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• New!Mitsubishi DVD-RW problems with PS2 backups.
Question by darkspirit221, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 14:51
I bought a Mitsubishi DVD-RW to backup a game from my PS2, But when I start swap magic up, all loads fine but it says "Not a valid PS2 disc." I searched for a solution and it came down to use a dummy file to use more space in the disk, I did that, but still, the same error appeared... I tried reducing the speed of recording to the lowest possible and no good...
I'm thinking it is because of the DVD, so the best I have at my local shop is Verbatim DVD-R 16x, I Don't know if I should buy them or not since it may not work, what should I do? Help me please.

I'm using DVD Decrypter to burn the disc.
Answer by kg_evilboy, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 14:59
I don't do PS2 backups but it may quite well be that DVD-RWs are recognized to be "different" from other media. Your chances will certainly be better with R media, I recommend DVD+R because it can be bitset to DVD-ROM, making it look like normal ROM media for older drives.

Do you have done mods, fw hacks or other things to improve compatibility?
Answer by darkspirit221, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:01
It's totally unmodded.

Should I buy Verbatim Pack 25 DVD+R 16x Instead? It's the only pack of Verbatins with DVD+R.
Answer by pepst, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:05
darkspirit221 said:
It's totally unmodded.

Should I buy Verbatim Pack 25 DVD+R 16x Instead? It's the only pack of Verbatins with DVD+R.


Yes
Which drive do you have?
Answer by darkspirit221, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:06
It's in the OP, http://www.cdfreaks.com/hardware/product/382-LG-GSA-4163B.html

Will that pack work? It's a little expensive, and if it doesn't work I'll have 24 DVDs lying around.
Answer by DrageMester, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:14
I don't have a PlayStation 2, but I'm not sure if it's able to read re-writable discs. Hopefully someone else with a PS2 will know.

Welcome to CDFreaks!
Answer by darkspirit221, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:16
Thanks, and maybe that's the problem, never thought of that before. :O
Answer by darkspirit221, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 15:46
I'm just afraid if it doesn't work, it will be a waste of money and I'll loose all hopes...
Answer by Womi, Wednesday 27th of August 2008 16:15
It depends on your PS2 version if -/+RW media does work. Some older versions dont even recognize them properly.

Regardless of version, Verbatim DVDRs will work (I recommend the -R ones for PS2).
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• GSA-4163B Firmware Update Failed.
Question by Neobyte22, Tuesday 5th of August 2008 03:54
Hello men!



i want to know what means the next error:

"Updating was failed. Please repeat that. (Error data = 70 00 04 00 00 00 00 10 09 00 00 00 8F 81 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00"


My DVD writer is dead and i wanna recover that

i was carefull in each step that i do but something is wrong




please some help!


P.D: my english is bad... sorry.



Thanks in advance! greetings.
Answer by Neobyte22, Tuesday 5th of August 2008 04:02
I wanna add something:


In the current version of firmware, it shows "COR5" (after runs the firmware updater and happen the error)


and i want to update this to A105 firmware version

but it fails


thanks again
Answer by _chef_, Tuesday 5th of August 2008 12:19
Flash the correct firmware with an official flasher!
Answer by Neobyte22, Tuesday 5th of August 2008 19:06
_chef_ said:
Flash the correct firmware with an official flasher!


I downloaded the firmware updater from the official LG web site

is the version A105 of the LG GSA-4163B

I don't understand this error code.


thanks equal
Answer by ala42, Wednesday 6th of August 2008 17:03
In case there is another drive on the same IDE cable, disconnect it and try again.
Answer by yunbiao, Thursday 7th of August 2008 05:17
Please keep no CD in the 4163B
Answer by mciahel, Thursday 7th of August 2008 09:12
Hi,
Neobyte22 said:

i want to know what means the next error:

"Updating was failed. (...)
My DVD writer is dead and i wanna recover that
Could you please provide some information about the IDE controller you have hooked your drive on?
Reason why I am asking:
Newer Intel chipset mainboards don't have an integrated IDE (P-ATA) controller any more, so the mainboard manufacturers solder a 3rd party chip (often Jmicron) onto their products. These chips often don't play well with optical drives.

Michael
Answer by Neobyte22, Saturday 9th of August 2008 02:57
Thanks men! but my problem stills........


my drive is the unique connected to my motherboard... that is an ASrock...


there is no a CD o DVD in the drive... its empty...


and the firmware is the correct 100%


the only thing is that my drive is OEM


but i don't understand why it could be a problem


i bought it in a trusted store


thanks in advance...



if somebody can tell me what means the error code i will be so grateful!
Answer by yunbiao, Monday 11th of August 2008 15:19
You can try to flash it in the pure DOS.
using A100orig,don't useA106.if success,and to flash to A106.
you can search A100 in forum
Answer by Neobyte22, Monday 11th of August 2008 16:04
yunbiao said:
You can try to flash it in the pure DOS.
using A100orig,don't useA106.if success,and to flash to A106.
you can search A100 in forum


Ohhh thank you very much!


i'll try this and notice it then
Answer by Neobyte22, Monday 11th of August 2008 17:47
On right...



i started winXP with the DOS diskette and ran the firmware updater (the A100orig.bin by the Dangerous Brothers )
and it stop with the same code error than the others updaters:

**************************************************

Cmd : 3B 05 00 17 00 00 00 04 00 00
Err : 70 00 04 00 00 00 00 10 09 00 00 00 8F 81

ERROR : Upload and burn failed

**************************************************


it could be a broken direction of memory of my DVD drive??


i don't know what to do......



thanks for all the posts


thanx in advance.
Answer by yunbiao, Tuesday 12th of August 2008 10:18
Please in the pure DOS,don't enter windows.
Answer by Neobyte22, Tuesday 12th of August 2008 19:12
yunbiao said:
Please in the pure DOS,don't enter windows.


Yes, that is what i did

in the pure DOS

but it does't work... it's the same code error (extravagant!)

I've got a diskette with the DOS starter


thanks again but it does't work
Answer by mciahel, Tuesday 12th of August 2008 22:46
You still have not provided the detailled information requested.
The information "Motherboard manufacturer Asrock" is not sufficient at all.
Answer by Neobyte22, Wednesday 13th of August 2008 05:48
mciahel said:
You still have not provided the detailled information requested.
The information "Motherboard manufacturer Asrock" is not sufficient at all.


My mothes has a VIA chipset man.... it has got to work fine
Answer by mciahel, Wednesday 13th of August 2008 09:41
Neobyte22 said:
My mothes has a VIA chipset man.... it has got to work fine
Okay. VIA chipset should do fine (I can confirm that).
Please check if the drive is properly connected and configured:
- Cable undamaged and the drive is connected to the end connector of the cable. In doubt replace the IDE cable. Must be 18" (46cm) flat ribbon. 80wired is recommended but not mandatory with that drive. No longer cables, no rounded ones.
- Jumper on the drive is set to Master
- verify your drive is really a GSA-4163 (look on the sticker). There is also a GWA-4163, that's why I request you to double check.

In case VIA IDE drivers are installed, get rid of them.

Michael
Answer by Neobyte22, Friday 15th of August 2008 01:36
mciahel said:
Okay. VIA chipset should do fine (I can confirm that).
Please check if the drive is properly connected and configured:
- Cable undamaged and the drive is connected to the end connector of the cable. In doubt replace the IDE cable. Must be 18" (46cm) flat ribbon. 80wired is recommended but not mandatory with that drive. No longer cables, no rounded ones.
- Jumper on the drive is set to Master
- verify your drive is really a GSA-4163 (look on the sticker). There is also a GWA-4163, that's why I request you to double check.

In case VIA IDE drivers are installed, get rid of them.

Michael


Thank man! but i'm not a beginner and my drive is correctly conected, configures(master). My cable is not brokenn and it's the correct without fails of conduction, rounded or inclined to electromagnetic interference.


it's so mysterious....


but i can't buy a new device... it worked very well and it is a pity..


thanks in advance!
Answer by ala42, Friday 15th of August 2008 03:02
Which firmware revision did you use before the failed update ?
Answer by Neobyte22, Saturday 16th of August 2008 00:01
ala42 said:
Which firmware revision did you use before the failed update ?


i used the version A102


But, later, i tried to flash that same firmware version.... and it get the same damn code error..



i tried in another computer too



and it gets to me the same error code!!



what is this error code¡?¡?¡?¡


thanks...
Answer by yunbiao, Sunday 17th of August 2008 04:42
I will give you a file.but its too big to can't upload.Tell me your email.
Answer by Neobyte22, Monday 18th of August 2008 18:53
yunbiao said:
I will give you a file.but its too big to can't upload.Tell me your email.


My e-mail is: [email]stanky2@gmail.com[/email]


Thanks in advance man


you are a friend!
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• Problem in reading 8.5GB discs with LG 4163B DVD Writer
Question by rmghrr, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 08:26
Hi
I have LG GSA-4163B flashed to latest firmware released from LG i.e, A106.
Ever since i bought this DVD writer I have been facing issues in reading
8.5gb DVDs which have silver colored recording surface.
Generally these are the DVDs which come along with computer Magazines like Digit, Chip etc and also some Movie discs.

Details:

System OS: winXP with SP3.



In the Device properties dialog under Driver tab i can see

Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 7/1/2001
Driver Version: 5.1.2535.0
Digital Signer: Microsoft windows Component Publisher.


Driver files:
cdrom.sys
imapi.sys
storprop.dll and
redbook.sys

all files have file version as 5.1.2600.3311 (xpsp.080212-0003)

But the blue colored 8.5gb discs read/open without any trouble
and there is no trouble with 4.7gb discs in read/write.

What format is these silver colored discs are?

and why the writer does not recognize these disc easily?

need help in fixing this problem.

Answer by vroom, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 09:04
rmghrr said:

What format is these silver colored discs are?

and why the writer does not recognize these disc easily?

need help in fixing this problem.



The format should be the same or almost the same iso9660, joliet or udf.
Maybe your drive is getting old or it need some cleaning.
Answer by rmghrr, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 09:26
Hi
but this problem is there ever since i bought that writer some 2.5- 3 years back
Answer by vroom, Saturday 2nd of August 2008 10:40
If you needed to fix this problem i guess that you should have returned the drive, right now the best answer i can give you was in post number 2.
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• GSA-4163B and DVD+R problems
Question by burnoutbob, Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 01:39
Hello all.

I've had my LG GSA-4163B drive for about 4 years now, and until recently I've never had a problem with it.

I tried to burn to a Phillips DVD+R and all seemed to go smoothly as always, until I tested the disc. The drive began to read it, and my machine slowed to a crawl for about 5 minutes. After everything returned to "normal", i tried accessing the disc and I just recieved a message telling me there was no disc in the drive.

This has happened about ten times now (I tested burning different things).

I've never had a problem with DVD+R before, and although I read somewhere that this drive has issues with certain brands of media, I figured Phillips would be fine (you know, big name brand, invented the things etc), in fact the first couple of times I burnt to one, it worked fine. But the thing is, I bought some really cheap CD-RW's from a supermarket and they worked fine.

Does anyone have any idea's? I dont want to buy a new batch of dvd's, because I've got 200 of these things sat round, and i really don't want to buy a new drive (despite them being cheaper than salt at the moment, I guess I'm just tight!! ).

Incase this helps, here's my (rather old) system spec;

AMD Athlon XP 2800+
2GB RAM
ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe (Nforce2).
GeForce 6200

Windows XP SP3 + all other recent updates

Nero 8 (though I've also tried version 6, and alcohol, plus a whole bunch of freeware programs, all with the same effect).

Any ideas? Thanks guys!
Answer by Albert, Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:07
Philips generally doesn't make the discs. They brands media made by the actual manufacturers, and usually brand media made by CMC Magnetics. Now, while CMC Magnetics makes media for others [not with their own technology], their OWN discs aren't always so good.


I suggest slowing down the write speed, if you haven't already, to 8x or even 6x.

If that doesn't work:
I suggest trying out a different brand, preferably Verbatim. Some Verbatim is made by CMC, but using Verbatim's technology, so you don't usually have to worry about quality issues. If that does work, return your discs. If that doesn't work, post back.

If you have no way of returning the discs, go get another writer. The LG GSA-4163B requires pristine media, and is not the best drive for "sub-par" media such as your Philips. Suggested drives for writing "sub-par" media: LiteOn, Pioneer, or Optiarc.
Answer by burnoutbob, Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:12
Awh, I didn't want to have to buy a new one!! But, oh well.

Thanks for the speedy reply. Yeah, I tried slowing the burn speed down. I never burn at full speed anyway because i've nearly always knackered the disc doing that (not just on this burner either).

I've no way of returning the discs, so I guess i'm dvd burner shopping tomorrow during lunch!!

Thanks again!
Answer by Albert, Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:15
Now, make sure you just try one burn with the new drive, whatever it may be, and see if that works. If it doesn't work, for whatever reason, you can probably return the new drive [though I wouldn't recommend it for writing the media you have].
Answer by burnoutbob, Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:26
I'll bear that in mind.

Cheers again!!
Answer by _chef_, Thursday 3rd of July 2008 12:28
The drive is kinda obsolete now.
Don't expect it to work with latest media.
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• LG GSA-4163B, DVD only burn at 4 times
Question by harman48, Saturday 28th of June 2008 01:04
Previously had used philipps DVD+R blank DVD's which allowed me to burn from 4 to 16 times speed.
Now i have bought fujifilm DVD+R blank DVD's which only allow me to burn at 4 times.
I have upgraded my firmware to A106 and have also followed the steps in the following thread: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f91/fujifilm-dvd-r-16x-recognized-4x-gsa-h22n-gsa-4163b-203760/

none of this has helped so if anybody could please help i would be very greatful.
Answer by ala42, Sunday 29th of June 2008 02:01
Which media code so your disks have ? You can use cdspeed or DVDIdentifier to find out the media code (MID).
Answer by harman48, Sunday 29th of June 2008 05:13
ok, it says:

manufacturer name: Ritek Corp
manufacturer ID: Ritek
media type ID: F16

umm, don't really know what that means
i read somewhere about ritek dvd's not being too great
so what's up with this?
Answer by Arachne, Sunday 29th of June 2008 14:54
Looking at the A106 firmware with MediaCodeSpeedEdit, it would appear that the RITEK F16 MID isn't supported.

Unless you want to get into swapping strategies (which I'd say isn't worth it for that burner and those discs - the 4163B does best when fed quality media), I'd say you're stuck with the 4x.
Answer by andrewmann123, Sunday 29th of June 2008 21:58
these drives below can be patched RPC1 with MCSE
if download offical firmware.

From MCSE website and/or webpage(s):

"RPC1 patch for
- LG GSA-4164/4166/H2x/H3x/H5x
- Pioneer 111/112/115/212/215
- Samsung SH-S20x, TS-H65x, SH-S18x, SN-S082x, SE-T084x, TS-L632x
- SONY DVD RW DRU-840A SS01"

URL to MCSE: http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/
Answer by harman48, Sunday 29th of June 2008 23:34
i see that the 4163 isnt included in that list
lol
oh well, i'll just use these dvds for something else
i just bought another DVD+R pack nad they work just fine.
so now im stuck with 50 extra dvd's haha.
well thanks for the help guys
much appreciated.
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