Why does my Lite-On DVD burners fail on 8x DL discs?

Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

I have tried Memorex and Verbatum 8x DL media,it fails evey time even if I drop the recording speed to 2.4x on two different burners in two different computers
The firmware is the latest

redwudz · Mod Neophyte Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: AZ, USA

What program are you using to burn with? ImgBurn is the recommended program most times, especially for DL discs.
And can you post a burn log from your burning program? That may tell you why the burn failed.

Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

nero burning rom 8
I drag and drop my video and data files to it and it turns out a coaster
I am not burning images

jman98 · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Freedonia

Throw the Memorex discs in the trash. If you ever get a reliable disc out of them, you are lucky. Now, use a Verbatim disc and use ImgBurn to burn it. Despite the name, you don't have to make images to use it. It has a newbie friendly GUI interface that you should have no trouble figuring out how to use.

Nero was notorious in the past for being incredibly unreliable for DL burning. This is why we keep harping on people to use ImgBurn. Using ANYTHING else just leads to bad burns.

Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

it doesn't work with imgburn either
reason power callibration error

Noahtuck · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 10:55

I just recently had the same problem and im not sure why.

I had an Optiarc burner in one pc, burned about 38 verbatim DL+R's with zero issues over the last month or so.

Moved the burner to a diff. pc and halfway through the burn at the layerbreak it kicked up a power calibration failure and failed, burned two coasters

And both PC's have the same setup, same mobo, same ramm, just one has a 2.0ghz cpu and the other has a 1.8ghz cpu, other then that they are identical

Put the burner back in the first pc and no problems.
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redwudz · Mod Neophyte Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: AZ, USA

Power calibration is where the burner adjusts the laser power to the particular media you are using. It's done before every burn. it's usually a problem internal to the burner and not the burning software.

A failure could be caused by a failing burner laser, or it could also be caused by dirt on the laser lens, or a failing power supply, or a brand of media the burner doesn't have a burning solution for. If you were using Verbatim, the latter isn't too likely.

I would try unplugging other drives, etc., to lighten the load on the PS and see if that makes any difference. Cleaning the laser lens is also worth a try. Also check your PS wiring to the burner, maybe hook the burner to a different PS rail if you have more than one available.

If that or a new PS doesn't make any difference, then maybe the burner itself is failing.

Noahtuck · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 11:32

Yep, i would agree except in my case

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jman98 · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Freedonia

Noahtuck - try burning at lower speed. 4x or even better 2.4x and see if that fixes your problem.

Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

I tried burning at 2.4x
it is an external burner but it has the same problem as the burner in my other computer which is internal and has a lot of juice from the power supply

redwudz · Mod Neophyte Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Location: AZ, USA

One other possibility with a PATA burner is the wrong IDE cable. They need the 80 conductor cable, though it's easy enough to spot the older 40 conductor. Also with PATA drives, setting the jumpers wrong could cause that problem.

But checking the Nero or ImgBurn log would probably be the best bet to narrow it down if it gives any more info than just a 'Power calibration error'. The error is almost always a hardware one internal to the burner.

Also, I would try updating the burner's firmware if you have had it a while. It's possible it doesn't have the correct burning solution for the media. I have a couple of Optiarc's in my computers and I burn Verbatim DL + discs on both with no problems, though I usually use the 2.4X ones.

Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

In my other computer it is set up with an 80 conductor cable, it is comfigured as master without any other drives connected.
The drives have the latest firmware.

johns0 · Puppet Master Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Location: canada

Sometimes buying a new burner is the easiest fix,only $25.
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Onceler2 · Member Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Location: United States

these should be working,I find it hard to believe that two different 8x dl burners can't burn to 8x media but work fine on 2.4x media

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turk690 · Member Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

It can be BOTH the burner and media. In the place where I am, I'd be lucky to get ANY DVD+R DL at all. For a long time, all there was only Memorex, which I used with a LiteOn 20A1S. Although recording speed was unpredictable (burning 10 copies of the same image from a same location sometimes the peak speed would be 4x, sometimes 6x, rarely 8x), there were no coasters. Then I bought a new batch of the hated Memorex, and out of 10, 6 were coasters (two power calibration errors, four OK burns but couldn't be played on a Panasonic S52 DVD player later).
I went out on a limb and got Verbatims; still, out of 10, 3 were coasters (burn OK but unplayable). I decided to replace the drive, still with another LiteOn iHAS322 and the Verbatims (and Princo ?!?!?) all burned OK, no coasters, all played perfectly on the S52.
With the cost of the drives down to the $20, I think it's best to look at the scene wholesale and just junk it if it acts odd. From my experience, this is when the drive is over about 18 months old and constant burning is done. With the days of reliable media numbered, the drives are following in their wake. Unless it's a Plextor. But that's another topic.
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Noahtuck · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 18:10

lordsmurf · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 20:11

Yeah, well, join the club. Mine died too, last night. For a temp solution, I swiped the one from my secondary system. Already ordered a new one from Newegg.com. While I was inside, I tinkered with my fans, and the system is very quite now -- it used to be more wind-tunnel-like.
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budz · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 22:22

I've always used my Liteon burners for strictly ripping....burning dvd media I've always used my Benq's, Pioneer's and Samsung drives.
Pioneer drives burn Verbatim DL media very well.
Just my 2 cents!

Noahtuck · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 22:44

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Noahtuck · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 23:17

lordsmurf · Posted: Jul 04, 2009 23:45

I have a motherboard that I gave up on last week, too.

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