DVD burner speed issues

hello,

i decided it was time to get a new dvd burner. the one that had come with my computer was on it's last legs.

for the price, and from the quality in cell phones (at least) that i have come to know, i decided to go with the- LG (Life's Good) GSA-H42L 18x Super Multi DVD Rewriter.

i got back home and made the switch, swapping out the old dvd burner for the new one. i made sure to set the jumper settings properly.

upon testing a dvd rip and burn i was disappointed. the drive read at 2.0x and burned at a max of 4.1x. the old burner i was replacing maxed out at 4.4x on both the read and write modes.

i ran Nero's CD-DVD Speed tool which did not return promising results. upon opening every dvd ripping/burning application i have, i see that the max speeds set for the drive vary from 2.4x to 4x.

i currently am running windows xp SP2. i am at a loss as to what the problem may be and am open to any suggestions on how to get this to run to its full capabilities.

regards

 

The base speed and IDE AT interfaces can make a difference in recorder speeds, as well as the basic cables used. Could you give us more information?

For example, is the MB IDE interface an ATA66, ATA100, or faster. If so you need the specialized cables that go with it, and make sure the functions are turned on in BIOS.

The CPU/Speed is also important, unless you have an advanced MB with some legs.

Sharing a fast drive on the same cable as a slow drive forces the fast drive to default to the slow drives speeds. I generally hang my optical drives on their own IDE interfaces (not shared) just to prevent that problem.

 

I agree, one IDE channel for hard drives, one IDE channel for optical drives. Always use 80pin cables on all your IDE devices for best performance. You may want to check the speed of your media (blank discs) and maybe look into a firmware upgrade. The current firmware version is usually on the DVD drive's label near the model number; it'll be listed as 'FW rev.' or maybe 'F/W v.' or something very similar to that. Sometimes firmware upgrades are needed to get the drive to see the media's max read and write speeds correctly.... go to the LG web site and see what you can find out. Be sure to have the model number handy, and the firmware revision number also.

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