Re: Philips 8701 write speed

Yes, try a different brand media. I have the same drive and it works
fine on Verbatim -R 16x and TDK +R 8x media. I bought some el cheapo
8x +R Staples media, and it only burns that at 4x.

FYI, the Philips 8701 and the BenQ 1640 are the same drive and you can
crossflash between the two.

http://www.the-predator.com/dell/firmware.html

Dave

On Wed, 31 May 2006 02:36:51 +0100, Colin Wilson <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

This drive came preinstalled in a new base unit from Dell...

I have some Datawrite yellow media (8x) and the first disc I burned went
fine at 8x, but every successive disc is only burning at 4x - they`re
from the same spindle, so should be the same.

I`m burning images with DVD Decrypter, which reports the media as
supporting up to 8x burn speed, but set at "max" i`m only getting 4x out
of it - same happens setting the speed manually to 8x...

Any ideas ? (its got me foxed)

Could the drive / firmware be downrating this media based on the initial
burn ? ("adapting" the rate)
.

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