Time for a new Drive?

[Drej1908]

Hi guys,

 

new member here although I usually lurk the forums and get answers by reading the other topics.

 

So basically, it seems like my drive is playing up (pioneer 112d 2 years old), it seems like the drive once it hits the 50% mark just stops writing or gives errors on the second layer of the disc. I am running the latest version of Imgburn (2.5.0.0) and latest firmware for my drive as well as using Verbs DL discs (Disc ID: MKM-003-00)

 

I am quite sure it is just time to change my drive, although yesterday it worked fine and managed to burn a disc without problems.. but today it gave me another error.

 

Here is the log for today's failure (unfrtunatley I dont have any others as I left debug mode on yesterday and it seems to have replaced all the past logs) but like I pointed earlier it usually just stops burning after the 50% mark, writing speed goes 0.0x and time remaining becomes unkown... I could leave it on for 8 hours (I usually burn images before I go to work) and it still remains like that.

 

ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log

; Wednesday, 05 August 2009, 15:01:43

; \\****************************************//

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I 06:55:01 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 06:55:01 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 06:55:01 Total Physical Memory: 1,047,788 KB - Available: 588,492 KB

W 06:55:01 Drive M:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 06:55:01 Drive N:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

W 06:55:01 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 06:55:01 Initialising SPTI...

I 06:55:01 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 06:55:01 Found 4 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

My opinion? The 112 is getting a bit old. I'd toss it and grab a new drive.

[Drej1908]

My opinion? The 112 is getting a bit old. I'd toss it and grab a new drive.

 

Yep, thought so as the errors seem to be pretty random, would the LG GH22NP20 be a decent option (nearest IT store only stocks that at the mo) or maybe someone could direct me to the relevant topic?