The fastest that drive can write is 40x write and 10x w/r, make sure that you are using compatible 40x (plus) cd-r's, it may also be an issue with the Roxio software, i've found Roxio to be the worst burning software available... I use Alcohol 120%, it can burn anything, including protected game backup's and at the required speeds, baring in mind, that burning at a lower speed minimises buffer under runs and coasters...
My drive is the Nec 7900a (Max 24x) and at 16x speed, it still burns a full 700mb game disk in approx 4 mins, with no probs...
Dimension 8200 Pentium 4 2.6ghz / 400mhz 1024mb Samsung pc800 rdram 160gb Western Digital 8mb cache 120gb Western Digital 8mb cache 16x Samsung DVD 24x Nec CD/RW Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 10/100 3com Network Sapphire Atlantis 9700 pro Graphics Win xp Home
Jump over to Roxio`s site and apply the latest update for your Basic version, should be over / around 5.3.4X. Also Dell has a firmware release for the drive that addresses write issues with Sony 32x media, however some Members reported it helped with other brands of media as well. You can find the Dell firmware here:
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference.
I have the latest updates from Roxio installed, and I installed the firmware update before I left my initial question and so far nothing has worked.
The thing that makes me so mad is that I paid $100 extra to upgrade to the 40 x 10 x 40 CD/RW drive (from the 32 x 10 x 32), and it performs at a bit over 1/2 speed for any recording. My 32 x 10 x 32 cd/rw drive in my Dimension 4400 performs at 32 speed for the same discs. So all in all to make a long story short I paid $100 extra for slower recording speeds out of a faster recording drive. And to top it all off Dell has been no help at all getting it fixed.
Since the drive shows it can record at 40 speed when there are no discs in the drive, yet drops down to 24 when a CD-R is put in what kind of a problem am I looking at here? Software, CD's, the drive itself? It have tried Memorex, and Imation discs. I have 32, 48, and 52 in the Memorex, and who knows for the Imations. I think they are 40.
Download the software i use (Alcohol 120%) its free to download the trial version, and is very good software, at least you will be able to rule out if its software problem... http://www.alcohol-software.com/
My NEC NR-9100A will only burn certain media's at 8x maximum, although the medias are certified up to 52x.
I know this might be a limitation to the firmware of the NR-9100A, but what really bothers me is that no newer firmware updates have been released since 109B (Dates back to 2002)
Now 3 years later, a lot of new media types have come out, and I am anxiously awaiting a firmware update that can handle these new medias.
Should I stop waiting, and acknowledge the fact, that products bought through Dell are going to have a limited amount of support/updates?
The CD-R brand I last tried was Memorex, before that Fujifilm. It gets quite annoying when you purchase expensive media's, and you can't use them to the full extent, because of hardware limitations that should not be there.
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The fastest that drive can write is 40x write and 10x w/r, make sure that you are using compatible 40x (plus) cd-r's, it may also be an issue with the Roxio software, i've found Roxio to be the worst burning software available... I use Alcohol 120%, it can burn anything, including protected game backup's and at the required speeds, baring in mind, that burning at a lower speed minimises buffer under runs and coasters...
My drive is the Nec 7900a (Max 24x) and at 16x speed, it still burns a full 700mb game disk in approx 4 mins, with no probs...
Dimension 8200
Pentium 4 2.6ghz / 400mhz
1024mb Samsung pc800 rdram
160gb Western Digital 8mb cache
120gb Western Digital 8mb cache
16x Samsung DVD
24x Nec CD/RW
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2
10/100 3com Network
Sapphire Atlantis 9700 pro Graphics
Win xp Home
Message Edited by shunney on 02-23-2004 02:19 AM
Predator
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February 23rd, 2004 01:00
Hi Nine,
Jump over to Roxio`s site and apply the latest update for your Basic version, should be over / around 5.3.4X.
Also Dell has a firmware release for the drive that addresses write issues with Sony 32x media, however some Members reported it helped with other brands of media as well.
You can find the Dell firmware here:
http://support.ap.dell.com/ap/en/filelib/download/index.asp?fileid=R52401
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
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February 23rd, 2004 12:00
I have the latest updates from Roxio installed, and I installed the firmware update before I left my initial question and so far nothing has worked.
The thing that makes me so mad is that I paid $100 extra to upgrade to the 40 x 10 x 40 CD/RW drive (from the 32 x 10 x 32), and it performs at a bit over 1/2 speed for any recording. My 32 x 10 x 32 cd/rw drive in my Dimension 4400 performs at 32 speed for the same discs. So all in all to make a long story short I paid $100 extra for slower recording speeds out of a faster recording drive. And to top it all off Dell has been no help at all getting it fixed.
Since the drive shows it can record at 40 speed when there are no discs in the drive, yet drops down to 24 when a CD-R is put in what kind of a problem am I looking at here? Software, CD's, the drive itself? It have tried Memorex, and Imation discs. I have 32, 48, and 52 in the Memorex, and who knows for the Imations. I think they are 40.
shunney
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February 23rd, 2004 15:00
Hi,
Download the software i use (Alcohol 120%) its free to download the trial version, and is very good software, at least you will be able to rule out if its software problem...
http://www.alcohol-software.com/
Let me know how you get on :)
Good luck
ZnabelA
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November 28th, 2004 22:00
I know this might be a limitation to the firmware of the NR-9100A, but what really bothers me is that no newer firmware updates have been released since 109B (Dates back to 2002)
Now 3 years later, a lot of new media types have come out, and I am anxiously awaiting a firmware update that can handle these new medias.
Should I stop waiting, and acknowledge the fact, that products bought through Dell are going to have a limited amount of support/updates?
The CD-R brand I last tried was Memorex, before that Fujifilm. It gets quite annoying when you purchase expensive media's, and you can't use them to the full extent, because of hardware limitations that should not be there.