[G4] Problem with DVR-109

[Steve Goldstein]

I did it with a DVR-110, and it works just fine, but I never pay attention to the burn speed, just telling Toast to burn at the best speed.  And, I don't think that I even own any 16x media.  So, I can't really be of any help to you.

--Steve

At 10:33 AM -0500 4/18/06, Steve Jensen wrote:
>I purchased a Pioneer DVR-109 some month back. It was installed into a
>firewire/usb2 enclosure. This enclosure has an Oxford 911 chipset and
>claimed to support 400GB drives, so it would seem to be able to support 16x
>burns. It doesn't!  The instructions and other propaganda state that it
>needs an 80wire cable to support the 16x. I understand this also called a
>high density IDE cable.   I can't find anyone selling this high density
>cable to even try it.  Has anyone put this burner in a firewire enclosure
>had problems with burning at 16x?