With a 266, I think you can burn anything at around 8x or so at the
normal expected time/speeds.  (Except lots of small files.)
If you are burning direct from MP3s you may have lots of trouble.
It becomes a question of how "busy" is your system. <grin>

Burn proof might help a lot with an underpowered system...  I never saw it
pick a "proper speed" for me... It just turns the laser off in the middle of
a burn before the buffer runs out, and re-syncs to the exact location and
re-starts the laser when the proper amount of data is available again.
(That is *really* over-simplified.)
All this clicking on and off increases the burn times dramatically...

Lots of people "push" the media (disk) faster than what it was designed
for, but if a disk says 6X on the box, I always burn at 6X.
(Modern ones say 48X and higher, so this is going away as a problem...)

                              Rick Glazier

> From: Dave Schroeder [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> I purchased a Yamahaa CRW-F1ZE CDRW.  After getting it home it I noticed it
> said that the requirements were for 300mhz.  I have a Gateway G6-266 mhz.
> Will it this difference in speed affect anything, or can I still burn CDs?

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