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  • kaipo_boy
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Nov 2005
    • 27

    Newbie with Samsung burner questions

    Hi, all. I've been following the DVD Decryptor forum and using my laptop with great success, the forum is a wonderful resource. However, my laptop is a couple of years old, and reads at around 5x and burns at 2x. In an effort to speed things up, I bought the latest Samsung burner in a USB cable/external enclosure and just connect it up to my laptop. The burner is a TSST corp 16x dual layer SH-W162Z which I thought was a pretty good burner. However, I noticed that whenever I have it set to read at higher than about 6x, it errors on most dics that it tries to read. I haven't tried to test it for different write speeds yet.

    Is this a limitation in the USB cable? Or my laptop? Any way to get around this limitation?

    thanks for any help,
    kaipo
  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    #2
    in device manager under usb there will be an "enhanced" controller if you have
    usb2, if not then an adapter card will speed things up a lot.

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    • kaipo_boy
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Nov 2005
      • 27

      #3
      Hey Chewie. Thanks for the tip... but you're dealing with a retard here, sorry! I do see the following: Intel(r) 8280 1DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD

      What do I do with it?

      aloha,
      kaipo

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #4
        nothing, you are good to go, that's a usb2 controller, a lot of people can't find device manager

        the chipset in the enclosure might be what's slowing it down

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        • kaipo_boy
          Junior Member
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          • Nov 2005
          • 27

          #5
          Also, in addition to the controller noted above which does say 2.0, there are 3 other USB controllers that do not say 2.0... on the back of my laptop, there are only 2 USB ports. Does it matter which port I use? Am I using one of the other controllers and not the 2.0 controller?

          aloha,
          kaipo

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          • kaipo_boy
            Junior Member
            Junior Member
            • Nov 2005
            • 27

            #6
            OOps, got your message. Chipset, huh? I was afraid you'd say that. Is there a way to upgrade or flash the existing chipset? Sounds like it might be easier to find another enclosure.

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            • kaipo_boy
              Junior Member
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              • Nov 2005
              • 27

              #7
              That said, Chewy, can you recommend a good enclosure with a known good chipset? And where to find them? Thanks a bundle, man!

              kaipo

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #8
                usually all will be the same

                usb1 would be like 1x speed, I had to double check first tho, people don't always give accurate data

                your new burner should do fine burning at 4x, if not 8X(iffy) w/ laptop and
                expernal burner

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                • Chewy
                  Super Moderator
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 18971

                  #9
                  use that one up, burner and enclosure, and next time ask for advise on
                  burners/readers, that samsung may be a bad reader, too rare to tell.

                  Besides a real fast combo might be too fast for your laptop

                  this tool might work

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                  • kaipo_boy
                    Junior Member
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                    • Nov 2005
                    • 27

                    #10
                    Thanks again, Chewy; one last question. Is the chipset part of the housing? Or is it part of the burner? If I buy another burner and use the same housing, will I have the same problem? I see used LG GSA 4163B burners on ebay for around $34... thinking of buying one and installing in my external enclosure.

                    aloha,
                    kaipo

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                    • Chewy
                      Super Moderator
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 18971

                      #11
                      wouldn't chance a used burner

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