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BenQ 1655 2.4x vs. NEC 3550A 8x on Verb DL
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rcm999
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_ 		25. October 2006 @ 17:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have two machines; one with a BenQ1655 (home), and one with an NEC 3550A (work). The NEC has the capability of burning Verbatim DL (MKM001) at 8x although I never go above 4x. Normally I use 2.4x and just let it go. The BenQ 1655 is hawked at 8x max, but the best I?ve ever been able to get is 2.4x. My firmware is BCIB, flashed from BCHB.

Now, I?ve run across a program called MCSE which instructs to gather the BCDB firmware and modify it, then apply it. This is supposed to rewrite the instructions for the BenQ 1655 to allow up to 8x burns on Verb MKM001 DL media.

Two-fold question here: Does this hack really work? And second, can?t I modify the BCIB the same way with satisfactory results? I?ve tried the suite that comes with the BenQ drive and it simply does not work; period. Burning programs I use are Roxio (mostly), Nero (only sometimes), and now I?ve begun to use Clone DVD. No matter, 2.4x is the best I?ve been able to do with DL on the BenQ.

Any and all suggestions and recommendations are welcome. Thanks, friends!
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Dunker
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_ 		26. October 2006 @ 12:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why would you want do? Even if it works you are likely to get a lower-quality burn. It's like putting Nitro in a Yugo.
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-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
rcm999
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_ 		26. October 2006 @ 12:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not that I'd want to all the time, but I do like to bump up to 4x every now and again. I was mainly curious is all. After all, I do have the NEC that'll do it. More curiosity than anything else since it's advertised as 8x max on compatible DLs. But thanks for the logic of lower quality burns. Just one of those moments that makes an otherwise sensible man go "Hhhmmm....." ;-)
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