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  1. I know this type of question is usually beat to death, but I haven't found any useful info in the media list. I'm interested in hearing from others using the LG GSA 4120B burner and what DVD-R media you've had successfully burn @ 8X. I've gone through a bunch of different Ritek G05 discs - none will burn at 8x. Here's what I've used that I can remember:

    Prodisc 8X - [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp] ID :MCC 02RG20. I burned a couple successfully @ 8X and over a dozen coasters @ 4 or 8X
    Ritek G04 4X - silver shiny surface. No problems
    Ritek G05 8X - white inkjet hub printable: Nothing but coasters. Will not successfully burn at 4x or 8x.
    Ritek G05 8X - RiData branded on disc (retail cakebox). Will only burn at 4x, but no problems

    I've heard that the G05 isn't a "true" 8x disc, but don't know the details. I'm also kind of stumped as to why the white inkjet printable Riteks wouldn't burn, but the same silver-faced G05's would. If anyone has any recommendations on a solid 8x disc (preferably white inkjet printable), I'd appreciate it.

    Sys Info:
    LG GSA 4120B (Firmware A104)
    P4 2.8mhz
    XP Pro + SP1
    1 Gig Ram
    SATA Hard Drives
    No TSR's. no multitasking
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  2. You might want to consider upgrading your firmware. There's also the possibility you simply got bad media or there's something wrong with your burner.
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  3. Unless I'm mistaken, A104 is the latest firmware from LG Electronics. I'm not too interested in 3rd party firmware versions.
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  4. Best way!
    Updata your firmware, now is A115, not A104.
    After that it will compatible with ridata 8x dvd-r @8x
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  5. I was wrong..I thought the newer firmware updates were written by 3rd parties. Took a while to find, but I flashed my drive to A115 from the update on LG's site. Just popped a blank 8X disc in the drive and Nero sees it as 8X writeable. I'll have to burn something and test it out.

    Thanks guys!

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    edit - Just in case anyone else runs into this. I tried firmware version A115 & A111 and both dropped my rip/read speed down to 1.1X ....back to the drawing board.
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