DL Burning Problems - Not Discs

[NLight]

I'm trying to burn Xbox 360 backup games to dual layer disc using media from a brand called Aone. Now I know that they aren't Verbatim, but according to friends and these reviews they're very reliable, but that isn't my experience. A friend has used many of these discs and claims that only around 3 or 4 fail out of 50.

 

The first disc I tried failed to set the "L0 Data Zone capacity" due to a power calibration error, which I've read can be because of dodgy media. Thinking that it was just unlucky that the first disc I tried was a crappy one, I tried another, which burned fine and worked... at first. Now my Xbox refuses to read it after playing it fine for around an hour. I've tried multiple discs, some have given me the power calibration error straight away and some have failed during the burn due to a write in error. When one of the discs gives an error Imgburn won't allow me to try again saying "Device not ready (No reference position found)." This happens regardless of what disc I put in and it seems to also stop the drive from reading any kind of disc and it even once stopped from opening it when I pressed the button. I then have to restart my computer and it works again.

 

Out of the 7 discs I've used only one works, although that disc may still fail. I'm burning them at 1X, so that's not the problem. Also I'm using an ATAPI DVD A DH20A1S with the firmware UX14 (which I think is the latest). I bought my computer off a friend, and because the drive hasn't got a logo on the front I'm not certain who the manufacturer is, although Google tells me it's a Lite-On.

 

This is the log from the last disc I tried to burn (when the power calibration error appeared I pressed continue, but it continued to show errors, so I canceled.

 

I 15:57:44 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 15:57:44 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 15:57:44 Total Physical Memory: 3,406,892 KB - Available: 2,577,080 KB

W 15:57:44 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 15:57:44 Initialising SPTI...

I 15:57:44 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 15:57:44 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM!

I 15:57:48 Operation Started!

I 15:57:48 Source File: G:\Xbox 360\Call of Duty 5 World at War\Game\all-codwaw.dvd

I 15:57:48 Source File Sectors: 3,825,924 (MODE1/2048)

I 15:57:48 Source File Size: 7,835,492,352 bytes

I 15:57:48 Source File Volume Identifier: XGD2DVD_NTSC

I 15:57:48 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 34672923

I 15:57:48 Source File Implementation Identifier: Sonic Scenarist 3.1

I 15:57:48 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 15:57:48 Destination Device: [5:0:0] ATAPI DVD A DH20A1S UX14 (D:) (ATA)

I 15:57:48 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: UMEDISC-DL1-64) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x)

I 15:57:48 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824

I 15:57:48 Write Mode: DVD

I 15:57:48 Write Type: DAO

I 15:57:48 Write Speed: 1x

I 15:57:48 Link Size: Auto

I 15:57:48 Lock Volume: Yes

I 15:57:48 Test Mode: No

I 15:57:48 OPC: No

I 15:57:48 BURN-Proof: Enabled

W 15:57:48 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 1,385 KB/s (1x), Got: 4,432 KB/s (3.3x)

I 15:57:48 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM

I 15:57:48 Advanced Settings - Force HT: No, Online HT: No, OverSpeed: No, SmartBurn: Yes

I 15:57:48 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760

I 15:57:48 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc

W 16:00:29 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error

I 16:00:29 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 16:00:30 Writing LeadIn...

W 16:00:35 Failed to Write Sectors 0 - 31 - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error

W 16:00:35 Retrying (1 of 20)...

W 16:00:42 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error

W 16:00:42 Retrying (2 of 20)...

W 16:00:45 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error

W 16:00:45 Retrying (3 of 20)...

W 16:00:49 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error

W 16:00:49 Retrying (4 of 20)...

I 16:00:55 Abort Request Acknowledged

I 16:01:48 Writing LeadIn...

I 16:01:48 Synchronising Cache...

W 16:01:59 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions.

E 16:01:59 Failed to Write Image!

E 16:01:59 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:04:10

I 16:01:59 Average Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 0 KB/s (0.0x)

 

I've tried to cover everything here, so if anyone can help me I'd appreciate it

Thanks.

Edited October 14, 2009 by NLight

[mmalves]

I 15:57:48 Destination Device: [5:0:0] ATAPI DVD A DH20A1S UX14 (D:) (ATA)

I 15:57:48 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: UMEDISC-DL1-64) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x)

I 15:57:48 Write Speed: 1x

W 15:57:48 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 1,385 KB/s (1x), Got: 4,432 KB/s (3.3x)

Try burning at 4x, 6x or 8x to see if you get a better burn. You might also want to try a lens cleaning disc on that burner. If all that doesn't help then read this -> http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000

[LIGHTNING UK!]

lol sort the ebuyer comments by date and you'll see the reviews are actually rubbish!

 

'UMEDISC-DL1-64' is fairly new and uncommon dye... and your drive hates it - or at least it does at 2.4x. (1x doesn't exist)

 

Try at 4x, 6x or 8x.

 

Try cleaning your drive if they all fail.

 

If all else fails you'll have to buy a new drive that is proven to support that MID or get yourself some discs that your drive likes.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Damn, a whole 2 minutes too slow.... must try harder

[NLight]

Thanks for such a quick reply!

Well I tried burning at the lowest speed as I heard that the lower the better, but I guess in my case it isn't. Also with the discs I have, the only reason I bought them was because of the price, but I'm kind of regretting that now looking at the newest reviews. If they don't work at the higher speeds do you think it's possible I have a "bad batch?" Thanks again

[LIGHTNING UK!]

If by 'batch' you mean everything they've ever produced... yeah maybe yours are part of a bad batch

[NLight]

If by 'batch' you mean everything they've ever produced... yeah maybe yours are part of a bad batch

Okay so then why would it be that my friend has used around 100 of these discs and had only a few coasters(right term?)? Is it because of his DVD drive?

 

Also I tried burning one of the discs at both 4x and 8x. At 4x it failed to set L0 capacity and 8x it set the L0 capacity but then it gave me an I/O error which said it "failed to write image." I then tried a disc from a different pack of the same discs and it worked fine.

[mmalves]

His burner may have better support for the dye/ink used in those blanks, or maybe his batch has slightly better quality than yours (you saw this by yourself with the disc from a different pack).

[NLight]

OK, well I'll keep going with these discs and just hope that it was a crappy batch, or if worst comes to worst just convince him to let me use his dvd burner Either way, when these discs run out, I'm definitely going to get some Verbatims, which you can assure me will be OK?

Thanks so much for your help

[dbminter]

Well, we can't assure anything. Given the many possibilities of what may be going on inside the drive or even things like if you computer is using the HD enough to cause time outs, which if it were the log would tell you. But, Verbatim DVD+R DL's are pretty much the best out there and what is recommended. I've used about a hundred of them and only had 1 go wrong. It was strange, it burned, it verified, but when I got around to watching it later, there was unrecoverable read error in one of the VOB's. Go figure.