dl discs not finalising

[kate1234]

can someone please help when i burn a dual layer disc i get a cannot finalise error. someone said i need to update the firmware but when i try to do this in imgburn it cannot find it it says string not found. in device manager it does not say who is the manufactuer of the drive is just TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L632D ATA can someone please help me on how to find a firmware update or how to fix this problem so i can burn discs thanx in advance

[dontasciime]

which firmware do you have in and using which dl media, post the log file of the failed burn

[mmalves]

What's the manufacturer of your laptop? Only a firmware update from that manufacturer can be trusted.

[dontasciime]

Bet it's on of those Hell ones I mean dell actually forget it I said what I meant the first time.

[kate1234]

its a acer aspire 9300 laptop the current firmware is ac00 am using datawrite grey dl and here is log file and thanks for taking time to help me

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

; ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 - Log

; Monday, 21 May 2007, 12:55:40

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

;

;

I 12:03:17 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!

I 12:03:17 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6000)

I 12:03:17 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,168 KB - Available: 1,401,940 KB

I 12:03:17 Initialising SPTI...

I 12:03:17 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 12:03:17 Found 1 DVD

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Only use Verbatim DVD+R DL discs, the rest are useless in comparison.

[mmalves]

There's a newer firmware (TS-L632D_AC01_Acer_OEM.zip) available for your burner in this page, if you'd like to try.

[volvofl10]

What's the manufacturer of your laptop? Only a firmware update from that manufacturer can be trusted.

 

Not strictly true , no laptop manufacturer offers region free firmware , and its the drive manufacturer you can trust , not the laptop manufacturer

[lfcrule1972]

Deffo ditch the Datawrite (CMC MAG) Dual layers tho, nothing like as good as Verbatim DL's

[kate1234]

thanks for all ur help everyone will try verbatim discs. am bit unsure of updating firmware as someone told me it could knacker my drive and it brand new laptop only had it a week but thanks for link mmalves av downloaded it just not done it yet gonna try discs first i think. been trying to booktype my drive but wont av it tried dvd info pro, dvd decryptor, and another one with no look if verbatim discs dont work dont no what to try next ne way thanks everyone

[lfcrule1972]

In my experience the fw update is more scary in thought than in deed ! Once you have done a couple of them you don't give them a thought, there is a guide to fw updates written by Shamus McFartfinger, have a read through of it here:

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtop...entry6175

 

If you have already d/l the fw update above all you need to do is double click it and run it, you need to make sure that your laptop is connected to the mains power and not switched off until the update is complete.

[LOCOENG]

Look on the upside....if you fry the drive a new one will be pretty cheap.

[lfcrule1972]

Aren't laptop drives a bit expensive still Loco ?

[LOCOENG]

Actually forgot this was a lappy....you can get a slimline for about 2X what an internal drive costs I do believe or get an external drive for about the same.

[lfcrule1972]

No worries - I have never owned a laptop but seemed to be under the impression that the drives were still expensive when compared to PC drives

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

under the impression that the drives were still expensive when compared to PC drives

 

Very much so. About 3 times the price here in Oz. Then you get to pull the lappy apart...... and they're absolute bastards to work on.

[LOCOENG]

under the impression that the drives were still expensive when compared to PC drives

 

Very much so. About 3 times the price here in Oz. Then you get to pull the lappy apart...... and they're absolute bastards to work on.

 

I agree completely...really wouldn't want to attempt a replacement myself, and to get it too fit with the mold of the case would be difficult as well. I did check on an NEC slimline for my laptop a few years ago and it was aroung $60 (US) if I remember correctly and eventually talked myself out of the venture. The way to go would be external via USB/firewire I would think.

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Working on laptops sucks. You need 5 hands and a fcuking great shoehorn to get everything back into the case. Getting the things fixed just isn't worth it IMO. I have 4 lappys here all bought secondhand at auction for a steal. The cost of a new internal DVD drive and paying someone to fit it makes it more expensive than it would be to just chuck it out and get another one. I'll never understand why would a person need a state-of-the-art laptop if they're just going to surf the net.

[LOCOENG]

I'll never understand why would a person need a state-of-the-art laptop if they're just going to surf the net.

 

I got mine so I could surf the net outside and also take it to work to burn/watch movies....uh yeah.

 

I can also sit on the couch or just stay in bed if I want and still have just about everything I need at my fingertips PC wise.

[lfcrule1972]

Fair enough I suppose but like Shamus I dreaded the thought of working on one so I modified my home set up to allow me the same kind of advantages you have with your laptop (see below)