OPC Question

[Showstopper]

Just a quick question. I just started burning today and i'm burning at 2.4x with OPC on, but i've read that it should be off unless burning at 4x. Is it ok that I have it on at 2.4x?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I've never seen it make much (any) difference really.

 

Do a burn with it on and another with it off. Compare the quality via a disc quality/pipo scan and go with whatever produced the best result.

[Showstopper]

Thanks for the quick reply. When you say quality, what do you mean? I burnt Ghost Recon and it's fine. Same with Modern Warfare 3.

[Cynthia]

An old thread with a small test and I use OPC mainly only to find out when a burner is near it's dead. If OPC works when it's new, it will start failing near the death date, based on my crashed burners.

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6334

 

When you say quality, what do you mean?

 

A disc scan on the burned disc. Only certain burners are reliable for this test. Mainly genuine Lite-Ons.

[Showstopper]

An old thread with a small test and I use OPC mainly only to find out when a burner is near it's dead. If OPC works when it's new, it will start failing near the death date, based on my crashed burners.

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6334

 

When you say quality, what do you mean?

 

A disc scan on the burned disc. Only certain burners are reliable for this test. Mainly genuine Lite-Ons.

Sorry what? I just got my ihas124 B two days ago and started burning today. I burnt 4 games at 2.4x with OPC on. Should I turn it off? Is it damaging my drive?

[Cynthia]

No, that setting is not damaging your drive.

 

That burner is a genuine Lite-On so it should be ok to scan with.

[Showstopper]

No, that setting is not damaging your drive.

 

That burner is a genuine Lite-On so it should be ok to scan with.

Thanks. So just keep burning at 2.4x with OPC on then? Only other thing I changed was buffer speed to 512. I haven't enabled Hypertuning or smartburn.