Sounds like the CD writer starts going down. The read/write head in a CD writer has shorter life (if my info sources are correct) than read only head of normal CDROM, I always recommend to have a CDROM for reading, and only use CDR for writing job. *we have few CDR drives (6x/8x max) just like yours, at workshop, they can't write faster, but ok for 2x/4x speed, we use them to copy drivers for customers. This is a good way to recycle "faulty" drives out of warranty. Jun Qian ----- Original Message ----- From: "George&Mary Skokan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:39 AM Subject: [PCBUILD] CD Burner problems > I am having problems burning CDRs. The system is an HP6638 533 Celeron with > 15GB as Master on IDE 0 and a Ricoh MP7040A as Master on IDE 1. The Ricoh > as been flashed to the latest level and was working fine until recently. I > am using Nero 5.0 and since I have been having problems have been running > simulation first before the burn. When I run the sim at 2x or 4x it fails, > but I can write at 1x, which is a pain(15 minutes versus 60 minutes for > backing up files). I sent the log files to the tech support and they keep > saying it is a media error, but I happens with 2 different types of media > (TDK and PNY). They suggested I clean it with the brush type cleaner and I > have done that, but still no luck. The device shows no problem reading CDs > and CDRs (I don't use CDRW). PCBUILD's List Owner's: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>