I have just upgraded my Pioneer firmware to 112 and have tried burning full discs using:

1. Ritek Orange -R 4x (G04 dye) at 4 x and 8x
2. Datasafe -R 4x (G04 dye) at 4x and 8x
3. Ridisc -R 4x (G04 dye) at 4x and 8x
4. Datawrite Red V2 -R at 4x and 8x
5. BulkPaq Orange -R 4x at 4x and 8x
6. Bulkpaq White +R 4x at 4x and 8x

The problem is that none of these will even burn at 4x.....a full disc (4.3gig) takes 20-21 minutes just for the burn process. So my Pioneer 107 is no better than my previous NEC1300a. Am I doing something wrong here? Why is it that others boast of writing at 4x and 8x with a 107 when best I can do seems to be 2.4x????

I am using Windows 98, with Nero 6.3.........and yes, DMA is selected for my writer.