SS51G and DVD Burners

External Since: Jan 17, 2004 Posts: 2

I have an SS51G (v1.0) with a 1.8 GHz P4. My DVD burner, an LG 4040B
(A302 firmware), won't burn DVDs at 4x speed (4GB ~ 15 minutes). I can
burn at 2x just fine with all sorts of media. I'm using the SiS IDE
2.04a drivers because the standard XP IDE drivers won't allow a burn
at all. XP recognizes the drive as a UDMA2 drive. At first, I thought
the media was the culprit, but now I think that the SiS 651 chipset
may be to blame. Has anyone been able to burn at 4x speed with ANY
brand DVD burner and the SS51G (v1.0)?

For the record, I've used Ritek G04 DVD-R, Princo Grade A 4x DVD-R,
Memorex DVD-R, and Maxell DVD+R. All burn at 2x using Nero 6.3.

Thanks in advance for any input.

David

External Since: May 02, 2004 Posts: 83

On 22 Jan 2004 10:58:44 -0800, boxpressed DeleteThis @hotmail.com (David) wrote:

>I have an SS51G (v1.0) with a 1.8 GHz P4. My DVD burner, an LG 4040B
>(A302 firmware), won't burn DVDs at 4x speed (4GB ~ 15 minutes). I can
>burn at 2x just fine with all sorts of media. I'm using the SiS IDE
>2.04a drivers because the standard XP IDE drivers won't allow a burn
>at all. XP recognizes the drive as a UDMA2 drive. At first, I thought
>the media was the culprit, but now I think that the SiS 651 chipset
>may be to blame. Has anyone been able to burn at 4x speed with ANY
>brand DVD burner and the SS51G (v1.0)?
>
>For the record, I've used Ritek G04 DVD-R, Princo Grade A 4x DVD-R,
>Memorex DVD-R, and Maxell DVD+R. All burn at 2x using Nero 6.3.
>
>Thanks in advance for any input.

Earlier I used a SS51G for comparisonreviews of CD- and DVD-recorders.
Used a lot of units without problems with 4x DVD-speed. Thus, not the
LG 4040B (used the Iomega Super DVD on a SB65G2 -- same unit, no
problems).

If you download CD-DVD Speed from <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.cdspeed2000.com" target="_blank">www.cdspeed2000.com</a> -- what speeds
do you get reading a "pressed" (original) DVD-disc? What speed do you
get for burning CDs? As I remembered this is 24x on CD-R -- any
problems?

Is the unit connected alone on the cable?

--
Clas Mehus
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