DaffyD®
Sun Mar 16 17:45:51 PDT 2008
"MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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> | Your answer is along the lines of what I was asking. My CD burner maxes
> out
> | at 52x, and that was the burn speed for all previous CDs using Nero. I
> just
> | bought a spindle of TDK cds that are rated as 52x but now the max burn
> speed
> | I can get is 40x, using the same exact software. I can still go back to
> | older blank CDs and burn at the higher speed using Nero so that rules
out
> | the software variant.
> |
> | So the question becomes, can the quality of the disk (weight, thickness,
> | etc) affect the burn rate? Does a lightweight disk (because they are
> getting
> | thinner) have a lower rpm than an older heavier one?
> | Or am I being too simplistic? Thanks.
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> | { : [|]=( DaffyD®
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> | If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
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> A few things might be involved.
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> The type of dye used on the Disk and the clarity of the plastic [e.g.
> colored disks verses clear] would be my first guess, but thickness would
not
> be one. The last TDKs I bought had fluctuations in the disks [hold at
right
> angle under light and look at the under surface] for some reason. A few
even
> had visible flaws [looked like drip patterns or dust partical {circular}
> flaws in the dye].
> Another thing might be the age of the burner,,, I have one that was 52X
but
> will now only burn at 16X, obviously the laser is getting dim or the
lenses
> might have picked up a film, which I could not clean. If you smoke, then
> that would cause the lenses to become clouded after a time.
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> When servicing drives, I have found dust threads, small bits of tobacco,
> and other particals on the len(s) which must have diffused the laser
enough
> to cause slower burns and slower read times..
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> However, just as disks have differring abilities at over-burning, so will
> you find disk that just work better than others.
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> MEB
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> | "MEB" <meb@not here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> | news:eTfu9zngIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> | > What is that you want to address,, the hardware support on the CD
> drive,,
> | > cache settings, or what?
> | >
> | > If you're talking generally, then it depends upon the CDR disk
quality,
> | the
> | > drive's supported speeds, and the computer's speed [processor, FSB,
> | memory].
> | > Speed can also be affected by the amount of on CD drive buffer/cache
> | memory
> | > and how effectively the software relates to that..
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> | > MEB
> | >
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> | >The discs are clear on the bottom (no dye). But I have used previous
TDK disks with no problems. It might be how they manufacture the new ones.
The buffer/cache hasn't changed. I think it's 2 MB, if that sounds right.
> | >