Is my MSI DR8-A2 broken?
Hi,
I recently purchased a MSI DR8-A2 DVD+-R/RW writer. It writes CD-Rs and
DVD+RW disks properly but not DVD+R! I have not yet tried DVD-R/RW. With
4x DVD+R media the disks are written up to around 30% at 3.9-4.0x speed.
Then suddenly writing speed goes down to 1.0-3.0x. Similar with 8x
media. The resulting disks are all corrupt :-( Some writings give
correct menus, but the main file is always corrupt. The writer does not
even fully write the disks, the inner part seems to be untouched!
I have tried many different software to create a DVD-compatible image,
and use growisofs (with many different switches) for writing the DVD+R,
same bad result. I did upgrade the DVD writer firmware from 140D to 150D
using a Windows boot floppy without any improvement. (Upgrading to the
latest version 160D will require moving the DVD writer to a computer
with Windows installed, since that upgrade cannot be run in DOS mode. I
have even tried Wine, but it fails. BTW: Would it work for the DOS
floppy upgrade: DVFLASH 150D_SCR.BIN?)
Below are outputs from the 4x and 8x disks using dvd+rw-mediainfo
Please Cc: me, since I'm not subscribed to this list.
4x disks:
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dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
INQUIRY: [ATAPI ][DVD RW 8XMax ][150D]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R
:-( reported write performance might be bogus
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 1.0x1385=1385KB/s@[0 -> 2295103]
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Speed Descriptor#2: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1]
Media ID: RICOHJPN/R01
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
8x disks:
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dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
INQUIRY: [ATAPI ][DVD RW 8XMax ][150D]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R
:-( reported write performance might be bogus
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 1.0x1385=1385KB/s@[0 -> 2295103]
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Speed Descriptor#2: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1]
Media ID: RITEK/R03
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
Below is the output of the 2.4x DVD+RW media that works:
dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
INQUIRY: [ATAPI ][DVD RW 8XMax ][150D]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Ah, DVD+RW
:-( reported write performance might be bogus
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s@[0 -> 2295103]
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: 92h, DVD+RW book [revision 2]
Media ID: RICOHJPN/W01
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
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Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>
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