The speed is generally only set (correctly) when burning
CD-RW disks. They are a newer design, and report their
maximum speed to the burning program.
CD-R disks do not have this information available to the program,
so the program will default to the max speed of the drive, unless
a speed has been user defined as the default.
This speed is also user selectable and sometimes "grandfathered"
to the drive after burning a CD-RW. (With newer drives, that
would generally slow you down, not make it run too fast...)

To see if it is a Media problem, try burning them at 4 or 6x
depending on their age, or what you "think" they actually are.
If you have the original packaging, use the speed written on that...
(Some disk manufacturers have noticed this is a problem, and are
putting the max speed right on the disks as a service to their
customers.)

Hope this helps...              Rick Glazier

From: "Dave Schroeder" <[log in to unmask]>
> Isnt't the speed automatically set?  I've burned some in the past.

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