Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 Verify your burns. The drive could just be creating coasters - without actually telling you there was a problem. well i have now done 2 disks... the first just didnt start and gave "disk read error" the second started then "gives disk read error" at the first loading screen. all games i have done before work fine... so i dont understand why this is happening... im now verifying the disk... should be 10minutes.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Does that drive work in cdspeed / dvdinfopro for doing PIPO scans? If so, give that a go too.
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) Does that drive work in cdspeed / dvdinfopro for doing PIPO scans? If so, give that a go too. whats cdspeed and dvdinfopro?? this drive does not have any problems burning normal DVDs... its just when i start trying to do Dual layer 360 games. ive just done about 51% of the verification and it started chucking out errors at me... I 21:27:35 ImgBurn Version 2.4.4.0 started!I 21:27:35 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1) I 21:27:35 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,860 KB - Available: 939,460 KB I 21:27:35 Initialising SPTI... I 21:27:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:27:35 Found 1 DVD Edited May 21, 2009 by Seany123
mmalves Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Seems like a bad burn, as the the drive can't read the disc it has burned. Try a lens cleaning disc on that drive. Alternatively, you could get Verbatim 2.4x (MKM-001-00 dye) Made in Singapore blanks and they should work. Also you could crossflash your burner to its real model (Samsung SH-S183L). The last option would be to buy a new burner
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 I just now downloaded and installed DVDinfopro... ive attached the image to what i see....
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 Seems like a bad burn, as the the drive can't read the disc it has burned. Try a lens cleaning disc on that drive. Alternatively, you could get Verbatim 2.4x (MKM-001-00 dye) Made in Singapore blanks and they should work. Also you could crossflash your burner to its real model (Samsung SH-S183L). The last option would be to buy a new burner how would i crossflash it? if all else fail what new dvd drive would you reccomend... to someone in UK.
mmalves Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 To crossflash it you need to: download this firmware use 7-Zip/WinRAR/etc to extract the two files that are inside it run the extracted Tsdnwin.exe with the -nocheck parameter (i.e. use Start->Run or WinKey+R or Command Prompt):Tsdnwin.exe -nocheck load the extracted 200802121823479932_SH-S183L_SB03.BIN firmware file click the Download button and wait reboot the computer when it's finished As for a new burner I've heard Pioneer DVR-215/216 are very good for dual-layer media.
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 just got an error saying "This firmware is not compatible with thr selected drive".
mmalves Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 That's why you need to extract the files and run Tsdnwin.exe with the -nocheck parameter...
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 In DVDInfoPro, click the 'Scan' button. ive now tried doing it 3 times but each time it just gives me "waiting for drive to become ready" then it just stops responding.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Is that after clicking the 'Start' button? I guess that answers my question about your drive supporting PIPO scanning
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) Is that after clicking the 'Start' button? I guess that answers my question about your drive supporting PIPO scanning yeah its after clicking start. i dont understand how it used to be able to burn games and now it cant. do you think it might work now i have SH-S183L SB03 (ATAPI) Edited May 21, 2009 by Seany123
mmalves Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Try a lens cleaning disc in that drive, as dirty lens could be causing lower quality burns.
eSkRo Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 seriously, your trying too hard to make it work lol.... I wouldnt have been that patient,,, your good! But i strongly suggest to just buy a new recent dvd-rw drive... this will cure your problem... 100%
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 Try some other 'supported' speeds beyond 4x too. 4x might not be the best one for that drive/firmware/media combo. You never know, DVDInfoPro might work now you've put that new firmware on.
Seany123 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Posted May 21, 2009 (edited) okay im now running my eye cleaning disk.... what speed is the best for files like 6gb + Edited May 21, 2009 by Seany123
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