High burn failure rate.Dimension plus NEC burner. What medium to use?

Question

I burn a lot of CDR's using the NEC DVD+-RW ND-3450A burner on my Dimension 8400.   Normally using TDK CD-R80's has a low failure rate but the last batch of 50 I bought had 20 failures.   Has anyone found a particular brand of CDR that works well with this set-up?   I don't think there is any problem with the burner, just the medium I burn to.   Thanks

osprey4 · Answer

Would this be audio, data, or what? What speed are the TDK? What color is the burn side?

inverness · Answer

I'm burning audio.   These are the discs   http://www.tdk-europe.com/index.php?id=26&WYSESSID=7bdrv3hqba4eiur8sjp07i2355   They are 52x but I don't burn at more than 48x.   Silver backed discs but you can see straight through the silver design if you hold them up to the light. I've been told that if you can see through a recordable CDR than so can the laser and that causes problems?

fireberd · Answer

First, with audio, do not burn at max speed.  That may be one problem.  I use 8X as my 'standard', but try 12X and see if that helps.    I use Verbatim's that I buy at Sam's Club and have used them for years without any problems.    (Inverness???  I'm in Inverness Fl).

fireberd · Answer

A couple of added ideas.   1. Do not have other programs open when you make an audio CD burn.  e.g. close your Internet Browser and e-mail program.  Close any IM program, any wordprocessor, etc.    2.  If you are not doing it, enable the 'buffer underrun protection' (may also be called 'Burn proof technology')  when you do a burn as this helps to prevent 'coasters' (bad CD's).  Also, use a regular CD burning program such as Sonic/Roxio/Nero, not the burn programs that are included with media players.

JRosenfeld · Answer

Recommended media for NEC DVD burners   http://www.de.nec.de/softwareoverview2.php/id/1337   Unfortunately I don't see the 3450A listed, but may be the 3500 sheet would be a guide (it also serves for 3100)

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