I have a PC running XP and a nec cd-rw nr-9100a (40X10X40) that before today was working perfectly. Today, I noticed that my CD’s were burning at 24X instead of the usual 40X and my system took a huge performance hit during the burn.
I’m using roxio software (easy CD5), TDK 48X CDR’s. A quick check of the CD drive properties in the roxio software revealed a max burn rate of 24X with no 40X option available.
Do I need a new driver file? Am I losing it?
You might try going to the drive manufacturer’s website and see if they have updated drivers you can download. I’ve found that driver updates fix simple problems like this a good deal of the time.
Is your CD-R media rated to work at 40X?
“I’m using roxio software (easy CD5), TDK 48X CDR’s.”
D’oh. Never mind.
You might want to try DL the lastest Roxio 5.0 drive list update. BTW 40X is not the speed the drive really burns at but is the maximum speed it can achieve on the fastest moving part of the CDR. Overall burn rates for 40X drives are often in the 16X to 24X range as an average.
Burning can gobble up system resources. How do you know it’s using them more intensively than in the past?
I know, but I can’t set the drive for 40X anymore. The highest option available in the dropdown is 24X
I used to be able to word process, browse the internet, write emails. Burning now ties the system up so completely, these activities are all but impossible
used to have this problem on my old computer - the roxio software wouldn’t let you select the higher burn rate. tried restarting, messing with s/w settings, reinstalling cdrom drivers and all of that. nero software also had the new limit.
turns out that my drive or software somehow figured out i had different cdr’s than usual. so i put in some older cdr’s i had (different brand) and everything worked. weird
CD-ROM drives, CD-RW drives, DVD-ROM drives, etc. DO NOT need drivers. Perhaps a firmware update would help?
Sorry, just meant to quote meatpropeller.
That’s the answer. Weird, though. The new discs are 48X certified, they’re TDK, and (unfortunately) I have 80 of them. Thanks for the help.
Had similar problems here at work every time I reinstalled EZ CD Creator. The only solution was to upgrade to the updated version, that unlocked all the greyed out options. As to your system resources, check to see if your drive supports DMA, then check to see if it is selected (Device Manager, Properties for the CD ROM).
I would never put Ezcd 5.0 on XP. XP already uses Roxio, so if you put 5.0 on you overwrite some of XP’s files. I think that Ez 6.0 is for XP. Really there are alot of other programs that are better, RecordNow 4.6, Nero 5.5.10 Etc
Oh? Tell that to my computer. When I look in the Device Manager and click on the driver Properties for my Yamaha CD-RW drive I get this:
. Sounds like it’s using a driver to me.
I will second this. I eventually moved to 6.0 as XP and 5.0 had too many weirdness and conflicts (some affecting overall system operation) even with the driver patches applied.
chooseybeggar -
no problem… happy(slow) burning!