Lite On 851S 4X but no 8X

[max hauser]

I purchased the Lite On 851 at Office Max about a week ago but have not had any success burning at 8X. I have tried Memorex and TDK 4X dvd+r with no luck. Any ideas? I am using Sonic and Nero.

[Triple H]

Those disks may not support 8x... My memorex 4x did allow me to write at 8x though... What is the media code?

[max hauser]

Here is what I got from DVD Info Pro.

08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 23 70 FF .............#p.
00 00 00 00 00 00 01 52 49 43 4F 48 4A 50 4E 52 .......RICOHJPNR
30 31 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 67 00 AC 62 16 18 01.8#T7..<g..b..
0B 0B 0A 0B 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

I did flash the drive with the latest firmware but that did not work either. Nero tells me that the drive has a max of 4X but is this related to the media?

[soundforbjt]

What version of Nero are you using? Could be your version doesn't recognize 8x burning. Try a trial version of another burning software and see if it's still the same.

If you have Sonic's RecordNow DX or Max try updating the burning engine.

[max hauser]

I updated my Nero software to 6.3.0.2. to no avail. The drive came with Sonic MyDVD with Record Now DX. It is version 4.6

Would having the drive in an external case cause any problems?

[Synergy]

I purchased the Lite On 851 at Office Max about a week ago but have not had any success burning at 8X. I have tried Memorex and TDK 4X dvd+r with no luck. Any ideas? I am using Sonic and Nero.

You are not alone, read the following link for more info:

http://forum.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83380

[MAXIMUS95GST]

I have an 811s and thie POS can't burn DVD+r at 8x. I have tried TDK+r,Memorex+R(Richojpn01-02) and i cant watch the backups on my standalone. I returned it after flashing the firmware about 20 times and the new one is the same way. I am selling this POS to my friend and buying a Pioneer A07.

[KevB]

I have a Lite On 811s and have burned at 8x using Datasafe 4x +R media I am using firmware K.Before i upgraded to firmware k it used to start at 8x but slowed down to 4x.Took 9 minutes at 8x.

[max hauser]

Everyone,

Thank you for your help. It appears the firmware for the 851 is not allowing as many media types as the 811 to burn at 8X. The link above to CDFREAKS will display a forum discussing this issue. If anyone else is experiencing the same problem, try out the updated firmware that these folks suggest. I haved burned 5 TDK and Memorex 4X DVD+R's at 8X.

[my_filthy_mind]

I'm having the same problems with my 851S but the CDfreaks forums seem to be down. Can someone help me out with what I need to do to burn at 8x?

TIA.