Waiting For Buffers to Recover

[Juliogol]

hi!!

 

Recently i´ve been having the error "waiting for buffers to recover"... i tought it was de kard drive because it´s been making a lot of noise, so I replaced with another one, but sometimes, less than before, the "waiting for buffers" error appears even tought i´m not using the disk other than burning.

 

Any ideas?

 

Sorry my english!!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Something must be going on with your system/hdd or there wouldn't be a problem

 

What do you have running in the background (or in general) when you're burning?

 

Check nothing like defrag or indexing is kicking in.

 

You should post a log so we can see the problem - as per the pink box up the top.

[Juliogol]

Thans for answering!

 

Here´s the log

 

 

I 13:42:06 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Julio\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7280S_1.01_MARTES-03-DE-JULIO-DE-2012_01-33_p.m._CMC_MAG._AM3_8x.ibg

I 13:42:06 Export Successfully Completed!

I 13:42:06 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:16

I 13:42:06 Average Write Rate: 10.003 KB/s (7.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11.100 KB/s (8.0x)

I 14:27:36 Operation Started!

I 14:27:36 Source File: F:\bonaere.iso

I 14:27:36 Source File Sectors: 2.285.848 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:27:36 Source File Size: 4.681.416.704 bytes

I 14:27:36 Source File Volume Identifier: DVDVOLUME

I 14:27:36 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 0AAD1CCBDVDSHRNK

I 14:27:36 Source File Implementation Identifier: DVD Shrink

I 14:27:36 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)

I 14:27:37 Destination Device: [3:0:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7280S 1.01 (G:) (ATA)

I 14:27:37 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AM3)

I 14:27:37 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x

I 14:27:37 Destination Media Sectors: 2.298.496

I 14:27:37 Write Mode: DVD

I 14:27:37 Write Type: DAO

I 14:27:37 Write Speed: 8x

I 14:27:37 Link Size: Auto

I 14:27:37 Lock Volume: Yes

I 14:27:37 Test Mode: No

I 14:27:37 OPC: No

I 14:27:37 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 14:27:37 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 11.080 KB/s (8x)

I 14:27:37 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 14:27:37 Writing LeadIn...

I 14:28:09 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2285847)

I 14:28:09 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2285847)

W 14:35:01 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 1973568)

W 14:35:08 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:35:09 Writing Sectors...

W 14:35:47 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2121088)

W 14:35:53 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...

I 14:35:54 Writing Sectors...

I 14:36:25 Synchronising Cache...

I 14:36:32 Exporting Graph Data...

I 14:36:32 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Julio\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7280S_1.01_MARTES-03-DE-JULIO-DE-2012_02-27_p.m._CMC_MAG._AM3_8x.ibg

I 14:36:32 Export Successfully Completed!

I 14:36:32 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:55

I 14:36:32 Average Write Rate: 9.235 KB/s (6.7x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11.100 KB/s (8.0x)

 

In the background i had Chrome only running... and the disk i was using to write is in a different disk that where the OS is...

 

It happened only once today, but i am worried since it´s a new hard disk...

 

Thanks!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Can you run something like HD Tune on your F:\ drive and see what speeds you get?

 

8x isn't exactly fast and something is preventing your system/hdd from even coping with that. Then it's taking 6 or 7 seconds to refill a 40 MB buffer... that's pretty poor - no wonder you're having problems.

 

Do you defrag the drive?

[Juliogol]

I´ll try HD tune and post the results. The HD i am using now only has one week so i haven´t defragmented it yet cause i thought i was not neccesary!

 

Could it be something on the motherboard? Cause i´ve been having this problem with another hard disk too...

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Erm maybe... what motherboard do you have? Are you able to try the drive in another port? Have you tried a new cable?

[Juliogol]

Here´s the results of the HD tune test:

 

 

Thx for the quick reply!!!

[Juliogol]

On HDtune the hard disk I thought was having problems says in "heatl" that it has some bad sectors... I guess I´ll try a new cable on the new hard disk!