> It's possible that the media itself is not rated for 8x writes. I've bought
> cheap cd-rom blanks that claimed 6x speeds for writes, but it's a crapshoot
> as to when it works. I just lower the write speed to the next lower speed,
> and it usually works fine.
Lots of hardware have a hard time delivering data fast enough for 8x writes,
especially if this is occurring under Windoze. All it takes is a single case
of a data retrieve occurring without the buffer holding data and you have a bad
disk as a result. Like you, I'd advise moving to a slower speed.
Cheers --- Larry
