I recently installed a new pioneer 109, now when I write a dvd the device buffer jumps from 95 to 97 to 100 to 95....etc sometimes down to 50 or 2. Why would it do this? Never any probs before.
IM HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY DEVICE BUFFER IT GOES FROM 100 TO 2 TO 50 ECT. AND ONLY BURNS AT 1 TIMES SPEED INSTEAD OF 4X 8X OR 16X WHATS GOING ON?
Hey Jayob 1980, it has been a while since I posted this. I have had no problem with my backups. If you are having problems with your burning speed you might want to check your IDE controlers to see if you are in DMA or in the dreaded PIO mode. If you need help fixing this let me know and I will tell you hhow to check these. ---zen-->
OK are you in pio have you checked? you can do this by going to the start tab > My Computer > View Sytem info > Hardware > Device Manager > Go to IDEATA/ATAPI Controllers open that up go to primary IDE channel double click on it to open it. It should say Ultra DMA mode, if it says pio only then you have to go back to the previous page and right click on the primary channel. Click uninstall. It will say don't uninstall when you do it. But trust me it is ok, uninstall it. Then you reboot ur computer it will automatically reinstall it in DMA. If your secondary Channel is in PIO do exactly the same thing. ---zen-->
Also if your buffer is just jumping around it is ok, that is what it is their for. Only check ur DMA if your reading and writing times are seriously slower than usual. ---zen-->
it can be a problem when/if the buffers go too crazy, which results in skipping/freezing discs, even though the burn itself completes 100% successfully without error.
but for the buffer to only fluctuate a tiny few, ie 100 to 97 or whatever is ok. the rare few times my buffer dropped below 95% (ie down almost to nothing) was when i mistakenly kicked off a torrent download during the burn which causes the buffer to empty completely and results in a duff disc)
thanks zen. primary was on ultra dma 5 but secondary was on pio. did what u said now its on multi-word dma 2.. hope that does it. i"ll test it and get back 2 u. thanks again.
