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MrGsx-R · Post by **MrGsx-R** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 9:03 pm

Im having problems with my tdk 16x10x40. Im getting super slow read speeds trying to copy. Its the same with clone cd and blind read. Ive uninstalled and reinstalledwith the same problem. Anyone have any advice besides take the burner out and run it over?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 10:32 pm

A couple of questions since you didn't give too much info there.

First off....is your cd burner on the same cable as your harddrive?

Have you enabled DMA for it?

MrGsx-R · Post by **MrGsx-R** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 11:54 pm

Dma is enabled. It on the same cable as my LS-120.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 9:09 am

I take it then that the burner has never been up to snuff?

If not, try disabling the 120 and try the burner alone.

I have a TDK 8X4X32 and although it's not as fast as the newer burners, it smokes at ripping as far as I'm concerned.

MrGsx-R · Post by **MrGsx-R** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 9:54 pm

It use to run great. The only thing i can think of would be upgraded firmware. Could that have affected it?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 10:09 pm

Well it shouldn't but stranger things have happened. Have you tried uninstalling and just using the firmware that was supplied with it?

MrGsx-R · Post by **MrGsx-R** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 10:16 pm

where do i find the firmware software?

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 11:19 pm

the cd that came with your burner. Just don't go to TDK's website and upgrade it till you test it. If it worked that way before, it should work again.

MrGsx-R · Post by **MrGsx-R** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 12:29 am

The only thing i installed from the cd was nero. Ive uninstalled it and reinstalled and still the same thing. It writes at 16x but just doesnt read as fast as it did.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Thu Jun 07, 2001 12:33 am

Ok, maybe I mistook what you posted earlier as uninstalling and reinstalling.

Have you uninstalled your burner and reinstalled it? Not the Nero software but the burner itself?

If the answer is yes.......then nevermind.

If the answer is no..........post back and if I'm not around, I'm sure someone will help you with that.

Storm90 · Post by **Storm90** » Sat Jun 09, 2001 9:47 pm

You need to run the burner if possible by it self not slaved off anything. This will cause the proublems you are haveing. I bought a siig controller card for my harddrive and tranfered it to the SiigUltraATA DMA 100 PCI card wich has it own bios. Then remove the hardrive from my bios.Then I used the primarymaster for my cd burner. It worked out fine.I now get the speed I need.I slave my ls120 from my main cdrom not the burner and I have no proublems this way.Just I thought. This may solve your proublem. You can buy a promise card and do the same thing just make sure the card matches the speed of your harddrive.Weather its Ultra DMA 33,66,or 100. GoodLuck!

CM Weaver · Post by **CM Weaver** » Sun Jun 10, 2001 2:43 pm

Are your copies of BlindRead and CloneCD registered? If they are not then they are crippled demo versions that limit the max speed at which you can burn.

I know you mentioned the burner worked great before, but is this the first time you've used these software packages?

C.M.

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