Will `12x + CD-RW CDs work on my plextor cd-rw?

by **imtim83** on Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:46 am

My plextor cd-rw is 24x 10x 40x. With the cd-rw cd burning speed being 10x. Will it beable to work fine with 12x + CD-RW CDs when burning but instead just burn at 10x ?

by **MediumRare** on Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:27 am

They should work OK- 12x CD-RW's don't exist officially. Most newer drives allow you to write to 10x (high speed) meida at 12x, so that may have led to a "rebranding". There are 4 genearations of CD-RW's, each involving a technology change so that older drives will not write to media from newer generations:
- "standard", 1-4x
- high speed, 4-10x (or 12x)
- ultraspeed, 16-24x
- ultraspeed +, 32x

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by **imtim83** on Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:44 am

Ok.

Thanks.

by **imtim83** on Tue Aug 31, 2004 11:15 am

What about media that is higher than 12x?

Like 16x to 24x media?

by **MediumRare** on Tue Aug 31, 2004 4:07 pm

imtim83 wrote:What about media that is higher than 12x?

Like 16x to 24x media?

No- if your drive is rated at 10x, you can't use faster media.

MediumRare wrote:There are 4 generations of CD-RW's, each involving a technology change so that older drives will not write to media from newer generations

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by **imtim83** on Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:40 pm

Thanks. That sucks :(

Will `12x + CD-RW CDs work on my plextor cd-rw?

Will `12x + CD-RW CDs work on my plextor cd-rw?

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