Slow Burn Speed, Need Help!

[Mpftmead]

I've been using Decrypter for years and recently switched to ImgBurn It's got lot of neat features! But that really has nothing to do with this as the problem started before I upgraded...it sometimes takes 2-3 hours to burn a DVD now and It never used to. Right now i'm at a 0.7x speed which is about as high as it gets, the buffer is always 100% while the device buffer goes through the same process of 6%-31%-%56%-81% really quickly over and over again. It never used to do this. I tried using Nero's stuff for checking the drive quality and all I got were errors and It would never complete. I'm wondering if it is the new Maxell 16X DVD+R's I just got a "bargin" on... Can anyone help?!

 

Thank you for your time,

-Mike

 

P.S. I know it says "Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size." But all of my stuff is on the C: partition which is NTFS The D: Is just recovery...

Also my system is a HP Pavilion A1350N

 

I 19:04:58 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 19:04:58 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 19:04:58 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,592 KB - Available: 1,510,900 KB

W 19:04:58 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.

I 19:04:58 Initialising SPTI...

I 19:04:58 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 19:04:58 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD

[kevdriver]

Mead, Welcome to the forum. First off check your DMA and ensure your drive hasn't gone back to PIO. Secondly check for updates for your drive and then switch to Verbatim brand of blank discs DVD-R. Check the FAQ for how to check DMA if you don't know how. Windows lies so its worth resetting the DMA anyways to ensure its enabled on your drive (s).

[Mpftmead]

Thanks! I think it's the media! Need to get Verbatim....

[kevdriver]

Glad to see you've got it worked out...... Verbatim really do make a difference.

[Mpftmead]

Yeah thanks for the tip!

[cornholio7]

with speeds that slow i would follow the faq about resetting dma, it only takes 5 minutes

[Mpftmead]

with speeds that slow i would follow the faq about resetting dma, it only takes 5 minutes

 

Ooo Ok! Will do!

[volvofl10]

I'm wondering if it is the new Maxell 16X DVD+R's I just got a "bargin" on... Can anyone help?!

 

I 19:05:49 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: CMC MAG-M01-00) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x)

 

and then change to decent media. anything with CMC as the disc ID is poor quality stuff im afraid , hence the recommendations in here to switch to taiyo yuden's ect ect