Nec 1300A / Ritek G04 / Nero

[Lucius Snow]

Hello all,

I've got a power calibration error when i start burning a DVD-R. It concerns Ritek G04 disks (Ritek is the brand) at 4X only. However they work at 2X. I tried another brand, TDK, which have worked each time at 4X. I tested with both Nero 6.0.0.23 and Nero 5.5.10.X. The firmware is up to date (1.08). Anyway i tried all of them, official and unofficial, since 1.05. Ritek G04 medias are supposed to be supported at 4X since this version actually.

I could burn my Ritek G04 at 4X only a very few times. Some people having the Nec 1300A have already reported the exact same thing as me. But for most people, there's absolutely no problem. I don't understand why it worked 2-3 times only and why TDK disks have no problem for burning at 4X. Yes, i could change the disks but TDK costs around 5 € /media which is almost 4 times more expensive. Plus, Ritek G04 disks are reported compatible on almost 100 DVD players !

Would you think the issue is hardware ? I'm doubtful. I read somewhere the problem may be the power supply or the temperature. My burner is on secondary master (alone). About the system, all my drivers are updated, XP too. Everything is stable so i'm kinda lost there.

Any help appreciated.
Thanks

[dannyv]

Originally posted by Lucius Snow

Would you think the issue is hardware ? I'm doubtful. I read somewhere the problem may be the power supply

I replaced a pioneer A03 with the A06 and moved the A03 into a second machine which was exactly the same as my first machine. I got the exact same problem you have except it was not always burning at 2x just 1x. I then put the drive back in the origional machine and the problem went away. I then compaired the two machines and the only difference was the power supply. My first machine has a 450w supply my second machine has only a 350w supply. I upgraded my supply to a 450 and the problem went away. This could be the proble your having. Also if your machine is ata/100/133 make sure your using an 80 lead ata100/133 cable and not the old 40 lead ata33/66 lead ribbon ide cable. Also make sure your burner is on its own ide channel and not sharing the channel with a hard drive. Its ok to share the channel with a cd-rom but never a hard drive.

[Lucius Snow]

Thanks for the feedback.

My burner is alone on the channel, in secondary master. I'll check the IDE cable and try with another power supply if i can (mine is just 300 W, maybe it's not enough).