HELP: Burn Speed Inaccurate!!!

[stonerjuice]

I just bought a new burner and it burns cds too slow. It's an LG GCE-8481B 48x24x48x. Everytime I burn a cd, it burns between 6x and 8x even though i set it for 48x. Someone help, I'm completely puzzled!!

[cfitz]

Do you have DMA enabled?

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625

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[BuddhaTB]

Are you using good quality media like Taiyo Yuden when burning with your LG drive? Check out the following thread to see what media is best for your drive.

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

[stonerjuice]

Yes, DMA is enabled but it still burns too slow.

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Is the media that important for burn speed? if the media were only rated at 24x and i tried burning at 48x, wouldn't i just keep burning coasters? (I'm using just generic CDR's rated at 48x.)

[coolestnitish]

Yes media is very important. LG's drives are pretty media picky. Try using a variety of high quality media.

[cfitz]

Is the media that important for burn speed? if the media were only rated at 24x and i tried burning at 48x, wouldn't i just keep burning coasters? (I'm using just generic CDR's rated at 48x.)

It sure is. Modern burners adjust the speed of the burn to match the capability of the media. When you try to burn low-speed media at high speeds, the drive will slow down to complete the burn successfully rather than produce a coaster. Still, slowing down to 6x seems excessive.

I would suggest two things:

1. Run a transfer rate test on a pressed data CD using CD Speed and tell us the maximum read speed your drive can achieve.

2. Get yourself some Fuji or Verbatim Data Life Plus Super Azo discs and see how they do. (This is BuddhaTB's suggestion repeated, with a little more specificity)

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