM : No Read HD DVD-RW : No Read HD DVD-RW DL : No Read HD-BURN : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : Yes Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : Yes Write CD-RW : Yes Write DVD-R : Yes Write DVD-RW : Yes Write DVD-R DL : Yes Write DVD+R : Yes Write DVD+RW : Yes Write DVD+R DL : Yes Write DVD-RAM : No Write DVD-RAM : Yes Write BD-R : No Write BD-RE : No Write HD DVD-R : No Write HD DVD-R DL : No Write HD DVD-RAM : No Write HD DVD-RW : No Write HD DVD-RW DL : No Write HD-BURN-R : No Write HD-BURN-RW : No Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes Mount Rainier : No SolidBurn : No Labelflash : No LightScribe : No Modes : Pa, LTA, LDA, LSA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA Region Protection Control : RPC II Region : 1 Changes User : 4 Changes Vendor : 4 CSS : Yes CPRM : Yes AACS : No VCPS : No While there is no information as to whether or not my drive works with the Payload Tool on any of the compatibility lists, I know that it works; with a blank disc in the drive, I get "Burner Max is Enabled" like you're supposed to. I picked up a pack of Verbatim at Office Max today; they're the MKM-001-00, and I burn them at the required 2.4x speed. I've also tried with some of my old Memorex discs, and still no joy. My IMG Burn settings are as follows: - OPC is enabled - Burn-Proof is disabled - Optimal Layer Break is enabled - Buffer Size is 512MB I've also tried with the default settings (no OPC, Burn-Proof enabled, Optimal Layer Break enabled, and Buffer Size set to 80), and I still get the same error, in the same place... I've tried three different ISO files too. Here is my latest IMG Burn log: I 17:27:26 ImgBurn Version 2.5.7.0 started! I 17:27:26 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2) I 17:27:26 Total Physical Memory: 4,192,592 KB - Available: 1,616,756 KB I 17:27:26 Initialising SPTI... I 17:27:26 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:27:27 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q 0303 (E:) (ATAPI) I 17:27:27 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 17:28:51 Operation Started! I 17:28:51 Source File: I 17:28:51 Source File Sectors: 4,267,015 (MODE1/2048) I 17:28:51 Source File Size: 8,738,846,720 bytes I 17:28:51 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM I 17:28:51 Source File Volume Set Identifier: b4b08000MS UDFBridge I 17:28:51 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM) I 17:28:51 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF I 17:28:51 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50) I 17:28:51 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q 0303 (E:) (ATAPI) I 17:28:51 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) I 17:28:51 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x I 17:28:51 Destination Media Sectors: 4,267,040 I 17:28:51 Write Mode: DVD I 17:28:51 Write Type: DAO I 17:28:51 Write Speed: 2.4x I 17:28:51 DVD+R DL Reserve Track: No I 17:28:51 Link Size: Auto I 17:28:51 Lock Volume: Yes I 17:28:51 Test Mode: No I 17:28:51 OPC: Yes I 17:28:51 BURN-Proof: Disabled I 17:28:51 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x) I 17:28:51 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 17:29:31 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,133,520 I 17:29:31 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 17:29:36 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 17:29:36 Filling Buffer... (512 MB) I 17:29:49 Writing LeadIn... I 17:29:54 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4267014) I 17:29:54 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4267014) I 17:29:54 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2133519) I 17:51:53 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2133520 - 4267014) I 18:13:54 Synchronising Cache... I 18:14:00 Closing Track... I 18:14:04 Finalising Disc... W 18:14:36 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:14:36 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:14:36 Retrying (1 of 3)... W 18:15:07 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:15:07 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:15:07 Retrying (2 of 3)... W 18:15:39 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:15:39 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:15:39 Retrying (3 of 3)... W 18:16:11 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:16:11 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:20:15 Retrying (4)... W 18:20:47 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out W 18:20:47 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out E 18:20:51 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out I 18:20:51 Finalising Disc (Last Attempt!)... E 18:21:22 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error Writing Lead Out E 18:21:22 Failed to Write Image! I 18:21:22 Exporting Graph Data... I 18:21:23 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Patrick\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_TS-H653Q_0303_TUESDAY-MARCH-05-2013_5-28_PM_MKM-001-00_2.4x.ibg I 18:21:23 Export Successfully Completed! E 18:21:23 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:52:31 I 18:21:23 Average Write Rate: 3,232 KB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,365 KB/s (2.4x) What could be the problem here? Is it something with my drive, such as the laser, or is it something with the Payload Tool, or IMG Burn? Should I try to uninstall and install both the Payload Tool and IMG Burn again, then retry with the recommended XGD3 settings (OPC, no Burn-Proof, Optimal Layer Break, 512MB Buffer)? I've been scouring the Internet in search of a Lite-On IHAS124-B drive, or an alternative that can be cross-flashed to the IHAS firmware, such as the ASUS 24B1ST or a similar ASUS model, but they're so hard to find, and nobody lists whether they're A, B, C, D, etc. on their website! I'm stuck! Please help me, guys! Thank you!