davexnet Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 HI all, I'm burning with an NEC 3540a. It's 6 years old and has probably burned close to 1500 disks. I usually burn 16x media at 12x. When the burn is just over 90% complete, the burn drops from 12x to something lower (I presume 8x but not sure). I can actually hear the note of the burners motor drop down a gear or two. Other than that it finishes OK, and the verify is good. The media I'm currently using is only rated average (CMC MAG-M01-00), but not sure why the drive is having this difficulty. Time to bite the bullet and replace it? TIA for any info Dave
cornholio7 Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 from my experience with cmc media, they were always crap at the edges which may explain the slowdown on your discs. maybe they have burnt without a drop in speed on these in the past, and maybe your drive needs a clean, but changing to another drive may result in not being able to burn these discs with any success at all. i would look at trying some taiyo yuden discs and see if you can burn at your preferred speed before changing your drive
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