Dvd Burning Problem

[the_celts]

Right heres the problem.

I am using pioneer 105 and having probs with burning some media at 4x.

The discs are the datasfe ritek 4x go4. I am having a hell of a job with these which is unusual to say the least for riteks.

Some of the discs will not burn at 4x but some will. If i try re burning at 2x every thing is fine. I would say out of a pack of 50 ive had about 20 refuse to burn at 4x

What i am wondering is,

Is it the drive giving up??
Memory issues??
Faulty media??

The reason i wonder about memory is the system seems to get low on resourses really easy and am wondering if i have faulty memory.

Obvously i dont want to go out and buy a new drive if i dont have to.

I also have some Ridisc 4x media here and had a couple of failures with these.

Setup is,

win 98
256mb ram
1g athlon :yawn:
record now max 4.5

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
What about something forcleaning the laser, is there anything i can use for that.

Thanks

steve.

the_celts:beer:

[Jesterrace]

You could try some canned air for cleaning out the laser. Have you updated the firmware recently or have you ever updated the firmware?

[the_celts]

Nope, never bothered updating firmware on this drive.

Still using the origonal firmware 1.30

I have a m8, who lives near by who has a burner, i am going to take the media that was rejected and try it on his burner.