My CD burner doesn't burn at 52x

[lynx]

I've seen this exact problem this weekend, with NERO 6 on WinXP (I don't know which bit causes the problem).

The solution seemed to be to run the Nero CD/DVD Speed tests, then reboot the pc.
After rebooting, run Nero DriveSpeed, select the drive, select options and press 'detect'.
For some reason, this seems to correct the fault and allows reading and writing at the correct speeds.

[Amarjit]

My CD-RW is 24x10x40x, yes I know it's slow, but it gets the job done well, considering I bought it over a year ago now, but I seem to be able to burn at full speed, only if I buy good CD-R/RWs, if I use Maxell or Packard Bell CD-Rs I can get 24x but when I use Sony, I can only achieve 16x.

[Ripshod]

Are You Usind A Gigagyte Mobo? I'm having similar probs with a GA-7VAXP