Colombani Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) I have a LG BE08LU20 drive and i have been trying to burn some BD-RE DL discs lately. I have purchased 3 Sony BD-RE DL 50GB and 2 Verbatim BD-RE DL 50Gb discs. The problem is my drive wont format the discs. I have been successful with only 1 of the sony discs. (which didnt require formatting the first time, i could start burning instantly.) For the rest i am going to post the log for the error below. The LG drive is not old i purchased it a month ago and i have had no troubles burning bd-r disc since then. The sony and verbatim discs are also new. I have no chance to try on other drives unfortunately if you suggest that. And the firmware of the LG drive is the latest i could find which is 2.00. I searched for a custom firmware but i couldnt find any. Here are the logs for 1 Sony disc and 1 verbatim. VERBATIM DISC HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (SATA) Current Profile: BD-RE Disc Information: Status: Empty State of Last Session: Empty Erasable: Yes Supported Write Speeds: 2x BD Disc Information (L0): Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000 Disc Type: BD-RE Disc Size: 120mm Disc Class: 0 Disc Version: 2 Number of Layers: 2 Layer Type: Rewritable DVD Layer Present: No CD Layer Present: No Channel Bit Length: 74.5nm (25GB Per Layer) BCA Present: Yes Maximum Transfer Rate: Not Specified First PAA of Data Zone: 131,072 Last PAA of Data Zone: 1,658,494 BD Disc Information (L1): Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000 Disc Type: BD-RE Disc Size: 120mm Disc Class: 0 Disc Version: 2 Number of Layers: 2 Layer Type: Rewritable DVD Layer Present: No CD Layer Present: No Channel Bit Length: 74.5nm (25GB Per Layer) BCA Present: Yes Maximum Transfer Rate: Not Specified First PAA of Data Zone: 2,535,808 Last PAA of Data Zone: 4,063,230 Format Capacities: DT: 0x01 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x00 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x01 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 FT: 0x31 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 2048 Performance (Write Speed): Descriptor 1... -> B0: 0x02, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00 -> EL: 24438783 (0x0174E7FF) -> RS: 8,928 KB/s (2x) - WS: 8,991 KB/s (2x) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I 23:46:51 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 23:46:51 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 23:46:51 Total Physical Memory: 3,669,112 KB - Available: 1,592,184 KB W 23:46:51 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 23:46:51 Initialising SPTI... I 23:46:51 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 23:46:51 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (G:) (ATA) I 23:46:51 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (H:) (SATA) I 23:46:51 Found 1 DVD±RW and 1 BD-RE! I 23:47:13 Operation Started! I 23:47:13 Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (H:) (SATA) I 23:47:13 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000) (Speeds: 2x) I 23:47:13 Quick Erase: No I 23:47:13 Format Properly: Yes I 23:47:13 Format Size: Maximum I 23:47:13 Format With Full Certification: Yes I 23:47:13 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes I 23:47:13 Erasing Disc... W 23:47:15 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (1/4) - Medium Not Formatted E 23:47:17 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Medium Not Formatted E 23:47:17 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONY DISC LOG HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (SATA) Current Profile: BD-RE Disc Information: Status: Empty State of Last Session: Empty Erasable: Yes Supported Write Speeds: 2x BD Disc Information (L0): Disc ID: SONY-ED4-000 Disc Type: BD-RE Disc Size: 120mm Disc Class: 0 Disc Version: 2 Number of Layers: 2 Layer Type: Rewritable DVD Layer Present: No CD Layer Present: No Channel Bit Length: 74.5nm (25GB Per Layer) BCA Present: Yes Maximum Transfer Rate: Not Specified First PAA of Data Zone: 131,072 Last PAA of Data Zone: 1,658,494 BD Disc Information (L1): Disc ID: SONY-ED4-000 Disc Type: BD-RE Disc Size: 120mm Disc Class: 0 Disc Version: 2 Number of Layers: 2 Layer Type: Rewritable DVD Layer Present: No CD Layer Present: No Channel Bit Length: 74.5nm (25GB Per Layer) BCA Present: Yes Maximum Transfer Rate: Not Specified First PAA of Data Zone: 2,535,808 Last PAA of Data Zone: 4,063,230 Format Capacities: DT: 0x01 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x00 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x01 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 FT: 0x31 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 2048 Performance (Write Speed): Descriptor 1... -> B0: 0x02, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00 -> EL: 24438783 (0x0174E7FF) -> RS: 8,928 KB/s (2x) - WS: 8,991 KB/s (2x) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I 23:59:19 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 23:59:19 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 23:59:19 Total Physical Memory: 3,669,112 KB - Available: 1,511,864 KB W 23:59:19 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 23:59:19 Initialising SPTI... I 23:59:19 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 23:59:19 -> Drive 1 - Info: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (G:) (ATA) I 23:59:19 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (H:) (SATA) I 23:59:19 Found 1 DVD±RW and 1 BD-RE! I 00:00:05 Operation Started! I 00:00:05 Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE BE08LU20 2.00 (H:) (SATA) I 00:00:05 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: SONY-ED4-000) (Speeds: 2x) I 00:00:05 Quick Erase: No I 00:00:05 Format Properly: Yes I 00:00:05 Format Size: Maximum I 00:00:05 Format With Full Certification: Yes I 00:00:05 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes I 00:00:05 Erasing Disc... W 00:00:07 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (1/4) - Medium Not Formatted E 00:00:09 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Medium Not Formatted E 00:00:09 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:00:04 Edited May 22, 2011 by Colombani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 You may find those MIDs just aren't supported by the drive's firmware yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colombani Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) is there a solution? like a custom firmware or something? the lastest firmware is old so i guess LG wont make a newer one. Also as i said i have been successful with one of the Sony discs, it is exactly the same with the others. would that be possible if they werent supported? I also use verbatim bd-r s and i dnt have any problem with those. ps: i have been searching a little bit and i found a program called "MediaCodeSpeedEdit tool". Would that help me solve my problem if it is because of the unsupported mid? If it would, i will really appreciate some help using it. Edited May 22, 2011 by Colombani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Send a support request to LG asking for them to add support for those 2 MIDs. It would be worth double checking they aren't already in the firmware though - using the tool you mentioned. You should ask its author for help in using it. Do so over at the MyCE forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colombani Posted May 22, 2011 Author Share Posted May 22, 2011 First of all thank you for your help Lightning. unfortunately that sofware doesnt show media code list for this LG firmware. So i cant check the list and cant edit it. Do i have any other options? and what is your opinion on one of the disc working fine but not others? even if the MIDs arent supported is there a chance that once in a while a disc will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Well, if it didn't require formatting, you wouldn't have run the same commands on it. Does its MID match the one of the other Sony discs? Contact LG and see if they're going to do anything about it. If they aren't and you really want to use those discs, you may have to get a new burner that does support them properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colombani Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) I have solved my problem. Here is how i did it for anyone that also have the same problem. I have flashed my drive with BH08LS20 firmware which had a newer firmware released. ( http://www.lge.co.kr/upload/SW_PDS/BH08LS20_2.00-03(kw).zip ) using the DevilsClaw's Renesas Flasher. I want to thank cvs @ MyCE forums for walking me thru all the complicated steps. And that solved the problem, looks like the problem were with MIDs as LIGHTINIG UK suggested. i also want to thank you, LIGHTINIG UK, for leading me to the right direction and helping out. I can gladly help out others if they want to do the complicated flashing proccess, just send me a pm. Edited May 26, 2011 by Colombani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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