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LiteOn / PLDS / Sony Writer Discuss, PMA Update Failure Please Help at CD and DVD Writers forum; I have a Lite-On LTR 40125s CD Burner and it keeps giving me this PMA Update Failure. Here's the part of the log with the error: 5:42:15 PM #25 SCSI -1194 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1442 SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 1, LUN 0, buffer 0x0A010000 Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR) HA-Status

DonGilly (New on Forum): Posts: 2; Posted: 11-09-2004

I have a Lite-On LTR 40125s CD Burner and it keeps giving me this PMA Update Failure. Here's the part of the log with the error:

5:42:15 PM #25 SCSI -1194 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1442
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 1, LUN 0, buffer 0x0A010000
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x73
Sense Qual: 0x04
CDB Data: 0x2A 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x02 0x88 0x00 0x00 0x1B 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x73 0x04

5:42:15 PM #26 CDR -1194 File Writer.cpp, Line 304
PMA update failure

If anybody can help Thanks

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ampikle (CD Freaks Senior Member): Posts: 429; Posted: 11-09-2004

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Program Memory Area Update Failure
A PMA Update error, or Program Memory Area Update Error, occurs when the CD or DVD tries to close off the session but can't write the updated TOC information to the Program Memory Area.

The PMA area is the 'Program Memory Area' on the media. When you begin writing to a disc, in Track-At-Once mode the Lead-In is reserved, but not written too as yet, as the data has yet to be written to the disc. And the Lead-in contains information as to where the data is located on the disc so that it can be retrieved later when you go to read the disc.

Till the Lead-In is written, this information is contained in the PMA on the disc. There is a limited number of times that you can write to the PMA, but normally it's impossible to fill that area up before you have filled up the disc.

The problem occurrs during stress testing. OPC script (>95 times) on a CD-R disk. Stress test reports Program Memory Area Update Failure when attempted to calibrate over 95 times.

When you are unable to write to the PMA area, it's normally caused by poor media, dust on the optical head, recording software problems, old firmware on the recorder, or a recorder in need of alignment. But 90% of the time its media related.

Can also be caused by not enough memory for the burn program to use. Give more buffer for the burn program? Empty Temp files directory? Dont run other programs at the same time as you are burning the disk. Run a lens cleaning CD on the drive just in case.

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DonGilly (New on Forum): Posts: 2; Posted: 11-09-2004

Thanks for replying. I have it working now just needed an update

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