Dear gurus,
Is it normal for my Benq DW1640(set as master drive) burner’s buffer level to hover around 89% most of the time when I burn my DVDs at 4X?I have a NEC burner which is set as slave on the same IDE channel but during the burning process the NEC buffer level surprisingly stays at a constant 94% rate instead.I usuallly burn my medias at 4X and the HDD buffer level for both is most of the time at 100%.
Is anything wrong in my setup?System ASPI drivers are not installed although Nero’s latest ASPI is.Both drives have DMA turned ON with the latest firmware(BSJB and 1.01E).
What bugs me is the 89% rate for my Benq 1640’s buffer level when I burn my DVDs.All these while all my previous drives(CD burners to my latest NEC ND-3540A) I had had constant >94% buffer level during the burning process.But not this drive.Although the drive doesn’t have erratic/inconsistent drops in buffer level,is this normal?
Someone please help me out here.
Thanks.