[edwardcav]

I've heard this is a common problem, but i searched around here and couldnt find a good answer before i gave up. I had a look on the Apple support website, and they are blaming my CD-Rs. I use Kodak Gold, the really good ones, and as far as I know these CD's are up to 40x. My iBook burns at 4x only, in iTunes and DiscBurner, in OS X Jaguar (10.2.4).
Is there any known solution to this problem? I always make sure I check the burn speed, I've tried maximum and 16X. I own a dual USB white iBook with Toshiba Combo Drive.
I wouldn't mind burning at 16X, or is 4X all I can do? /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[ftaok]

You'll only be able to burn at 4x. The speed of the CD-R has nothing to do with your burning speed. All you really need is 4x media, but I don't think they make those anymore.
If you want to burn faster, you'll need to buy a faster burner.

[suntzu]

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You'll only be able to burn at 4x. The speed of the CD-R has nothing to do with your burning speed.

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I thought he could burn at 16x. At least that's the the spec according to Apple. As far as CD-Rs having nothing to do with the burning speed, that's not entirely correct. It's kind of like tires on a car. You have your regular old tires and then you have your Z rated tires. Sure, you can drive at higher speeds with regular tires but Z rated ones give you "stability" at those higher speeds.
Also, how do you know it's only burning at 4X? I know that I used the higher rated speed media and it takes a little longer because OS X is doing some checking to make sure the disc is valid.

[ftaok]

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I thought he could burn at 16x. At least that's the the spec according to Apple.

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I thought he said that he had a 4x Combo Drive. His post is kinda ambiguous. My response was based on him having a 4x burner.

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As far as CD-Rs having nothing to do with the burning speed, that's not entirely correct. It's kind of like tires on a car. You have your regular old tires and then you have your Z rated tires. Sure, you can drive at higher speeds with regular tires but Z rated ones give you "stability" at those higher speeds.

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I see your point, but I was refering to the fact that you could use 40x media in a 4x burner and you'd still only be able to burn at 4x. The burner will always be the limiting factor in burning speed.

[edwardcav]

Sorry, I'm not sure at the maximum potential of my burner. I own a white G3 600 iBook with combo drive and it's the Toshiba combo, not the Sony combo. I thought i could burn up to 16X with those specifications, but I could be wrong. I've heard of many reports on the same problem.
You see, I picked up this laptop on eBay about two months ago and I didn't get any software CDs or Hardware Tester CDs. I could probably get ahold of one.
I want to burn faster.
/forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (speed demon)

[drmbb]

According to Apple's specifications (which, by the way are available on the web for any model), the original 600MHz iBook (early 2002) has the following drives:
12inch - 4x4x6x24x (i.e. writes CD-R/CD-RW at max 4x)
14inch - 8x8x8x24x (ie. writes CD-R/CD-RW at max 8x)
The followup 600MHz machines (May 2002) had the 8x burner regardless of screen size. The 16x burners came out with the 700&800MHz machines.

[edwardcav]

hey thanks guys. how silly of me - i just heard that there was a max. burn speed of 16x on some white iBooks. you see, theres been so many models and revisions of the iBook, that i dont now which one i have.
now i do, and thanks again. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[braindoc]

Another option is to get Toast Titanium. Which will allow you to test the maximum speed of your burner. This may help to reduce some errors as well.
Recently I got a fast burner (52x) external combo drive. However, upon testing I found that the best speed to burn from my BW G3 is 24x and from my iBook 48-52x.