BobX360 Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Hi, I'm struggling to format a brand new Verbatim BD-RE DL 50gb with my LG Blu-Ray Burner.. Logs Attached... Any ideas? I 20:48:14 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 20:48:14 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 20:48:14 Total Physical Memory: 4,192,760 KB - Available: 794,216 KB I 20:48:14 Initialising SPTI... I 20:48:14 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:48:14 -> Drive 1 - Info: ASUS DRW-2014L1T 1.02 (H:) (ATA) I 20:48:14 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL07 (G:) (ATA) I 20:48:14 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (L:) (SCSI) I 20:48:14 -> Drive 4 - Info: WD Virtual CD 1110 2018 (I:) (USB) I 20:48:14 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM, 1 HD DVD-ROM/BD-RE and 1 Unknown! I 20:48:49 Operation Started! I 20:48:49 Device: [4:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL07 (G:) (ATA) I 20:48:49 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: VERBAT-IM1-000) (Speeds: 2x) I 20:48:49 Quick Erase: No I 20:48:49 Format Properly: Yes I 20:48:49 Format Size: Preferred I 20:48:49 Format With Full Certification: Yes I 20:48:49 Format Without Spare Areas: Yes I 20:48:49 Erasing Disc... W 21:40:04 Potential 'WaitImmediateIO' Deferred Error - (0%, 0/4) - Medium Format Corrupted E 21:40:07 Failed to Erase Disc! - Reason: Medium Format Corrupted E 21:40:07 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:51:17 Kind Regards, Bobx
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 VERBAT-IM1-000 should technically be supported by the YL07 firmware but it won't be very mature as that MID is a new one. Other factors such as a dirty drive/laser could also be what's causing the drive to error out as it tries to format the disc. Your version of ImgBurn is out of date btw.
BobX360 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 VERBAT-IM1-000 should technically be supported by the YL07 firmware but it won't be very mature as that MID is a new one. Other factors such as a dirty drive/laser could also be what's causing the drive to error out as it tries to format the disc. Your version of ImgBurn is out of date btw. Thanks for the comments... Latest developments.. Powercycled the Blu-Ray and installed latest version of IMGBURN (full uninstall, reinstall new version, reset default settings). Now I get a little further on but formatting still fails.. Tried full format and quick format.. Also, trying different media.. Logs attached. I 12:11:38 Operation Started! I 12:11:38 Device: [4:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L YL07 (G:) (ATA) I 12:11:38 Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: MEI-T01-001) I 12:11:38 Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x I 12:11:38 Quick Erase: Yes I 12:11:38 Erasing Disc... I 13:17:08 Synchronising Cache... E 13:19:48 Synchronise Cache Failed! - Reason: Unknown (ASC: 0xA0, ASCQ: 0x80) E 13:19:48 Operation Failed! - Duration: 01:08:10
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Forget quick erasing BD-RE, it's pointless. All it does is zero the first 800 sectors on the disc to make it look empty. You'd be overwriting those anyway during a burn so it's just additional wear for no real benefit. What you're aiming for a disc that has been fully formatted (with full certification) without the drive erroring out. There aren't exactly many MIDs/dyes available for BD-RE DL so it could end up that the drive is just no good for any of them. At that point (and assuming you've already tried cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc) you have to consider buying something else (like an LG BH12LS30/35/38 or a Pioneer BDR-206). I swapped out my GGW-H20L for a BH12LS38 a month or so ago.
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