unable to burn at 8x

[Killer_B]

i have bought brands of 8x dvdr for my nu dvdrw 82 (firmware b362)dvd writer... I have bought prodisc 8x, ridata 8x, and also verbatim 4x.....of all three dvdrs...nero only let me burn at 2.4 max speed....what can be wrong? already check mda, i have a pretty good computer..can it be my dvd writer?

specs: windows xp, amd athlon xp 1800, 512 ram

[steptoe]

I don't want to sound sarcastic, but is you're DVD burner actually capable of burning at x8 ????

If you're not sure, just type in the name and model in Google and see what it comes back with, that should tell you if you are unsure

[budz]

I don't want to sound sarcastic, but is you're DVD burner actually capable of burning at x8 ????

yes his drive is capable of burning 8x media. I would suggest you check that your drive is in DMA mode. Also upgrade to the latest NERO BURN 6.3.1.25 & check this site for a firmware upgrade if one is available.
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=105

[Killer_B]

I don't want to sound sarcastic, but is you're DVD burner actually capable of burning at x8 ????

yes his drive is capable of burning 8x media. I would suggest you check that your drive is in DMA mode. Also upgrade to the latest NERO BURN 6.3.1.25 & check this site for a firmware upgrade if one is available.
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=105

dma is on and just upgraded nero version 1.20 to 1.25...same problem...help??

[Killer_B]

come on...someone has to know what is going on??....

[handyguy]

Well, you got a really off brand type writer there, so you'd have to search the dvd writer topic on left column for what media to use. Course, you could also just ask meritline.com what to use.

Now, if you had bought a major manf dvd writer, this would be real easy to answer.

[ghasting]

There are a lot of variables as everyone has pointed out. However, one problem I ran into with multiple DVD writers was the IDE connections. Apparently DVD Writers really don't want to be slaves. The exception seems to be if it is a slave to a HD. I finally broke down and installed an IDE card and made all my burners Masters. They all now work to specs baring bad/unforgiving media. (I haven't played with it enough to confirm but I also suspect that using Cable Select with a burner may not work the best)