playing backed up DL games

[calabreseboy]

i have backed up a dual layered disc of mine, the game is champions of norrath, it works fine when i play the original disc it doesnt stuff up or jam or anything...but when i play the copied version it starts up fine and plays fine until i reach about halfway through the game and then on loading a new level it jams...i checked that it actually burnt all the info from the original to the blank media and it did...im using a sony dru 700A DL burner use verbatim DL media my ps2 version is 30002 (think means version 2) and i dont know what mod chip i have...is anyone able to help me out and tell me what is the problem

[jackng]

Originally Posted by calabreseboy

i have backed up a dual layered disc of mine, the game is champions of norrath, it works fine when i play the original disc it doesnt stuff up or jam or anything...but when i play the copied version it starts up fine and plays fine until i reach about halfway through the game and then on loading a new level it jams...i checked that it actually burnt all the info from the original to the blank media and it did...im using a sony dru 700A DL burner use verbatim DL media my ps2 version is 30002 (think means version 2) and i dont know what mod chip i have...is anyone able to help me out and tell me what is the problem

Is this the first DL disc that you've burn using the Writer? I believe that the first record is always not the best, as the drive need to auto calibrate itself after a few successful burn in order to get it 100% right. Anyway it could be a protection or not, I cannot say, as I'm facing the same problem myself (first burn too...too expensive to keep buying DL Disc)

[calabreseboy]

no its not the first...ive burnt a few other things using the burner before i tried this...i was thinking maybe some sort of protection thing with the playstation as you said...have no idea what to do to get around it

[snake2]

sounds to me like the ps2 read the first layer ok but its having probs reading the second layer

[MoBiUs]

i think ur laser is too weak to read second layer

[Warlock]

Originally Posted by MoBiUs

i think ur laser is too weak to read second layer

I agree, i think alot of PS2's are going to have this problem considering how crappy there lasers are from the start.

[ottoman]

Yep. Lets face it, a lot of machines struggle reading single layer so I think expecting it to read a dual layer burnt disc is a lot. Maybe ps3 will read em ok???