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Hello,
I have been trying to burn a disc image with a few different programs (cyberlink power 2 go 7, ultra ISO, and magic ISO).
The burning starts up fine, but then I get the same error right away:

Disc burning failed: Logical block address out of range

any ideas? im using an ASUS blu ray reader/DVD writer combo drive.

if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. this is kind of frustrating...
thanks

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A quick explanation and a focused troubleshooting path for the "Logical block address out of range" error. The message means the burning stack is attempting to access/write sectors that the drive or media says don’t exist. Typical root causes are: the ISO image exceeds the target disc’s usable capacity (single- vs. dual-layer mismatch or incorrect layer-break), a malformed/corrupt image, the burning app requesting overburn, firmware/driver problems in the drive, or simply bad media. Earlier comments from , and point at viable directions (speed/media/checksum/overburn); the checks below narrow those possibilities and show how to confirm the true cause.

Basic diagnostics (inspect the image and metadata):

# Linux
ls -lh image.iso
isoinfo -d -i image.iso       # shows ISO volume information (libcdio/genisoimage)
md5sum image.iso

# Windows (PowerShell / CMD)
Get-Item image.iso | Select Name,Length
certutil -hashfile image.iso MD5

# Mount to inspect contents (Linux)
sudo mount -o loop image.iso /mnt

Compare the ISO size to the target disc type (single-layer DVD ≈4.7GB, DL ≈8.5GB, Blu-ray sizes larger). If the ISO reports a size larger than the disc, the LBA error is expected.

Targeted burning checks and isolation:

  • Run a simulation/test write (no actual laser) in a different burner app (ImgBurn on Windows is useful for this) to see if the writer reports the same out‑of‑range condition.
  • Disable any overburn/extra-capacity options and explicitly select the correct media type.
  • Update the drive firmware and OS SCSI/ATAPI drivers, try a different brand/new disc, and try the same ISO on another machine to isolate hardware vs. image problems.
  • Check system logs for device errors (dmesg | tail on Linux; Event Viewer / System log on Windows).

If a clean simulation succeeds but a real burn fails, suspect media/laser issues. If failures reproduce across software and hardware after checksum verification, the ISO is likely malformed or truncated.

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Defrag your hard drive first, then try burning as a lower speed.

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If burning at a slower speed doesn't work, then the image file is probably corrupted. If this is a downloaded file, see if there is a check sum (usually md5 or sha1) you can verify with the image you have. If you generated it, what software did you use? Also, is this a video file, or just data?

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Do not try to overburn the disk, there's still 50~60MB unused diskspace on the DVD-R which is to be burn.

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