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This was listed in a previous stream and I have copied and pasted it because it the exact same problem i'm having and I've done all the steps this person has also.
Need help with this if possible.
Hello all!
I have looked through prior postings but I didn't find anything that I could use to solve my problem.
I purchased a Verbatim CD-RW, which is supposed to be a 48x12x50x. The problem is that I cannot for the life of me get anything above 24x. At this time, I have Nero installed. Nero only shows burn speed options up to 24x. I have also tried CD-Mate but to no avail. CD Mate also shows my maximum burn speed as 24x!
I have plenty of resources to support higher speeds too. My box specs are:
AMD Athlon XP 1600
512MB RAM
ATA 133
Here's the kicker. When I check the properties of the drive within windows XP, It only sees the drive as a 24x... but one day, I uninstalled all of my burning software, rebooted and whalaa.. XP saw my drive as up to a 48X.. Now I was confused.. I reinstalled Nero and after rebooting, my drive is only seen as a maximum of 24x and now Windows XP only sees my drive as capable of up to 24X speeds!
I have checked everything! BIOS settings, (all IDE channels are using "DMA if available") and I flashed the drive with the latest firmware, (I found out that it was really an AOPEN drive)... and I have tried different media..
So.. Here I am with a 48X drive that only burns up to 24X.. Anyone got any suggestions or ideas as to why this is happening? Remember what I said above.. when there is no burn software installed, (Nero or CD Mate) the drive shows up as 48X capable.. but as soon as I install the software.. no-go.. This is really getting me down! :-(
Thank you all in advance for your help!
Chad
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