Okay, since two-three months ago I haven't been able to burn anything (to DVD). I have a SONY DVD RW DW Q28A (2 years old). Every time I try to burn a DVD it gives me, randomly, one of the following errors: "invalid block address", "power calibration error", "drive not ready", "session fixation error". There's 1-2 minutes of writing lead-in and then the error, and then the CD is ejected. What else? I've tried everything that has been suggested in other threads addressing similar errors: slower speeds, different burners, different types of DVDs from different manufacturers etc, different burning programs (multiple versions of Nero, burn4free, img burn), I've checked that I have the latest firmware, I've checked that I have DMA enabled, I've tried burning from different harddrives, tried different files, with multisession, without multisession, cleaning the lens, I checked the cables etc etc etc etc etc. Nothing worked. The same errors and even more randomly, once every 20-25 it does burn a DVD or two. That's even more frustrating, as I've wrecked dozens of DVDs so far. What is even more annoying is that burning CDs works just fine, so the drive is obviously not obsolete. Oh, one more thing, if it counts: the drive is set to slave. Here is the log of my most recent burn try. I think this time it was the "invalid block address" error. ~~ Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: - NT-SPTI used Nero Version: 8.2.8.0 Internal Version: 8, 2, 8, 0 Recorder: <SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A> Version: KYS4 - HA 1 TA 0 - 8.2.8.0 Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1 Drive buffer : 2048kB Bus Type : default CD-ROM: <SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A >Version: KYS4 - HA 1 TA 0 - 8.2.8.0 Adapter driver: <IDE> HA 1 === Scsi-Device-Map === CdRomPeripheral : SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A atapi Port 0 ID 1 DMA: On DiskPeripheral : ST380817AS atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On DiskPeripheral : WDC WD2000JS-00MVB1 atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On === CDRom-Device-Map === SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A D: CdRom0 ======================= AutoRun : 1 Excluded drive IDs: WriteBufferSize: 83886080 (0) Byte BUFE : 0 Physical memory : 1023MB (1048044kB) Free physical memory: 504MB (516236kB) Memory in use : 50 % Uncached PFiles: 0x0 Use Inquiry : 1 Global Bus Type: default (0) Check supported media : Disabled (0) 28.1.2008 ISO compilation 13:18:19 #1 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 450 LockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL 13:18:20 #2 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6655 Iso document burn settings ------------------------------------------ Determine maximum speed : FALSE Simulate : FALSE Write : TRUE Finalize CD : FALSE Multisession : TRUE Multisession type: : Start multisession Burning mode : DAO Mode : 1 ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char) Character set : ISO 9660 Joliet : TRUE Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : FALSE Allow more than 255 characters in path : FALSE Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE 13:18:20 #3 ISO9660GEN -11 File Geniso.cpp, Line 3349 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 13:18:20 #4 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3502 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 13:18:20 #5 Text 0 File FilesystemSettingsValidator.cpp, Line 142 FS Settings: using validator 'CUDFSettingsValidatorDVD' ParamMode = 'automatic', changing UDF partition type from 'physical' to 'physical' Changing UDF revision from '1.02' to '1.02' 13:18:20 #6 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 307 Last possible write address on media: 2297887 (510:38.37, 4488MB) Last address to be written: 2146607 (477:01.32, 4192MB) 13:18:20 #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 319 Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD) 13:18:20 #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2957 Recorder: SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A, Media type: DVD-R Disc Manufacturer ID: <SONY16> <D1> Disc Application Code: 64, Disc Physical Code: 193 13:18:20 #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 493 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 13:18:20 #10 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 762 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 () 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2146608 (2146608) = #2146608/477:1.33 relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2146608 blocks [D: SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A] -------------------------------------------------------------- 13:18:21 #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 964 Prepare [D: SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc not fixated Tracks 1 to 1: Idx 0 Idx 1 Next Trk 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4396253184, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== ___Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_____Size_|______NWA_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 2146608 | 0 | 0x00 2146608 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 13:18:21 #12 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 240 SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME 13:18:21 #13 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4288 Caching options: cache CDRom or Network-Yes, small files-No (<64KB) 13:18:21 #14 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Caching of files started 13:18:21 #15 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4407 Cache writing successful. 13:18:21 #16 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Caching of files completed 13:18:21 #17 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Burn process started at 8x (11,080 KB/s) 13:18:21 #18 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2681 Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 13:18:21 #19 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3273 Recording mode: Sequential Recording Mode for Multisession 13:18:21 #20 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3427 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 13:18:21 #21 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 10140 ---- Disc Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD-R (2), Part Version: 2.0x (5), Extended Part Version: 2.1 (33) Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Transfer Rate: <not specified> (F h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) Outer Limit of Data Recordable Area: 26127F h Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist Revision number of maximum recording speed: 6.0 Revision number of minimum recording speed: - Revision number table of recording speed: 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 - - Class: 0, Extended part version: 33 Start PSN of the Extra Border Zone: 0 h Start PSN of Physical format information blocks in Extra Border Zone: 0 h Media Specific [16..783]: 00 60 00 10 20 30 40 50 - 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 00 .`...0@P...!.... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 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00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 1D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 - 02 84 0E 10 87 88 80 00 .@....R......... 03 53 4F 4E 59 31 36 00 - 04 44 31 00 00 00 00 00 .SONY16..D1..... 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 - 06 09 0B 12 A8 88 90 00 ................ 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 - 08 06 13 0A 0E 08 04 00 ................ 09 96 06 0C 0B 70 88 00 - 0A 80 00 00 00 00 10 00 .....p.......... 0B 08 18 17 B8 88 85 00 - 0C B6 79 0B B0 33 03 00 ..........y..3.. 0D 30 00 D0 00 00 00 00 - 0E 0A 20 3B 37 29 1E 00 .0.........;7).. 0F 50 1D 2B 15 AA B5 00 - 10 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 .P.+............ 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 12 0A 2D 39 35 2B 1D 00 ..........-95+.. 13 50 1F 2D 19 98 B5 00 - 14 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 .P.-............ 15 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 16 09 3A 45 40 2E 27 00 ..........:E@.'. 17 80 21 2E 1F 78 B5 00 - 18 88 8C 00 0C 00 0C 00 ..!..x.......... 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 1A 09 4F 47 46 38 26 00 ..........OGF8&. 1B 70 21 2D 1B 67 C5 00 - 1C 88 84 00 04 00 04 00 .p!-.g.......... 1D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 13:18:21 #22 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3565 Reserved Track size: 2146608 (20C130h, 4192MB) -> return code 0 13:18:21 #23 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 269 Pipe memory size 83836800 13:20:41 #24 SPTI -1114 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 197 CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1114) CDB Data: 0x5C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x06 (KEY_UNIT_ATTENTION) Sense Code: 0x29 Sense Qual: 0x00 Sense Area: 0x70 00 06 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 29 Buffer x072324c0: Len xc 13:20:41 #25 SPTI -1064 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 197 CdRom0: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1064) CDB Data: 0x2A 00 00 00 00 20 00 00 20 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x21 Sense Qual: 0x00 Sense Area: 0x70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 21 Buffer x09750080: Len x10000 0x22 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 00 08 00 00 00 00 0x08 00 6C 01 1B 0D 2A 15 08 02 00 00 01 00 00 01 0x01 00 22 00 1E 00 00 00 00 00 00 1E 00 08 00 00 13:20:41 #26 CDR -1064 File Writer.cpp, Line 306 Invalid block address D: SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A 13:20:41 #27 Phase 133 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Writing short lead-out 13:20:41 #28 Text 0 File DVDR.cpp, Line 3833 EndDAO: Last written address was 31 (1Fh)Close Session/Border, function 2, track: 2, finalize disc: NO, ret: 0 13:20:41 #29 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1767 Burn process failed at 8x (11,080 KB/s) 13:20:41 #30 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 287 SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME 13:20:44 #31 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 11391 DriveLocker: UnLockVolume completed 13:20:44 #32 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 450 UnLockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL Existing drivers: Registry Keys: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option) ~~ I'm absolutely sick of this. What can I do? Thanks in advance!
Ok a few things: 1. If that Sony Drive is your only optical drive then why set it to Slave? It should a be a Master, as you have no other drive mounted.. 2. Do you always use Sony media or have you tried any others? 3. I noticed your trying to burn Multsession DVD's? Any particular reason? If not turn that off, could cause compatibility issues. 4. Nero Errors -1114 and -1064 don't seem to be common at all. This could suggest it's hardware problem with your drive. It is getting a tad old, and since your Q28A is a rebadged Lite-On you could try flashing your drive's firmware to make it a DRU-800A (KY05) or a SOHW-1693S (KS0A). 5. Finally think back, did you make any significant hardware/software changes 2-3 months ago? Anything that could affect your DVD drive? Hope this helps..
Thanks; anyhow, these are the same answers as always. 1. I don't know, it never worked on Master. 2. As stated, I have also tried multiple other types of media. 3. As stated, I've tried both multisession on and off, same thing. 4. This might be a solution, flashing. How do I do this? I have KYS4 right now. How will it help? 5. No, no changes.
"Power on, reset or bus device reset occurred" Check the power supply to the burner. It is possible the recorder lost power during the burn. If you have faulty power supply, you can get that error. Unplug the burner and plug it to a diferent supply. If it shares whith another device, set it by itself. Or, migh be time to spend $25-$30 and get a new burner...
Thank you for this suggestion, I tried it just now, to no effect. Same errors. Back to the old question then - how do I flash the drive's firmware to make it a DRU-800A (KY05) or a SOHW-1693S (KS0A)?
