V8 Supercars 2 Pal - Backup Probs

[katlad]

I am trying to back this game up but with no luck, does anyone know if it needs patching ? , I have tried Record Now Max which is the same program I have used fpr other games. I also tried Dvd Decrypter...

[lufcfan]

What chip are you using?

[Warlock]

What exactly is happening :confused: Are you getting read errors?? What modchip are you using?? Media?? We need a little more info.

[katlad]

Sorry..the chip is a Dms3 & I am using Princo blanks.I just get a blank screen the game wont load..it also happened with Athens 2004.

Thanx
Katlad

[Warlock]

Try better media, Princo's suck.

[celticp]

i have no experiance with princo, but have you tried Ritek G04? it was the only media that worked for me.

[lufcfan]

Just make sure you get the dark purple G04 dye. If you have trouble guessing which dye is which, if it is 4x with Ritek dye, it'll be G04 :)

[katlad]

Thanx for the replies

I had about 5 Ritek discs that I forgot I had in the cupboard & now V8 Supercars works.. I also just bought last weekend a spindle of MAXDATA
DVD-R 8X which have dark purple dye, So I tried Athens 2004 on 1 of them & it also works now..

Thanks again..I should have thougth of that myself but I had wasted a few Princo's trying so I thought I should ask.


Katlad

[lufcfan]

Hmm - can you run one of those 8x dark purple discs through DVDInfoPRO and get the dye type off it please? ;)

[DutchDemon]

strange... im using princo's for my v7 infinity, and it's working fine... maybe my laser ownz :P

[katlad]

Ok, well I downloaded DVDInfoPRO Coz I had never heard of it..I"m not sure where to look. So here is the screenshot.

Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID GSC003
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed Unknown
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 09
2x Speed OPC power 0D
2x Write Strategy field 1 13 87 78 80
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 05
4x Speed OPC power 15
4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 10 0B 0A
4x Write Strategy field 2 98 08 0F 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 07
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 19
4x Write Strategy field 4 15 A7 88 75
4x Write Strategy field 5 99 BC AA A2 20 22
4x Write Strategy field 6 00 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 85 0D 10 .l...@....R.....
00000010 88 9A 80 00 03 47 53 43 30 30 33 00 04 00 00 00 .....GSC003.....
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0D 13 ................

[ottoman]

Ah man....It doesn't matter if princo is workin fine......What matters is that while yr laser is strugglin to read princos fine it is killin itself with over exertion.

Do not mistake the fact that it reads them now for the fact that it will always read them!!!!!

Be sure that using princo will kill ur laser slowly because u r drivin ur laser to the max.

I had same situ with Bulk Paq (rebadged Princo) years back and ruined a ps2 by continually usin them. At first no problems, then odd game wouldn't work. By the end no original would boot.

GET RITEK!!!! WHY DO WE BOTHER GIVIN ADVICE!!!!!

don't u think that theres a really good reason why everyone advises ritek dye based dvd's???? because they won't kill yr ps2!!!!!

it ain't a case of "well, it works on my ps2", rather a case of "don't slowly kill yr ps2".

Keep using princo and get back to me in 3 months an tell me how it workin!

BTW - sry for goin on!!! :D

Regards

[lufcfan]

@ Katlad

Get some Riteks, bud :)

[TylerDurden]

strange... im using princo's for my v7 infinity, and it's working fine... maybe my laser ownz :P



Not for long. ;P




Tyler!

[Warlock]

strange... im using princo's for my v7 infinity, and it's working fine... maybe my laser ownz :P
Bet ya wont be saying this in about a month when it starts getting harder to load games. Believe us guys, none of us here sell Ritek dvd-r or own stock in the company. We recomend Ritek and or Taiyo Yuden for a reason. Less stress on the laser = longer life ;)

[Stile]

What info from dvdinfopro refer to dye type?

[khafan]

this one : Media code/Manufacturer ID
his MAXDATA dye type is GSC003 (Gigastorage Corporation)

[Stile]

thanx, I have these media:
EMTEC DVD-R: OPTODISCR004 and ePROFORMANCE DVD+R: PRODISC R03
are they good or should I purchase Ritek?

[ottoman]

Ritek. If they're not ritek dye based then don't use them.