Hi guys. Not really a problem, more of a concern based on previous drives not operating in this manner.
So I just obtained a Pioneer BDR-206 drive which I immediately flashed to the latest 1.05 firmware. I am using the very latest release of IMGBurn 2.5.5.0. I usually only burn DVD-R, TYG03 mainly, as well as RW. I noticed upon my first DVD burn with this new drive that the device buffer fluctuated quite noticeably. It doesn't get dangerously low, but is constantly jumping between 84-100%, up and down, up and down. All my previous optical burners have the device buffer pegged at 100% without ever faltering. I found this strange as this drive contains a 4MB cache, not a 2MB like DVD-R optical burners. I am also running an SSD as a main drive, and a Velociraptor 10,000RPM drive along side the SSD. It does not matter which drive I burn from, the device buffer jumps between early 80's to 100% and back down, up and down, up and down. What is even stranger is this does not happen with CD-R or BD-R burns whatsoever. Burning CD-R and BD-R discs has the device buffer pegged at 100% solid. On any disc type the buffer (HDD) is pegged at 100% static.
Can anyone explain why the device buffer seems to have issues maintaining 100% load while burning DVD-R on my BDR-206 drive, but CD-R and BD-R do not exhibit this issue? The burns complete without error, but am a little worried something may be up with my drive. Is it possible to have it burn CD-R and BD-R without issue, but perhaps have an issue when burning DVD-R only? Is this even an issue to be concerned over? Really stumped and really confused here. If anyone can shed some light on this matter I would be very grateful.
Thanks for reading.