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i have a 52x creative cd-rom tested in CDRLabs test. I run on windows XP and for whatever reason when i try tests with Nero CD SPeed, i get reads speeds of about 18x! when i burn on the fly it burns at like 8x max on a 48x burner! the cd-rom is sec. slave to burner. why am i having this problem? thax

can someone confirm this for me
UDMA 2

i just got this drive when i bought a verbatim and i tested it against my LITEON 48125W and the ACER BENQ4816P beat it by 8 seconds! that can't be right and since your more of a expert than I, you can do a more accurate test than i can. By the way, i only burn cdrs from burner to harddrive back to burner NOT disc to disc for quality purposes.

I had seen firmware updates that can be used to to increase the speed of the burner such as 16x10x40 to 24x10x40. Does any one know if there is a firmware update that will work for the LTR-12101b 12x10x32 that will increase it to a 16x?

Cyberdrive DM168 16x48x dvd rom drive.

My dad bought me this the other day and to be honest I was not expecting much from a drive that cost £30 inc from Novatech

The drive was also RPC1 region free by default, dvd rom region info verified this and nero info tool.

So, all bonuses there I decided to try out the noise level on dvd and cd roms as my old pioneer slot ...

I have recently rma'd a really bad BTC drive and am now searching the internet for best possible deal anyhow i came across a page that stated that the LTR-32123S is capable of backing up SD2? But yet i havent been able to find any reviews on it where this was tested. Can anyone tell me if this drive indead has read/write capabilities of SD2? and if so what software would i want to use ...

I have searched the forum for info on this firmware,but the V6S07 firmware loaded on the LTR-52246 that I just purchased (Cendyne Lightning V) shows type P-CAV when I create a data CD.

according to Nero CD SPeed, the starting and end speed is approx. 24x and the average is 31.49x, total elapsed time is 3:12 for disc creation.

can anyone confirm?

I checked the info on the latest firmware V6S0C and the images in ...

I've recently been looking at DVD/CD-RW combo drives for my black PC. At the time I looked it was only possible to get Toshiba drives with black fascias in the UK and then only from one online retailer, Scan International.

I passed the information to a friend with a similar PC who ordered the Toshiba 32x combo drive from Scan, but was horrified to discover that all that was supplied was a bare drive, not ...

Writing Speeds

DVD+R: 4x, 2.4x, 1x (CLV)
DVD+RW: 2.4x, 1x (CLV)
CD-R: 24x (Z-CLV)
CD-RW: 12x (CLV)

Read Speeds

DVD+R/RW & DVD-R/RW: 4x (CLV)
DVD-ROM: 12x (CAV)
CD-R/RW: 40x (CAV)

Average Access Times

DVD: 210 ms
CD: 200 ms

Buffer: 8 MB internal buffer with support for BURN-Proof

First DVD writer I've seen with support for Sanyo's BURN-Proof. Could it be using Sanyo's new DVD writer chipset?

I'm new to burning cd's and what not... and I finally got around to making some because I've had my combo cd-wr DVD player since I got my computer in December I just never have gotten around to burning anything. Anyway so I finally try and now it won't burn anything. I've tried using both Roxio's cd creator and Nero but neither one will burn anything. They both say that the cd writing process is ...