Brand of burner?

[grahampe]

I have had success with backing up my psx games in the past using an old smart and friendly burner but I want to upgrade to a faster one could someone please tell me which brand I should buy to be compatable with backing up my psx games?

[ervidel1]

Hi m8 if I can be of any help, use or buy a LG8320B!
It's very fast has the best under burn technology I've ever seen. You can even press Crtl+Alt+Del and Esc from it and the copy will be fine too.
I make wonderful clones of my CD collections with it Audio/Data/Games, etc.
The software I use is CloneCD + ClonyXXL
It’s cheap too.

EE

[backitup]

1 which is 100% compatible with cd clone will be a good start

[Kendomon]

I love my Sony burner but would drop it for a Plexor in a nano-second!!

[lunardave]

LG GCE-8320B.Just bought one myself as it works perfect with clone cd and you can find them cheap.In US at Best Buy for $99 or Wal- mart .com For $88.

[A03]

I love my Sony burner but would drop it for a Plexor in a nano-second!!
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I second the motion for Plextor. Never had a single problem
day one. Using 2 8x Scsi External plextor's..Can't be better.
compatible with practically any software you throw at it..Never have to worry about buffer under run like most burners.
Also like Backitup mentioned find that's compatible with Clone CD or CDrwin. These 2 are the best duplicating programs for PS.

[jcf_81]

When you make back-ups of psx games can you still play them in the psx or can you only play them with a psx emulator on your computer? :confused:

[stupidass]

.....@ AO3 :Backitup for PS, hmmmm sounds interesting , where can I read about it??PLEASE??

[A03]

I was referring to the Member named "backitup"..
As for " When you make back-ups of psx games can you still play them in the psx or can you only play them with a psx emulator on your computer?
Not sure what you mean but of course you can play backups on your PSX given that you've got modchip of sometype and YES you can play the backups on the PSX emulator for the PC..Backup disc or the Original works fine..Although I'm not really fond of Emulators except for the Old School Arcade classics like Rastan,RoboCop and etc..These are the Classics..
Can't get enough of it.. :D

[jcf_81]

Originally posted by A03
I was referring to the Member named "backitup"..
As for " When you make back-ups of psx games can you still play them in the psx or can you only play them with a psx emulator on your computer?
Not sure what you mean but of course you can play backups on your PSX given that you've got modchip of sometype and YES you can play the backups on the PSX emulator for the PC..Backup disc or the Original works fine..Although I'm not really fond of Emulators except for the Old School Arcade classics like Rastan,RoboCop and etc..These are the Classics..
Can't get enough of it.. :D

My question was concerning without a modchip. Thanks for clearing that up though. You answered my stated question and the intended question which I did not state correctly.:)

[vsp]

My burner is the LG CED-8120B, 12x8x32. It doesn't have Buffer Underrun and can't burn CDRs any SLOWER than 4x, but it does have an 8MB cache and works great with every burning program I've tried (Nero 5.5, DiscJuggler 4, CDRWin, and CloneCD).

I've found that when it comes to my aging PSX, the brand/type of CDR media is just as important as the drive itself. Verbatim's DataLifePlus discs (dark blue) work beautifully with the 8120B, and they're the one brand that my chipped PSX consistently reads.

[dust2dust]

plextor or yamaha
yamaha 3200 my recomendation cant fault it yet
even backed up pc mohaa (sd2 protectect newest version most writers failed)
game loads plays from pioneerao4 , pioneer 500m dvdrom , yamaha 3200


what ever u choose check out compatibility with clone cd (dao96)

very highly rated cheap drive is liteon range
but check model no. to c that clone cd says its compatible dao96 raw mode

[jcf_81]

Originally posted by dust2dust
plextor or yamaha
yamaha 3200 my recomendation cant fault it yet
even backed up pc mohaa (sd2 protectect newest version most writers failed)
game loads plays from pioneerao4 , pioneer 500m dvdrom , yamaha 3200


what ever u choose check out compatibility with clone cd (dao96)

very highly rated cheap drive is liteon range
but check model no. to c that clone cd says its compatible dao96 raw mode

I just recently backed up my Morrowind disk with no probs whatsoever...I LOVE my burner. I have yet to fault it...:D

[xboxps3gba]

get 1 100% with clone cd and cdrwin

[spooky]

From reading all the posts, then most people are mentioning well known brand names like Sony, Plextor, Yamaha or Pioneer.... and i would agree with them all.....

But know one has mentioned Hewlett Packard..... i have an older HP8100 plus and have never had an ounce of trouble within the 5 years i have owned it.... it writes to any media i chuck in it, even the cheap ones you get in the bulk packs...... Given that HP have the lowest returns rate in the industry then they have to be doing something right.....

So in a nutshell, stick to a well known branded burner, like the ones that have been mentioned, and its always worth paying that little bit extra..... but steer well clear of Phillips units, they arnt much cop for PSX backups (i'll probably get slatted now from loads of Phillips owners), and in my opinion LG can be a bit fussy with the media you use but are till a good choice.

Liteon seem to be a good choice as well as Ricoh if you are stuck to a budget.

And as dust2dust mentioned, check its compatability first with CloneCD and even CDRWin.

[DJB14336]

Got a Pacific Digital 12X10X32 from Circuit City back in January. Only had to do a firmware update to support newer 32X and 40X media. Burns like a champ. Fully compatible with Clone CD all the way back to Version 2.8xxx of Clone CD. Would highly recommend their drives if on a budget. Cendyne's I hear can be a bit touchy. Same with the LG's--then again, a firmware update may be able to fix some of those issues as well. The LG's are now being put on the shelves in the local Wal-Marts. Got some good deals on a DVD read/CDR-RW combo drive for like $90 right now at our local SuperCenter in SC. Of course to future proof yourself, get a Pioneer A03/103 or A04/104 and snag a copy of PrimoDVD, CloneCD, and CDRWIN. You will (virtually) never fail, as far as I've seen on the forums.

Good Luck!

Raist

To check for firmware updates, check this sight out: http://www.firmware.fr.st/