Lightscribe DVD SATA drive

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote in message
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> SATA 1.5 has to be faster than PATA and all my PATA lightscribe DVD
> burners work just fine. It does take forever to do the lightscribe part,
> which is why there are three of them on three different PCs.
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> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking at a Lite-On LH-20A1L-06 DVD SATA drive with Lightscribe...
>> since I already have two internal SATA hard drives, I guess I'd have to
>> buy another SATA card to utilize the SATA DVD drive. The drive specs only
>> list SATA as the interface. I'd guess that probably means it's SATA gen 1
>> with 1.5Gb/s throughput. Is that a safe assumption to make or might
>> Lightscribe technology require higher throughput. (I'd hate to buy a SATA
>> gen 1 card only to find out the throughput wasn't sufficient for
>> Lightscribe.)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Lang

>

Well... obviously I need to look into the LS stuff more... I wonder if
there's a way to speed up the "Lightscribe part?" I wonder if a SATA drive
would help the LS "part" move along faster?

Lang

I have tried do do as you wish but with no success & researched lot.
If you find fix, please post.
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"Bob J" <BobJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have tried do do as you wish but with no success & researched lot.
> If you find fix, please post.
> --
> Regards
> Bob J
> If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
> another source,post back & let us know.
> Then we all benefit.
>
>
>
>

>>

Tried what? Use a SATA DVD burner with Lightscribe? Which burner?

Thanks,

Lang

Nope, that's a technology limitation. You can select a lower quality and
speed up burn speed but that's about it. It only goes as fast as it goes
and the interface won't help, just as PATA versus SATA won't make a 18x
drive burn any faster than 18x no matter what.

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"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Well... obviously I need to look into the LS stuff more... I wonder if
> there's a way to speed up the "Lightscribe part?" I wonder if a SATA drive
> would help the LS "part" move along faster?
>
> Lang

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
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> Nope, that's a technology limitation. You can select a lower quality and
> speed up burn speed but that's about it. It only goes as fast as it goes
> and the interface won't help, just as PATA versus SATA won't make a 18x
> drive burn any faster than 18x no matter what.
>
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> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>

>> Well... obviously I need to look into the LS stuff more... I wonder if
>> there's a way to speed up the "Lightscribe part?" I wonder if a SATA
>> drive would help the LS "part" move along faster?
>>
>> Lang

>

Richard,

Understood... but I don't know how the "Lightscribe" technology works. So I
don't know if one interface has advantages over another interface when it
comes to the "Lightscribe" portion of burning discs. If you're saying, no,
it don't... then I'll accept that and move on... ;-)

Lang

It makes no difference whether the drive is SATA, PATA or whatever. It will
work exactly the same and give the same quality results.

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"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:EA19CAB3-3E78-41B7-8215-E94A2D9C1E10@microsoft.com...

>> Nope, that's a technology limitation. You can select a lower quality and
>> speed up burn speed but that's about it. It only goes as fast as it goes
>> and the interface won't help, just as PATA versus SATA won't make a 18x
>> drive burn any faster than 18x no matter what.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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>>
>>
>> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>

>>> Well... obviously I need to look into the LS stuff more... I wonder if
>>> there's a way to speed up the "Lightscribe part?" I wonder if a SATA
>>> drive would help the LS "part" move along faster?
>>>
>>> Lang

>>

>
>
> Richard,
>
> Understood... but I don't know how the "Lightscribe" technology works. So
> I don't know if one interface has advantages over another interface when
> it comes to the "Lightscribe" portion of burning discs. If you're saying,
> no, it don't... then I'll accept that and move on... ;-)
>
> Lang

"Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking at a Lite-On LH-20A1L-06 DVD SATA drive with Lightscribe...
> since I already have two internal SATA hard drives, I guess I'd have to
> buy another SATA card to utilize the SATA DVD drive.

Why? It depends on your motherboard. My Intel DG965WH and the Dell XPS 410
have six SATA ports on the motherboard. I'm currently running three 500 GB
SATA
hard drives and two of the Lite-On SATA DVD drives and still have one SATA
port
open for future expansion.

Tom Lake

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> "Lang Murphy" <lang_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:E9FA6FF1-E84A-4C83-9608-945EDF9A059B@microsoft.com...

>> I'm looking at a Lite-On LH-20A1L-06 DVD SATA drive with Lightscribe...
>> since I already have two internal SATA hard drives, I guess I'd have to
>> buy another SATA card to utilize the SATA DVD drive.

>
> Why? It depends on your motherboard. My Intel DG965WH and the Dell XPS
> 410
> have six SATA ports on the motherboard. I'm currently running three 500
> GB SATA
> hard drives and two of the Lite-On SATA DVD drives and still have one SATA
> port
> open for future expansion.
>
> Tom Lake

Ah... well... I must admit I don't know how many SATA ports are on the
motherboard of my Dell XPS400. Guess I have to crack the box and check! Doh!

How are the Lite-on SATA DVD drives working for you? Do you use Lightscribe
at all?

Thanks,

Lang