Re: CD Burning
"DaffyD®" <daffyd@woohoo.com> wrote in message
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| "MEB" <meb@not
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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.
| >
| > 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.
| >
| > 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..
| >
| > 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
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| > | 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.
Could be, I forgot to include that this time, but Franc picked it up.
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| The buffer/cache hasn't changed. I think it's 2 MB, if that sounds right.
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The on drive buffer/cache would depend upon the drive itself and what it
included. Some have 8 megs or more.
* MEB
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