Does 90+ min cdr's work in the dc?

Axe · Post by **Axe** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 2:33 am

Ok, I think I've read somewhere (but I can't find it now) that the Hello Kitty and Saukura Taisen SE dc's can't handle cdr's longer than some 81 mins. Does this apply to all dreamcast's?

Would be great to be able to use these cheep 99 min cdr's for dreamsnes (I could fit my whole selection).

If they don't work, what is the limit?

/Axe

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 3:26 am

Well, I've heard that 90 minure CD-Rs work in almost everything but 99min CD-Rs have a hard time reading in a lot of stuff - And when they do it takes about a minute for them to be recognised by the drive.

Great One · Post by **Great One** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 11:48 am

90 minute cdr's!?! I never knew those existed! all we have where i live is 80 minute cdr's...

BlackxKnight · Post by **BlackxKnight** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 12:22 pm

same here ive never heard of a 90 min just 74min/650mb and 80min/700mb

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 12:46 pm

If you have a mod chip does it make 99 minutes CDRs read better?

mr. darkness · Post by **mr. darkness** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 2:32 pm

clessoulis wrote:If you have a mod chip does it make 99 minutes CDRs read better?

Why should it?!

mrinsulto · Post by **mrinsulto** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 2:37 pm

thats got to be the stupitest ? i have ever heard

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 2:42 pm

Well the mod chip my friend has makes it read CDRW abd he was talking about how drives that read cdrw's read smoother than drive that dont.

Axe · Post by **Axe** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 1:32 am

Ok, I guess I'll just have to get some 90+ and try :]

(Yes, they do exist)

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 1:40 am

clessoulis wrote:Well the mod chip my friend has makes it read CDRW abd he was talking about how drives that read cdrw's read smoother than drive that dont.

I think your friend was talking about a modification to the GDrom reader; one which increases the power going to the laser, making it read the CDRWs. No modchip would do this, it's actually a theoretically simple mod to do to the dreamcast.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 8:18 am

Cool thanks for the info.

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 10:20 am

sixteen-bit wrote:
clessoulis wrote:Well the mod chip my friend has makes it read CDRW abd he was talking about how drives that read cdrw's read smoother than drive that dont.
I think your friend was talking about a modification to the GDrom reader; one which increases the power going to the laser, making it read the CDRWs. No modchip would do this, it's actually a theoretically simple mod to do to the dreamcast.

I think cless was talking out of his ass. Which seems to be the only orifice he is able to speak from.

One of my friends had a modchip installed in his dreamcast to play an imported Macross game. Too bad I didn't know about the Utopia boot disc then.

BlackxKnight · Post by **BlackxKnight** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:41 pm

where can i get these 90+ min cds would best buy carry them?

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:53 am

BlackxKnight wrote:where can i get these 90+ min cds would best buy carry them?

Online stores sell them but I dont think best buy does. Hell best buy still sells 700MB disk instead of 800MB.

NeonGenesis · Post by **NeonGenesis** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 3:23 pm

Cless, standard 80-min CD-Rs are 700mb....

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 3:25 pm

NeonGenesis wrote:Cless, standard 80-min CD-Rs are 700mb....

Interesting as I have a 80 minute 800MB cd stilling right here.* I also have a 80 minute 700MB cd. Is very confussed.* how can this be? Maybe a mislable?

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 4:12 pm

Cless, do you have windows XP?

If you do, put that 800mb CD-R in your CD Writer, go to my Computer, and choose the CD writer, and it should say near the start menu how much space it really can have put on it.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 4:21 pm

Gmc wrote:Cless, do you have windows XP?

If you do, put that 800mb CD-R in your CD Writer, go to my Computer, and choose the CD writer, and it should say near the start menu how much space it really can have put on it.

*Goes to do as is told.*

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 4:54 pm

The cd was mislabed.

Gmc · Post by **Gmc** » Thu Aug 29, 2002 5:16 pm

Hehe. I had some 730MB 80 mins ones ages ago, but wouldnt let me fit 730 mb