[G4] 8X burns VS. 16X burns

[James Pacyga]

Dumb question, but how fast would one expect a 4.7Gb (4.4Gb of data) 
DVD-R to burn at 8x or 16x?

The first one I did on my sawtooth 500/AGP took about 4-5 mins (it was 
4.2Gb or so).


On Jul 16, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:

> Read here to find out about the 40 vs. 80 pin IDE / ATA cables...
>
> It is all about shielding apparently so yes they still have 40 wires 
> that transfer data...
>
> http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80.html
>
> So the mac might have already had a 80 wire cable in it? If you are 
> wondering what might be the limit to 16X burns it might be the actual 
> ATA bus in the G4. Which I believe is an ATA 33 controller for most 
> G4's.  Again another situation where a faster ATA PCI card would be 
> useful.
>
> Daniel J. Brieck Jr.
>
>
>
> On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:29 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2005, at 8:57 PM, James Pacyga wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Interesting.  Let us know if it works after you get the cable.
>>>
>>> jim
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Well, here is the follow up.  I picked up a 80 Pin cable today and 
>> installed it.  Unfortunately, no improvement.  I'd swear it is the 
>> same cable  that is already in my G4.  They both have 40 pin IDE 
>> connectors.  They both have the same color connectors...Blue for the 
>> motherboard, gray for the first connector, and black for the last 
>> connector.  And, they both appear to have the same number of wires.  
>> If any one that has been able to achieve true 16X burns on their G4, 
>> I would love to here how to do it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
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