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Posted by bxf on 11/30/05 11:46
onehappymadman@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently ordered a Toshiba SD-R5372 from the internet. It was
> advertised as 6X DVD-RW Read and Write with the firmware upgrade, which
> I downloaded and installed.
>
> However, I can only get it to read and write at 2x speed.
How do you know what the READ speed is?
> I am using Maxell DVD-RW disks.
>
> Why would this be? I can think of several possibilities:
> 1. The Toshiba unit doesn't like my Maxell media
This is a possibility. But also, what is the speed rating of these
particular disks (look at the packaging)? In any event, buy one or two
reputable brand disks that are not the newest models and try with
these. I had a problem trying to use a one DVD drive with disks that
were so new that the machine didn't recognize them and insisted on
writing a 2x instead of the disk's rating of 16x.
> 2. Misconfiguration in the software (actually, I eliminated this,
> using both Nero and another program; both read the media at 2x)
> 3. Defective unit
> 4. I was cheated by the salesman
Well, it should be possible to verify the model's specs according to
Toshiba. And, you can confirm you particular drive's model via
Properties > Hardware.
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