16X-24X cd-rw media what happen if you write at lower speed??

[Stalker]

i have a cd-rw that write at 16x. but my college have 12x cd-rw.
fast cd-rw media i came across have 16x-24x range. what if i write at 12x with 16x-24x media? can i do that at all???
example

 

[Electric Amish]

Anything lower is fine....and sometimes you can go higher.

amish

 

[Stalker]

if i can do that then why they put a range???

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Stalker
if i can do that then why they put a range???

So people who have burners that burn faster than 16-24x know that they *might* not be able to use this media. I don't know why they bother with the lower limit....

You're right it's silly.

amish

 

[OverVolt]

I think if you do something dumb like use old 8x media in a 52x burner it explodes since the media can't take that velocity !

But i know that 16x media won't work in my Lite-on 52x24x52! Weird eh? But this 40x media i bought does.

 

[Mark R]

I don't think you can record a CDRW disc outside of its rated range - can't go faster or slower.

That's certainly the case with 2-4x and 8-12x discs. You can't record an 8-12x disc in an old 2x/4x drive. The drive will simply recognise the disc an non-recordable, or at least my drives did.

 

[ssanches]

Originally posted by: Stalker
i have a cd-rw that write at 16x. but my college have 12x cd-rw.
fast cd-rw media i came across have 16x-24x range. what if i write at 12x with 16x-24x media? can i do that at all???
example

Generally 16x-24x should easily burn at 12x. But sometimes some folks have problems writing way out of the rated speeds, even if they're trying to write at a speed much slower than the rated speed. Different media are rated for different speeds and the CDRW drive calibrates it's laser power and rotational speed to match that particular "write strategy" for the media. Everything depends upon the dye used, etc. So as a general rule, if you're trying to write near the specs, it should work.