Having a nightmare with Iomega USB ZipCD - Help!

[Tranced]

This is my third writer. Unreliable. Just tried to write off three psx backups, all three failed.

Mostly I get 'buffer underruns' at 92 - 97%, just now I got a fixation error.

I'm running Win2000, PII-400mhz processor, 128 ram, Vivastar discs.

Seems to write data (mp3 files mostly) to disc more reliably but hates doing PS games.

I'm using Easy CD Creator and occasionally Nero (have probs with both). Used to use CloneCD but seemed more unreliable.. now i'm not so sure. CDRWin won't even detect my writer.

Some error logs:

I've tried to copy Sim###ns Wrestling PSX twice. First time at 4x, then at 2x.

First Attempt:
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T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred
T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred
T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed

This occured at about 93% of write.



Second Attempt:
-----------------
D0100: I/O error (05/64/00) - Command error - illegal mode for this track
T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred
T0100: I/O error (06/C5/00) - Write error - buffer underrun occurred
T7118: TrackWriter error - Command retry failed

Occured at 97% of write.

Another fail. This time a fixation error at 93%.


Now I'm in the shit big style. I did a 13 disc ##### with some fella and now I cant get his CDs ripped. #### #### ####.
This aint going to end well. Any advice?

[Wayniac]

I would suggest a couple of things to be the cause of your worries:

1) Win 2000.

Are your atapi drivers fully compatible with Win 2000? If it were me I'd use Win98 or WinME.

2). Disc cache.

Your buffer underruns suggest that not enough data is being sent to the writer quickly enough. Perhaps the fact that you're using a USB device may limit your record speed, but if the drive states it can record at 4x then it must be capable of it.

What are the "Vcache" settings in your system.ini file (Start_Run_sysedit_Enter). With 128MB or RAM I use:

[vcache]
MinFileCache=4096
MaxFileCache=16384

This helps keep the SECONDARY DISC CACHE necley filled up, which further helps your writer's buffer as there is a consant supply of data which won't be screwed if your run other programs at the same time, to a certain extent.

If you fancy an easier way of messing with the Vcache settings, then a good program to try is Mem Turbo - you can optimise it for different roles and it has a nice help file.

3. Multitasking!

What other programs are you running at the same time? Try and keep things like Microsoft Find fast at bay by disabling them in your Startup Folder (may be different with Win2000). Running other programs can seriously bog down your system - especially screen savers!

4. Win 2000 File System

Win2000 uses the NTFS file system, which is different to Win98's FAT or FAT32 system. Now I'm not sure if I'm 100% right, but this could be giving you some gripe, especially with your CD-R programs.

5. More than one CD-R Program!

Easy CD Creator doesn't like other programs like Nero, to be on hard drive at the same time! Certain verson of EasyCD will clash with the likes of NEro, and will cause you problems.

I really wouldn't recommend Easy CD Creator for PSX games, or anything really that's protected. It WILL NOT back them up - even the cracked one's. I had no success with ESCD v3.5 Deluxe AND it had the nasty habbit of running Direct CD in the background whenever I loaded Windows.

I use Nero 5.0.2.8 and CloneCD 2.7.8.1. The nice bit with CloneCD is the help file - there's a big list of which drives work best, and people are sending in results all the time. However some writers are better at backing up games than others - even with the best copying programs. I use CloneCD for PSX and Dreamcast titles, most of which have already been "cracked".

Hope this helps, sorry I don't have any more info for you, just suggestions.

~~Wayniac~~

[Bosanac]

Hi, folks!

I too have similar problem on LG GCE-8320B CD-RW. I used media like Moser Baer, Verbatim, Sony, TDK and else. Until recently everything went really fine. I updated firmvare to 1.04, IDE controllers, and tried to burn at slower range too. Nothing helped. Fixation errors still keep making me nervous...and CD´s are not so cheap, right?
Oh yes, just yesterday I have found out that lowering writing speed would make 2 burning session "succesfull", which means that could read file but error message was still ther: "Burn session failed at 12x..."
Any suggestions?

Here is my nero´s log:

1A23-0009-3030-2351-9125-0344

Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=4.60 (1021), size=45056 bytes, created 9/10/1999 12:06:00
ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Ahead\nero\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.68, size=160016 bytes, created 7/22/2004 5:33:44
Nero version: 6.3.1.25
Recorder: <HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B>Version: 1.04 - HA 1 TA 0 - 6.3.1.25
Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1
Drive buffer : 8192kB
Bus Type : default (0) -> ATAPI, detected: ATAPI
CD-ROM: <SONY CD-ROM CDU5231 >Version: 52BS - HA 1 TA 1 - 6.3.1.25
Adapter driver: <atapi> HA 1

=== Scsi-Device-Map ===
DiskPeripheral : Maxtor 6E040L0 atapi Port 0 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : SONY CD-ROM CDU5231 atapi Port 1 ID 1 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : Generic DVD-ROM 1.0 d347prt Port 2 ID 0 DMA: Off

=== CDRom-Device-Map ===
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B F: CDRom0
SONY CD-ROM CDU5231 G: CDRom1
Generic DVD-ROM Z: CDRom2
=======================

AutoRun : 1
Excluded drive IDs:
WriteBufferSize: 57671680 (0) Byte
ShowDrvBufStat : 0
BUFE : 0
Physical memory : 383MB (392732kB)
Free physical memory: 64MB (66248kB)
Memory in use : 83 %
Uncached PFiles: 0x0
Use Static Write Speed Table: 0
Use Inquiry : 1
Global Bus Type: default (0)
Check supported media : Disabled (0)

2.4.2005
CD-ROM (ISO)
11:31:49 #1 Text 0 File Isodoc.cpp, Line 6083
Iso document burn settings
------------------------------------------
Determine maximum speed : FALSE
Simulate : FALSE
Write : TRUE
Finalize CD : TRUE
Multisession : FALSE
Burning mode : TAO
Mode : 1
ISO Level : 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 char)
Character set : ISO 9660
Joliet : TRUE
Allow pathdepth more than 8 directories : TRUE
Allow more than 255 characters in path : TRUE
Write ISO9660 ;1 file extensions : TRUE

11:31:49 #2 Phase 90 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1855
Buffer Underrun Protection activated

11:31:50 #3 Text 0 File Reader.cpp, Line 126
Reader running

11:31:50 #4 Text 0 File Writer.cpp, Line 124
Writer HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B running

11:31:50 #5 ISO9660GEN -11 File geniso.cpp, Line 3899
First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000)

11:31:50 #6 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3152
Turn on Track-at-once, using CD-R/RW media

11:31:50 #7 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 247
Last possible write address on media: 359848 ( 79:59.73)
Last address to be written: 358577 ( 79:43.02)

11:31:50 #8 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 259
Write in overburning mode: NO (enabled: CD)

11:31:50 #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2162
Recorder: HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B;
CDR code: 00 97 17 06; OSJ entry from: Moser Baer India Limited
ATIP Data:
Special Info [hex] 1: D0 00 A0, 2: 61 11 06 (LI 97:17.06), 3: 4F 3B 4A (LO 79:59.74)
Additional Info [hex] 1: 00 00 80 (invalid), 2: 00 80 00 (invalid), 3: 00 80 80 (invalid)

11:31:50 #10 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 420
>>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<<
=========================================

11:31:50 #11 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 813
Setup items (after recorder preparation)
0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 (CTransferItem)
2 indices, index0 (150) not provided
original disc pos #0 + 358578 (358578) = #358578/79:41.3
relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/required, no patch infos
-> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 358576 blocks [HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B ]
--------------------------------------------------------------

11:31:50 #12 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 984
Prepare recorder [HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B ] for write in TAO
DAO infos:
==========
MCN: ""
TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated
Tracks 1 to 1:
1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 307200 734674944, ISRC ""
DAO layout:
===========
__Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_RecDep_|_CtrlAdr_
-150 | lead-in | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
-150 | 1 | 0 | 0x00 | 0x41
0 | 1 | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41
358578 | lead-out | 1 | 0x00 | 0x41

11:31:50 #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1030
Removed 2 run-out blocks from end of track 1. Length: 358578 -> 358576.

11:31:51 #14 Phase 24 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1855
Caching of files started

11:31:51 #15 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4163
Cache writing successful.

11:31:51 #16 Phase 25 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1855
Caching of files completed

11:31:51 #17 Phase 36 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1855
Burn process started at 32x (4,800 KB/s)

11:31:51 #18 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2344
Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0

11:31:51 #19 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 20660
Set BUFE: supported -> ON

11:37:01 #20 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 229
all writers idle, stopping conversion

11:37:09 #21 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 15480
<HL-DT-STCD-RW GCE-8320B > start Close Session

11:37:26 #22 SCSI -1176 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1191
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x72
Sense Qual: 0x02
CDB Data: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x71 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x72 0x02

11:37:26 #23 CDR -1176 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1183
Session fixation error

11:37:26 #24 TRANSFER -19 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1183
Could not perform Fixation

11:37:26 #25 Text 0 File Mmc.cpp, Line 15480
<HL-DT-STCD-RW GCE-8320B > start Close Session

11:37:46 #26 SCSI -1176 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 1191
SCSI Exec, HA 1, TA 0, LUN 0
Status: 0x04 (0x01, SCSI_ERR)
HA-Status 0x00 (0x00, OK)
TA-Status 0x02 (0x01, SCSI_TASTATUS_CHKCOND)
Sense Key: 0x03 (KEY_MEDIUM_ERROR)
Sense Code: 0x72
Sense Qual: 0x02
CDB Data: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Sense Data: 0x71 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0A
0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x72 0x02

11:37:46 #27 CDR -1176 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1183
Session fixation error

11:37:46 #28 TRANSFER -19 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 1183
Could not perform Fixation

11:37:46 #29 Text 0 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1713
Set remaining time: 0:00,000 (0ms) -> OK

11:37:46 #30 Phase 38 File dlgbrnst.cpp, Line 1855
Burn process failed at 32x (4,800 KB/s)


Existing drivers:
File 'Drivers\ASPI32.SYS': Ver=4.60 (1021), size=25244 bytes, created 9/10/1999 12:06:00
File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.02.62a, size=20016 bytes, created 10/28/2003 11:02:00 (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K)
File 'Drivers\atapi.sys': Ver=5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), size=95360 bytes, created 8/3/2004 10:59:44 (Adapter driver for rec)

Registry Keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\AllocateCDROMs : 0 (Security Option)