BleepingComputer.com: I Am Having A Problem Burning A Dvd-r With My Laptop

I am using a Dell Inspiron 6400 with SONY DVD+-RW DWQ58A Drive. I have UDS2 firmware installed, and I'm trying to burn using DVD Decrypter, PowerISO, and ImgBurn. None of them are working, and I get the following error message:
I/O Error!

Devive:[1:0:0]SONY DVD+-RW DWQ58A UDS (D:) (ATA)

ScsiStatus: 0x02
Interpretation: Check Condition

CDB:53 00 00 00 00 00 22 2B 95 00
Interpretation: Reserve Track - Sectors:2,239,381

Sense Area:70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 00 00
Interpretation:Command Sequence Error

Next Box: Failed to Reserve Track!
Reason: Command Sequence Error


I've tried looking for updates with ImgBurn, and DVDDecrypter, and nothing. Is this a firmware dealie? I am using Memorex DVD-R 16x recordable. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Most answers I've searched for say to update the burning software. I see you've tried different programs, so it could possibly be a bad batch of disks. Another recommendation is to clean the drive's lens. Easiest way to do that would be to purchase one of those lens cleaning CD's. It has a tiny brush on it that spins and cleans the lens
Mark

Congratulations you are way ahead of almost everyone I have ever helped with this problem, not big on laptop dvd burners, but you seem to be pretty adept.

First your firmware is out of date, dell's newest is UDS2

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2113

download but don't update yet, remember to do it in safe mode

now let's use imgburn to troubleshoot, when you stick a blank in does it list the write speeds in the righthand window?

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btw memorex is crap, expect some failures with all but the best burners
I use a lot of verbatim as they are often on sale

if the write speeds are shown then it's probably not a firmware issue

you can use the tools/filterloadorder

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to see what's running that might be hosing your bus
these are the safe native xp filters

Here's my filter clipboard
===============================================
Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.3.2.0
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Upper Device Filter: redbook
Upper Class Filter: [None Found]
Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device
Lower Class Filter: sscdbhk5
Lower Class Filter: drvmcdb
Lower Class Filter: PxHelp20
Lower Device Filter: imapi

Filter Name: redbook
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\redbook.sys
File Version: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
File Description: Redbook Audio Filter Driver
Product Name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Copyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Filter Name: sscdbhk5
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\sscdbhk5.sys
File Version: 1.10.90a [1.10.90.0]
File Description: Shared Driver Component
Product Name:
Product Version: [1.0.0.1]
Company Name: Sonic Solutions
Copyright: Copyright © 2004 Sonic Solutions

Filter Name: drvmcdb
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\drvmcdb.sys
File Version: 3.22.13a [3.22.13.0]
File Description: Device Driver
Product Name:
Product Version: [1.0.0.1]
Company Name: Sonic Solutions
Copyright: Copyright © Sonic Solutions

Filter Name: PxHelp20
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\PxHelp20.sys
File Version: 3.00.56a [3.0.56.0]
File Description: Px Engine Device Driver for Windows 2000/XP
Product Name: PxHelp20
Product Version: [2.0.0.0]
Company Name: Sonic Solutions
Copyright: Copyright © Sonic Solutions

Filter Name: imapi
File Name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\imapi.sys
File Version: 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
File Description: IMAPI Kernel Driver
Product Name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180
Company Name: Microsoft Corporation
Copyright: © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

I hope this helps. I'll try going to safe mode and installing the drive after work. Thanks.