What dvd media are you using? I just received this drive and I am only getting 2.5x burn speed. This drive was manufactures in AUG 2005 and firmware is 102c.
I have tried nero 6.6..., sonic dvd, alocohol, easy media creator 7.5. I just bought memorex 16x dvd+r media I will see if i can burn at 8x on memorex 16x.
What does Nero say the max speed is for the DVD player? When I was having problems before, Nero was saying that the max the 6500 could burn was 4x regardless of the media I used.
well nero 6.6 says 8x but again if it is taking 15minutes to burn a dvd then it is not 8x. Actually I received the burner yesterday and have not tried other softwares but nero.... i will try nero and see what speed i get and report back.
Try disabling the SpeedStep (to force the CPU to run at full speed) and see if that makes any difference.
My drive is burning a dvd in less than 8 minutes now, at full 8X... maybe you got another bad drive? Personally, I wouldn't trade this 6650 for any 6500... my 6500 would barely sustain 4X.
It's strange though, considering we have what should be identical drives.
Maybe you should call Dell and let them know, in case it's an issue with something else?
yes udma mode 2 is enable ans speed strap is enabled too.. My drive is exactly same as yours manufactured in Aug 2005. I still have ND-6500A which I have to send back to dell within 10 days. ND-6500A is at least burning at 4x speed. I am not sure which one is better model I can keep the same old one and send back the new one ND-6650A.
I thought I will install WinXP Pro and see what burn speed I get. When I finally did, I was able to burn 4.1GB in 12minutes with Nero. It was a big difference since It was taking 21 minutes before. I then reloaded the clean image of WinXp home and tried to burn the same 4.1GB on DVD and burn completed in 12 minutes with Nero. I had also reinstalled Nero and so far I am happy with the burn speed I am defenitely going to keep this ND-6650A model and send back ND-6500.
Again, thanks for all your input and quick responses. Feel free to through out questions if you have any problems.
Excellent news! I've heard a lot of people complaining about the software that comes on these things from the factory, and they end up doing pretty much what you said (re-loading the OS etc.).
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September 1st, 2005 03:00
Reporting back FINALLY. Seems Dell "lost" my order yet again, so on Monday a "new" order was put in.
Good and bad news... first the good:
- received new DVD drive today by courier
- drive is now burning SUSTAINED speed of 8X (no change in software etc.)
Bad news...
- Dell didn't replace my 6500 with a 6500, instead they shipped a 6650!
So unfortunately I will never know if it was the drive itself, or that model of drive.
I suppose I will have to settle without the answer, at least burning speed is now as promised when the laptop was purchased.
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September 9th, 2005 18:00
Message Edited by sport46 on 09-09-2005 02:36 PM
RZS
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September 9th, 2005 18:00
I use Nero 6.6 the most.
What does Nero say the max speed is for the DVD player? When I was having problems before, Nero was saying that the max the 6500 could burn was 4x regardless of the media I used.
Message Edited by RZS on 09-09-2005 02:46 PM
sport46
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September 9th, 2005 20:00
RZS
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No problem, hope it works out for you.
RZS
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Is the device manager showing it as in Ultra DMA mode also?
Was just thinking also... do you have speedstep enabled?
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Try disabling the SpeedStep (to force the CPU to run at full speed) and see if that makes any difference.
My drive is burning a dvd in less than 8 minutes now, at full 8X... maybe you got another bad drive? Personally, I wouldn't trade this 6650 for any 6500... my 6500 would barely sustain 4X.
It's strange though, considering we have what should be identical drives.
Maybe you should call Dell and let them know, in case it's an issue with something else?
Message Edited by RZS on 09-10-2005 09:02 AM
sport46
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sport46
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September 12th, 2005 13:00
Guess what RZS,
I thought I will install WinXP Pro and see what burn speed I get. When I finally did, I was able to burn 4.1GB in 12minutes with Nero. It was a big difference since It was taking 21 minutes before. I then reloaded the clean image of WinXp home and tried to burn the same 4.1GB on DVD and burn completed in 12 minutes with Nero. I had also reinstalled Nero and so far I am happy with the burn speed I am defenitely going to keep this ND-6650A model and send back ND-6500.
Again, thanks for all your input and quick responses. Feel free to through out questions if you have any problems.
Thanks
sport
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September 12th, 2005 13:00