shanks Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 I have had this problem with a few ISOs that ive been trying to burn. They would start burning normally, and suddenly stop somewhere in the midst of writing, the write speed would go to 0. ive also noticed the same isos will stop at the same completion % every time, if i try to burn them again. does anybody know why this is happening?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Please post the log (even if it's not complete)
shanks Posted June 29, 2008 Author Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) ok, im not sure if this is exactly wat you want but: this iso went to 75% and then stopped writing. after around 18 minutes I aborted. I 01:10:24 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 01:10:24 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 01:10:24 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,628 KB - Available: 1,587,888 KB I 01:10:24 Initialising SPTI... I 01:10:24 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 01:10:24 Found 1 DVD-ROM, 1 DVD Edited June 29, 2008 by shanks
LIGHTNING UK! Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Have you tried burning at 8x or 12x? Maybe the 4x write strategy just doesn't work (4x is what it would use because it's the closest available to the 1x you selected) Try burning with 'Test Mode' enabled too, that'll at least tell you the system should be capable of burning the disc. (Turn it off again to do a real burn) How are the buffers when the drive appears to get stuck, are they both still full up?
shanks Posted June 29, 2008 Author Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) How are the buffers when the drive appears to get stuck, are they both still full up? yes, they are full. I havent tried doing test burns or burning at higher speeds, but ill try those and get back to you. i have another question though, about something else. Just now i tried burning an iso with lots of stuff running in the background and my buffers were going up and down (normally they stay full until the burning is finished). I was wondering if this is bad at all for the image. Like, would i get the same quality disc if i burned it like this, than if the buffers were full the whole time? (might be a stupid question but i dont know what the buffers do :S) Heres what part of the log looks like: I 04:46:13 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2174063) W 04:47:08 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:47:16 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:47:17 Writing Sectors... W 04:48:15 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:48:25 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:48:26 Writing Sectors... W 04:49:03 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:49:11 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:49:12 Writing Sectors... W 04:50:14 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:50:23 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:50:24 Writing Sectors... W 04:53:50 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:53:55 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:53:56 Writing Sectors... W 04:54:50 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:54:58 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:54:59 Writing Sectors... W 04:56:27 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 04:56:39 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 04:56:40 Writing Sectors... W 04:59:57 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 05:00:03 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 05:00:04 Writing Sectors... I 05:02:38 Synchronising Cache... I 05:02:59 Exporting Graph Data... I 05:02:59 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Royiz\Application Data\ImgBurn\IBG Files\DVDRW_IDE_16X_A091_JUNE-29-2008_4-45_AM_MCC_03RG20_4x.ibg I 05:02:59 Export Successfully Completed! I 05:02:59 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:17:13 I 05:02:59 Average Write Rate: 4,414 KB/s (3.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,750 KB/s (4.2x) Edited June 29, 2008 by shanks
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