Problem with NEC 2500 and CDr Burn Speed

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers NEC / Optiarc Writer
#1

'm probably somewhat of a dumbass (well I know I am).

I purchased a NEC 2500 with the view to back up some DVD’s.

I haven’t got that far yet.

It wont burn a CDr any faster than 16x.

Flashed it with Herries 1.07 firmware (both options) with the same results.

Set up is a ECS K7VTA3 with AMD 1500+ XP, 512GB Crucial RAM, 2 HDD connected to a Promise ATA133 Controller, Lite-on 167T DVD ROM connected to Master on Primary IDE and NEC2500A connected to Master on Secondary IDE. DMA enabled in Bios and Windows. OS = Win2k Pro, SP4 + Patches, etc.

DiscInfo lists drive as 32x write speed.

Haven’t tested the DVD-R/RW yet as I haven’t even got of the CDr burning test.

Any advise?

Richie

#2

check the media with dvdinfopro to see if it is truly 32 or faster media.
next check dma settings
if you are using via drivers try using the base M$ drivers

oh yeah and when graduating to dvd try writing an rw first to make sure that you can get that done without wasting discs

#3

Thankyou, I was just coming back to confirm my stupidity. I have a couple of Maxells kicking about and it was the media. I’m sure they were 52x CD’s I bought, the robbing bastards. (http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/allmedia/prodDetail.do?kitNbr=1442&campaign=pricewatch)

#4

CD-R burning works fine for most people here. :slight_smile: