DVD Drive

[mark574020]

Hi

please could you help me i've got a novatech laptop seem to be having speed problems when writing do disk no matter what type i am using the speed i'm getting is about 2.5 the drive is a HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N

Chheers Mark

[gwendes]

The maximum speed that this drive can burn at 8x. This depends on the discs that you are using. Here is a full breakdown:

Model GWA-4082N

DVD-ROM Access Time 160ms
CD-ROM Access Time 140ms
Cache 2M

WRITE Speed

DVD+R 8X
DVD+RW 8X
DVD-R 8X
DVD-RW 6X
CD-R 24X
CD-RW 16X
DVD+R DL 2.4X
DVD-R DL 2X

READ Speed

DVD-ROM 8X
CD-ROM 24X

[Kremmen]

Have a look >> HERE << (http://www.cdspeed2000.com/)

A couple of useful tools to analyse your drive

[mark574020]

Hi

thank you for getting back to me on this i have tried a number of disks all bought from novatech not getting anywhere near those speeds if there a firmware update for this drive and would this help if so where would i get it from as i do not no the make of the drive

Cheers

[gwendes]

mark574020 has been in contact over the Live Chat service and we are having this computer back for inspection