Benq 1655 killing Traxdata 8x +RW discs (RITEK-008-00) | Thread profile

I used Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.51.1 for the full format, with a LiteOn SHW-16H5S. I tend to agree with you in suspecting this being a 1650/1655 firmware bug. No other burner I have with 8X DVD+RW support does this. The good news is that RITEK 008 media can be "restored" after being messed up by the 1650/1655, albeit with a different brand burner.

Yep, exactly the same situation here. Haven't had a burner that recognised my 3 discs again, so haven't reformatted yet.... What program did you use to do the full format? I also wonder if it's the media that is to blame, since the 1640 and nec 3550 don't seem to have problems with it at all. Maybe it's some firmware bug in the 1650/1655?

Interesting. A few days ago my DW1650 (actually Philips OEM unit cross-flashed with BCHC firmware) did exactly the same thing to a Ridata 8X DVD+RW disc. After a single re-write the disc became unreadable ("no disc inserted") in several brands of DVD burners, including the DW1650 itself. I finally managed to quick erase the disc on a LiteOn SHW-16H5S burner, after which the disc was recognized ...

Today I bought a retail Benq 1655 as an addition to my 1640. After my 1st attempt to burn a RITEK-008-00 disk, I noticed the disk became unreadable. My Benq 1640 and NEC 3550 also report there is no disc inserted when I try to read the disk. I have tried 3 of these discs now and this is what happened to all of them thus far. The same disks work perfectly fine in the 1640 and 3500. Any clue why ...

BenQ DW1655 BCHB Ritek008 (Memorex brand) burned at 8x I have no problem with this media. Burn at 8x and able to do quality scan. Then sucessfully format the media again (full format).

Use BCDB/BCDC firmware. It's the last firmware with proper RITEK008 support

The same RITEK 008 disc in my previous post after burning with my DW1650 (BCHC) could not be recognized by my DW1640 (BSRB), so scanning with this drive was impossible, but the disc was successfully quick formatted with a LiteOn SHW-16H5S, then moved back to my DW1640 to be written using Nero CD-DVD Speed "Create Data Disc". What a difference! My DW1640 clearly has no problems with RITEK 008. As ...

Could you try to burn it using BCDC firmware?

Hers is some philips 16x +R media I burnt on the 1655. It runs in UDMA2 by the way on the secondary IDE channel as device 1 (device 0 is the 1640). Burst rate is 23MB/sec.

After flashing my DW1650 to BCDC firmware I burned a fresh piece of RITEK 008 media. Results are way better than with BCHC firmware, though there is still a high PIE spike at the very beginning, but I'll take high PIE spikes any day over high PIF spikes.