Bad Media? Newbie Ricohjpn r03 from memorex

#1

EDIT: I added a scan of the same exact disc at 4x. I really dont get it? Is my lite on drive messed up? I dont have access to any other drives

I attached my cdspeed scans, i keep getting this little mound at the beginning of my media on all my scans. im using a lite on 20a1p burner, burned the media at 16x. if i do a cdspeed quality scan on any speed besides ‘Maximum’ the whole thing is pretty consistent with PI failure of about 50 or so. Whats up with that? Should i be worried about this media? or perhaps the Nero burning rom i’m using is outdated? I’m using version 7.8.5.0, should i buy the new 8.0 series? Thanks in advance

#2

I really only trust 4x scanning on Lite-On drives. Memorex R03 is pretty solid media, a lot better than Maxell-branded RICOHJPN R03 in my experience.

#3

I updated it with another scan at 4x if you look at the trop of this post. thanks for the help man

#4

…That’s pretty ugly. You might want to visit the Lite-On Forum and read up on HyperTuning, and/or try some of the enhanced firmwares.

#5

At least the recent LiteOns are known to have a problem with scanning at 16x/MAX that makes all those errors at the beginning of the scan incorrectly appear.
Edit: You could’ve gotten a lemon for a scanner or the media but messing around with Smartburn settings can’t hurt.