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Nero data DVD speed problem... 2x burns faster than 4x?!

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1/5/05 at 10:08pm
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So I have an 8x DVD+/-R burner in my Dell M60 laptop. The problem is that if I choose to burn my discs at anything faster than 2x (Discs are 4x), they actually end up burning slower than they would have if I had just left it at 2x. I keep noticing that the cache and buffer meters are jumping all over the place. For reference, I am burning these off of my firewire 7200rpm external drive, but even copying them to my laptop's internal 7200rpm drive doesn't make a difference. I'm using Nero and am fairly pissed off at the moment since I am trying to back up a lot of data. Any ideas?
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post #2 of 5
1/5/05 at 10:51pm
Have you tried defragging both drives? I have heard that if your drives are very fragmented you can get the symptoms you are describing (cache and buffer meters jumping all over the place).
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post #3 of 5
1/6/05 at 6:23am
1)Make sure your version of Nero is fully supported of this drive.
2)Make sure you have DMA enabled. http://www.real-knowledge.com/dma.htm http://www.blackmaxpc.com/Guides/DMA.htm
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post #4 of 5
1/6/05 at 1:39pm
If the first 2 reponders are ok and you still want another opinion get a hold of www.sonic.com they are the ones that software, Dell put on your Notebook to get the thingy going.
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post #5 of 5
1/7/05 at 6:41am
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Thanks guys.
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