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See, it's there in the log and it's also written in the disc info box on the right within the main screen. Selecting anything other than 4x will give you the 'write speed miscompare' warning. Wow, that's pretty terrible. I didn't know there was such a thing as drives that only supported 4x or higher. Is there any magical way for me to force the drive to burn slower? I ask because I've got some software complaining that it can't read my DVDs and online forums recommend trying 1x burn speeds. Thanks, Gili

Hi, I am using a ASUS DRW-24B1ST firmware 1.04. This is the latest firmware. There is a long story behind this drive's firmware which you can read about here: http://club.myce.com/f87/something-odd-just-purchased-asus-drw-24b1st-firmware-now-1-04-man-09-2010-newegg-317360/ When I try burning to a DVD-RW using 1x speed it burns at 4x speed instead. Here is a log for your review: I 23:53:01 Operation Started! I 23:53:01 Source File: C:\Users\Gili\Desktop\ws_po_ntsc.iso I 23:53:01 Source File Sectors: 2,294,912 (MODE1/2048) I 23:53:01 Source File Size: 4,699,979,776 bytes I 23:53:01 Source File Volume Identifier: Foo I 23:53:01 Source File File System(s): Special I 23:53:01 Destination Device: [0:0:0] ASUS DRW-24B1ST 1.04 (E:) (SATA) I 23:53:01 Destination Media Type: DVD-RW (Disc ID: CMCW03) (Speeds: 4x) I 23:53:01 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496 I 23:53:01 Write Mode: DVD I 23:53:01 Write Type: DAO I 23:53:01 Write Speed: 1x I 23:53:01 Link Size: Auto I 23:53:01 Lock Volume: Yes I 23:53:01 Test Mode: Yes I 23:53:01 OPC: No I 23:53:01 BURN-Proof: Enabled D 23:53:01 DeviceIoControl(IOCTL_CDROM_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS, Unlock) Failed! - Reason: Incorrect function. D 23:53:01 DeviceIoControl(IOCTL_CDROM_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS, Lock, 1) Succeeded! W 23:53:01 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 1,385 KB/s (1x), Got: 5,540 KB/s (4x) D 23:53:01 Logical Unit Most Desirable Link Size: 1 D 23:53:01 Calling PdhOpenQuery... D 23:53:01 Calling PdhAddCounter(\Processor(_Total)\% Processor Time)... D 23:53:01 Calling PdhCollectQueryData... D 23:53:01 Calling PdhGetFormattedCounterValue... D 23:53:01 Device Buffer Size: 1,177,600 bytes. D 23:53:01 Device Buffer Available: 0 bytes. I 23:53:01 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 23:53:01 Writing LeadIn... I 23:53:21 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2294911) I 23:53:21 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2294911) [snip] What do you think? Thanks, Gili