yisgood
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posted on February 9, 2001 09:09:55 AM
I have an 8X CDRW drive yet I have never managed to get it to go faster than 4X on a CDR and 2X on a CDRW. I am using CDRs rated at 12X. I have adaptec 4.0 software and I also had Nero but neither did it. Since I like the adaptec better, that is what I am using. Another thing is it always insists on copying the data to the hard drive first because it claims my source CD isnt fast enough. It's 52X, how much faster does it need?
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captainkirk
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posted on February 9, 2001 09:15:39 AM
Can't help you on the first question, but I have an idea on the second. Are your cdrom and cdrw both on the same IDE channel (cable)? If so I think your PC will alternate reading from the cdrom with writing to the cdrw, whereas the harddrive is usually put on a separate channel from the cdroms, meaning it can read from the harddrive simultaneously with writing to the burner.
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mark090
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posted on February 9, 2001 11:23:41 AM
A few things to check.....
1. Check the software defaults. I'm not sure, but there may be a max write speed default.
2. Is the CDRW the master drive on the secondary IDE? Not only will this slow you down, but makes writing VERY unreliable and wastes alot of disks.
3. How fast is the rest of the equipment? A slow processor and/or especially a slow hard drive can make a difference.
Hope this helped.
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RB
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posted on February 9, 2001 11:28:11 AM
Does the drive or it's packing box have a high speed logo on it? I read somewhere that unless it states this, it will not work at these higher speeds. I don't think the disk itself is the problem, but I'd have to ask my Napster-addicted sons 
Good luck.
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yisgood
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:11:23 PM
Thanks for your suggestions. The CDRW is on a separate cable on the second IDE port. The hard drive and CDR are on the first cable. The system is a P166 MMX. Maybe it's the system, but what concerns me is I get a pull down to choose the speed and all I get is 2x and 4x. I guess I should try to move it to a faster computer and see what happens.
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mark090
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posted on February 9, 2001 01:22:58 PM
A P166 may be just too slow a system. My father was using a AMD 450 and was only getting 4x out of a 8x most of the time. He then upgraded to a 750. Kinda neat to write a 74 minute CD in less than 10 minutes... Takes longer to choose which tracks you want.
[ edited by mark090 on Feb 9, 2001 01:23 PM ]
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bitofagrump
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posted on February 9, 2001 04:08:09 PM
Not sure what brand burner you have, but my Yamaha (8X) stipulated a minimum of a 366 CPU, 450 or higher recommended. I run a O/C 300 @ over 400 and get 8X out of it if I am copying from the hard drive. The burner is on the same ide channel as my CD ROM, so I can't copy directly. Buffer size can have an effect as well.
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kathyg
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posted on February 9, 2001 07:36:08 PM
It's the P166. You didn't say how much RAM or free hard drive space, but these are factors too. Also, do whatever you can to free up resources when burning.
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AnonymousCoward
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posted on February 9, 2001 07:55:10 PM
What is your CD Drive model and brand. Did you ever benchmark it with SiSoft Sandra?
You can be surprised with the results sometimes. It says 52X on the box, but.... you get much less in the benchmark sometimes.
I would highly recommend an ASUS 50X drive. They're very easy to install and my benchmarks are way up there with it. Can't say the same for a 52X AOpen I once tried.
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