Ongoing Problem Burning

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Is there any further information I can provide?

Only a disc quality scan of the disc that just failed to verify (as per the log in post # 45) - if your Asus supports it.

 

That's where I was heading with the last line of my previous post.

[dbminter]

It might be worth doing a disk error scan on the drive where these failed images were.  You may have a dying HD or bad sectors.  The image could be being saved in these areas that are bad.  At least, that's a step I'd take.  Unless it's an SSD, which I don't think you're supposed to perform error scans on? 

[Apples555]

 

Is there any further information I can provide?

Only a disc quality scan of the disc that just failed to verify (as per the log in post # 45) - if your Asus supports it.

 

That's where I was heading with the last line of my previous post.

 

 

Here is a freshly burned scan of the "bad" image and the log.

 

 

; //****************************************\\

;   ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 - Log

;   Friday, 01 September 2017, 14:39:23

; \\****************************************//

;

;

I 14:11:41 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!

I 14:11:41 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200)

I 14:11:41 Total Physical Memory: 12,451,356 KiB  -  Available: 8,082,328 KiB

I 14:11:41 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:11:41 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:11:41 -> Drive 1 - Info: ASUS DRW-24B3ST   j 1.01 (F:) (SATA)

I 14:11:41 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!

I 14:12:23 Operation Started!

I 14:12:23 Source File: O:\~\WHH0NNW1_.MDS

I 14:12:23 Source File Sectors: 3,571,984 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:12:23 Source File Size: 7,315,423,232 bytes

I 14:12:23 Source File Volume Identifier: WHH0NNW1_

I 14:12:23 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 43AC9339 (GEAR):

I 14:12:23 Source File Application Identifier: GEAR UDF Application

I 14:12:23 Source File Implementation Identifier: GEAR UDF

I 14:12:23 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:12:23 Destination Device: [0:0:0] ASUS DRW-24B3ST   j 1.01 (F:) (SATA)

I 14:12:23 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00)

I 14:12:23 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x

I 14:12:23 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824

I 14:12:23 Destination Media L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912 (Changeable: Yes)

I 14:12:23 Write Mode: DVD

I 14:12:23 Write Type: DAO

I 14:12:23 Write Speed: 1x

I 14:12:23 DVD+R DL Reserve Track: Yes

I 14:12:23 Link Size: Auto

I 14:12:23 Lock Volume: Yes

I 14:12:23 Test Mode: No

I 14:12:23 OPC: Yes

I 14:12:23 BURN-Proof: Enabled

W 14:12:23 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 1,385 KB/s (1x), Got: 5,540 KB/s (4x)

W 14:12:23 The drive only supports writing these discs at 4x, 6x, 8x.

I 14:12:23 Book Type Setting: N/A (Reason: Invalid Command Operation Code)

I 14:12:23 Advanced Settings - Force HT: No, Online HT: No, OverSpeed: No, SmartBurn: Yes

I 14:12:58 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,838,416

I 14:12:58 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc

I 14:12:58 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded!

I 14:12:58 L0 Data Zone Capacity - Effective: 1,838,416

I 14:13:01 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB)

I 14:13:05 Writing LeadIn...

I 14:13:06 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3571983)

I 14:13:06 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3571983)

I 14:13:06 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1838415)

I 14:24:28 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1838416 - 3571983)

I 14:35:17 Synchronising Cache...

I 14:35:23 Closing Track...

I 14:35:24 Finalising Disc...

I 14:36:40 Exporting Graph Data...

I 14:36:40 Graph Data File: C:\Users\~\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\ASUS_DRW-24B3ST_j_1.01_FRIDAY-SEPTEMBER-1-2017_2-12_PM_MKM-003-00_1x.ibg

I 14:36:40 Export Successfully Completed!

I 14:36:40 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:24:17

I 14:36:40 Average Write Rate: 5,371 KiB/s (4.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,493 KiB/s (4.1x)

I 14:36:40 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 14:36:51 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 14:37:09 Device Ready!

I 14:37:10 Operation Started!

I 14:37:10 Source Device: [0:0:0] ASUS DRW-24B3ST   j 1.01 (F:) (SATA)

I 14:37:10 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-003-00)

I 14:37:10 Source Media Supported Read Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x

I 14:37:10 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x

I 14:37:10 Source Media Sectors: 3,571,984 (Track Path: OTP - L0: 1,838,416 - L1: 1,733,568)

I 14:37:10 Source Media Size: 7,315,423,232 bytes

I 14:37:10 Image File: O:\~\WHH0NNW1_.MDS

I 14:37:10 Image File Sectors: 3,571,984 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:37:10 Image File Size: 7,315,423,232 bytes

I 14:37:10 Image File Volume Identifier: WHH0NNW1_

I 14:37:10 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 43AC9339 (GEAR):

I 14:37:10 Image File Application Identifier: GEAR UDF Application

I 14:37:10 Image File Implementation Identifier: GEAR UDF

I 14:37:10 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:37:10 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 14:37:11 Read Speed - Effective: 4.8x - 12x, 12x - 4.8x

I 14:37:11 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3571983)

I 14:37:11 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3571983)

I 14:37:11 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1838415)

W 14:38:14 Failed to Read Sectors 198144 - 198175 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error

W 14:38:25 Failed to Read Sector 198163 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error

W 14:38:25 Sector 198163 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_07_1.VOB

E 14:39:18 Failed to Read Sector 198163 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error

E 14:39:18 Sector 198163 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_07_1.VOB

E 14:39:18 Failed to Verify Sectors!

I 14:39:19 Exporting Graph Data...

I 14:39:19 Graph Data File: C:\Users\~\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\ASUS_DRW-24B3ST_j_1.01_FRIDAY-SEPTEMBER-1-2017_2-12_PM_MKM-003-00_1x.ibg

I 14:39:19 Export Successfully Completed!

E 14:39:19 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:02:08

I 14:39:19 Average Verify Rate: 3,145 KiB/s (2.3x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 8,106 KiB/s (6.0x)

I 14:39:23 Close Request Acknowledged

I 14:39:23 Closing Down...

I 14:39:23 Shutting down SPTI...

I 14:39:23 ImgBurn closed!

 

With the "bad" image the scan is ALWAYS 77. With the "good" image (bad image re-ripped through a virtual drive), the scan is ALWAYS 95. ??? Verify fails on every drive I've tried only with this image. I can provide the 95 scan as well.

[Apples555]

It might be worth doing a disk error scan on the drive where these failed images were.  You may have a dying HD or bad sectors.  The image could be being saved in these areas that are bad.  At least, that's a step I'd take.  Unless it's an SSD, which I don't think you're supposed to perform error scans on? 

 

No disk integrity problems confirmed through Windows verification and SMART.

[dbminter]

Yeah, it appears to have been a random hiccup.  Something in memory interfered with the writing of the image file.  Could have been AV software that did it.  It was so random that the image integrity was good enough to burn but the actual data was corrupted.  I've randomly encountered that a few times.  If I get bad burns from the same image file on 2 different burners, then I try recreating the image to see if that helps.  If it still doesn't, then I isolate the possibility of the discs being bad in the entire cake stack.  Or the incredibly random possibility that both drives failed at the same time.  After I've done, of course, partition image restore tests of Windows to a point where I know burning discs worked first.  Yes, lots of debugging work, sometimes. 

[Apples555]

Another interesting note, I've been getting better burns (scanning at around 95) with the 2011 Matsushita UJ-8A8 drive in my notebook than with the brand new ASUS DRW-24B3ST (scanning at around 90). Discs are scanned on the ASUS because it's the only drive that supports scanning. Perhaps age and form are not the only factors.

[Apples555]

Just an update, burning discs with the slimline 2011 Matsushita UJ-8A8 drive in my MacBook produces excellent burns that never skip and scan very well. The new ASUS DRW-24B3ST produces poorer burns that do skip. I've resolved this thread's problem, at least until the slimline drive fails. It appears new DVD-only optical drives are trash.

Edited October 10, 2017 by Apples555

[dbminter]

It seems ASUS internal models may very well be junk.  My first ASUS was an external BD that passed every single media test I threw at it.  Playback of all media also passed.  So, I had high hopes for my first internal ASUS BD drive.  BIG mistake.  The drive was junk.  Doesn't write to rewritable media correctly.  In fact, it destroys rewritable media once written so that it can't be used anymore!    I tried a 2nd unit of the same model and it did the same thing, so it's the drive, not just the one unit I got that may have been faulty.  It's a design flaw.