Computers and Related Hardware/Software

Listen to Saito. He's a computer expert with an intel core 2 duo installed in his brain. nyahahahahaa..... :rofl:

a little OT:

@Saito_Hajime

btw, hows the league?

lynn minmei wrote:Listen to Saito. He's a computer expert with an intel core 2 duo installed in his brain. nyahahahahaa..... :rofl:

a little OT:

@Saito_Hajime

btw, hows the league?

Lol, nah my brain only has a memory capacity of 512MB RAM and a P4 2.6 Ghz of processing. :sweat: :hehe:

Let's bring the basketball topic to the NBA thread. :)

Saito_Hajime wrote:

You must be using Nero 6. I'm using this and it has a Nero Start Smart menu. Anyway, you are making a data disc, right? Before you start burning, there should be drop-down box where you can choose the writing speed. It should look like this

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darn...doesn't allow me to change the settings..they are gray color and it seems to be fixed at 2.4x writing speed...i am stuck with slow writing speeds :sweat:
when i hit the "option" key, it says that the max speed in writing is 2.4x...:headscratch:
thanks for your help anyways, looks like it will be slow buring, atleast it all works and i can back up my data onto dvd's...

qilver wrote:

darn...doesn't allow me to change the settings..they are gray color and it seems to be fixed at 2.4x writing speed...i am stuck with slow writing speeds :sweat:
when i hit the "option" key, it says that the max speed in writing is 2.4x...:headscratch:
thanks for your help anyways, looks like it will be slow buring, atleast it all works and i can back up my data onto dvd's...

too bad. why not try to update the firmware of your dvd writer.

lynn minmei wrote:

too bad. why not try to update the firmware of your dvd writer.

if i did that...i would be using tablet and pencil instead of emailing and doing the internet thing....amazingly i even figured out bittorent and posting up pix on here...lol

i think i will stick with the extra long wait, and deal with it....atleast i can back up my data and free up more hd space...20 min may seem long, but hey, it works...just thought i could shorten the time.....sucks that i cannot..oh well. :beaten:

thx anyways.

qilver wrote:

darn...doesn't allow me to change the settings..they are gray color and it seems to be fixed at 2.4x writing speed...i am stuck with slow writing speeds :sweat:
when i hit the "option" key, it says that the max speed in writing is 2.4x...:headscratch:
thanks for your help anyways, looks like it will be slow buring, atleast it all works and i can back up my data onto dvd's...

I see. That's strange, you are using the old settings of Nero. The default settings of Nero 6 should be Nero Express. Try looking at the applications in the Nero Start Smart menu and see if Nero Express is among the list of applications there.

Saito_Hajime wrote:

I see. That's strange, you are using the old settings of Nero. The default settings of Nero 6 should be Nero Express. Try looking at the applications in the Nero Start Smart menu and see if Nero Express is among the list of applications there.

ok, thanks....

There's different versions of Nero, even different cut-down versions, that ship with burners. The version I got with my home comp sucked big time, but the one at work was much better (So i took my work copy home).

Saito_Hajime wrote:

You must be using Nero 6. I'm using this and it has a Nero Start Smart menu. Anyway, you are making a data disc, right? Before you start burning, there should be drop-down box where you can choose the writing speed. It should look like this

[image]

Just checked..
mine doesnt have that writing speed option at all.
I had a blank DVD on (Imation)
and I'm using Nero 7..
I don't really care though.

Just a warning guys..
DVD-RW Memorex isn't that good
I dont know about DVD-R or DVD+R though

BOGCHI wrote:
Just checked..
mine doesnt have that writing speed option at all.
I had a blank DVD on (Imation)
and I'm using Nero 7..
I don't really care though.

Just a warning guys..
DVD-RW Memorex isn't that good
I dont know about DVD-R or DVD+R though

mine works fine...Memorex....and it is sure better than the generic brand of blank dvd's...Great Quality brand.....as Doch once told me....they are as good as coasters.... :rofl:

Anime Dad wrote:There's different versions of Nero, even different cut-down versions, that ship with burners. The version I got with my home comp sucked big time, but the one at work was much better (So i took my work copy home).

I'm aware of that. ;) I just thought that me and qilver have the same version because from what I know, only Nero 6 and above have this Start Smart menu. Anyway, for qilver's reference, if your Nero Start Smart looks like this then you should see Nero Express among the list of applications on the applications bar located at the upper left of the menu.

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i have no problems w/ Memorex, except they need to be burned at 4x or less, even the 16x discs.
the new Verbatims BLOW, especially the 16x... i'd buy the old stock 8x if i could find them. Those were rock solid.

qilver wrote:darn...doesn't allow me to change the settings..they are gray color and it seems to be fixed at 2.4x writing speed...i am stuck with slow writing speeds :sweat:
when i hit the "option" key, it says that the max speed in writing is 2.4x...:headscratch:
thanks for your help anyways, looks like it will be slow buring, atleast it all works and i can back up my data onto dvd's...

Looks like your software and/or your burner aren't recognizing the 16X DVDs correctly... Odd, but these things happen.

What brand burner do you have?

You should download and install DVD Info... It'll read the specs off of your burner and DVD... That way you'll know if you burner recognizes the DVD correctly or not.

krim wrote:i have no problems w/ Memorex, except they need to be burned at 4x or less, even the 16x discs.
the new Verbatims BLOW, especially the 16x... i'd buy the old stock 8x if i could find them. Those were rock solid.

Have you tried Supermediastore? I bought 100 8X Verbatims a couple of months ago and they were on sale... Hmm, maybe they were dumping the 8X stock... :headscratch:

yeah, i got a 200 pack of Taiyo Yuden from them.

krim wrote:yeah, i got a 200 pack of Taiyo Yuden from them.

Oooh, Taiyo Yuden, the creme de la creme of recordable DVDs... :bow: :bow:

it was on sale, $49 for 200 shipped... split it w/ my coworker.

krim wrote:it was on sale, $49 for 200 shipped... split it w/ my coworker.

Whoa.

Damn good deal. :victory:

Checking out the Fry's ad right now... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Looks like your software and/or your burner aren't recognizing the 16X DVDs correctly... Odd, but these things happen.

What brand burner do you have?

You should download and install DVD Info... It'll read the specs off of your burner and DVD... That way you'll know if you burner recognizes the DVD correctly or not.

Let us know what brand and model number your DVD burner is. I've seen issues where they needed a firmware update to properly recognize 16x discs (even if you can't burn at that speed)....

Just to let you know, I never, ever, burn at 16x. 8x is as fast as I'm willing to go.

i nver burn 16x and up too! i always burn at 8 or 4x cuz of i dont want the quality to mess up xD