Burning Speed Affecting backups??

yop83 · #1 29-12-2002, 18:19

Hi!
Is it true that burn speed (eg: faster than 4x) is making backups unplayable or messed up in some way?
WHY????

Here's my little story:
I bought a new burner (LG GCE-8400B - 40x/12x/40x) and tried to make a backup of a game from an ISO I had... The ISO worked correctly with Epsxe (PSX emulator for Windows), but the backup made with NERO at 40x didn't work in Epsxe (green screens flashing during MDECs) nor in the real PSX (never started up)...

Now, my Burner isn't capable of writing slower than 8x, so I passed along my ISO to a friend of mine who could write at 4x... His copy (made on a mac with toast) worked in the PSX, but MDECs skipped horribly... (He had made several copy in the past and depending on the game/luck/media used sometimes it skipped and sometimes not....)

So is the burning speed really a determining factor??
If so, why?
Shouldn't a faster CD-R drive just write faster and not make more errors or do anything different than a slower one??
Is it also a question of the media brand (I'm using Silver Sony CDs and 48x Mitsumi both 80 minutes) or quality??

Please, enlighten me on a way to burn correct PSX copy on a modern writer which does not write SLOWER than 8x (most of those sold today can't)...

Thanks!
Yop83

Kendomon · #2 31-12-2002, 23:12

And LG burner is probably your problem, I've never known anyone to have luck with and LG!!

Opps, well I see your burner according to a soruce is pretty good. Playstation games need to be made with out data correction, Playstation puts gaps that need to be there as a copy protection, if when creating the disk this gaps are removed or corrected the disk won't work.

I recently upgraded to a Plextor 40x12x40 burner myself but haven't used it on a PS game yet so i don't know if the speed is a factor, I'm upgrading from a USB 1 4x4x6 to USB 2.

Kendomon · #3 04-01-2003, 08:11

OK, I finally got around to testing out my burner, I burned two games that I had handy, Frogger and Silent Hill. Using my Plextor U1412 and Clone CD (latest version) with everything set at Max with Clone settings as installed upon installation, both copies turned out perfect. Clone copied Frogger in no time flat but took it's time with Silent Hill about 5 to 6 minutes reading and then no time burning.

With my old burn without burn proof technology I always had to burn ar 1 or 2x depending on the game, only a few could I burn at 4x (burner was 4x4x6x) and have it turn out ok.

Since you are using and ISO image, there might be something missing or something changing when being written, (just guessing here).

buzzon · #4 11-01-2003, 22:28

i have a lg and it works perfect for everything. i got over 400 games and not one coster from this drive.