52x burner seen only @ 40

ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
edited May 2004 in Hardware
wellp i got me a new cd burner after my other 1 failed to burn compresensible.... yea.. copies of like 15 cds, so i got a samsung sw-252f black 52x cd burner and 100 imation cd-r's, i pop 1 in to give it a test burn and its comming up saying its only a 40X burner, the cd-r's are rated at 48, any 1 wanna make a suggestion? :)

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  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited May 2004
    *sigh* armo strikes again
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    my sony 52x (crx230e i think it was) only let me go to 40, without 'turbo' mode which i didn't know about and didn't like once i did know. sooooo, i'm not sure whta you can do with yours, but i flashed my firmware to a lite-on qs0b one and it got rid of 'turbo' mode and let me burn automatically at 52x. btw, turbo mode, if you have it, supposedly you have to hold eject for 5 sec before you either insert the cd ur gonna burn at turbo, or before you eject the cd already in, not sure. give it a whirl and let me know whats up.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited May 2004
    thats really odd, will it lite up or give me any indication about that "turbo on mode"? i think ill find some new firmware
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Do you have 52x media?

    If it's 40x, most burning programs read the CD ID and cap it to the media's max burn speed.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited May 2004
    the cd-rs are rated at 48. i was playing with windows drive properties, and unchecked auto eject the cd after burning, and then when i looked at the drive burn speed it whent from 40 ( previously said ) to 52... GHOSTS!
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited May 2004
    now it says 40 again
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Burner -> :nudge: <- Armo
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited May 2004
    lol thx, i updated the firmware and still is says 40, it must be the cdrs
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited May 2004
    it could be. did you try the turbo thing? i actually have never done turbo manually, cuz like i said i changed my f/w around. but, now whenever i burn the led is red, instead of a 1sec off / 1sec on green led. so methinks when you burn it will turn red in turbo.
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