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Hi, I own a GSA-4163b, and takes the same time for record a DVD of 8x or 16x.
7 minutes aprox. for a full disc.
I use Nero for record my DVDs, and it recognize the disc like they are, 8x or 16x. And when recording it say recording to 11.000 KBs or 22.000.

So, this is norma?l, maybe my PC is to slow for better record speed? or I must made a firmware update? now has the 102 version.

My PC is a Celeron 1.4 ghz, 640MB PC 100, and seagate barracuda hard disk. 7200rmp


best regards.

8x should take about 9 minutes??

I know for 16x it takes me anywhere between 5 to 6minutes to record one full disc (up to 4.36GB).

I would say the issue might be just your system's bus speeds are too slow for the data to be transfered from HD to the discs.

Since based on your specs you do have a rather old system.

It doesn't take the same time and it is normal. The fastest burners can only start at 7x max. and then shift up the speed.
No burner can override the mechanical limitations.

8x is normally 8 mins (older NECs need 9 min)
16x is between 5.30 (some LG) and 7mins.

would update the firmware as A102 is old

well, I have updated to 106, but still takes the same time for record a full 16x DVD, rounding 7 minutes.

But don

Your drive should run in UDMA2 mode.

This is my hard disk master in ide 1

Transfer Modes Support
Block Size : 16
Width : 16-bit
Maximum PIO Mode : PIO-4
Maximum DMA MW Mode : MWDMA-2
Maximum UDMA Mode : UDMA-5

Transfer Modes Active
Current Block Transfer : 16
Current Active Mode : UDMA-5

and this is my CD-RW samsung 252b slave in ide 1
Transfer Modes Support
Width : 16-bit
Maximum PIO Mode : PIO-4
Maximum DMA SW Mode : SWDMA-2
Maximum DMA MW Mode : MWDMA-2
Maximum UDMA Mode : UDMA-2

Transfer Modes Active
Current Active Mode : UDMA-2



my motherboard can handle UDMA-2,

Replace the IDE cable, check the BIOS.