thesdf Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Hello. I am using imgburn 1.1 and I am burning DV-Disks That's Tayio yuden 8x, in a drive BenQ 1240. I am burning large .img files (about 4GB full DVD movie), which I got from the web. I have been recently advised to replace old installation of DVDDecrypter by imgburn, and I have read around the web in reviews that my drive (BenQ 1240) is one of the best around and the disks I am using are also top ranked. However if I don?t set the burn speed to 2x, the burning is not successful at least half of the times. I mean that even if I set it to burn speed 4x, half of the times the burning progress stops at 70-80% I am defragging every night my PC (with O&O soft) and also I am cleaning System Registry and Junk Files with Ace Optimizer Utilities. Also the burning of *.wav, *.mp3 and *.avi files to CD or DVD are always successful, even at max speed, as well as the simple copy procedure (two identical disks on the fly). I thought that you may know what could be wrong and direct me accordingly. I guess that it could be the quality of img file I have downloaded (corrupted) but I am not sure; is there any way that I can verify this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdriver Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) delete Edited December 27, 2005 by kevdriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Show us a log of you actually burning something. It's handy if we can see the error. btw, your drive is probably a 1640 - as 1240 doesn't exist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 (edited) I suppose logs are not saved, I will try to repeat in order to save the log and post it, reverting… Ops edit: my drive is 1640, lol Edited December 27, 2005 by thesdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 27, 2005 Author Share Posted December 27, 2005 Here is my log. Please note that I set the speed at ?MAX?. Also as I explained if I set the speed at ?2x? it won?t fail. I am not experienced in burning but from the facts I am sure the error related to a possible corrupted file because it always occurs after 75% completion of burning procedure. So it is either hardware incompatibility or software bug. Therefore I bought the Benq 1640 two weeks ago, but the problem continues. Finally I don?t have any problem with Imgburn, I will keep using it; I don?t mind so much about low speeds. I 20:32:06 ImgBurn Version 1.1.0.0 started! I 20:32:06 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 20:32:06 Initialising SPTI... I 20:32:06 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:32:06 Found 2 DVD?RWs! I 20:32:30 Operation Started! I 20:32:30 Source File: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MIKE\DESKTOP\MPTDVD-HMC-DVDR.IMG I 20:32:30 Source File Sectors: 2,295,905 (MODE1/2048) I 20:32:30 Source File Size: 4,702,013,440 bytes I 20:32:30 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:32:30 Source File Implementation Identifier: mkisofs I 20:32:30 Destination Device: [0:3:0] BENQ DVD DD DW1640 BSHB (E:) (ATA) I 20:32:30 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG02) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x) I 20:32:30 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 20:32:30 Write Mode: DVD I 20:32:30 Write Type: DAO I 20:32:30 Write Speed: MAX I 20:32:30 Link Size: Auto I 20:32:30 Test Mode: No I 20:32:30 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:32:30 Filling Buffer... I 20:32:31 Writing LeadIn... I 20:33:22 Writing Image... W 20:44:35 Failed to Write Sectors 1725472 - 1725503 - Write Error W 20:44:35 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:44:36 Writing Image... W 20:45:23 Failed to Write Sectors 1770816 - 1770847 - Write Error W 20:45:23 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:45:23 Writing Image... W 20:46:08 Failed to Write Sectors 1810304 - 1810335 - Write Error W 20:46:08 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:46:08 Writing Image... W 20:46:22 Failed to Write Sectors 1820704 - 1820735 - Write Error W 20:46:22 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:46:22 Writing Image... W 20:47:22 Failed to Write Sectors 1850816 - 1850847 - Write Error W 20:47:22 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:47:23 Writing Image... W 20:47:38 Failed to Write Sectors 1855648 - 1855679 - Write Error W 20:47:38 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:47:38 Writing Image... W 20:48:48 Failed to Write Sectors 1876416 - 1876447 - Write Error W 20:48:48 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:48:48 Writing Image... W 20:48:57 Failed to Write Sectors 1878272 - 1878303 - Write Error W 20:48:57 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:48:58 Writing Image... W 20:49:05 Failed to Write Sectors 1878976 - 1879007 - Write Error W 20:49:05 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:49:05 Writing Image... W 20:49:21 Failed to Write Sectors 1885184 - 1885215 - Write Error W 20:49:21 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:49:21 Writing Image... W 20:50:26 Failed to Write Sectors 1887936 - 1887967 - Write Error W 20:50:26 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:50:33 Writing Image... W 20:51:49 Failed to Write Sectors 1888256 - 1888287 - Write Error W 20:51:49 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:51:55 Writing Image... W 20:52:37 Failed to Write Sectors 1888576 - 1888607 - Write Error W 20:52:37 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:52:52 Writing Image... W 20:53:46 Failed to Write Sectors 1888896 - 1888927 - Write Error W 20:53:46 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:53:51 Writing Image... W 20:54:57 Failed to Write Sectors 1889216 - 1889247 - Write Error W 20:54:57 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:55:00 Writing Image... I 20:55:45 Abort Request Acknowledged W 20:55:56 Failed to Write Sectors 1889536 - 1889567 - Write Error W 20:55:56 Retrying (1 of 20)... I 20:55:56 Synchronising Cache... E 20:55:57 Failed to Write Image! E 20:55:58 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:23:27 I 20:55:58 Average Write Rate: 2,791 KB/s (2.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,582 KB/s (4.0x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 The content of the file is irrelevant. The drive just sees it as data, it doesn't know/care what it is. The program itself works fine with the drive, I have a 1640 myself that I perform testing with - that said, I'm running BSOB firmware. So... update your firmware and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Please tell me how to update the firmware. The windows XP are fully updated and last weekend I downloaded/updated my BIOS with the latest beta update. I thought that I don?t update the drives ? only the BIOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (edited) Please tell me how to update the firmware. The windows XP are fully updated and last weekend I downloaded/updated my BIOS with the latest beta update. I thought that I don?t update the drives ? only the BIOS. Firmware is what controls your drive and contains commands that allow programmers like Lightning_UK! to "talk" to the drive. Updating your firmware ensures that the latest commands supported by your drive may be accessed as well as ironing out possible bugs in the drive itself. (The Pioneer 120 is a good example of a shit drive with shit firmware). Updating is pretty easy. 1. Open ImgBurn 2. Right click on your drive and select "Check for firmware updates" from the menu 3. Take note of the firmware version in the requester. In my case it's v1.58 4. Check the results against the available firmware for your drive. Ignore hacked firmware for the time being . As you can see where I've badly circled below, v1.58 is the latest firmware version for this drive. If your firmware is older than what is displayed, save the firmware file and then run it. If it's the same or newer, don't bother. Hope it helps. Edited August 14, 2007 by Shamus_McFartfinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 Presently I am at the office and I only have a CD-RW here. I did a test to update firmware of the CD-RW, as you indicated and I got an error, that the specified string could not be found. Of course I will try it from home PC in the afternoon, where the Benq1640 is and I will revert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 http://www.benq.co.uk/serviceandsupport/do...duct=750&type=B Down the bottom of the page... BSOB firmware. That other firwmare site might not have it listed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 slightly off topic as for your "failed to find search string" message when testing your works cd-rw , use the "downlaod search" link at the top left of the page and enter 8525 as your search string, and you will find the drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froccs Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 (edited) Hi Why not possible set slow speed? I set 1x or 2x and the IMGBURN write 4x why? My Writer LG GSA-4040B A304 Thanks froccs Edited December 28, 2005 by froccs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Look at the 'Supported Write Speeds' bit in the information panel on the right. Your drive/firmware/media combination is the limiting factor. The program will always try to set the drives speed to the one you tell it to. It's up to the drive to use that speed or one that it DOES actually support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Hey Shamus - thats a nifty little guide with pics for updating firmware - is it ok if I link to it in my sig (below) ? If not post here and I will delete the link fella..... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hey Shamus - thats a nifty little guide with pics for updating firmware - is it ok if I link to it in my sig (below) ? LOL! Sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 I downloaded latest update (dated 23/12) from the link above. Unfortunately I got the same error. Please have a look at my log and the error popup window, to see if you can help me. I 20:18:22 ImgBurn Version 1.1.0.0 started!I 20:18:22 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 20:18:22 Initialising SPTI... I 20:18:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:18:22 Found 2 DVD?RWs! I 20:18:27 Operation Started! I 20:18:27 Source File: C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\MIKE\DESKTOP\MPTDVD-HMC-DVDR.IMG I 20:18:27 Source File Sectors: 2,295,905 (MODE1/2048) I 20:18:27 Source File Size: 4,702,013,440 bytes I 20:18:27 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:18:27 Source File Implementation Identifier: mkisofs I 20:18:27 Destination Device: [0:3:0]BENQ DVD DD DW1640 BSNB (E:) (ATA) I 20:18:27 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG02) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x) I 20:18:27 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 20:18:27 Write Mode: DVD I 20:18:27 Write Type: DAO I 20:18:27 Write Speed: MAX I 20:18:27 Link Size: Auto I 20:18:27 Test Mode: No I 20:18:27 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:18:27 Filling Buffer... I 20:18:28 Writing LeadIn... I 20:19:19 Writing Image... W 20:30:28 Failed to Write Sectors 1715072 - 1715103 - Write Error W 20:30:28 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed - Invalid Address For Write W 20:30:28 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 20:30:28 Retry Failed! - Invalid Address For Write E 20:42:49 Failed to Write Sectors 1715072 - 1715103 - Write Error I 20:42:49 Synchronising Cache... E 20:42:50 Failed to Write Image! E 20:42:51 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:24:23 I 20:42:51 Average Write Rate: 2,432 KB/s (1.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,557 KB/s (4.0x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Maybe they're fake TY discs?! I can't imagine the real thing bombing out on you all the time like that. I'll raid my cupboard and see if I've got any with that media id, and then try burning a few of them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 (edited) I have those discs boss - if you want some let me know ! @Shamus - thanks fella ! Edited December 29, 2005 by lfcrule1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesdf Posted December 29, 2005 Author Share Posted December 29, 2005 Maybe they're fake TY discs?! I can't imagine the real thing bombing out on you all the time like that. I'll raid my cupboard and see if I've got any with that media id, and then try burning a few of them myself. To tell you the true, I was ready to ask this. I got these disks about 2 months ago, from the only official Taiyo Yuden reseller in Athens. I used to buy white-color DVDs but last time I got the yellow ones because they were cheaper. I don?t have any on me now, but I will take a pix of the disk when I am at home and I will upload it here. Because I am really curious about this I am going to buy the previous disks soon to test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Damn it! I've been through all my spindles and didn't find any TYG02's I've got some old TYG01's and some Yunden000-T03-00... they're about the closest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 <cough> PM <cough> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornholio7 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 (edited) I 20:18:27 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG02) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x) something is dodgy here , TYG02 discs are -R Edited December 29, 2005 by cornholio7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 hmmm well spotted corn! Seems that firmware doesn't like them 100% I've got a bunch on order from svp so I'll be able to test for myself soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volvofl10 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 but the log shows as I 20:18:22 Found 2 DVD?RWs!so it should burn them anyway , shouldnt it ? dont forget theres branded and UNbranded TY's from svp. the branded have never given me a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Yeah but 2.4x isn't a real/valid speed for DVD-R. It's like the drive doesn't really support those discs. Mind you, my Pioneer 110 lists 3.4x, 6x, 8x as supported speeds for the new 8x Ricoh DVD+RW media! 3.4x ????!! WTF! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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