[R1~burden]

I have Dell Laptop Latitude D510
with the dvd+-RW DW-Q58a that is an 8x drive with
the latest firmware updates...I spoke to dell and they decided
it was a bad drive..could it still be a media problem I am using 16x DVD=R
discs. Roxio ejects the cd and tells me the disk is bad check for finger prints
or dry it

any ideas

[gi7omy]

Actually the quoted speed on blank media is the fastest it will write at so an 8x drive should be able to handle 16x media.

Did you try a different brand to see if that helps, but then Dell may be correct in saying your drive is defunct

[cdanteek]

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..could it still be a media problem I am using 16x DVD=R
discs. Roxio ejects the cd and tells me the disk is bad check for finger prints
or dry it

Dell could be correct, but try this. Open the Roxio software in tools find DVDINFOPro open it and install a disc then click the info button on the top. MID ( media ID ) should all be on that info page! Look for Available Write Descriptor. The DVDINFOPro program is asking the firmware from the drive what speeds it has in it's firmware for this media.
Next click the drive button at the top, your drive and firmware for the drive, are listed on the right.
Mine PX 716 FW 109.


Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID TYG02
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 16.0x 22160KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 12.0x 16620KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 08
2x Speed OPC power 0E
2x Write Strategy field 1 11 87 78 80
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 06
4x Speed OPC power 13
4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 10 0E 07
4x Write Strategy field 2 97 07 0D 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 06
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 18
4x Write Strategy field 4 17 85 78 75
4x Write Strategy field 5 D6 89 A8 92 01 20
4x Write Strategy field 6 10 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0D 10 .l...@....R.....
00000010 66 78 80 00 03 54 59 47 30 32 00 00 04 00 00 00 fx...TYG02......
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 AA A2 22 22 20 02 00 06 08 0E 11 ......."" ......

cdanteek