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J8son
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 18:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If any of you have Nero your probably familiar with it's ScanDisc feature it has in its tool box. This allows you to scan the integrity of your media with a File Test and a Surface Scan.

I was testing a stack off all DVD-Rs I had burned a few months back when I got a strange result on the very last one.

The first scan (done in my bottom Mad Dog DL DVD+-RW burner) came back with the following results:

Errors: 2
Readable Sectors: 99.3%
Unreadable Sectors: .70%

I then place the same DVD-R in the top burner (also an identical model Mad Dog DL DVD+-RW burner) and got a clean reading:

Errors: 0
Readable Sectors: 100%
Unreadable Sectors: 0%

This puzzled me so I took the disc out, cleaned it and put it back in the drive I did the scan in originally (the bottom Mad Dog burner) and, again got the original error reading:

Errors: 2
Readable Sectors: 99.3%
Unreadable Sectors: .70%

Any reason why two identical model burners setup exactly the same would get two different readings for the same disc? Could it be a faulty drive?
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borhan9
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 21:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Who is the actual manifacturer of the disc.

try this.

DVD Identifier
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_..._identifier.cfm

Good Luck.
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J8son
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 21:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I always buy the Verbatim printable ink jet DVD-R.

I should mention that all the other Verbatim discs I tested were perfect (as they usually are). I also realized that it would be no real problem just to burn another copy of the disc.

However, it still doesn't' make sense to me that two identical drives get different results. Therefore, I'd like to make sure there is no hardware issue with either of my drives.
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borhan9
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 21:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It could be that your firmware needs updating.
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J8son
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 22:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hmmm, interesting. I'm assuming I can update the firmware of both drives at the manufactures sites, just like I would update a driver?
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borhan9
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_ 		11. September 2006 @ 22:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ya u could try those sites and these two.

The Firmware page
http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php

or

Dangerous Brothers
http://tdb.rpc1.org/

I hope that helps...
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J8son
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_ 		14. September 2006 @ 19:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Looks like firmware is not the issue. I pulled up the info of both drives in Nero and it lists them both as having the same firmware.

Any other ideas? Could it just be a fluke and not necessarily a problem with one drive or the other?
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borhan9
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_ 		14. September 2006 @ 22:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well I have no other ideas it could just be faulty drive.
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