Re: Is my MSI DR8-A2 broken?
It get even worse with DVD-R 8x media:
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=file.img
Executing 'builtin_dd if=file.img of=/dev/dvd obs=32k seek=0':-[ PERFORM
OPC failed with SK=3h/ASC=73h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error
>$ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
INQUIRY: [ATAPI ][DVD RW 8XMax ][150D]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential
Media ID: FUJIFILM03
:-( reported write performance might be bogus
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s@[0 -> 2298464]
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2298464 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2298464 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Speed Descriptor#2: 00/2298464 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
W@2.0x1385=2770KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]:
Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0]
Legacy lead-out at: 0*2KB=0
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0]
Last border-out at: 0*2KB=0
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: 2297888*2KB
Track Size: 2297888*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:37 +0100, Svante Signell wrote:
> 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:
> =========
> 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:
> =========
> 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
>
--
Svante Signell <svante.signell@telia.com>
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