Burning question

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  1. empress

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    Sorry if this sounds like a dumb ass question, but I'm somewhat of a newbie.
    I have a Samsung cdrw/dvd sm 308 b burner. I haven't used it a lot, but I never had a problem with it until now.
    I always used memorex cd-r 700mb 80 minute 52x multi speed disks before and everything was fine.
    I bought exactly the same disks this time, except it was 48x multi speed. For some reason I can't burn anything, it keeps telling me that the burn process failed.
    I tried a 52x disk and it burned fine.
    Like I said I'm a newbie so the speeds tell me sh*t all. I just went to a store told them what I needed and bought the disks.
    sooo the question is, is my burner not compatable with the 48x, and is there something I can do to configure it to work with it? I use nero by the way if this helps.
    Again, sorry if this is dumb question, just don't want to be stuck with 50 completely useless blank coasters
     
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    possible not compatible with your burner. what speed were you burning both cds at & have you tried slower speed burn on the 48x cds
     
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    Thanks for replying.
    I tried every speed and it seems to work on 2x
     
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    check to see if the 48x cds are actually made by memorex or by a 3rd party for memorex
     
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    could not perform end track
    burn process failed
    What does that mean and how do I fix it.

    I checked the cd's and they seem to be made by memorex
     
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    check the code on the spindal ring to confirm is memorex. what speed where you burning at??
     
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    did you say you had a cd-r burner/ dvd player (corect me if i'm wrong), but you can only burn cd-r's with a cd-r burner
     
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    dude845, is a combo drive that reads dvd & cd but burns cdr & cdrw disks
     
  9. happy01

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    dude you can burn DVD and CD-r with most if not all DVD burners.. empress you gpt a bad batch of blanks.. either try to take them back or just chuck them. Verbatem,Sony,Maxell, are all good.
    http://www.shop4tech.com
    http://www.meritline.com
    These sites have good media at good price's and free delivery In the states
     
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    dude845 you can burn DVD and CD-r with most if not all DVD burners.. empress you gpt a bad batch of blanks.. either try to take them back or just chuck them. Verbatem,Sony,Maxell, are all good.
    http://www.shop4tech.com
    http://www.meritline.com
    These sites have good media at good price's and free delivery In the states
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    happy01, SM-308 Samsung 8x4x32 CDRW & 8x DVD IDE Combo Drive Only
     
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    Err ahh hee hee (red face)
     

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