Acording to the product specs from NEC that drive model is only designed to write up to 8X speed, it was never intended to write any faster. Nothing wrong with the drive, it just is not designed to burn any faster. For burning 16X discs at 8X speed, maybe a firmware update, or maybe it is a settings issue, but using 16X discs will just cost you more so I would suggest not worrying about it and either sticking with 8X discs or getting a new, higher-speed burner.
Stuart On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:41, david lawson (JIC) wrote: > Dear ccp4BB, > > Sorry for the non-ccp4 post. > > I have been using a NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A drive to archive onto DVD-Rs > (using 'mkisofs' and 'dvdrecord' commands) from our RH linux system. > This has worked very well with 8x compatible DVD-R disks, but doesn't > recognise the newer 16x disks that only seem to be available now. I > suspect I will need to buy a new drive. I would be grateful of any > recommendations - particularly drives that are likely to be more > 'future-proof' if we go to 32x, 64x ... > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > ------------------------------- > > Dr. David M. Lawson > Biological Chemistry Dept., > John Innes Centre, > Norwich, > NR4 7UH, UK. > Tel: +44-(0)1603-450725 > Fax: +44-(0)1603-450018 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/staff/david-lawson/index.htm -- ______________________________________ Stuart T. Endo-Streeter Structural Biology and Biophysics Dept. Biochemistry LSRC C266 Duke University 919-681-1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
