[dragon_fire_]

Hello PPL!!

I need some help!

i have a LG GSA-4040B DVD Writer
and its only Burning at 2x and its a 4x burner and the DVD's I'm useing are 4x aswell. can anyone tell me how to Change the speed to make it 4x ?? I'm useing Nero 6 Ultra Edition 6.0.2.3 and i have looked every where to see where i can Change the speed and it only shows me 2x under the speed Menu.

Thanks

[sedative]

Try using a different brand of discs. Cheap discs won't always work with each drive.

Also, please don't use all caps in your topic unless World War 3 breaks out. Thanks.

[dragon_fire_]

ok thanks.. and sorry for the caps

[cspm2003]

the only thing I could suspect are the blank dvd's

[X-Ecutioner]

check this out, I made it for another forum. Its only for the LG GSA-4040B DVD Writer.

ftp://dvdlist:dvdlis...om:21/index.htm


sorry just installed a new router and this link aint workin. gimme a min.

[dragon_fire_]

X-Ecutioner, on Jan 29 2004, 10:30 PM, said:

check this out, I made it for another forum. Its only for the LG GSA-4040B DVD Writer.

ftp://dvdlist:dvdlis...om:21/index.htm


sorry just installed a new router and this link aint workin. gimme a min.

ftp://dvdlist:dvdlis...om:21/index.htm

is not working..

[XtremeMaC]

u might need a firmware update
go to http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php
choose the right one
choosing the wrong one might make u're dvdrw totally unusable
when done correctly works perfectly
I've been using this page now for 3-4 years. with all of my cd/dvd roms
I had no problems... though some of my friends f'ed their cd-rw's up
so be carefull!!

[dragon_fire_]

Its HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4040B A301. the new firmware is A302. The firmware is not on lge.ca site but on the U.S.A site how come that is ?? I'm in Canada. so if i Use the firmwarefrom the USA site will I Void my War ??

[XtremeMaC]

u can download it. also u can dl it here
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?cate...4&manufactor=16
it doesn't have any country selection

[X-Ecutioner]

It works now. Went back to my working dlink. my linksys is a secondary now for my secure VPN.

[Sunil]

ok, this may be your prob, if the burner has a feature called smart-burn and you have nero installed, it automatically burns the dvd at the optimal speed which in your case is 2x, i had the same prob, btw it was a cd burner. You can disable this in

recorder >> choose recorder >>(after highlighting the DVD burner) click options and see if that is enabled.

let us know if this works

[X-Ecutioner]

the only options there are buffer-overrun and dvd high compability mode.

[XtremeMaC]

well okay here's 1 thing
some of the black media are low quality and not supported by the dvd-rw/+rw's. so the firmware ppl set the speed to 2x as default so when the drive comes across a not supported media it will write at that speed.
no matter what u do. smart burn won't help probably
I'm experiencing this stupidity with my bad prico media.
they're 1x specific and I'm trying to write at 2x. which sometimes works sometimes doesn't..

what brand are your blank dvd's
refer to rpc1.org they've extensive knowledge on cd-rom's dvd rom's firmware's blank media capability, etc...
much like MSFN but its for cd-roms.......

This post has been edited by XtremeMaC: 31 January 2004 - 12:18 AM