Hi all,
I have an old smart and friendly cd burner! I've been told that this burner won't burn a safedis 2.9 cd! so I decided to buy a new one!
I bought LG GCE 8520B cd burner! is it a good one?! And will this make it possible backing up the sd 2.9 cd?!!
According to Elby (CloneCD supported writers) you're good to go but I did read a post where 1 LG (Lucky Goldstar= Hitachi) had problems playing a backup writing RAO DAO mode in that LG drive. Just be sure you're using the latest firmware.
http://www.elby.ch/en/products/clone_cd/writers/h.html#hitachi Look at EFM encoding= 2 sheep score^
Asus K8N nVidia nForce3 Pro 250 GB, Athlon 64 3200+, Hitachi 80 gig SATA 150, Corsair XMS 1 gig PC4000, ATI Radeon Saphire 9600 Pro (256 DDR), Windows XP Pro (64 Bit),Lite-ON SOHD 167T,, Plextor PX-712SA,BenQ 1640.
Get yerself a Plextor. For cd-r they are the king of burners. Had an 8x for 3 years before the wife bumped into the open tray one day and banjaxed it. Had to fork out for a 48x... which wasnt so bad... In hindsight I recently took it out of my machine and installed a pioneer 105 dvd burner... the plextor is back in its box until I eventually get round to building a machine for my daughter.
Highest speed I ever used was 8x for cd-r and that was a backup of my hd. Always use a slow speed to prolong your disc life.
Quote: Get yerself a Plextor. For cd-r they are the king of burners
Sayeth whom? Plexy engineers? Plexy burners are excellent for audio but for backing pc protection= need emulation to backup Safedisc 2.x as the LG LG GCE 8520B needs no emulation to play backups. Plexy want's too much money for their burners! I use to own the Plexy 24x model but the drive can't backup Safedisc 2.x so I got rid of the drive. When Plexy engineers decide to fix the chipset (EFM encoding) then maybe I "might" consider purchasing a Plexy, "if the price is right".
Asus K8N nVidia nForce3 Pro 250 GB, Athlon 64 3200+, Hitachi 80 gig SATA 150, Corsair XMS 1 gig PC4000, ATI Radeon Saphire 9600 Pro (256 DDR), Windows XP Pro (64 Bit),Lite-ON SOHD 167T,, Plextor PX-712SA,BenQ 1640.
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Asus K8N nVidia nForce3 Pro 250 GB, Athlon 64 3200+, Hitachi 80 gig SATA 150, Corsair XMS 1 gig PC4000, ATI Radeon Saphire 9600 Pro (256 DDR), Windows XP Pro (64 Bit),Lite-ON SOHD 167T,, Plextor PX-712SA,BenQ 1640.
