Optimize External DVD-R performance?

[Kenshin018]

Those were my thoughts exactly - I wasn't expecting anything close to 16x (my plan is to use this for now until I get a new tower to slide the burner into) but to burn slower than my old internal 4x Sony burning from 256mb ram and a 1.0ghz processor just doesn't seem right. The 3x max was through the entire 20+ minute process, it wavered between 2.3x and 3.0x throughout the entire burn.

Is there anything I can do to help build it up to at least an 8x or 12x burn? Is there any other info I can post about my system that might help figure out whats going on?

Thanks!
Nick

[Kenshin018]

Alright, I'm bumping my own thread...sue me. Any takers for an assist?

Thanks,
Nick

[Kenshin018]

Yet another update - I've removed the hard drive that was sharing the media tank with the Lite-On burner and attempted to burn a dvd without it in case it was causing some unknown trouble. It didn't help.

Argh.

Thanks!
Nick