AmIeviL

Well, I just confirmed one thing about my drive/firmware. My read speeds are stuck at 2.2x on my retail Blu-Ray movie discs only, not the backup copies I make of them, so I must have Riplock built in to the firmware/drive. My read speeds still don't reach the full advertised speed of 6x when reading my backups, but they average 3.5x and max at around 5.5x(only momentarily). Now if I could just narrow down why my write speeds are maxed at 2.2x. I do know, that the 2.2x speeds occur no matter what I am burning, whether it is backups of files/folders or Blu-Ray movies. If anyone else reading this post happens to have this same drive, I would love to hear what blank media you are using and what write speeds you are getting. My drive was shipped with the newest firmware, so I know that it is not a matter of simply updating. AmIeviL

The only other PC I have is on old laptop with only USB 1.1 ports. I do not currently have another brand of BD-R media, but I do have DVD-R media also, would trying this help troubleshoot whether it is the drive or the media or something else? The drive is supposed to write/read DVD-R at 8x speed. I haven't tested DVD's yet, because I haven't had the need, but if this would help narrow things down, I can certainly do it and post the results. However, if you think it is a waste of time then would you possibly have any other suggestions? AmIeviL

Yeah the buffers are both full during the entire burn until the end obviously. I also just tried to do a read with ImgBurn (which I had never done) and it also maxes out at approx. 2.2x, does this help give you anymore insight as to anything else that could be wrong? How would I find out if it is somehow dropping itself down to USB 1.1 speeds for whatever reason? Thanks, AmIeviL

Hello, I have tried searching for possible fixes to my issue and also read the FAQ's as thourougly as possible, but nothing I try seems to work. So here is my problem. I am using a Samsung SE-506BB(retail name) 6x Blu-Ray burner or as the pc sees it as model# TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506BB and TS00(firmware) along with Philips BD-R 6X 25GB media (Disc ID: CMCMAG-BA5-000). As you can see, both the burner and media are capable of 6x speeds and ImgBurn even recognizes them as being capable of burning at these speeds and sets itself up to burn at those speeds, however every single time, it maxes out at 2.2x and pretty much stays there. On the upside of this, I have never burned a coaster out of approx. 40 discs burned since I bought the drive in Febuary '13. It is a USB 2.0 external drive and therefore I tried a different usb 2.0 cable(just in case) and since my laptop does not have any USB 1.1 ports, only 2.0 ports and the drivers look right to me, I am at a loss as to why I cannot burn at a higher speed. Thank you for your time! AmIeviL Log: I 10:10:44 ImgBurn Version 2.5.7.0 started! I 10:10:44 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1) I 10:10:44 Total Physical Memory: 2,087,096 KB - Available: 1,345,944 KB I 10:10:44 Initialising SPTI... I 10:10:44 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 10:10:45 -> Drive 1 - Info: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-850S 1.20 (D:) (ATA) I 10:10:45 -> Drive 2 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (J:) (SCSI) I 10:10:48 -> Drive 3 - Info: TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506BB TS00 (H:) (USB) I 10:10:48 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM and 1 BD-RE XL! I 10:11:08 Operation Started! I 10:11:08 Building Image Tree... I 10:11:08 Calculating Totals... I 10:11:08 Preparing Image... I 10:11:08 Contents: 58 Files, 16 Folders I 10:11:08 Content Type: BD Video I 10:11:08 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:11:08 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 10:11:08 Volume Label: [Not Configured] I 10:11:08 Size: 24,543,055,439 bytes I 10:11:08 Sectors: 11,983,946 I 10:11:08 Image Size: 24,544,280,576 bytes I 10:11:08 Image Sectors: 11,984,512 I 10:11:08 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 10:11:50 Operation Started! I 10:11:50 Building Image Tree... I 10:11:50 Calculating Totals... I 10:11:50 Preparing Image... I 10:11:50 Contents: 58 Files, 16 Folders I 10:11:50 Content Type: BD Video I 10:11:50 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:11:50 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 10:11:50 Volume Label: DEXTER SEASON 2 I 10:11:50 Size: 24,543,055,439 bytes I 10:11:50 Sectors: 11,983,946 I 10:11:50 Image Size: 24,544,280,576 bytes I 10:11:50 Image Sectors: 11,984,512 I 10:12:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:10 I 10:12:00 Operation Started! I 10:12:00 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 10:12:00 Source File Sectors: 11,984,512 (MODE1/2048) I 10:12:00 Source File Size: 24,544,280,576 bytes I 10:12:00 Source File Volume Identifier: DEXTER SEASON 2 I 10:12:00 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 427E517900B6DDEA I 10:12:00 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.7.0 I 10:12:00 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 10:12:00 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 10:12:00 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506BB TS00 (H:) (USB) I 10:12:00 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: CMCMAG-BA5-000) I 10:12:00 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x I 10:12:00 Destination Media Sectors: 12,219,392 I 10:12:00 Write Mode: BD I 10:12:00 Write Type: DAO I 10:12:00 Write Speed: 6x I 10:12:00 Hardware Defect Management Active: No I 10:12:00 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes I 10:12:00 Link Size: Auto I 10:12:00 Lock Volume: Yes I 10:12:00 Test Mode: No I 10:12:00 OPC: No I 10:12:00 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 10:12:01 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 26,976 KB/s (6x) I 10:13:29 Filling Buffer... (100 MB) I 10:13:30 Writing LeadIn... I 10:13:33 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 11984511) I 10:13:33 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 11984511) I 10:55:47 Synchronising Cache... I 10:55:54 Closing Track... I 10:55:55 Finalising Disc... I 10:56:16 Exporting Graph Data... I 10:56:16 Graph Data File: C:\Users\insomniac\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_BDDVDW_SE-506BB_TS00_SATURDAY-MARCH-30-2013_10-12_AM_CMCMAG-BA5-000_6x.ibg I 10:56:16 Export Successfully Completed! I 10:56:16 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:44:15 I 10:56:16 Average Write Rate: 9,458 KB/s (2.1x) - Maximum Write Rate: 9,969 KB/s (2.2x) I 11:05:13 Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506BB TS00 (H:) (USB) I 11:05:13 Family Tree: I 11:05:13 -> ACPI x86-based PC I 11:05:13 -> Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System I 11:05:13 -> PCI bus I 11:05:13 -> Intel® N10/ICH7 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC (PCI bus 0, device 29, function 7) (VEN_8086&DEV_27CC - Intel - usbehci) I 11:05:13 -> USB Root Hub I 11:05:13 -> USB Mass Storage Device (Port_#0001.Hub_#0005) (VID_0E8D&PID_1956 - Unknown - USBSTOR) I 11:05:13 -> CD-ROM Drive (TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506BB USB Device)