Speed issues with my new CenDyne 48x burner

[Boss-Hog]

Hello,

For Christmas I got the CenDyne Lightening IV 48X CD-Writer.. Having had two burners before this, I installed the drive pretty easily. Nearly every online review I've read about this CD recorder indicates that the drive burns a full (74 or 80 minute) CD in roughly 2-2:30 minutes. However, everytime I've burned an audio CD of this length (using MP3's from my hard drive) it takes a minimum of 4-5 minutes. I'm using Windows 98 and I am running the latest version of Nero to write CDs and when writing, I'm not performing any other tasks in the background. I'm writing at 48X, disc at once method, with buffer underrun protection OFF. DMA and disconnect are both checked in device manager. I'm using Imation 48X writable CD-Rs as the media. My writer is connected to the same IDE cable that my other CD drive (actually an IDE DVD-ROM drive) is connected to. I don't imagine the slower writing speed is a result of my lower computer specs, but here they are just in case:

P3 500 mHz
256 RAM

One more thing that might be worth noting is that before I got this burner, I had a Plextor SCSI burner. When I took out the Plextor I left in my SCSI adapater card even though it's not currently connected to anything but I removed the SCSI cable that had been connected to the Plextor drive. Now, everytime I start my system, I get an exclamation point on my SCSI controller and windows 98 tries to read this device each time I start my computer. If you have any idea why my new burner is writing slower than it should be, PLEASE let me know. Thanks!

[cdrfreak]

However, everytime I've burned an audio CD of this length (using MP3's from my hard drive) it takes a minimum of 4-5 minutes.

I don't imagine the slower writing speed is a result of my lower computer specs, but here they are just in case:

P3 500 mHz
256 RAM

Decoding MP3's at 48x is a bit optimistic with a 500 MHz CPU.
If you burn a data cd or an audio cd from wave files you should be able to reach 48x.

[Boss-Hog]

I see....I've been considering upgrading my processor in the near future - what speed would you think is needed to burn MP3 format files at 48X? Thanks.

[lightningbaron]

Just a thought!, have you tried another brand of CD-R media? (suggestion: Fuji)

Even though a media is labeled 48X, the key words are "up to".

[MDDrew]

why is BURN proof off?

i can do 48x on a 800mhz duron

[BuddhaTB]

i can do 48x on a 800mhz duron

Yes you can. Just make sure you have atleast 128MB RAM and have enabled Burn-Proof or whatever buffer underrun protection you have. Also make sure your using quality media like Taiyo Yuden that's rated for 48x. If your not sure what media is best for your drive, check out the following thread.

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=6005