my NEC AD-7240S WONT BURN DL AT 2.4x HELP

[xnusense]

just got my optirac ad 7240s and it will only write DVD+R DL at 3.8x to 4.0x how do i write at 2.4x help please

Edited October 16, 2009 by xnusense

[mmalves]

And what's the problem with that? The slowest speed doesn't necessarily result in a better quality burn, especially on new burners like the 7240S.

 

Post the log of the most recent dual-layer burn you've made (look in ImgBurn's Help menu).

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Why's this in 'Chat' ?!

 

Moved to 'ImgBurn Support'.

[xnusense]

  On 10/16/2009 at 8:01 PM, mmalves said:

And what's the problem with that? The slowest speed doesn't necessarily result in a better quality burn, especially on new burners like the 7240S.

 

Post the log of the most recent dual-layer burn you've made (look in ImgBurn's Help menu).

 

 

i cant waste my last verbatim disc the log was saying

 

failed to write sector reason: communicatin error crc something? DMA

 

Loads of times and had about 260 retries ive updated it to the latest firmware 1.03

Edited October 17, 2009 by xnusense

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Then you have a general communication (drive -> controller on the motherboard) problem and it's nothing to do with write speeds.

 

You can access the previous logs via the 'Help' menu.

[xnusense]

  On 10/17/2009 at 5:28 PM, LIGHTNING UK! said:

Then you have a general communication (drive -> controller on the motherboard) problem and it's nothing to do with write speeds.

 

You can access the previous logs via the 'Help' menu.

 

the log is not there anymore just checked ive installed all the latest drivers for the motherboard before aswel

[LIGHTNING UK!]

What controller is the drive actually attached to?

 

Intel, Nvidia, JMicron, Marvell?

 

Have you tried a new cable?

[xnusense]

nvidia nforce and i havent tried a new cable yet this cable im using worked fine on my hard drive

[mmalves]

Try the latest nForce drivers.

[xnusense]

thanks anything else i can do i cant use my last disc until i can be sure. does Sataraid help

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I doubt this error is specific to DVD+R DL, burn a rewritable or some a DVD-R when 'Test Mode' is enabled until you get the problem sorted.

[xnusense]

what about which sata port i use is there a certain one it should be in

[LIGHTNING UK!]

That depends, do you have 2 SATA controllers on your board?

 

Sometimes the main chipset will only run 2/4/6 of them and the additional ones (i.e. making 4/6/8) will be on another 3rd party controller.

 

What do you see listed in device manager under the scsi controllers and ide/ata controller branches?

[xnusense]

IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

 

NVIDIA Nforce4 Parallel ATA Controller

NVIDIA Nforce4 Serial ATA Controller

NVIDIA Nforce4 Serial ATA Controller

 

cant find scsi controllers

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It would be 'Storage Controllers' now in Vista+ if that makes any difference?

[xnusense]

im on windows xp and i can only find storage volumes oh yh i have 4 sata ports aswel

Edited October 19, 2009 by xnusense

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Ok so you don't have any 3rd party controllers on your board then.

 

The latest drivers for the nforce4 chipset are these - http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_winxp_15.23.html

 

If you've already loaded them on then there's nothing more you can do.

[xnusense]

ok thanks one more thing ive got my dvd drive plugged into the SATA 0 slot is there a specific one it should be in heres my motherboard:

 

 

 

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=1867&ProductName=GA-K8N%20Ultra-SLI

[LIGHTNING UK!]

No, they're all the same.

 

That said, you'd normally put the hdd on sata0 though and the optical drive on sata1 or something.

 

Of course if you don't have any sata hdd's then that doesn't apply.

[xnusense]

ok thanks alot mate big help :D

Edited October 19, 2009 by xnusense