Need help with slow write speeds please.

[aspenhusker]

Hello all,
I bought a cheap 52x drive a week ago and it would not write at anything over24x. So I returned it and ordered a LiteOn 52/24/52. I received it yesterday and it would not write above 24x also. I made sure it was on the secondary channel alone and enabled dma in the device manager(which it was set on pia). That didn't help so I reformatted and reinstalled windows. Now it writes at 16x and so does the old 24x LiteOn that worked perfectly previously. I am getting pissed off to say the least.
My system specs are as follows: Win xp pro, a7n8x with 2600+, 512mg Corsair cl2 3200, LiteOn 52/24/52 cdrw, Pioneer 16x dvd, Samsung 52x cd rom, IBM 30 gig, Maxtor 40 gig HD, Promise tx2 133 controller. I am using Nero.
I have tried every ide channel with new drivers and rolled back to the old drivers with no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
TIA

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Maybe it's the quality of media you're using holding you back. Get some 48 or 52x rated CD-R and then see what happens

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[andosmaximus]

could be a software setting, see my post in <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=79570#79570" target="_new">http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=79570#79570</A>

 

[Take_Out]

Man, you cool, you da man, hadn't seen that before. Helps lots, thanks.
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