Plextor PX-708a and 2x max -r burn speed problem.

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Overtkill

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Hi, I'm not really new to burning as I have had several different burners over the years. Like the subject says, 2 days ago I purchased the Plextor PX-708a to replace my Plextor 40x CDRW which ran flawlessly. You guys seem pretty sharp on here so you more than likely have some insight to my problem.

The Maximum burn speed any software I try will allow me to burn is @2x, even thought this drive is suppose to be a 4x burner on -r media. The disks I have burned at 2x play and work excellent.

I have tried updating the drives firmware to 1.06, updating the ASPI layer on my machine, verified the burning softwares (Roxio 6, and Nero 6) are up to date, Checked the DMA settings for the ATAPI bus were enabled and put the drive on its own channel as master.

My system is a rather loaded 3.0 Northwood running XP Pro, so resources shouldn't be an issue. Instead I am wondering is MS Media player might be the culprit? I seldom use it but I do know it has the CD writing section installed with the update. Other than that, I am at a loss for a solution other than replacing the drive.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have. :)
 
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Overtkill

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Thanks for the reply fellas...

lol.... Yeah, I figured that out since the days of adaptec. I only have Nero 6.3.0.3 installed at the moment. Attempting to burn on Imation media. I've never had issues using their disks in the past all though I am now aware that they are not on the "recommended" DVD list on Plextor's site. I figured this wouldn't make a difference on the burning speed selection in the software, unless of course the drive determines this setting and spits it back to the software?? I always thought the software looked at the drives hardware capabilities prior to burning.

Thanks again for the replies. :)
 
woody

woody

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Nero is your better option.I have the same burner with firmware rev.1.04.The Imation are not very good.Plextor recommended media is the best bet,but I've managed to burn 4X on some cheaper dvd-r media.

The burner retrieves info from the atip of the dvdr for burning speed.Bad software, hardware configuration also come into play though.
 
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scarecrow

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The-poacher said:
What Media U using & Roxio is not allowed near most PC's its a crapolla jobbie
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Unfortunately, this is what someone gets with that expensive drive when purchased in the states. In Europe, things are much better, as Plextors are distributed with Nero 5.5 (NOT 6!!!) "Plextor Edition".
 
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