billku

FYI, since fixing the Ultra DMA, I've been burning on the memorex discs with no problem. You'll need to recheck your media in about 6-8 months, odds are you will have corrupted files and a mess on the disc...just a little heads-up about media that normally sux... Done that. Haven't encountered those issues as of yet.

FYI, since fixing the Ultra DMA, I've been burning on the memorex discs with no problem.

and don't make a very good couple Yes, I realize that's the norm, but I have had success with them, then it mysteriously went away. My question is, would re-enabling Ultra DMA and losing PIO potentially take me back to where I was having success?

So now that I've reestablished DMA mode, do you think I may have better burning success?

Blutach -- that was great, ultra dma is now enabled on the primary channel. The secondary channel was reinstalled. Do you think this might help the burn issues I've been having? As I said, I used to be able to burn my back-ups, even using the memorex media, with very little issue.

I get the same errors with the LG. Also, for some reason I can't figure out, the LG is very slow. On primary IDE channel properties, "DMA if available" is enabled under transfer mode for devices 0 & 1. Under "Current transfer mode,"PIO mode" is the only thing that's available (no ultra DMA). I have "DMA if available" enabled on secondary IDE Channel properties. "Ultra DMA" is not listed in "Current transfer mode." I can't figure out if there's a problem with it. Also, does anyone have any thoughts on the log?

Hi -- Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me with my issues... Recently I haven't been able to back up any of my movies using Memorex DL media. Yes, I know it's not the best, but I burned a huge batch of backups successfully with it, but now I can't get any of my burns to work at all. I'm using an LG GSA H42N to read and a NEC ND 3530A to write, and I've updated the firmware for both drives. I'm planning on switching to better media (Verbatim), but I wanted to make sure beforehand that my hardware/drivers/settings aren't contributing to the problem as well. Can anyone gleam anything from this Imgburn log and let me know whether this is simply a media issue, or if I need to adjust somethings with my hardware as well? Again, thanks so much in advance! I 00:48:19 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 00:48:19 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 00:48:19 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,556 KB - Available: 1,534,776 KB I 00:48:19 Initialising SPTI... I 00:48:19 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 00:48:19 Found 1 DVD±RW and 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 00:49:15 Operation Started! I 00:49:15 Building Image Tree... I 00:49:19 Checking Directory Depth... I 00:49:19 Calculating Totals... I 00:49:19 Preparing Image... I 00:49:44 Using Layer Break LBA: 1178866 -> 1599632 (VTS_03, PGC: 1, Chapter: 1, Cell: 1, Vob/Cell ID: 1/1, Time: 00:00:00, SPLIP: No) I 00:49:44 Checking Path Length... I 00:49:44 Image Size: 6,552,092,672 bytes I 00:49:44 Image Sectors: 3,199,264 I 00:50:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:45 I 00:50:00 Operation Started! I 00:50:00 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 00:50:00 Source File Sectors: 3,199,264 (MODE1/2048) I 00:50:00 Source File Size: 6,552,092,672 bytes I 00:50:00 Source File Volume Identifier: BE80NNM1 I 00:50:00 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 00:50:00 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 00:50:00 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 00:50:00 Destination Device: [0:1:0] _NEC DVD+-RW ND-3530A 104C (I:) (ATA) I 00:50:00 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RITEK-D01-01) (Speeds: 2.4x) I 00:50:00 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 00:50:00 Write Mode: DVD I 00:50:00 Write Type: DAO I 00:50:00 Write Speed: 2.4x I 00:50:00 Link Size: Auto I 00:50:00 Test Mode: No I 00:50:00 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 00:50:00 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,599,632 I 00:50:00 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary, 'SPLIP' Flag Not Set I 00:53:28 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 00:53:29 Writing LeadIn... I 00:55:34 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 3199263) I 00:55:34 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2086911) W 00:56:41 Failed to Write Sectors 12160 - 12191 - No Seek Complete W 00:56:41 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:56:41 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 00:56:41 Retry Failed - Write Error W 00:57:19 Retrying (21)... W 00:57:19 Retry Failed - Write Error E 00:57:21 Failed to Write Sectors 12160 - 12191 - No Seek Complete I 00:57:21 Synchronising Cache... I 00:57:22 Closing Track... E 00:57:28 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Write Error I 00:57:28 Closing Track (Last Attempt!)... E 00:57:28 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Write Error I 00:57:28 Finalising Disc... E 00:57:33 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session I 00:57:33 Finalising Disc (Last Attempt!)... E 00:57:33 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session E 00:57:33 Failed to Write Image! E 00:57:33 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:07:32 I 00:57:33 Average Write Rate: 227 KB/s (0.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1,889 KB/s (1.4x)