ASUS_BW-16D1HT question

[MysticHorizon7]

Read what kitahoshi posted:

https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=185539&page=19

Thanks. I've read it, but I'm not able to find a solution for layer changing problem. Maybe I've missed something...

Well, then let me explain it in a few words. Most issues occur at the layer break. With spare areas the drive reads back an unsuccessful written sector and writes it instead in the spare area. So the bad sector at the layer break is replaced by that and the layer break doesn't cause problems anymore. However, disc quality of most disc types is very bad today. And the problem increases if you have a lousy writer like LG and ASUS drives. So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.

Thank you very much for your answer Coopervid! You wrote "So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.", may I ask you to explain me better how could I reach this goal? What do you mean for "this method"? Thanks in advance.

[MartyMcNuts]

Thanks. I've read it, but I'm not able to find a solution for layer changing problem. Maybe I've missed something...

Well, then let me explain it in a few words. Most issues occur at the layer break. With spare areas the drive reads back an unsuccessful written sector and writes it instead in the spare area. So the bad sector at the layer break is replaced by that and the layer break doesn't cause problems anymore. However, disc quality of most disc types is very bad today. And the problem increases if you have a lousy writer like LG and ASUS drives. So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.

Thank you very much for your answer Coopervid! You wrote "So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.", may I ask you to explain me better how could I reach this goal? What do you mean for "this method"? Thanks in advance.

Kitahoshi posted a guide from the old Redfox forum about half way down the page using the link coopervid provided. This is the method he is talking about.

[MysticHorizon7]

Well, then let me explain it in a few words. Most issues occur at the layer break. With spare areas the drive reads back an unsuccessful written sector and writes it instead in the spare area. So the bad sector at the layer break is replaced by that and the layer break doesn't cause problems anymore. However, disc quality of most disc types is very bad today. And the problem increases if you have a lousy writer like LG and ASUS drives. So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.

Thank you very much for your answer Coopervid! You wrote "So just try this method and most likely your burns will not fail anymore at the layer break.", may I ask you to explain me better how could I reach this goal? What do you mean for "this method"? Thanks in advance.

Kitahoshi posted a guide from the old Redfox forum about half way down the page using the link coopervid provided. This is the method he is talking about.

Perfect! Thanks a lot. Unfortunately it seems that the mentioned method is relative to installing fw 3.11, but that fw doesn't resolve changing layer issue. I'm looking for "DE+M Extended" as last chance. Thanks a lot anyway!

[Coopervid]

This method has nothing to do with the firmware and nothing regarding firmware is mentioned anywere. The ASUS and LG drives are lousy and if you have lousy discs the chances are high that you have issues at the layer break. The spare area method helps in both cases but if the problems are too high you might run out of spare area space. Now go ahead and try it!