On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 12:07:58 +0000, iriXx wrote: > how long have you had your burner?..... > mine is pooping out thesedays after a lot of wear and tear and im > getting about the same ratio of coasters too. > > the other thing i'm guessing at is that maybe cdrecord / xcdroast arent > compatible with 52x burners?.... The ones in RH9 are, but I can only get 48x media, and some drives dont like reading it when its been burned at 52x. Dropping the speed to 16x or so is much more reliable. - Steve