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Hardware Forum / Brand Name Systems / HP / May 2007Problem With DVD Writer HP DVD840y External
For some reason..I can only get it to burn on 4x speed...Im using windowsxp sp2 and Nero 7...It didnt come with any software other than nero 6 oem and even that one only let me burn at 4x speed...how do i make it burn faster..its capable of 16x speed..TIA What sort of system is the drive attached to? The external connection is USB 2.0? USB 1.1 will definitely slow down the burn rate. A slow CPU will, too. ... Ben Myers >For some reason..I can only get it to burn on 4x speed...Im using windowsxp >sp2 and Nero 7...It didnt come with any software other than nero 6 oem and >even that one only let me burn at 4x speed...how do i make it burn >faster..its capable of 16x speed..TIA its a HP 9705w-b usb 2.0 i believe 2.9ghz celeron processor > What sort of system is the drive attached to? The external connection is > USB [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>even that one only let me burn at 4x speed...how do i make it burn >>faster..its capable of 16x speed..TIA IIRC, Nero does some sort of speed calibration to make sure that it won't burn a bunch of coasters. It would seem that USB 2.0 and a 2.9GHz Celeron would support faster than 4x. Maybe USB 2.0 is still too slow to sustain anything faster. It would be nice to have a comparative test of the same drive mounted inside the chassis on an IDE channel with an 80-filament Ultra IDE cable... Ben Myers >its a HP 9705w-b usb 2.0 i believe 2.9ghz celeron processor >> What sort of system is the drive attached to? The external connection is [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>>even that one only let me burn at 4x speed...how do i make it burn >>>faster..its capable of 16x speed..TIA On Feb 25, 8:32 pm, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote: > IIRC, Nero does some sort of speed calibration to make sure that it won't burn a > bunch of coasters. It would seem that USB 2.0 and a 2.9GHz Celeron would [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - or maybe the blank dvd´s you are using have a 4x limit....long shot, but you never know. <SNIP> Good point. Embedded in the header record on a blank CD or DVD is information indicating the maximum burning speed possible. Some software interrogates this information before burning, then adjusts burn rate if necessary. Other software does not, and burns faster on a blank rated for a slower max speed. I use 8x-rated CD blanks all the time on systems with faster CD burners, but the software I use either does not read the burn rate from the CD or it ignores it. As a result, the CD burner burns a lot faster than 8x, without any problems. .... Ben Myers >or maybe the blank dvd´s you are using have a 4x limit....long shot, >but you never know. I erred somewhat. The header of a blank CD or DVD contains the info about the maximum burn speed for which the manufacturer has designed and tested it. One can still burn CDs at a faster rate, but don't complain to the manufacturer is the result is either a coaster or a partially unreadable CD/DVD... Ben Myers ><SNIP> > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>or maybe the blank dvd´s you are using have a 4x limit....long shot, >>but you never know. On Mar 7, 12:44 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote: > I erred somewhat. The header of a blank CD or DVD contains the info about the > maximum burn speed for which the manufacturer has designed and tested it. One [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I just ran into that problem last night. I was trying to use a FUJI 16x disc and it would only burn at 4x. When I put in a SONY 16x disc, it burnt perfectly at 16x. The only thing I can come up with is the drive is only compatible with certain types of media discs. The problem I am having with the drive is that my computer won't recognize it as a lightscribe drive. Anyone have any clue why this is happening? When I got it, it worked fine, but now I can't use the lightscribe labeling. Did you install the Lightscribe LSS software? Without it installed no software will recognize it is Lightscribe. You can it the most recent version at Lightscribe.org. On Mar 7, 12:44 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote: > I erred somewhat. The header of a blank CD or DVD contains the info about > the [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I just ran into that problem last night. I was trying to use a FUJI 16x disc and it would only burn at 4x. When I put in a SONY 16x disc, it burnt perfectly at 16x. The only thing I can come up with is the drive is only compatible with certain types of media discs. The problem I am having with the drive is that my computer won't recognize it as a lightscribe drive. Anyone have any clue why this is happening? When I got it, it worked fine, but now I can't use the lightscribe labeling. |
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