Problems with SH-S203B Booktype

[burrell84601]

Hi Again,

A while back I received as a gift an SH-S203B Samsung Burner.

It worked great about the first 10 burns.

Now I get a "Program Memory Area Update Failure".

After doing some reading I understand it has nothing to do with Imgburn or any burning program, but an issue with the burner and my board chipset.

My question is, If I get a PCI controller card for the burner will this ignore the MB chipset problem?

If so I was thinking about this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132007&Tpk=Silicom%2bImage%2b3512

LUK had stated that it would maybe be fixed in a firmware update, but SB04 was worthless for that and I am running SB03. I guess I am getting impatient.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thank You.

[Chewy]

I don't buy the burner chipset problem?

You had a few good burns back in february

dirt/dust weak power supply pulling down the voltage rails?

something else drawing too much power

[burrell84601]

I was thinking that as well, so I cleaned very well. No luck.

"If" this were that problem, would this theory bypass it?

I also ordered another one (for future build) and did same thing.

I did put the burner in another computer that had a 400W supply and the board was:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135039R

and it did great. I am just not ready for the full build yet.

Attached is an Everest report if it helps.

[soup]

My reading tells me that 95% of the time this is a media issue, but there have been other causes. I can't link you to what I read, so here's what I did. I plugged these keywords into my Google search bar, Program Memory Area Update Failure you should come up with what I did.

[burrell84601]

Thanks Guys

I troubleshoot with your suggestions. After looking further, that card did not seem to support optical drives too well. I'll have to work on a power supply.

Also I just gotta break down and order some Taiyo Yudens while everything is on sale.

I have been using Verb MCC004 and Sony D21.

[locoeng]

I think you would be good with the Verbs and the Sony's, so I'd rule out the media problem. It seems to be a hardware issue.

[doctorhardware]

If you a digital volt meter, I would measure the 12Vdc and the 5Vdc lines during a burn on the DVD drive. At work we have a lot of problems with low voltage at the drives causing the video games to freeze during game play and or the demo mode.

[burrell84601]

I finally got a meter. These were all measured during individual burns.

3V
3.42 L 3.43 H

5V
5.06 L 5.10 H

12V
12.27 L 12.36 H

All failed to book type. Had to finalize second try.

I did measure on the back of the connector that powers the drive all during the burn.

[doctorhardware]

The voltages that you measured on the DVD connector are good. They are within the proper range.

[burrell84601]

The voltages that you measured on the DVD connector are good. They are within the proper range.

Thanks for your feedback. I was kind of hoping it would shed some light although. :smashead:

[doctorhardware]

No problem, I hoping that was going to be your problem.

[burrell84601]

Me too.

It would of simplified things. I even bought a controller card to troubleshoot as well. Same result.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132001

I searched other forums as well, nobody seems to have a true solution.

Maybe it's time to start to collect parts for a new build. Had plans b4 but had a major life change that is now starting to stabilize.

[burrell84601]

Well I am about giving up on this model.

The computer I referred to in post #3 that had no problems now has the same error.

My conclusion is that firmware update needs to fix. Yes it's a hardware issue and seems to be a crap shoot if you get a good one on this model.

I think I'm ready for another one. Should I go IDE or try SATA again?

Has anyone bought a new one recently that is giving good burns?

Does SATA do better on other brands than Samsung?

I look forward from any input.:thanks2:to all that have helped so far.

[atifsh]

i got exactly same burner and works fine. only issue im having very recent is pressing button wont close try and have to press try inside. then it works.

[burrell84601]

Maybe something with my setup.

I have 2 - 203B's. Same error on two different PC's. Even swapped burner's back and forth. I even traded power supplies back and forth. I also changed new SATA cables.

Both are running XP Home. Both have 1 Gig Ram.

I only have been using Verb MCC004 or Sony D21 which should not conflict with this.

One burner was built Jan 08 and the other Mar 08.

I feel like I am swimming in this and it is seeming cheaper to buy a burner I can count on rather than racking up the cost on wasted media.

Thanks for chiming in atifsh. The tray problem reminds me of my last 2 Lite On's.

[soup]

There seems to be a pattern here.

http://forums.support.roxio.com/lofiversion/index.php/t4171.html

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f59/ez-cd-creator-program-memory-area-update-failure-77413/

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic341823.html

http://forum.imgburn.com/lofiversion/index.php/t2903.html

http://www.cdr-zone.com/articles/atapi_error_codes_page_1.html

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f44/pma-update-failure-please-help-107315/

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6161

https://forum.adobe.com/webx?14@@.3c05b985/10

http://www.fileforums.com/showthread.php?t=80737