8x DVD+RW writing stuck at 3.3x after swapping out SATA cable

[dbminter]

The topic basically says it all. I swapped out my SATA cable to see if I had problems with my SATA cable and after putting in the new cable, ImgBurn writes a previously 8x writing DVD+RW at exactly and only 3.3x. The only thing I know about this cable is it said it was for HD's and that the back of the package said the transfer rate was 150 Mb/sec.

 

 

I'm afraid the log doesn't offer much. The Verify is still running.

 

 

I 20:12:07 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI iHAS422 8 4L18 (K:) (ATA)

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 2 - Info: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S 1.03 (S:) (ATA)

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 3 - Info: SONY DVD RW DRU-830A SS25 (R:) (ATA)

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 4 - Info: VIXWP Alcohol 3.5Z (L:) (SCSI)

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 5 - Info: VIXWP Alcohol 3.5Z (N:) (SCSI)

I 20:12:07 -> Drive 6 - Info: VIXWP Alcohol 3.5Z (Q:) (SCSI)

I 20:12:07 Found 3 DVD±RW/RAMs and 3 BD-ROMs!

I 20:12:58 Operation Started!

I 20:12:58 Source File Sectors: 874,939 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:12:58 Source File Size: 1,791,875,072 bytes

I 20:12:58 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 00E144B3DVDSHRNK

I 20:12:58 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 20:12:58 Destination Device: [2:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S 1.03 (S:) (ATA)

I 20:12:58 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A03-00) (Speeds: 8x)

I 20:12:58 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104

I 20:12:59 Write Mode: DVD

I 20:12:59 Write Type: DAO

I 20:12:59 Write Speed: MAX

I 20:12:59 Link Size: Auto

I 20:12:59 Lock Volume: Yes

I 20:12:59 Test Mode: No

I 20:12:59 OPC: No

I 20:12:59 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 20:12:59 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11,080 KB/s (8x)

I 20:12:59 Book Type Setting: DVD+RW

I 20:13:00 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 20:13:01 Writing LeadIn...

I 20:13:21 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 874938)

I 20:13:21 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 874938)

I 20:19:53 Synchronising Cache...

W 20:19:55 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (99%, 0/3) - No Seek Complete

W 20:19:55 Synchronise Cache Failed! - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:19:55 Retrying (1 of 3)...

I 20:19:56 Closing Session...

I 20:19:59 Exporting Graph Data...

I 20:19:59 Export Successfully Completed!

I 20:19:59 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:59

I 20:19:59 Average Write Rate: 4,475 KB/s (3.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 4,725 KB/s (3.4x)

I 20:19:59 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 20:20:06 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 20:20:14 Device Ready!

I 20:20:18 Operation Started!

I 20:20:18 Source Device: [2:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S 1.03 (S:) (ATA)

I 20:20:18 Source Media Type: DVD+RW (Book Type: DVD+RW) (Disc ID: MKM-A03-00) (Speeds: 8x)

I 20:20:18 Image File Sectors: 874,939 (MODE1/2048)

I 20:20:18 Image File Size: 1,791,875,072 bytes

I 20:20:18 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 00E144B3DVDSHRNK

I 20:20:18 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 20:20:18 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 20:20:19 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 874938)

I 20:20:19 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 874938)

 

 

The good news is after swapping out the SATA cable, I no longer had the problem I was having with writing to 8x DVD+RW. Verifies complete. Well, they run instead of crapping out at the start of a Verify with Miscompare errors. The only problem now is I can't even get 4X write rate out this disc that I was getting 8x on.

 

 

Goddamn crapped out! At the end this time. Fuck!

 

 

W 20:24:33 Failed to Read Sector 874928 - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:24:34 Sector 874928 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_1.VOB

W 20:24:48 Failed to Read Sector 874928 - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:24:48 Sector 874928 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_1.VOB

W 20:24:50 Failed to Read Sector 874929 - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:24:50 Sector 874929 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_0.BUP

W 20:24:53 Failed to Read Sector 874929 - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:24:53 Sector 874929 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_0.BUP

W 20:24:55 Failed to Read Sector 874930 - Reason: No Seek Complete

W 20:24:55 Sector 874930 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_0.BUP

E 20:24:56 Failed to Read Sector 874930 - Reason: No Seek Complete

E 20:24:56 Sector 874930 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_33_0.BUP

E 20:24:56 Failed to Verify Sectors!

I 20:24:59 Exporting Graph Data...

I 20:24:59 Export Successfully Completed!

E 20:24:59 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:04:37

I 20:24:59 Average Verify Rate: 6,317 KB/s (4.6x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 12,641 KB/s (9.1x)

 

 

Tried a Ritek 8x DVD+RW. It's writing at 8x. I'm waiting to see if the Verify completes.

 

 

Crapped out right at the start of the Verify. Like always to my drives 2 months after being connected.

 

 

I 20:30:00 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 874938)

E 20:30:06 Miscompare at LBA: 35, Offset: 4

E 20:30:06 Device: 0x77

E 20:30:06 Image File: 0xFE

E 20:30:06 Total Errors in Sector: 46

E 20:30:06 Failed to Verify Sectors!

[dbminter]

The disc now writes at 8x. Go figure. It doesn't write in my USB drive anymore, though. Go figure, again, of course.

[dbminter]

I fully erased the 8x Verbatim MKM DVD+RW in my LiteOn and tried another test burn, as I noted above. This time, the burn was at 8x AND the Verify completed with no errors! Go figure yet another instance!

[dbminter]

I said LiteOn when I meant Optiarc. The USB drive is a Sony.

[dbminter]

Who knows? Maybe swapping out the cable did the trick. I'll know for sure 2 months after I get the new burner and put it in. The current problem's time frame is roughly 2 months before these burns that burned successfully stop burning successfully.

[dbminter]

Now, ImgBurn is stuck at 6x on 8x DVD+R DL, both on SATA and USB connections!

[dbminter]

Oh, wait. Never mind. It's only stuck on 6x on the USB after an initial burst of 8x. The SATA drive finally made it to 8x. I forgot that on these 8x discs there is an initial period sometimes of writing at 6x before going to 8x.