Asus CRW-4816A not liking TDK 48x discs

[zzed]

Ok, so here are the facts. Drive = Asus CRW-4816A 48/16/48. I had been using both Sony 32x discs and TDK 32x discs (unknown manufacturers). Costco had a 100pk spindle of TDK 48x for $20 after rebate, so a picked up one. I've gone through about 25 discs, and nary a single disc has gone perfectly. I've tried different speeds (down to 16x), different data/audio, and no matter what, the disc either fails to burn, burns but takes extra long to finish the lead in/out, or has errors on the burn or lead in/out. Updating the firmware = No effect. Going back to the Sony or TDK 32x discs works fine. Any explanation? If not, any recommendations for media I should look for?

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[Scour]

Hello!

A friend have this writer,too. He uses these media:

Platinum, PrimeOn, Primedisc (Ritek 79.59.70)

Memorex, Intenso (Prodisc 79.59.72)

SKC 32x Premier

MMORE, Yakumo (MoserBaer)

[Ian]

zzed, have you upgraded your firmware at all?

[zzed]

Yes, I'm on v1.13 of the firmware, which is the newest available (at least according to the usa.asus.com site). I even tried downgrading back to v1.11 of the firmware, but for one reason or another, the windows-based flash tool Asus provides won't work.

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