entheta Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 After I downloaded ImgBurn I started burning some Lumatron DVD+RW. I then bought Fujifilm DVD+R and successfully burned four or five of them, but today I've been getting errrors on at least four discs and projects. Here's a log for my last two projects: I 23:37:36 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 23:37:36 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1) I 23:37:36 Total Physical Memory: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Hi and welcome to the forum, entheta! (Disc ID: RITEK-F16-01) (Speeds: 4x; 8x) Those discs can be of various quality. Have you tried to burn at 4x speed? I also tried to find a later firmware for that writer, but I couldn't find any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 (edited) Write speed is on "Auto". I can try to set it to 4x. For some reason it won't let me use test mode, because it says that doesn't support DVD+R. Edited January 17, 2009 by entheta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 The 'Auto' is if you have set up the write speed combinations (writer/discs) in the function you can find here: Main Menu -> Tools -> Automatic Write Speed If it has not been set up - it will go for max speed and in your case - 8x. Test mode only works on -R media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) I set the speed at 4x and it worked a couple of times but now it failed again. Seems to be completely random. May be just coincidence that it worked after I changed the settings. Here's the latest log. Like several times before it failed at 99%. I 19:21:02 Operation Started! I 19:21:02 Building Image Tree... I 19:21:40 Checking Directory Depth... I 19:21:40 Calculating Totals... I 19:21:40 Preparing Image... I 19:21:40 Checking Path Length... I 19:21:40 Contents: 5 Files, 0 Folders I 19:21:40 Size: 4 Edited January 20, 2009 by entheta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Try with Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden blanks. You might also want to try a lens cleaning disc on that drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Try with Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden blanks. You might also want to try a lens cleaning disc on that drive. I guess I'll have to try those Verbatim discs. never heard of the others... i've only had the computer for a few months, would it need a cleansing disc already? Meybe I should consider buying a DVD player with USB or even some media player. might be cheaper in the long run than buying discs that fail to burn the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 The lens on laptop burner are quite exposed so yes, they do get dirty pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I bought Verbatim DVD-R and the first try failed, but now I got another error, "Cannot Write Medium - Incompatible Format" I 13:18:43 Operation Started! I 13:18:43 Building Image Tree... I 13:18:48 Checking Directory Depth... I 13:18:48 Calculating Totals... I 13:18:48 Preparing Image... I 13:18:49 Checking Path Length... I 13:18:49 Contents: 5 Files, 0 Folders I 13:18:49 Size: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Your burner does not correctly "see" the media. Try updating your firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Your burner does not correctly "see" the media. Try updating your firmware. how do i do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I called the support from where I bought the computer and they asked if I had previously installed any other DVD burning software. So I told them I had installed Nero then uninstalled it and he said that could be the problem and said I should reinstall the system to get rid of it. That means I would have to do lots of backups and then reinstall half of all the programs on the computer. Is all that hassle really necessary? Isn't there any simpler way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Yes, ignore what the shop said. Nero have a clean tool if you really want to get rid of everything. Your laptop seems to be an Asus one, you should check with them to see if there are any firmware updates for your drive. You'll need to provide them with your laptop model and also the drive mode (+ current firmware version) For the drive stuff, just tell them this 'HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T40L KR03' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 correction: I meant I called ASUS support and they told me the thing about reinstalling the C: drive.... Anyway, I'll call them again and ask about firmware upgrade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entheta Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 and they didn't have any, of course, so this guy also said I should do a recovery on C: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 That's a shame. I hope it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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