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* Stan Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-29-07 12:50]:
> That's very interesting. If the drive reported a capability of x16, that must
> mean that it already has the upgraded firmware, because that is what the new
> firmware does for an older drive of this type. 

You are using linux now, not windoz, hy not verify the drive speed
capability yourself rather than *wonder* if k3b is lying to you?

hwinfo --cdrom | grep Drive\ Speed

13:12 wahoo:../source/eol-0.1.6 > hwinfo --cdrom | grep Drive\ Speed
  Drive Speed: 40
  Drive Speed: 40

I have two write-able drives  :^)

> Yet writing the DVD at that spead failed. 

may have not been the drive, but the media or ....

> I think the reason for that must be that the blank disk is labeled
> "DVD+Recordable"; I think DVD+R disks have to be written as a slower
> speed.

I use ONLY DVD+[R/RW] media and have not found that to be true.

> In the meantime, however, I made DVD at a much slower speed, it is
> verified as a true copy of the downloaded file, and I will try to
> update my machine to v10.3 later this evening.

  :^)
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