Posted by Humbug on 12/04/05 19:03

"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Paul Heslop
<paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk>, "I always pay it extra."

>Humbug wrote:

[snip]

>> I just got 100 Ritek 8x DVD+R printables from Valuemedia for 18p each,
>> which cost just over £25 including postage and VAT.
>>
>> So far I've had good results burning with a NEC ND-2510A and printing
>> with an Epson R220.
>>
>> But - today I tried burning on another computer with an LG GSA-4163B
>> and it made coasters :-(
>>
>> ISTR seeing something about a firmware upgrade being required to use
>> these Ritek disks, but I can't find it on either the LG or Ritek
>> websites.
>>
>> Can anybody give me a clue?

>I just did a hunt on google and came up with this. I can't say I know
>it's the right one as I don't have a dvd burner in my computer.
>
>http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/LG/LG-GSA-4163B-firmware-105.shtml

Thanks for the link - I've upgraded the firmware from 1.02 to 1.05,
but it's still making coasters on these disks.

They aren't totally unreadable, but once it gets beyond about 60%
capacity the data gets corrupted.

DVD Decrypter tells me that the disks are RITEK-R03-02.
Up to now, I'd been using the drive with no problems at all writing on
PC Line OPTODISC-OP4-01 and Ricoh RICOHJPN-W11-01 DVD+RW disks.

I guess that this drive just doesn't like the Ritek disks, so FTTB
I've swapped it with my "spare" NEC ND-2510A and put the LG drive in
the "spare" computer.

Taking the "Ill Wind" approach, at least I have a few scrap disks
which I can use to experiment with the printer :-)

--
Humbug

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