Samsung S203B I/O Error

[dOOfus]

I made around 5 coasters already trying to burn some of my images. I am using a Samsung S203B.

 

I 17:06:03 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started!

I 17:06:03 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 17:06:03 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,800 KB - Available: 1,118,936 KB

I 17:06:03 Initialising SPTI...

I 17:06:03 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 17:06:03 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD

[dOOfus]

Here is another log after I upgraded to SB04.

 

I 18:59:03 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started!

I 18:59:03 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1)

I 18:59:03 Total Physical Memory: 2,094,800 KB - Available: 1,032,716 KB

I 18:59:03 Initialising SPTI...

I 18:59:03 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 18:59:05 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD

[mmalves]

Try burning at 8x or 12x and see if it works. Are those real Verbatim blanks? Where are they made? It's written on the box/spindle/tub thing

[dOOfus]

Try burning at 8x or 12x and see if it works. Are those real Verbatim blanks? Where are they made? It's written on the box/spindle/tub thing

 

Ok, well 12x worked, but is there any solution for making it burn at 16x? I'm pretty sure they are real Verbatims, I got them from Newegg. I have never had a problem with them before, I've burned lots of them with no problems in the past. Could this have something to do with me enabling AHCI in the bios?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

All we have to go on is the error the drive returns - which is 'Write Error'.

 

Going by that error, we can only really assume the drive is having trouble burning to the media. The exact reason for that is anyone's guess.

[dOOfus]

So, I turned off AHCI and now I can burn at 16x with no problems. Any solution to this?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Leave AHCI off!

 

Obviously your drive/driver doesn't fully support it.