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..ckwor..

I have a Lite-On 52x32x52x (Model 52327S) and it burns CDs at what seems to
be a slower pace than my old Plextor 16x burner. I finally got around to
checking it with the Nero 6 Suite 3 tools, and it's max burn rate is only
24x. :-(

I'm using Memorex CD-R media rated for 52x. I installed the
latest-and-greatest firmware from Lite-On, but that didn't help a bit. I
have the latest-and-greatest chipset driver installed for my motherboard
(Asus P4B266). The burner is the master on EIDE channel 2, with no other
device attached as the slave. I'm running Windows XP w/ SP1 installed and
all the latest updates from Micro$oft.

The Lite-On 52x burner had glowing reviews according to all the sources I
checked before I bought it, so I'm a little disappointed with its
performance. Can anyone think of anything else that I can try? I'm pretty
much at a loss at this point.

..eeperM..

Hackworth typed:

> I have a Lite-On 52x32x52x (Model 52327S) and it burns CDs at what
> seems to be a slower pace than my old Plextor 16x burner. I finally
> got around to checking it with the Nero 6 Suite 3 tools, and it's max
> burn rate is only 24x. :-(
>
> I'm using Memorex CD-R media rated for 52x. I installed the
> latest-and-greatest firmware from Lite-On, but that didn't help a
> bit. I have the latest-and-greatest chipset driver installed for my
> motherboard (Asus P4B266). The burner is the master on EIDE channel
> 2, with no other device attached as the slave. I'm running Windows XP
> w/ SP1 installed and all the latest updates from Micro$oft.
>
> The Lite-On 52x burner had glowing reviews according to all the
> sources I checked before I bought it, so I'm a little disappointed
> with its performance. Can anyone think of anything else that I can
> try? I'm pretty much at a loss at this point.

Does your drive run with DMA or PIO? If it's PIO, then it's slow. It must be
DMA. Check out at device manager/ATAPI/IDE controllers, select appropriate
channel/advanced and see. If it's PIO, remove that channel and reboot. If
that doesn't work, check in BIOS if that channel is set to DMA or AUTO.

..ckwor..

"SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
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> Hackworth typed:
>
> > I have a Lite-On 52x32x52x (Model 52327S) and it burns CDs at what
> > seems to be a slower pace than my old Plextor 16x burner. I finally
> > got around to checking it with the Nero 6 Suite 3 tools, and it's max
> > burn rate is only 24x. :-(
> >
> > I'm using Memorex CD-R media rated for 52x. I installed the
> > latest-and-greatest firmware from Lite-On, but that didn't help a
> > bit. I have the latest-and-greatest chipset driver installed for my
> > motherboard (Asus P4B266). The burner is the master on EIDE channel
> > 2, with no other device attached as the slave. I'm running Windows XP
> > w/ SP1 installed and all the latest updates from Micro$oft.
> >
> > The Lite-On 52x burner had glowing reviews according to all the
> > sources I checked before I bought it, so I'm a little disappointed
> > with its performance. Can anyone think of anything else that I can
> > try? I'm pretty much at a loss at this point.
>
> Does your drive run with DMA or PIO? If it's PIO, then it's slow. It must
be
> DMA. Check out at device manager/ATAPI/IDE controllers, select appropriate
> channel/advanced and see. If it's PIO, remove that channel and reboot. If
> that doesn't work, check in BIOS if that channel is set to DMA or AUTO.

The drive was showing as "PIO mode only." I changed it to "DMA if
available," but that didn't have any effect. BIOS shows PIO Mode 4 and DMA
2. But guess what? I removed that channel and then rebooted to let Win XP
redetect the channel and of course the CD-RW drive along with it. Now
everything works fine! Many thanks for the tips.

One final thing. Device manager>> ATAPI/IDE controllers>> *both IDE
channels*>> Properties no longer show an "Advanced" tab! All I get are
"General," "Driver," and "Resources" tabs! Any idea what's up with that?? I
don't need to get to the Advance tab now because everything seems to be
working fine, but I wonder where it went?

..m ..oes..

Try some well regarded *quality* media... Memorex *ain't it*...

Tim K

"Hackworth" <spam_me_not@spamless.com> wrote in message
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>
> "SleeperMan" <SleeperMan@too.sleepy> wrote in message
> news:QplBc.5226$37.693345@news.siol.net...
> > Hackworth typed:
> >
> > > I have a Lite-On 52x32x52x (Model 52327S) and it burns CDs at what
> > > seems to be a slower pace than my old Plextor 16x burner. I
finally
> > > got around to checking it with the Nero 6 Suite 3 tools, and it's
max
> > > burn rate is only 24x. :-(
> > >
> > > I'm using Memorex CD-R media rated for 52x. I installed the
> > > latest-and-greatest firmware from Lite-On, but that didn't help a
> > > bit. I have the latest-and-greatest chipset driver installed for
my
> > > motherboard (Asus P4B266). The burner is the master on EIDE
channel
> > > 2, with no other device attached as the slave. I'm running Windows
XP
> > > w/ SP1 installed and all the latest updates from Micro$oft.
> > >
> > > The Lite-On 52x burner had glowing reviews according to all the
> > > sources I checked before I bought it, so I'm a little disappointed
> > > with its performance. Can anyone think of anything else that I can
> > > try? I'm pretty much at a loss at this point.
> >
> > Does your drive run with DMA or PIO? If it's PIO, then it's slow. It
must
> be
> > DMA. Check out at device manager/ATAPI/IDE controllers, select
appropriate
> > channel/advanced and see. If it's PIO, remove that channel and
reboot. If
> > that doesn't work, check in BIOS if that channel is set to DMA or
AUTO.
>
> The drive was showing as "PIO mode only." I changed it to "DMA if
> available," but that didn't have any effect. BIOS shows PIO Mode 4 and
DMA
> 2. But guess what? I removed that channel and then rebooted to let Win
XP
> redetect the channel and of course the CD-RW drive along with it. Now
> everything works fine! Many thanks for the tips.
>
> One final thing. Device manager>> ATAPI/IDE controllers>> *both IDE
> channels*>> Properties no longer show an "Advanced" tab! All I get are
> "General," "Driver," and "Resources" tabs! Any idea what's up with
that?? I
> don't need to get to the Advance tab now because everything seems to
be
> working fine, but I wonder where it went?
>
>
>