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Re: 24 speed -- aint that fast

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From: brett murphy
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:32
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Go into the preferences of nero and change in the Cache tab the minimum hdd
space from 16 meg to what ever (at least 50meg) i would suggest depending on
your hdd size.
"Jes" <Jes@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 04:16:51 GMT, "Ray" <e@m.com> wrote:
>
> >I just bought one of those faster (24x10x40x) cendynes from office max
and
> >have not been able to get it to work as advertised yet!  Out of about 13
> >tries, 8 were coasters, 4 were successful and only 1 was at 24x (which
> >burned no faster than a 16x--yes, I
>
> DON'T USE THE CHEAP MEDIA.
> May a suggest you get the Verbatim or Mitsubishi media that uses the
> new AZO for accurate writing.
>
> I had the same problems, failed burns just about all the time.
> I moved to Mitsubishi 24x with AZO and no failed burns.
>
> Have you downloaded the patch from the Nero site so you can burn at
> 24x?
>
> www.nero.com
>
> If it doesn't have a brand name at the front in maybe a panasonic.
> I've seen a few oem panasonics and they don't show the brand name on
> the front.
>
> >have 24x cd's).  But, it may be my configuration.  I am on the bbs from
> >cendyne on how to get my computer to recognize it as a lite-on or teac or
> >whatever, but first the tech has to know what it is.  After supplying him
> >with the model and serial that are stamped on the drive itself and
another
> >barcoded number on the box, he still doesn't know the manufactor of the
> >thing!!
> >  If anyone out there is in the know of these knod of things, I would be
> >real grateful far any assistance rendered in my direction.
> >
> >Here are some of the specs:
> >on the drive:  model no. 2410A-051    serial no. 99B771205120344303PWP000
> >on the pakage box  Part # CDICD00091  (I believe this is cendynes number
for
> >the 24x10x40).  There is an EAN9557858309997 barcoded number also on
> >thedrive.
> >
> >  I have a HP Pavillion 6540C  celeron 466MHz  256M RAM  Western Digital
> >7200 rpm Ultra ATA/66/100 30 Gig HD and am running W98SE OS.
> >
> >  My system confiuration has the DMA checked and the disconnect checked
(I
> >don't know if that one is needed to be checked--but it was already
checked).
> >Synce data trans and auto insert notification are not checked.  The DMA
of
> >my HD is also checked.
> >
> >  My device manager calls it a generis cd-rom (not cd-rw)  but the
softwares
> >apps I am using (nero that came with it and ECDC) refer to it as an atapi
> >24x10.
> >
> >All the reviews I read are positive, so I'm thinking my systems not setup
> >right for this or I have a bum one.
> >
> >Sorry for the long response, but I'm a bit frazzeled over this.
> >
> >thanks!
> >
> >Jimmy Cricket <x@x.com> wrote in message
> >news:gvha5u8mf1cl5aj1io36be5dshijs18sqa@4ax.com...
> >> I'm a bit disappointed; I expected at least an increase of twice the
> >> speed...
> >>
> >> Previous burner: Sony 8x4x32x
> >> Replacement: Lite-on 24x10x40x
> >>
> >> Burning data, I tested the speed, and the following is the results I
> >> got...
> >>
> >> Sony: 527MB in 8 min 13
> >> Lite-on: 527 MB in 5min13
> >>
> >> Wow! A speed increase of a whole 36%
> >>
> >> WHOPPY DO-DA!!! :)
> >>
> >> Can't even manage to be twice as fast! Yet they claim three times
> >> faster (24/8)
> >>
> >> Also, another thing, with the Lite-on I burnt 2 copies of the same
> >> thing.
> >> The first was on a Mitsui Gold CDR @ 16x (max speed allowed - as
> >> reported by Nero)
> >> The second was on the new GAT CDR @ 24x (max speed allowed - as
> >> reported by Nero)
> >>
> >> Guess what?
> >>
> >> They both literally took the exact same time to finish!
> >>
> >> Melbourne,
> >> Australia
> >>
> >
> >
>
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