Posted by Camper on 09/18/05 12:24

"Jeff Korn" <under@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Under Win2000/WinXP I replaced an older but working DVD burner with DVD+RW
> writing speed 4x
> by a newer DVD+RW burner with writing speed 8x.
>
> However when I use the new DVD burner (LG GSA 4163B) with Nero burning
> software
> I did not get a faster burning. The write speed and time is the same as
> with the old DVD burner.
>
> It seems to me that either Nero software or Windows does not recognize the
> DVD replacement.
>
> Do I really have to re-intall Nero again?
>
> Is there a manual way of telling Windows "Hey OS, look, there is a new
> faster burner?"
>
> Offically there is no separate driver (aside from the standard one in
> Windows) needed
> for the new DVD burner. So it shouldn't be a driver problem.
>
> Reading a DVD+RW is slow as well. I need approx 30 Minutes to read/copy a
> full DVD+RW to harddisc.
>
> Is this normal ? Is there a way to speed up the reading?
>
> Maybe I need to change something in the BIOS ???
>
> Jeff

If you are using the version of Nero which you were using with your old
burner than that version of Nero may not recognise your new burner. As far
as windows is concerned your burner is just a CDRom. It is the burning
software that recognises it as a burner.

Also make sure that your burner is not running in PIO mode on the IDE
controller. IT should be in UDMA 2 mode.

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