Optiarc 7290 and DVD+R MMC 004

mac_es 2013-03-04 04:37:17 UTC #1

Hello,

I have issues burning these DVD+R discs. Near the end of the discs I got read errors.

The specs:
imgburn 2.5.7.0
burning it @6x.
DVD+R MCC-004-00
Optiarc 7290H - 10D3

I see that there is no media descriptor for these discs:


DVD+R    supported media types:   28
------------------------------------------
         @  -072 16x,6x,1x
CMC MAG  R01-000 
EK        -008 
EN000T02  -025 
EN000T03    -006 
IS02.... 001-000 1x
LIPS        -065 
MBIPG101 R05-000 
MCC      001-000 
MPOMEDIA 080-000 1x
OHJPNR00  -004 
OHJPNR01  -005 
PNR00     -073 16x,2.4x,1x
PNR00    -073 16x,2.4x,1x
PNR01    -085 16x,4x
PRODISC  R01-000 
PRODISC  R03-000 1x
PRODISC  R05-001 1x
R8       AXO-078 
RICOHJPN R00-000 
RICOHJPN R01-002 1x
RICOHJPN R02-003 1x
RICOHJPN R03-004 1x
RITEK    P16-000 1x
RITEK    R03-001 1x
RITEK    R05-000 1x
YUDEN000 T01-000 1x
YUDEN000 T03-000 1x

There is no error in imgburn log.

As I have seen in other optiarc drives reports there are PI errors near the end of the disc.

I can't generate a PI report because the only drive I have is the burner itself.

If I try another firmware, although it hasn't the media id in it is media table, I could see any benefit?

Can I use media code speed to patch the firm? If so, what I sould do?

Thank you very much

Albert 2013-03-04 05:22:55 UTC #2

MCSE isn’t built to show the media table for that drive’s firmware [you can tell by how it fails to display many, if any, of the entries correctly]. MCC 004 is a well supported disc model.

Try to drop the write speed, if possible; 6x may oddly be too much for this drive. Maybe check to see if there are any physical defects near the edge of the discs, too.

Oh, and some PI Errors/PI Failures (PIE/PIF) are normal for every DVD, so what you see in other scans are probably usable discs.

Another (external) drive may be required if it is not the fault of the media.

mac_es 2013-03-05 00:03:20 UTC #3

Thank you very much for your reponse

Albert 2013-03-05 15:04:24 UTC #4

Oh, another note: this drive can likely scan media. There is nothing wrong with trying such a thing; the burning drive can be the scanning drive.

mac_es 2013-03-06 07:21:33 UTC #5

Hi,

This is the graph I got when scanning:

Uff time to check a new firm, or change media. Though Verbatim MCC 004 is supposed to be a good one, no?

cheers

mac_es 2013-03-22 04:35:07 UTC #6

Ok, the firmware was the culprit!

The 10D3 was able to do a good write @4X but 1H44 was able to do a good write @16X!

Using the info provided by liggy http://club.myce.com/f86/7290h-liggys-strategy-version-overview-331926/ I flashed to 1H44 and tried burning an MMC-004 disc of the same batch @16X and I got a good quality write.