buffers move wildiy

[pex9]

when i burn in imgburn start off good then both buffers go wild.then writing start to slow down to 1x-3x.when this happens log says waiting for buffers to recover and waiting for hard drive activity to reach thres hold level.what is wrong or what im i doing wrong

[polopony]

go into the device manager and see if the hard drive is in PIO mode it should be Ultra DMA also your burner should not be on the same channel as the harddrive and you should also be using an 80 wire ide ribbon

 

Start ,right click my computer ,properties ,hardware ,device manager . IDE/ATAPI controllers ,primary channel ,advanced settings and look to see what mode its in IF its in PIO right click on the primary channel and click uninstall,reboot and let windows set it to Ultra DMA mode ,you can do the same for the secondary

[dontasciime]

or if your using usb2 use 4x or 6x MAX 8x (12x and 16x work for me, not recommended though)

 

if your using usb1 use lowest speed or buy a usb2 pci card etc

Edited January 11, 2007 by dontasciime

[pex9]

not using usb dvdrw.both hard drive and dvdrw drive on dma mode.even if i burn with nero it is still slowburn.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Regardless of what Windows says about DMA, it's worth following the FAQ and uninstalling the controller + rebooting.

 

When you've done that, try again.

[pex9]

i have done it and still it does the same thing.i have two controllers one is grayed out for device used. it has been doing it for over a month or more.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

A screenshot might help us understand just exactly what it is that you're seeing.

 

If DMA isn't to blame and your cables are working correctly, it must either be major fragmentation on your hdd or either of the two drives are just playing up.

 

Check your CPU usage whilst burning, if it's high, it's DMA for sure.

[cornholio7]

are the hard disc and burner on the same cable?

[zacoz]

No offense intended for stating what might be obvious, but are you running a hard drive intensive program in the background - e.g. p2p ?

[lfcrule1972]

I wondered that zacoz.....

[pex9]

heres is what im seeing.when i did the this test burn cpu useage low. i dont do any p2p programs.i think the drives are on different lines.a few day back i did see a box pop up saying disk fragment error but i thought it was the rw disc in the drive.if it is fragment hdd how would i fix this.what is drives playing up.

[polopony]

not sure if this what you're asking, to defragment the hard drive---> start ,all programs ,accessories ,system tools ,disc defragment

[pex9]

i used an usb dvdrw drive to burn a disc and only had the log say hard disk recovery six times.using internal dive maybe twelve times saying that.if i use a external hdd will it stop saying hard disk recovery.if i goto hdd properties tools and use error check tool will it find the fragmention on the drive and fix it.if i use it will i lose data onthe dive.