Cannot rewrite/erase to my new CD-RW Media!!

[Aaron]

I bought 5 new Ricoh CD-RW Media that can handle rewrite speeds of 4x-10x, and 2 TDK CD-RW that can handle the same as above.

I have a Yamaha 8x4x24. (CRW8424E) Nero 5564 says it can only write at 2x on the Ricoh or TDK disc, but 4x on an old unbranded disc in Nero 5564. I should be able to write it at 4x but I can't? However when I try to write to ricoh or tdk in Nero, it says "This recorder does not support this type of media" WTF?!!

I installed NTI CD Maker 2000, supports 4x but it froze when it wrote to the TOC. It wasn't able to erase my ricoh or tdk media either.

I've tried Easy CD 5, Nero, NTI CD Maker, and none of them can erase/write to my new CD-RW Media. I assumed this is a limitation of my CD-RW Drive, but since my Yamaha can rewrite at 4x, the CD-RW Media I purchased supports 4x too.

Is my 1 and a half year old Yamaha unable to write to these new 4x-10x cd-rw media??

And look what it says on the firmware page for the EIDE Model:

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/co...gfirm/8424.html

They removed support for writing/erasing on these new cd-rw discs. No point in calling it a CD-RW drive now is there? I haven't upgraded to that firmware though, I'm still on 1.0f (which means it should work?)

Please help!!

[Guest aMb]

Hmm weird Why dont you just use the Rioch from now on?!

[Guest LouCypher]

I have a Philips 8x4x32 CD-RW drive, and using 12x discs in Nero is always drops from 8x down to 4x sometime during the burn with the error "Write speed changed due to media". All the CDRs I buy are rated at least 10x, but my drive won't burn them at anything but 4x w/ Nero. I haven't tried burning w/ anything other than CloneCD, and I slow it down to 4x intentionally to decrease likelihood of buffer errors.

I disable everything I can in the system tray and closing programs and such before I try to burn.

[Aaron]

After doing a bit of research, I found that the new CD-RW Media I bought are "High Speed" versions 4x-10x. Old CD-RW drives cannot write to these, because of the way they were manufactured. I will have to buy some old 1x-4x CD-RW Media.

http://www.emediapro.net/EM2000/writer11.html

[redcoat999]

I have the same drive and got the same error each time with CD Maker. After reinstalling WinXP without the CD, and then adding the CD later, it finally recognized the CD as a burner. I currently use Nero to burn my music.