8x faster than 12x ? - Club CDFreaks

sfarieq · 24-05-2005

I tried some TY02 and Prodisc01 at 8x and 12x and it seems that burning at 8x is about 40-80 seconds faster than burning at 12x. Why's this ?

*Quikee* · 24-05-2005

Hard to say this is not normal.. 8x takes ~8:40 and 12x ~6:30. Usual questions are... have you got DMA enabled and are you using MS IDE driver. =)

sfarieq · 24-05-2005

Yes DMA's enabled and MS IDE drivers. I reckon it's the Master/Slave thing. I've got 2 DVDRWs and 2 HDD. Which should be Master/Slave ?

sfarieq · 28-05-2005

Anyone ? Please help me, do you put the dvd writers to be slave and the 2 hdd to be masters ??? Thanks.

*ala42* · 28-05-2005

You have to put the source and target drive on different ide busses. Master and slave do not really matter usually. Some drives do not like each other on the same bus, changing master and slave in just a case might help.

**zevia** · 28-05-2005

Examples:
- Primary IDE master: Burner1
- Primary IDE slave: Burner2
- Secondary IDE master: HDD1
- Secondary IDE slave: HDD2

or
- Primary IDE master: HDD1
- Primary IDE slave: HDD2
- Secondary IDE master: Burner1
- Secondary IDE slave: Burner2

do not mix an optical drive (dvd burner) with a HDD in the same IDE channel.

rugger · 29-05-2005

Is the second dvd you burnt larger then the first. If so, the drive may have limited write speed to 8x and written normally. I get that often when burning TYG02 disks.

Pork Chop · 31-05-2005

Maybe they can't burn at 12x and the speed drops to less than 8x for a while, making the overall time longer. When I burn my value line TYG02 ( sold as 4x) at 8X, they will drop to less than 3x after ~1.5GB.

24-05-2005	#1 (permalink)
sfarieq CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 34	8x faster than 12x ? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I tried some TY02 and Prodisc01 at 8x and 12x and it seems that burning at 8x is about 40-80 seconds faster than burning at 12x. Why's this ?

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Quikee Author of NecDump Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 2,775	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Hard to say this is not normal.. 8x takes ~8:40 and 12x ~6:30. Usual questions are... have you got DMA enabled and are you using MS IDE driver. =) __________________ NecDump, WOPC Tool, BQFlasher 0.7.2 (+source), DVDScanner, DVDWrite,...

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sfarieq CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 34	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Yes DMA's enabled and MS IDE drivers. I reckon it's the Master/Slave thing. I've got 2 DVDRWs and 2 HDD. Which should be Master/Slave ?

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sfarieq CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 34	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Anyone ? Please help me, do you put the dvd writers to be slave and the 2 hdd to be masters ??? Thanks.

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ala42 MediaCodeSpeedEdit Author Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 4,281	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? You have to put the source and target drive on different ide busses. Master and slave do not really matter usually. Some drives do not like each other on the same bus, changing master and slave in just a case might help. __________________ LiteOn/Benq/LG/NEC/Pioneer/Samsung/Toshiba stuff: MediaCodeSpeedEdit V 1.1.0.18, released August 3rd 2008

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zevia Admin & Review Coordinator N.America Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 9,637	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Examples: - Primary IDE master: Burner1 - Primary IDE slave: Burner2 - Secondary IDE master: HDD1 - Secondary IDE slave: HDD2 or - Primary IDE master: HDD1 - Primary IDE slave: HDD2 - Secondary IDE master: Burner1 - Secondary IDE slave: Burner2 do not mix an optical drive (dvd burner) with a HDD in the same IDE channel. __________________ Click here to join CDFreaks.com Join CDFreaks Distributed Computing Team, have fun while helping to save some lives! My review PC & Specs & Media Blu-ray to DVD guide Forum Rules \| Blu-ray UDF Driver BenQ/Philips FAQ and tools: BQFlasher, MCSE, WOPC Tool, WinDWFlash LG GGW-H10N Blu-ray/HD-DVD \| LG GBW-H10N Blu-ray \| Panasonic SW-5582 Blu-ray

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rugger CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 320	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Is the second dvd you burnt larger then the first. If so, the drive may have limited write speed to 8x and written normally. I get that often when burning TYG02 disks.

31-05-2005	#8 (permalink)
Pork Chop CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 50	Re: 8x faster than 12x ? Maybe they can't burn at 12x and the speed drops to less than 8x for a while, making the overall time longer. When I burn my value line TYG02 ( sold as 4x) at 8X, they will drop to less than 3x after ~1.5GB.

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