[ncr]

[jmmijo]

My guess is neither, it's most likely the blank media itself.

I bet you're using some generic blank media, besides, I find it best not to use speeds above about 16x anyways as I tend to burn too many coasters, even when using name brand media.

I have many drives, Aopen, Plextor and TDK among others.

This being said, you can check the manufacturer of that drive and see if there is a later firmware rev. Many times the firmware updates will recognize more blank media and also it can sometimes fix the speed issue and properly allow for faster burns.

[GTwannabe]

There are hacked firmwares available for your NEC drive that allow faster burning on many DVD and CD medias. If your CD-R's only burn at 32X on the stock firmware, I would assume they are old/generic.

[ncr]

gtwannabe, can you link me to those hacked firmware sites, BTW, I've tried both Sony and Memorex CD-R's. Only 32x max speed for both.

[GTwannabe]

Here ya go:

http://tdb.rpc1.org/

Here's the ZIP:

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site=tdb1&file=3520W125.ZIP