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Mac Cool
My previous two cd burners were Yamaha SCSIs, on my current machine I
decided to go IDE since reviewers claim that IDE is just as good. Well, I
have been very unhappy with my Samsung SW-240B and I'm wondering if the
problems I'm having are inherent to IDE burners or if the Samsung is at
fault.
During years of burning hundreds of disks using SCSI burners, I may have
had 2 coasters. Out of the hundreds of disks I've burned with the Samsung
IDE, I'm running about 5-10% coasters depending on the brand. (I'm using
the exact same brands as I before). I did update the Samsung's bios a
while back and it did seem to help.
Furthermore, the 24X SCSI burned at 24X; the 40X Samsung IDE will only
burn at 24X reliably, 32X on some brands but not all.
Ideas? Should I scrap the Samsung for a different brand or should I go
back to SCSI?
decided to go IDE since reviewers claim that IDE is just as good. Well, I
have been very unhappy with my Samsung SW-240B and I'm wondering if the
problems I'm having are inherent to IDE burners or if the Samsung is at
fault.
During years of burning hundreds of disks using SCSI burners, I may have
had 2 coasters. Out of the hundreds of disks I've burned with the Samsung
IDE, I'm running about 5-10% coasters depending on the brand. (I'm using
the exact same brands as I before). I did update the Samsung's bios a
while back and it did seem to help.
Furthermore, the 24X SCSI burned at 24X; the 40X Samsung IDE will only
burn at 24X reliably, 32X on some brands but not all.
Ideas? Should I scrap the Samsung for a different brand or should I go
back to SCSI?