Verbatim 48x12x48x CD-RW only writes at 24x?

[koolhand]

Got this Verbatim drive fr. OfficeMax, box saids 48x12x48x, but on the CD-RW front panel,
it saids 48x24x48x.

Installed the Nero that came w/ it, max speed Nero would let me burn at is only 24x.

Tried uninstalling Nero & installing the latest download fr. web, still only lets me burn at 24x.

It's not my media, I have some Imation CD-Rs that I've burned at 48x on a previous Cendyne 48x burner.

Any ideas what's going on? System is win2k Professional on Athlon 1.2 Ghz.

 

[LED]

Hmmm some of the Burners only do 24X max for audio burns, other then that is your DMA enabled and do you have the latest firmware?

 

[ojai00]

If you have SMARTBURN enabled, it will burn at the CD-R's rated speed. If the Imation CD-R is 24x, it will burn the CD at 24x. Also, you can't burn CD-RW's faster than the drive is able to. Hope this helps.

 

[koolhand]

OK, turned out my media (Imation) was only rated at 24x, but I've been able to burn it at 32x & 48x on a Cendyne drive
on another computer.

Enabled DMA, didn't help. Smartburn is enabled.

I was able to get it to at least "detect" another CD-R media so that at least 32x record speed is possible.
No luck in getting it up there to 48x record speed as advertised...

 

[ojai00]

Try disabling SMARTBURN and seeing if you can hit the 48x. The other computer might have SMARTBURN disabled or something.

 

[RobCur]

You can but is risky, the media may not work in the long run. sure it will read ok for a day or 2 but after that you will lose whatever you backed up to it and you will regret just to save 30sec or 1 min

Originally posted by: ojai00
Try disabling SMARTBURN and seeing if you can hit the 48x. The other computer might have SMARTBURN disabled or something.