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by gaor

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I'd like to know why a 52X ACER cd rom drive doesn't work at the speed it is supposed to. A 32X that I also have runs faster. Does anybody know why?

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by philldmc

All cd-roms have a Max read and a Minumin read speed. In you case your cd-rom has a 52x max and probaly 10x min. Most of the time your cd-rom will never reach its full speed. Also cache makes a difference. If you 52x has only 128k cache and you 32x has 512K cache your 32x will seem quicker than your 52x.

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