High PIF spike on XGD3 burns, MKM003

[bwbag]

Ill apologise in advance for the criminally-left-out burn log. But, its with an Ihas524B with Burnermax.

latest version of Imgburn;

standard settings with Smartburn and FHT on;

Overspeed and OHT off, Perform opc before write off;

Havent cleared OPC history since about  a dozen burns ago.

MKM003 Singapores

Burned at 4x

 

Several burns, all seeming to work in the xbox totally fine, installing or playing from disc. Scannign through Kprobe though, the Pi max and average are very low (19 and 0.98 respectively on the latest burn, but all have been roughly the same) and average PIF of 0.14. But all of them seem to hit a pif spike of 8 at the layer break (with a corresponding PI spike which is the max PI)and PIF spiking again very shortly after the layer break. They dont seem to be sustained spikes, just one offs.
 

Have tried a couple of discs from different spindles. Should I be worried given the PIF being more than double recommended max?

 

If a log would be more helpful I'll rattle off another burn and post the log and corresponding Kprobe results.

 

Thanks in advance for help or advice

Edited September 17, 2013 by bwbag

[LIGHTNING UK!]

If it burns and verifies ok, there's nothing more ImgBurn can do.

 

The quality of the burn comes down to the drive/firmware/media combo.

 

If you're getting a spike them maybe clearing the drive's OPC history will help.

 

You can access old logs via the 'Help' menu - and yes, posting one would be helpful (and a kprobe screenshot too).

[bwbag]

No problem man, I appreciate you taking the time to look

 

I 22:24:47 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 22:24:47 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)
I 22:24:47 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,668 KiB  -  Available: 1,548,460 KiB
I 22:24:47 Initialising SPTI...
I 22:24:47 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 22:24:48 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI iHAS524   B AL2A (E:) (RAID)
I 22:24:48 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 22:26:09 Operation Started!
I 22:26:09 Source File:
I 22:26:09 Source File Sectors: 4,267,015 (MODE1/2048)
I 22:26:09 Source File Size: 8,738,846,720 bytes
I 22:26:09 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM
I 22:26:09 Source File Volume Set Identifier: b75b0000MS UDFBridge
I 22:26:09 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM)
I 22:26:09 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF
I 22:26:09 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50)
I 22:26:09 Destination Device: [2:2:0] ATAPI iHAS524   B AL2A (E:) (RAID)
I 22:26:09 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00)
I 22:26:09 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x
I 22:26:09 Destination Media Sectors: 4,267,040
I 22:26:09 Destination Media L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,133,520 (Changeable: Yes)
I 22:26:09 Write Mode: DVD
I 22:26:09 Write Type: DAO
I 22:26:09 Write Speed: 4x
I 22:26:09 DVD+R DL Reserve Track: No
I 22:26:09 Link Size: Auto
I 22:26:09 Lock Volume: Yes
I 22:26:09 Test Mode: No
I 22:26:09 OPC: No
I 22:26:09 BURN-Proof: Disabled
I 22:26:09 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x)
I 22:26:09 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM
I 22:26:09 Advanced Settings - Force HT: Yes, Online HT: No, OverSpeed: No, SmartBurn: Yes
I 22:26:09 CD/DVD Life Record Count: 24 - CD/DVD Record Count: 3
I 22:26:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,133,520
I 22:26:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc
W 22:26:09 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Failed! - Reason: Invalid Field in Parameter List
I 22:26:09 L0 Data Zone Capacity - Effective: 2,133,520
I 22:26:19 Filling Buffer... (512 MiB)
I 22:26:31 Writing LeadIn...
I 22:27:02 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4267014)
I 22:27:02 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4267014)
I 22:27:02 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2133519)
I 22:40:13 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2133520 - 4267014)
I 22:53:25 Synchronising Cache...
I 22:53:30 Closing Track...
I 22:53:31 Finalising Disc...
I 22:54:05 Exporting Graph Data...
I 22:54:05 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\David\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\ATAPI_iHAS524_B_AL2A_17-SEPTEMBER-2013_22-26_MKM-003-00_4x.ibg
I 22:54:05 Export Successfully Completed!
I 22:54:05 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:27:55
I 22:54:05 Average Write Rate: 5,391 KiB/s (4.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,512 KiB/s (4.1x)

 

and the corresponding kprobe file is attached

 

Cheers again

 

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Yeah the pif levels are a little off around the layerbreak. It's not what I'd class as a spike though, a spike is just a single pixel in width.

 

Maybe clearing opc will help (assuming that log wasn't from after you'd cleared it)... failing that, buy yourself yet another spindle of discs - from a different supplier and see how they go.

[bwbag]

Cleared OPC, three burns in, we have this. PIF is peaking higher, but seems less of an extended period than before. Will persist with some more burns and see how it goes.

 

Have also included a kprobe scan run in MSF mode to target the affected area and see in greater detail how its going.

Edited September 18, 2013 by bwbag