Is my BENQ 1650 (Bulk) broken? (It's New)

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers BenQ / Philips Writer
#1

It refuses to burn my 8x ritek dvd+r :frowning:
I have the latest firmware

I have ordered 16x Verbatim DVD-R so i will try those when i recive them.

My plextor 708A doesn’t have any problems with those dvd’s

Here is the error log

19:31:02 Processor info: AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 4000+ (2399MHz)
19:31:02 Memory Available to Windows: 1 048 036 KB
19:31:02 Memory Buffer size: 128 MB
19:31:02 Image file loading: D:\brännas\linuxdvd.iso
19:31:02 DVD Source Info: Session: 1, Track: 1, Length: 4.11 GB / 478:40:48
19:31:03 (E:) BENQ DVD DD DW1650(0:1): Recording Method/Speed
19:31:03 Recording - DVD DAO - 8.0X (11080 KB/Sec)
(E:) BENQ DVD DD DW1650(0:1) - Media format: DVD+R
19:31:51 (E:) BENQ DVD DD DW1650(0:1) - [Write ERROR] LBA: 0, Length: 16
S:KEY - 03/72/01 - “Session Fixation Error Writing Lead-In”
19:31:51 (E:) BENQ DVD DD DW1650(0:1): Recording failed!
19:31:51 Error message: [03/72/01] - Session Fixation Error Writing Lead-In
19:31:51 (E:) BENQ DVD DD DW1650(0:1): Recording failed!
19:31:51 Image file loading aborted!

#2

I don’t know if the Plextor can be confirmed as better that other burners with those Ritek R03 (I suppose they are Ritek R03) but they are highly variable and as a rule to be avoided.

#3

Yepp i checked and it’s ritek R03

#4

Your right, you never know what your gonna get with Ritek (apart from Ritek G05 which will always be crap.)

#5

I’ve been burning printable R03s in my 1655 and getting excellent results. They aren’t worth a crap in my plex 716 but no complaint for the benq. I burned disks from several different places in the stack and they still burned great tho it’s true the next batch may be crap.

#6

The BENQ is broken i tried to format a couple of CD-RW of different brands and it gets interupted :frowning:

I have filed a RMA on the site where i ordered it from

#7

I wouldn’t go by the CDRW’s either, my 1655 had a very hard time with 4 different CD-RW’s that I had. I tried a Memorex 12x 80 minute, a Sony 4x 74 minute, a Sony 10x 74 minute, and finally an SKC 10x 80 minute and they all failed to write or erase. I was however able to use all the above media in my Pioneer 108 with no problems at all.

I’ve read from others that BenQ isn’t very good with certain CD-RW’s so when you get your replacement drive and try again don’t be surprised to see this problem.

#8

Awww man i hope the burner will be able to burn my CD-RW’s after repair or i have pretty much wasted my money on this burner :(.

I have a 8cm CD MP3 player that i use cd-rw’s for, i know that there is MP3 players with built in memory but i haven’t found one with good bass and sound, yes i have tried the ipod.

#9

Ok i burned a 16X verbatim (3.6GB) made in India and i got 95% in quality :slight_smile:

But i’m buying a retail 1655 when i can get hold of one

#10

try flashing another firmware before you RMA. might save a ton of your time…