Storage Solutions Disks bad or writer going bad?

[6pack]

I'm getting consistently bad write quality on some verbs i wrote. threw four of them away. one failed verify, three of them had pif errors jumping to around 5- 20 in starting, middle or end of disc.

thinking it might be bad disk i wrote at 6x and getting pif error at 4 from starting and also around ending of disc. is my writer writing bad discs or are the media bad? the verbs are from middle of a new box i got a few months back.

Also how to check which one is at fault?

 

[gourav]

there is one more factor which people generally don't consider. It is the writing software. Which software are you using?

 

[thetoxicmind]

I'm getting consistently bad write quality on some verbs i wrote. threw four of them away. one failed verify, three of them had pif errors jumping to around 5- 20 in starting, middle or end of disc.

thinking it might be bad disk i wrote at 6x and getting pif error at 4 from starting and also around ending of disc. is my writer writing bad discs or are the media bad? the verbs are from middle of a new box i got a few months back.

Also how to check which one is at fault?

What make and how old is it?

1. To check for bad media : Try writing on a different brand of disk.

2. Possible software corruption : Try different writing/burning software.

3. Update the firmware.

4. Use a lens cleaner and see if it makes a difference.

If all fails, your writer is the culprit and needs attention.

 

[roadrippersid]

probably its the burning software. which one do u use.. don use nero bloatwares. lead out is creating problem at the last of disk burning which media u use..

 

[6pack]

seems like it was a few bad disks. the writer is sony dwg-120a (MYS4). i dont think any updated drivers or firmware is available for it now. more than 4 yrs old.

software used was imgburn (latest).

philips lens cleaner was used recently.

new disks were written satisfactorily.

problem occurs when i try writing at 12x & 16x. at 8x i get good writes. 12x and 16x end up with big pi & po failures in margin of 4-5k and hits 5-6 in the graph.