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thanks guys that did the trick. working fine now

well the philips is a PDV16LSP1 there used to be no problems, i've followed the FAQ's to the letter and tryed every burn setting aswell as the auto burn function. The writer should be able to burn the TDK at proper speed as the first time (16x) was with the same set-up as i'm using now. here is some data that might clarify something, i used auto speed at 8x with a TDK disk PHILIPS PBDV16LSP1 B2.0 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-R Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 2.294.912 Size: 4.699.979.776 bytes Time: 510:00:62 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 2,4x; 4x; 8x; 16x I 11:07:57 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 11:07:57 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 11:07:57 Total Physical Memory: 522.240 KB - Available: 136.432 KB I 11:07:57 Initialising SPTI... I 11:07:57 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:07:57 Found 1 DVD-ROM, 1 DVD-ROM/CD-RW and 1 DVD±RW! I 11:16:11 Operation Started! I 11:16:11 Source File: *CLASSIFIED* I 11:16:11 Source File Sectors: 2.294.912 (MODE1/2048) I 11:16:11 Source File Size: 4.699.979.776 bytes I 11:16:11 Source File File System(s): None I 11:16:11 Destination Device: [1:1:0] PHILIPS PBDV16LSP1 B2.0 (E:) (ATA) I 11:16:11 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TTH02) (Speeds: 2,4x; 4x; 8x) I 11:16:11 Destination Media Sectors: 2.298.496 I 11:16:11 Write Mode: DVD I 11:16:11 Write Type: DAO I 11:16:11 Write Speed: 8x I 11:16:11 Link Size: Auto I 11:16:11 Test Mode: No I 11:16:11 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 11:16:12 Filling Buffer... (100 MB) I 11:16:16 Writing LeadIn... I 11:16:30 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 2294911) I 12:11:37 Synchronising Cache... I 12:12:03 Image MD5: c3296b9b28f392e566c6fb6de9a3b302 I 12:12:03 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:55:51 I 12:12:03 Average Write Rate: 1.388 KB/s (1.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 1.613 KB/s (1.2x)

thanks for the quick reply I already did, and i also reinstalled the IDE controller. but if that was the problem then the first disk would have been burned at 1x and not at 16x...... right? The device buffer goes up and down quite a lot, between 20% and 99% does anyone know what could cause this? Also in your signature your saying use verbatim, i'm burning normal 4.7 gb dvd-r, is it still better to use verbatim then?

hi, i recently started using img burn so i'm new. i have a problem, i'm using tdk dvd-r 16x, the first time i burned an .iso file it was burning well at 16x, no prblems. every time after that the write speed sticks at 1.0x/1.1x. i've changed nothing since the first time yet still nill joy can anyone help? thanks EDIT: i'm using a philips dvd burner and i've just updated the firmware to the latest version, still no banana