I had the "Invalid Security Sector" problem too, but now it is fixed. I'm using a the Samsung SH-D162C with Kreon v0.81. What follows below is my problem solving process leading to the solution.
I tried the latest Xbox Backup Creator (XBBC) to read a game in one of my computers and it worked a treat. It was the only device on that IDE controller (using SATA HDDs). It was jumpered as master and set to Primary Master, using a 40pin ATA cable restricting it to UDMA33 operation. This configuration worked successfully, and the game was later burned and thoroughly tested. No errors in XBBC or during gaming.
Now, I tried moving the drive to a more permanent setup in my main PC. It was configured as Secondary Master on a 80pin ATA cable allowing UDMA66 operation. This machine has 4 optical drives (hey! each one has their special area that they are superior in). I tried ripping the same game that worked before with the same XBBC, and to my dismay I was served up with the same Invalid Security Sector error.
These computers use IDENTICAL motherboards, so at this stage, I'm thinking it's a software issue, or a hardware issue in that the drive does not like being on the secondary IDE channel, or it does not like having a slave on the same channel. I assumed it woud not matter whether the drive was on a 80 wire or 40 wire IDE cable, otherwise we'd see many more posts on the issue (IMG:
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I set out to test my theory - I removed all other optical drives and set the Samsung to Primary master. Having the same motherboard as the previous PC and nothing else on the IDE controller (this machine also uses SATA), I was confident that it would either work, or if not, it would prove that it's definitely a software issue (my main PC has more crap on it than my HTPC as it would).
And so be it, the same problem - I now know it's a software issue and was willing to try a fresh install of Windows (I need an excuse to do this, it's really old and messy (IMG:
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Going through all the crap on my computer, I picked out a few things that may interfer with optical drive operation (I always got warnings in DVD decrypter, but everything still worked perfectly). The software I singled out is as follows:
Blindwrite and it's Pattin Couffin driver.
Daemon Tools.
Nero Burning ROM.
Alcohol 120%.
DVD Region Free.
Now the previous PC that the drive worked in also had Nero and Daemon Tools so I decided to leave them alone. My suspicious moved to Blindwrite and it's Pattin Couffin (VSO??) driver. I removed this and tried XBBC, no luck. I then decided to disable DVD Region Free for ALL drives, no luck.
Then I moved on to Alcohol 120%. I saw that it has a virtual drive appearing in "My Computer." I fired up the software and disabled the drive, then proceeded to uninstall it (disabling first avoids a restart)...
So I had exhausted all the usual suspects. Fired up XBBC, partly hoping it would work, partly opening it wouldn't (I said I needed an excuse to format (IMG:
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SUCCESS!
Hope this helps someone out there. I tried the simple restart that was suggested previously but it didn't work for me. Try disabling Alcohol 120%'s virtual drives, then restart. If it still doesn't work, uninstall 120% and restart. Any further problems, you could try an isolation test (set it as only device on controller, jumpered as master on the primary channel (no cable select), but I doubt this has anything to do with it.
Cheers, and thanks Redline99 and kreon. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) It truly amazes me how versatile a PC can be.
This post has been edited by djq: Jan 12 2007, 03:19 AM
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