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Re: 24 speed -- aint that fast

#170
From: fault
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 15:34
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you have to learn how to use it.
there arwe alot of varibles.
i had no problem at all out of about 30 i got one coaster   and was my
own fault.

On Sun, 03 Mar 2002 15:24:17 GMT, Jes@nospam.com (Jes) wrote:

>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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