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Jim Hammack
Jul 17, 2001, 4:51:55 PM7/17/01
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I have a 50x CD. I would like to slow down or control its speed. I tried
Nero Drivespeed, but I don't believe it works with my CD. At least I
couldn't tell if it did. I wish I could tell you what brand CD it is.
Nothing but "50x" on the front, SiSoft Sandra says it's a "E-IDE 50X L" CD
and I really don't want to open the case to check but will if I have to.
Anything other that Nero I should try or something I should try to do with
Nero? Any help appreciated.
Nero Drivespeed, but I don't believe it works with my CD. At least I
couldn't tell if it did. I wish I could tell you what brand CD it is.
Nothing but "50x" on the front, SiSoft Sandra says it's a "E-IDE 50X L" CD
and I really don't want to open the case to check but will if I have to.
Anything other that Nero I should try or something I should try to do with
Nero? Any help appreciated.
The Dancing Borg
Jul 17, 2001, 8:27:43 PM7/17/01
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stupid question: why do you want to speed it down?
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for humanity."
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Doug Schneider
Jul 18, 2001, 2:48:40 AM7/18/01
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Since you've already got a CD this is probably not what you want to hear, but
the Asus CD-S500 CD-ROM allows you to adjust it's speed. You hold down the
play button for a few seconds and the speed drops, repeat the process and it
drops again. I don't have the literature in front of me, but I think it goes
in steps of 24X, 12X, 6X, 4X, something like that, don't quote me. Upon
ejecting the CD the speed resets to the default 50X. We sell a lot of them,
and they come in quite handy for older CDs that were never meant to spin at
50X, especially the ones with graphics all on one side and none on the other,
which creates really bad unbalance. They're not cheap, we sell them for
$70CDN (I think that's about $5 USD), but they've proven incredibly reliable
to date.
the Asus CD-S500 CD-ROM allows you to adjust it's speed. You hold down the
play button for a few seconds and the speed drops, repeat the process and it
drops again. I don't have the literature in front of me, but I think it goes
in steps of 24X, 12X, 6X, 4X, something like that, don't quote me. Upon
ejecting the CD the speed resets to the default 50X. We sell a lot of them,
and they come in quite handy for older CDs that were never meant to spin at
50X, especially the ones with graphics all on one side and none on the other,
which creates really bad unbalance. They're not cheap, we sell them for
$70CDN (I think that's about $5 USD), but they've proven incredibly reliable
to date.
Doug
WebWalker
Jul 18, 2001, 6:09:41 AM7/18/01
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I think you can press the "Play" button (for one second) on the drive to
slow it down.
slow it down.
I can do that in my Asus 50X by
Press 1st time : 40X
Press 2nd time : 32X
... and so on.
Check you CD-ROM drive's manual.
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Jim Hammack
Jul 18, 2001, 3:26:51 PM7/18/01
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Sorry. I don't have a manual, book or anything for this CD. As for the
reason: I have some programs (kids) that use the CD almost entirely.
Probably hard on the bearings, etc. Generates a fair amount of heat too.
reason: I have some programs (kids) that use the CD almost entirely.
Probably hard on the bearings, etc. Generates a fair amount of heat too.
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