Sorry I am a hardware newb. 
I picked up this OEM drive at newegg and some 8x legacy dvdr+ discs.
Ok so this might obviously be my problem, but I didn't know that the drive wouldn't come with the connectors I needed to hook it up to my mobo, so I just used the wires that were in my old DVD/CDRW combo drive.
My 4.4 gig dvds are taking 30 minutes to burn off my hard-drive at 12x. I tried burning them at 8x and I get the same exact speed.
Shouldn't I be getting at least 8x?
What are the best discs I can buy for this drive? ie burn at at least 8x consistently at a good price. Is my problem the connection I am using to the motherboard?
Here's my system: p4 1.4 / 256k ram / windows 2k pro
Sorry I'm ignorant but I need help... :frown:
I picked up this OEM drive at newegg and some 8x legacy dvdr+ discs.
Ok so this might obviously be my problem, but I didn't know that the drive wouldn't come with the connectors I needed to hook it up to my mobo, so I just used the wires that were in my old DVD/CDRW combo drive.
My 4.4 gig dvds are taking 30 minutes to burn off my hard-drive at 12x. I tried burning them at 8x and I get the same exact speed.
Shouldn't I be getting at least 8x?
What are the best discs I can buy for this drive? ie burn at at least 8x consistently at a good price. Is my problem the connection I am using to the motherboard?
Here's my system: p4 1.4 / 256k ram / windows 2k pro
Sorry I'm ignorant but I need help... :frown:
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