Related DVD+/- R question

[brainsmile]

I have a lite-on dvd 4x burner that I usually fails to burn dvd+r discs unless I burn at 2.4.

Recently I got some Ridata blank dvd's cause they are supposed to be good. Well when I pop them into the drive and start nero, it says the top speed it can burn is 1x. I'm not sure how to deal with this since I'm a newbie to this subject. The dvds are DVD-R 8x. Suggestions are welcome.

[Bires]

Lite-On's are usually good drives. I have a 4X myself; works great. Ridata are also very good DVDs.

My guesses are something is wrong at the software level (Nero or DMA on the drive is not on in the hardware manager) or your drive is defective.

[brainsmile]

so what do you suggest I try?

[Bires]

1. Check your device manager-click on your secondard IDE channel and check it's properties to make sure DMA mode is being used.

2. DL another DVD burning proggie.

If DMA is enabled, and another prog gives you the same problem, you most likely have a dud burner.

[AlpineJay]

Have you tried upgrading your firmware? CDFreaks and Videohelp have information on how to upgrade your firmware which effectively increases the number of compatible media.

Also, if your DVD+/-RW is an old Lite-On 4X, your firmware MIGHT get you up to 8X speeed.. It's called crossburning or something like that.

[brainsmile]

OK I've never done any firmware upgrade for the dvd burner. I'll try to snoop around and see if I can figure it out

[Maarchk]

I think the drive site has the latest upgrade. You just download it and run a patch and it upgrades drivers and everything. That helped me upgrade my read and write speeds for my drive. Umm also i agree with seeing if you can't find another software source just in case that is the problem. Good luck.

[brainsmile]

any suggestions on another software source?

[bachviet]

Flash your drive firmware and see if it helps.

[brainsmile]

Flash your drive firmware and see if it helps.
ok so I got naked now what?

Layman's terms please. :D

[Bires]

Instructions and files here:
http://www.liteonamericas.com/us/download.htm

[mechmike0034]

2. DL another DVD burning proggie.

If DMA is enabled, and another prog gives you the same problem, you most likely have a dud burner.

"Another DVD burning proggie"... Free, too! (http://cdburnerxp.se/)

[brainsmile]

thanks the firmware really helped

[SmokeyDP]

Well I keep having errors when I write some DVD-R's at 4X. The burner is 8X and the media is 4X and I have tried using 2X. I even upgraded the firmwire. This is the clip of the error log in nero. It seems to write to DVD+RW's just fine. If I burn a DVD with 12MB it works, but when I go as high as 4GB it doesn't.

11:47:24 PM #28 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5040
Drive: NU DVDRW DDW-082
Book Type request: DVD-R, write to EEPROM
Changing the Book Type was finished successfully, return code 0

11:47:24 PM #29 Text 0 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1711
Set remaining time: 0:00,000 (0ms) -> OK

11:47:24 PM #30 CDR -1135 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1800
Write error

11:47:24 PM #31 TRANSFER -24 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1800
Could not perform end of Disc-at-once

11:47:24 PM #32 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 2410
EndDAO: Last written address was -1

11:47:24 PM #33 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 5040
Drive: NU DVDRW DDW-082
Book Type request: DVD-R, write to EEPROM
Changing the Book Type was finished successfully, return code 0

11:47:24 PM #34 Text 0 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1711
Set remaining time: 0:00,000 (0ms) -> OK

11:47:24 PM #35 Text 0 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1711
Set remaining time: 0:00,000 (0ms) -> OK

[AlpineJay]

BS just to ask, which Lite-On do you have? If you have the 812S you can crossflash your drive to 8X which makes it basically the 832S (they are of identical components, with different firmware from what I read). I crossflashed an OEM Sony which was apparently a rebadged 832S to the 832S firmware. Along my search as to how to do that I ran across the crossflashability of the 812S. I can host the crossflasher and the firmware for a bit if you have the 812S and dare try the upgrade.

Since crossflashing, my Sony burns at 8X with 4X Taiyo Yuden media I scored at Bestbuy a week or so ago with no problems. I recommend giving it a shot as this firmware upgrade is fully reversible.

[brainsmile]

sorry for bringing up an old thread but how do I find out what drive I have and will cross flashing make my burner faster?

and how do you reverse it? I recall buying this drive at one of the Black Friday sales about 3 years ago

[zero2dash]

sorry for bringing up an old thread but how do I find out what drive I have and will cross flashing make my burner faster?

and how do you reverse it? I recall buying this drive at one of the Black Friday sales about 3 years ago

It should list what drive/model etc you have under Device Manager.

As for reversing a firmware update...well...technically you "can't" but there are programs out there that (in most cases) can reflash firmware with an older version; hardware companies will tell you that once you flash to newer firmware you cannot "uninstall" it or go back to a previous version, but that's not true...it is possible.

I can't tell you what to do, but screwing around with firmware on a working drive has screwed me in the past, so I don't do it. It really isn't known whether updating say a 4x drive with an 8x drives firmware (essentially soft modding the burner to burn at a higher speed) will actually physically harm the drive/ruin it or not, but - I don't trust it myself.

[brainsmile]

BS just to ask, which Lite-On do you have? If you have the 812S you can crossflash your drive to 8X which makes it basically the 832S (they are of identical components, with different firmware from what I read). I crossflashed an OEM Sony which was apparently a rebadged 832S to the 832S firmware. Along my search as to how to do that I ran across the crossflashability of the 812S. I can host the crossflasher and the firmware for a bit if you have the 812S and dare try the upgrade.

Since crossflashing, my Sony burns at 8X with 4X Taiyo Yuden media I scored at Bestbuy a week or so ago with no problems. I recommend giving it a shot as this firmware upgrade is fully reversible.
I'm back... I need to really do this sometime

[Markel]

As others have mentioned, check the IDE setting on the burner. If it is set to PIO, try to change it back to DMA. Reboot. If it stays at DMA, you should be ok. If it keeps reverting to PIO, XP thinks there have been too many errors on the drive. To try to remedy this, see the information here: http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm