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Samsung Sh-S223Q burning coasters
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joegeek
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22. December 2008 @ 18:38 |
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First posted this in the advanced forum by accident so i moved it to the newbie forum.
I have burned over 1000 Verbatim DVD-R's with no problem with my old NEC ND-2500.
I recently updated my system with a faster chip, more RAm and a Samsung SH-S223Q and 2 coasters right off the bat.
The first burn was lightning fast, then about 3 minutes in, it said could not burn, error.
Before the second burn, i went into properties and lowered to speed down to 16x, the second disk burned in 5 minutes, but when I took it out and popped it into my DVD player to test, the plaer said "no play".
I burned another disk, same thing, super fast, noprobs but when I tested it, "no play".
What is up?
I am using DVD Fab Platinum 5. I have used it with my old NEC for a year with 0 coasters.
I just lowered the speed to 8x and an error came up.
I downloaded the firmware from Samsung from Nov. 24 and when i tried to run it, it said I did not have the proper drive to do it.
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23. December 2008 @ 15:04 |
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What firmware do you currently have? Here is a site that has a firmware update for your drive: Link
Here is another site: Link
Here is the samsung page with drivers as well: Link
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joegeek
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23. December 2008 @ 16:39 |
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yeh, that is the firmware i downloaded but I ran the "Wininquiry" to find I needed the "SB" firmware.
Burned a disk at 8x and all seems well but I wonder if there is a quality diff. in 4x v.s. 8x burns? Anyone got any exp. on that matter.
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23. December 2008 @ 19:11 |
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Generally what you want to do when burning a DVD movie is to burn at half the speed of the burner. If your DVD burner is 16x then you want to burn at 8x or slower.
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joegeek
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23. December 2008 @ 20:12 |
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Cool, thanks for the info. I really like the 8x, fast and good quality. I think the Sammy is 22x or something.
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23. December 2008 @ 21:44 |
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joegeek
I notice you are getting a lot of info about firmware updates. As long as you are using the very best blank media, I have found that firmware updates are almost useless.
I only use Verbatim 16X DVD+R and Verbatim 2.4X DVD+R Dual Layer, White Inkjet Printable media. The secret is the fact that both media that I use are Verbatim DVD+R blanks.
I can't remember when I last burnt a coaster.
Eric
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23. December 2008 @ 21:48 |
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joegeek
I did forget to mention something. Although my Samsung and Plextor DVD Burners are capable of burning at much faster speeds, I always burn the 16X blanks at 6X speed and the 2.4X - 6X Dual Layers at 4X.
Eric
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Thermaltake Armor VA8003BWS Full Tower Case, Thermaltake Silent Purepower 680-Watt Power Supply, Intel BLKD975XBXLKR MB, Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 CPU, 4GBs Corsair XMS2 DDR2 667MHz SDRAM, 80GB Maxtor ATA133 HD (C drive), One Seagate 1.5TB & One Seagate 1TB SATA300 HDs, Plextor PX-B940SA SATA Blu-ray Burner, ATI Radeon X1600 Pro PCI-E with 512MB?s, Samsung 24" Widescreen Black Flat Panel LCD Monitor, WIN XP PRO SP-3, DVDFab 7 (Blu-ray), AnyDVD HD & CloneDVD 2
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23. December 2008 @ 22:45 |
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Originally posted by eric545:
joegeek
I notice you are getting a lot of info about firmware updates. As long as you are using the very best blank media, I have found that firmware updates are almost useless.
Eric
I will disagree with you. If you don't update your firmware, and your burner's firmware will not have the proper strategies to write on the newer media, then the best quality media will make you some of the best quality coasters that will serve the exact same purpose as a coaster made of the lowest, crappiest grade discs.
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23. December 2008 @ 23:03 |
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24. December 2008 @ 05:32 |
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Originally posted by cyprusrom:
Originally posted by eric545:
joegeek
I notice you are getting a lot of info about firmware updates. As long as you are using the very best blank media, I have found that firmware updates are almost useless.
Eric
I will disagree with you. If you don't update your firmware, and your burner's firmware will not have the proper strategies to write on the newer media, then the best quality media will make you some of the best quality coasters that will serve the exact same purpose as a coaster made of the lowest, crappiest grade discs.
Good call cyprusrom! I love the catch in your last post. Firmware updates are indeed important.
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24. December 2008 @ 10:26 |
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@syxguns,
Don't you love it when people talk out of their arses, and give advise that has no reality base(like "firmware ain't worth a fudge"!) ?
Brand new burner, out of the box,it doesn't matter, you put it in, check the firmware. It could've been sitting on the shelf for months...Hopefully we all learned something.
Happy Holidays!
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24. December 2008 @ 13:02 |
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Originally posted by cyprusrom:
@syxguns,
Don't you love it when people talk out of their arses, and give advise that has no reality base(like "firmware ain't worth a fudge"!) ?
Brand new burner, out of the box,it doesn't matter, you put it in, check the firmware. It could've been sitting on the shelf for months...Hopefully we all learned something.
Happy Holidays!
cyprusrom,
Many people are like that. It's the ones that have been here teaching the newbies how to update, burn, rip, etc. that gave them what little knowledge they have! :)
Happy Holidays to you and your family in this 2008 season of joy!
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joegeek
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24. December 2008 @ 19:42 |
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yeh, ditto on the firmware. I just pulled my new HP notebook out of the box and figured it was good to go...4 hours later of pulling my hair out with Vista, I need 3 downloads to make it run up to snuff.
Thanks again to all and have a merry Christmas.
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