LH-20A1H keeps burning at 20x

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers LiteOn / PLDS / Sony Writer
#1

Regardless of what speed I select in Nero, the drive burns all my Sony DVD-R 16x SONY16D1 at 20x ever since I turned used SMART-BURNto read what speed it can burn at. I’ve tried turning it off, but it continues to burn at 20x. My Verbatim 16x DVD+R MCC004 discs burn fine at whatever speed I select, but I haven’t tried to use SMART-BURN to see what speeds it can burn at yet after what happened with the sony discs.

I don’t think it’s the fault of the media either; the Sony DVD-R discs work fine on my other Memorex drive.

#2

It’s a Sony media problem - this burner does not like Sony media for whatever reason.

#3

Oh okay. Thanks for the help.

#4

So I tried SMART-BURN with the Verbatim discs and now I can’t change the burn speeds for them as well. SMART-BURN read the limit as 16x and that’s the speed it keeps burning at now. The quality is still pretty good, but I want to try it at 12x to see if it’s any better.

#5

What program are you using to burn?

#6

update to the latest firmware LL0B…
Smart-burn is enabled by default no need to set it - maybe Nero is the problem?

get ImgBurn (free) and try it

#7

I’m using Nero Vision 4 to burn anime for my friends.

The drive is already updated to LL0B. My Memorex 16X-DDL-IN burns fine at whatever speed I select in Nero.

I tried ImgBurn and it says its burning at 12x, but it definately doesn’t sound like 12x.

#8

Well, the problem seems to disappear as long as ImgBurn is installed on my computer. This morning I tried another burn in Nero at 12x and it actually did it at that speed. I figured I didn’t need ImgBurn anymore so I uninstalled it but it started to burn everything at max speed again so I reinstalled ImgBurn again and it’s fine now. Dunno why it does that, but it’s all good now.

#9

Nero is the problem - you live easier without it! :slight_smile:

#10

You might want to save your registration number for Nero & try a clean install, to see if that helps or you could just go by, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.