dvd writer speed

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:52:38AM -0400, Martin Duclos wrote:
> I suppose I never mentionned why I wanted to burn at slower speed. What's 
> been happening is on dual layer dvd, when burned at 4X will reliably create 
> a coaster every single time. I tried a few disks because at first I though 
> I ran into a bad one. After 3 tries I started thinking I had a problem. I 
> had an older drive that would burn the dl dvd fine but i replaced it with a 
> lightscribe capable drive. I since dropped that older dvd drive on the 
> floor and it doesn't work anymore.

I had one box of media that burned really badly.  Updated the drive
firmware to the latest version, and suddenly every burn was perfect on
that media.

So check that your drive is running the latest firmware.

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Len Sorensen
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