Hi guys. Anyways I got a brand new Lite-On 54x32x54 CD-Burner and its my first ever. I am using Nero 5 (burning rom I think?), and when I am about to burn my cd, it gives the selection of write speed and it only goes up to 24x. Whats this all about?
Any help is great.
Thanks guys.


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leon and Theo have totally covered it, I'd be amazed if one or the others' advice doesn't work. You could check the drive's settings in Windows as it can be manually limited (to reduce noise?) and there's sw capable of limiting it too. Otherwise check the cables, try diff channel or Master/Slave and if needs be try it in a diff PC too. Most likely the CDRs you are using are deemed by your drive to be unsuitable for the higher speeds, 1st 3rd of the CD is written at 16x max anyway (most drives do it like this, others speed up gradually) so you're only really losing out on the latter 2/3 of the CD.
Media just means something to store information, in the case of CD Writers it's CDRs. 5.5 is pretty old but should still work okay, esp if it came with your Writer. Check Ahead's website for updates as that should fix it, you'll have to pay for the latest version6 (I suspect). Try some other CDR's first and see if the write speed it allows you to select changes. What does Nero say when you choose 'Select Burner' from the menu (gives stats inc max burn speed)?
In WInXP (what I use) go to 'My Computer' or WIn Explorer and select the CD Writer (D:?). R.click and select 'Properties' then 'Recording'. Check what the the Burn Speed is, FASTEST is normal but have a look underneath, the next speed down should say 52x, that also helps to confirm you don't have driver / recognition problems. You could also try EasyCD Creator as alternative sw, they do a free preview.
You may also want to go to Device Manager / System via Control Panel. Select IDE/ATAPI followed by the Channel your Writer is on, note the Master and Slave info. Basically you want to be running in UDMA mode, you could also check the BIOS settings but they should be auto. Perhaps some of the other enahnced IDE settings will help. Do you have the latest drivers (esp mobo)? Be sure to check both manu (eg Gigabyte) and chipset (eg VIA).
52x is the fastest speed for writing CDs (AFAIK), it's unlikely to be developed further as they have hit another technological barrier and the cash is no longer there for the investment of CDRW when DVD Rewriters are becoming faster, more compatible and affordable, so 52x CD writing is all you're likely to get and certainly possess at the mo.
For the love of all that is good leave Smart-Burn activated. It is buffer under-run protection meaning it is virtually impossible to burn a dud CD, if you try to multitask without protection the CD will surely be ruined. Lite-On only use 2MB on drive buffer but TBH 8MB is the biggest and still petty pointless given current writing speeds, it only offers 1.05 seconds of protection.
