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Hot rod your CD-RW drive!

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by Phantasm66, Jul 21, 2002.

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  1. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    Hot rod your CD-RW drive!


    source: http://slashdot.org/articles/02/07/20/147216.shtml?tid=137

    http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=4169

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42344

    http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php3?ID=4401
    Phantasm66, Jul 21, 2002
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  2. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    Very interesting, have you tested it to see if it works. It would be nice if it does.
    StormBringer, Jul 21, 2002
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  3. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    This worked with my old CD-RW drive - Ricoh MP7040S. I flashed MP7060S bios to it and began burning at 6x instead of 4x without any problems.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Jul 21, 2002
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  4. SuperCheetah Newcomer, in training

    I will have to try this little trick. I just bought a 40x LiteOn writer and by reading around a little it looks as if I can o/c it to 48x. Hopefully I'll get around to it in a couple of days and post my results. Burning a CD at 40x I have gotten 3 minutes and 8 seconds on one burn, and under 3 minutes on another!!!
    SuperCheetah, Jul 24, 2002
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  5. SNGX1275 TechSpot Special Forces

    might have to try and get my 4x pacific digital to run at 6x. jumping 2x when you are down at 4 is quite an improvement. if that doesn't work, then guess I'll just get a new burner sometime.
    SNGX1275, Jul 24, 2002
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  6. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    Like SNG said, 2x is a good boost when you are at slow speeds but I wonder if it would take my new 32x up to say 40x or even my 24x up to 32x. Now that would be nice.
    StormBringer, Jul 24, 2002
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  7. SuperCheetah Newcomer, in training

    If says in the post that you can take a 32x all the way up to 48x speeds. After following the links, I found a forum where tons of people have done it and say it works great.

    Here's the link:

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?threadid=46934
    SuperCheetah, Jul 24, 2002
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  8. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    Yea, I found that a little while after my reply. Too bad my 24x isn't a Lite-On. My 32x is though so I might try it with it.
    StormBringer, Jul 24, 2002
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  9. SuperCheetah Newcomer, in training

    Sweet, please post your results up here. I think I'm gonna upgrade my 40x Lite-On to a 48x pretty soon.
    SuperCheetah, Jul 24, 2002
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  10. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 3, 2002
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  11. PHATMAN5050 Newcomer, in training

    Thankfully my Lite-on 24x10x40x is not overclockable. If it was i would do it, burn a couple cds, break it, and then be pissed off that i became greedy enough to make mine burn at 32x instead of 24x. :D
    PHATMAN5050, Aug 4, 2002
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  12. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    A friend of mine upgraded his Liteon 40x to 48x. Says it works great.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 6, 2002
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  13. ss1 Newcomer, in training

    hmm I have a 32x Sony CDRW burner :). Is there any place where I can obtain such a bios to let it burn at 40x?


    ss1.
    ss1, Aug 6, 2002
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  14. ss1 Newcomer, in training

    ahh forget it :(. I would have to open up my pc and move the burner from the Secondary PCI ATA Controller to the onboard controller to flash the drive. To much hassle and risk for a small gain.


    ss1.
    ss1, Aug 6, 2002
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  15. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    maybe its just me, but i can never seem to find cheap CDs that record at higher than 24x.... So I am wondering perhaps that there's no too much point... I mean, 24x is like 3 mins for a full CD anywayz....

    still, I am encouraged by posted like Mictlantecuhtli, who seem to have had a positive experience (or rather his friend) .... Anyone else tried this and won???
    Phantasm66, Aug 7, 2002
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  16. Rick TechSpot Staff

    I just bought a 100 CD spindle of 32x Promedias for $9.99 USD. ;)
    Rick, Aug 7, 2002
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  17. boeingfixer Newcomer, in training

    Well if any of you have a Samsung CD-RW don't try to overdrive it. It will not work. The software you use to flash the firmware is smart enough to tell the make and model so when you try to use an incorrect firmware it tells you its not for the specific model.
    boeingfixer, Aug 10, 2002
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  18. Rick TechSpot Staff

    Anything out there for Teac?

    I haven't seen anything out there for this brand. I'd love to take my 16x to a 20x or something like that. :)
    Rick, Aug 10, 2002
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  19. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    I have, and I did try. But my drive is 24x with 256k chip, 32x models have 512k chips so.. the bios won't really fit there.. :haha:
    At least I got the latest 24x bios version :)
    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 10, 2002
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  20. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 10, 2002
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