How do I burn 4x media at 8x?

[Saulbadguy]

And I have an 8x burner. How can I do this?

 

[SickBeast]

Usually you need hacked firmware to do it. Generally the burner will read the media code and burn at the default speed and slower only.

 

[ponyo]

Just try it and see. My burner has no problem burning 4x disc at 8x.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Originally posted by: Naustica
Just try it and see. My burner has no problem burning 4x disc at 8x.

It burns it at 4x.

 

[JackBurton]

What burner do you have? And what type of media are you using? Usually the burner will spin up when the media is inserted in the drive and will do a quick test and see what speed it can reliably burn the disc at. So it depends on your burner and media.

 

[ponyo]

What burner you have? Have you updated it to the latest firmware? I use Nero6 to burn with my Benq 800A and it gives me option to burn at 8x. I burned over 400 DVDs all at 8x. Most were Memorex 4x DVD+R burned at 8x.

 

[Saulbadguy]

microadvantage 8DVDRW , rebadged btc 1008IM. TDK 4x ricohjpnr01

 

[RobCur]

is it possible to burn 1x or 2x media at 8x as well?

 

[0roo0roo]

even if it does burn you should test the disc for errors. cdrinfo.com cdfreaks.com have info

 

[DaNorthface]

Originally posted by: RobCur
is it possible to burn 1x or 2x media at 8x as well?

sure, but will it work? I rather have a reliable burn than one that will fail..I don't get why people want to burn cds out of specs. Most of the time when i burn, i burn slower than the cd specs to get better quality buirns.

 

[SuperFreaky]

Originally posted by: DaNorthface

Originally posted by: RobCur
is it possible to burn 1x or 2x media at 8x as well?

sure, but will it work? I rather have a reliable burn than one that will fail..I don't get why people want to burn cds out of specs. Most of the time when i burn, i burn slower than the cd specs to get better quality buirns.

ditto that, who wants 400 DVDs that might not work when you want to watch them