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    Pioneer DVR-K05 burning a bit slow... help.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by j0hn00, Mar 21, 2006.

  1. j0hn00

    j0hn00 Notebook Evangelist

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    So I took the plunge and upgraded to a slot loading DL DVD burner. I just downloaded the new PC Wizard 2006 to mess around with and noticed that the burn speeds were off. Here are the burn specifications for the Pioneer DVR-K05:

    CD-R: 24X
    CD-RW:24X
    DVD-R: 8X
    DVD-RW: 6X
    DVD+R: 8X
    DVD+RW: 8X
    DVD-R DL: 4X
    DVD+R DL: 4X

    See the attached images to see what PC Wizard 2006 is reporting. To be sure, I burned an 8X Fuji DVD-R with Nero and didn't see it go past 6X. Any ideas? Device Manager is reporting that the burner is indeed running at UDMA 2. Thanks in advance.
     

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    Do you have the latest firmware?

    Might also want to check http://club.cdfreaks.com/ the guys over there are amazingly knowledgeable with optical drives, or you might find a resolution already posted.
     
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    Thanks.

    To my knowledge, there are no firmware updates as of yet. I'll check out http://club.cdfreaks.com and see if they can help. Anyway, I tried burning another disc this morning... Nero does say that it's burning at 8x but after the 8 or so minutes are up in the time remaining field, it automatically adds another 5 minutes. 14 minutes to burn a 4.7GB disc at 8x. Sucks.
     
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    Never mind, I think it's an error on PC Wizard's part. After running Nero CD/DVD Speed and confirming that it reads up to 8X, I ran PC Wizard again and got the following information. Go figure.
     

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