Mookieboni

I have one last question on this issue. Is it possible for the drive to have failed, but still be able to burn CD's? Reason I ask is, and I might be wrong with this, but I use Imation CD-R's and have had no problem. Also, I'm able to burn CD's just fine with this drive. When a drive fails does it fail on both sides of the spectrum usually or can it just fail on one side of it? Sides of spectrum meaning DVD-R's compared to CD-R's. Let me know what you think on this. I just want to make sure I rule everything out before forking out for the new drive. Thanks.

I consider myself to be a semi-experienced DVD Decrypter/Igmburn user and I'm having the following issue: I have a Pioneer DVR-109 burner that is using Firmware v. 1.58. I've checked the Pioneer website and this is the most recent firmware update they have available and using Imgburn v2.3.2.0 which is also the most recent version. I'm using Imation DVD-R 16x blank media due to having mega compatibility issues with Verbatim media. I receive and I/O error every few burns and am not sure what to do. I restart my system which is an AMD 2.0 Ghz w/ 1.0Gig of memory, and then I'll be able to burn a DVD or two and start having the same issue. Sometimes I reboot and have issues right away. It's getting quite frustrating cause it seems to "write lead-in", and then seems to get stuck in the burn and doesn't proceed further 7%. After a minute or two the I/O error will pop up and even clicking the retry button gives me an additional error which I'll post with this. I seem to be getting 1 DVD burnt to 3 I/O Error burns. Here is the log file for the most recent error I've had: I 11:40:46 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 11:40:46 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 11:40:46 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 524,476 KB W 11:40:46 I/O Interface 'Debug Mode' Enabled! I 11:40:47 Initialising SPTI... I 11:40:47 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:40:47 Initialising Device (\\.\CdRom0)... I 11:40:47 Device Address: [0:2:0] I 11:40:47 Drive Letter: (E:) I 11:40:47 Drive Maximum Transfer Length: 131,072 I 11:40:47 Drive Maximum Physical Pages: 33 I 11:40:47 Drive Alignment Mask: 1 I 11:40:47 Drive Bus Type: ATA I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 12 00 00 00 38 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Inquiry I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 05 80 00 32 5B 00 00 00 50 49 4F 4E 45 45 52 20 44 56 44 2D 52 57 20 20 44 56 52 2D 31 30 39 20 31 2E 35 38 20 30 35 2F 30 38 2F 30 39 20 20 50 49 4F 4E 45 45 52 20 20 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 5A 00 2A 00 00 00 00 00 FC 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Mode Sense (10) I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 46 41 00 00 00 00 00 2A 3E 3F 17 F1 63 29 23 2B 48 01 00 07 D0 2B 48 00 00 05 69 40 EC 00 01 00 00 00 00 40 EC 00 04 00 00 40 EC 00 00 2B 48 00 00 20 76 00 00 15 A4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 01 08 00 00 00 00 F8 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 11 01 08 03 10 44 4C 44 43 30 30 30 35 34 32 55 4A 00 20 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 1D 00 00 00 00 0C 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 11 00 1D 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 1E 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 1E 04 04 03 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 1F 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 1F 04 04 00 00 01 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 27 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 2A 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 2A 00 04 01 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 2B 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 2B 00 04 01 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 2D 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 2D 08 04 46 00 3F 01 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 2E 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 2E 04 04 6F 00 08 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 2F 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 2F 09 04 4E 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 33 00 00 00 00 F8 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 11 00 33 00 08 00 00 00 01 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 3A 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 3B 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 11 00 3B 00 04 01 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 40 00 00 00 00 28 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 41 00 00 00 00 20 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 50 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 51 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 11 00 00 03 30 00 2B 00 00 00 1B 00 00 00 1A 00 00 00 16 00 00 00 15 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 11 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 5A 00 2D 00 00 00 00 00 FC 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Mode Sense (10) E 11:40:47 SENSE: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 CD 00 02 00 00 00 00 E 11:40:47 SENSE Interpretation: Invalid Field in CDB I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: 46 02 FF 33 00 00 00 00 10 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 11:40:47 BUFFER: 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 11:40:47 [0:2:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (E:) (ATA) I 11:40:47 CDB: A4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 08 00 I 11:40:47 CDB Interpretation: Report Key - RPC State E 11:40:47 SENSE: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 CD 00 0A 00 00 00 00 E 11:40:47 SENSE Interpretation: Invalid Field in CDB I 11:40:47 Found 1 DVD