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From: Virgil2U on 12 Dec 2006 21:26
I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by either DVD Decryptor or Nero.


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From: BigJim on 13 Dec 2006 00:29
could be the media you are using, I have some verbatium disks rated at 8x
but will only burn at 4x. I think it is also the burners problem. When I use
them in a different burner they write at 8x.
"Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>
>
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From: Cari on 13 Dec 2006 01:36

"Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:3e3e1$457f64e3$4831d05d$3260(a)FUSE.NET...
>I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>
Ensure it's an 80 wire cable and not an older style 40 wire one. Also
ensure DMA is enabled.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows


From: Paul on 13 Dec 2006 01:56
Virgil2U wrote:
> I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new Gateway
> computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on cable select
> on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with the system. The
> problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X and not at 12X as the
> drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as master and slave so that
> I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have is 16X so it should be no
> problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>

If you use the Nero speed test, and try to read back the disks, what
speed do they read at ? Chances are, this is a problem with the writing
process, and not a cable datarate problem. I have plenty of problems
with media on my burner, and selecting the max burn rate, even with
rated media, gives me coasters. Quite a disappointment really.

If the disks will read back at full speed, then the data is travelling
over the cable at full speed.

Paul
From: Ed Medlin on 13 Dec 2006 10:41

"Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
news:3e3e1$457f64e3$4831d05d$3260(a)FUSE.NET...
>I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>

You could try Samsung's Magic Speed program. Many Samsung DVD writers
natively run in 'silent' mode which may restrict your speeds. I am not
really sure if this applies to both read and write but might be something to
look into. I have a TSST corp DVD R/W that is a rebranded Samsung Light
Scribe drive that is very sensitive to the type of media I use. It is a 16x
burner but with some media will only burn at 4x or 8x even though the media
is 16x. TDK media seems to work best. I have no idea who makes the media for
TDK, but I would assume it isn't TDK.

Ed


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