sheri Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 i need help real bad i just got this new burner and i keep getting format medium unsupported medium write speed i dont know what is going on i have been working on this for days and if i burner is no good i have to take it back please help i even put the speed down instead of max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hi and welcome to the forum, sheri! Can you post a log of that attempt? It will also show us what model of burner you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Hi and welcome to the forum, sheri! Can you post a log of that attempt? It will also show us what model of burner you have. I 17:05:21 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started! I 17:05:21 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6000) I 17:05:21 Total Physical Memory: 1,037,824 KB - Available: 414,592 KB I 17:05:22 Initialising SPTI... I 17:05:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 17:05:22 Found 1 DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 New burner? It was released in 2004 and I can't seem to find any later firmware version than you already have installed. Your only chance seems to find media that this burner supports or replace it will a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 wow so that means this was used burner thats great i just got rip off well anyways so how will i find a different media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 so that is whats going on with the write speed thats what it means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I 17:10:09 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) See if changing to decent media will do the trick - eg Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden. What you are using now is pure crap. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I 17:10:09 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) See if changing to decent media will do the trick - eg Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden. What you are using now is pure crap. Regards i'am sorry i just seen what you put i'am sorry i have no clue about all this what should i change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Your issue right now is this: I 17:10:09 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) It should say something like this: I 18:28:35 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) In your log the part about the speeds is missing, meaning that your burner with current firmware version installed do not like/support that disc id. Instead it tries to use a generic write approach that doesn't work as you are getting burning errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 lol now i understand i need to get better dvd's right i just paid 156.00 for that dvd burner and was told it was new and now here to find out it is pure crap what should i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hope it was not 156.00 €... Try with some Verbatims at 4x or 8x write speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Your issue right now is this: I 17:10:09 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) It should say something like this: I 18:28:35 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) In your log the part about the speeds is missing, meaning that your burner with current firmware version installed do not like/support that disc id. Instead it tries to use a generic write approach that doesn't work as you are getting burning errors. so i need better dvd's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Hope it was not 156.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 You should be able to find them in any decent computer shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Crikey sheri. Where are you that you would pay $156 anything for a DVD drive?????!!!!! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheri Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Crikey sheri. Where are you that you would pay $156 anything for a DVD drive?????!!!!! Regards yea i did in ohio the best i could find was online for 120 plus s&h so i got it now lol i know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinningwheel Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Sheri; Best Buy, Staples are both good for their pricing if you need to go to a brick and mortar storefront however I prefer to beat their prices by going here: www.Meritline.com www.newegg.com www.tigerdirect.com Same for media, I get all of mine through Meritline and haven't had a problem with quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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