Problem with CD-Rs not burning up to speed

[Mike23]

Hi guys, first off I'm glad I found a forum where I think my problem can be solved. It seems like there's a lot of CDR/RW smart people in this forum.

Anyway here's my problem, I have a 52x24x52x Sony CDRW Drive (Sony CDRW CRX225E) and I recently bought Verbatim 52x CD-Rs.

(http://www.verbatim.com/products/produc ... pro_id=404)

I tried Nero 6.0.0.11 and it only allows me to burn at 40x max.
I tried Alcohol 1.4.6.711 and it only allows me to burn at 40x max.

I don't get it, why do my 52x CD-Rs not want to burn with my 52x burner???

Thanks in advance guys...

[zoozer1234]

There is typically two reasons for this. Speed of burning is controlled by two factors:

1) By the firmware on the CD-RW drive
2) By the ATIP information on the disk

Typically most firmware have a list of compatible media they can burn to at relavent speeds typically in your case 52x. If the media it detects isn't in this list it normally defaults to a slower burning speed and this speed is often 40x. One reason to update your firmware often if your happy at doing that.

Secondly a cd-r contains information on the disk that gives the software and cd-rw information on how to burn to the disk (e.g. laser power level, space on disk, burn speed etc). As this is obviously not the problem as you have 52x cd-rs then I would look at the first options. Anyone else with any other ideas? regards

Robert

[Mike23]

Thanks for the quick response, well, last I checked there are no firmware updates...

But I was also thinking maybe I have to turn on a "turbo boost" mode I was reading about in the review of this drive

http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=184

Thanks again...

[CDRecorder]

Did turning on Turbo Burst help?

[CDRecorder]

Check out this post. It says that, for some Sony drives, at least, Turbo Boost may need to be on to burn faster than 40x.