Low Burn speed: good media. Why?

[Bandarlog]

Roxio is only burning at 2X, but my drive says it can burn up to 12X. Media is Fuji 8x DVD+R and DVDinfo says it is made by "Yuden", so it shouldn't be the media. Any suggestions? I'd be happy with even 4X, since I know that faster speeds can be less accurate.

[bazooka]

Look for a firmware upgrade to your burner.

You could also look for a software upgrade.

You could also have dma turned off.

You may be using an 80 conductor cable.

[kush]

Or your ASPI layer is borked.

I use v4.60... v4.71 (?) didn't work for my system.

[edit] I just took care of the search I suggested (that part edited out). If none of the other ideas work, and you decide to try this, you might want to google a newer version of ForceASPI (v1.7/ASPI layer v4.6)...
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/frcaspi.cfm

[Bandarlog]

I have seen this comment about an 80 pin connector. Can you enlighten me about what this is, how I can tell if I have it, and what I need in its stead?

Bandarlog

[bazooka]

http://www.hitachigst.com/hddt/knowtree.nsf/0/f9e614f5a2cf9cd8862569ff00787cee?OpenDocument

You may be using a 40 conductor cable instead.

[Bandarlog]

Thanks for the help, guys. I got the answer: for some reason Device Manager wasn't showing Primary and Secondary IDE controllers. I updated the drivers from the install CD and Device Manager says its is using Ultra DMA Mode 5 (system) and Mode 6 (storage).

Should I assume that I do have an 80 connector cable?

PS -
Just burned at 4X - I may try 6X next.