I'm burning at 12x, and they're supposed to be 12x compatible. Just go to http://www.pny.com and complain to their tech support form. That's what I just did. Who knows if anyone will read it and actually care. I lowered the speed to 4x and anything over 600MB still turned into a coaster. The error I got was consistent with running out of space on the disc. The whole image would write, but fixation would fail. These discs don't even have any good identifying information on them, they come up as Unknown manufacturer in cdrecord. Sad, even my generic cheapies I bought about 4 years ago work better than these PNY ones. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:lxy at cloudnet.com] > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:33 AM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] PNY CD-Rs? > > > > Yaron speaketh: > > Anyone here get some of those PNY-labelled CD-Rs when they > were like $5 > > for a spindle of 50? And if so... are you getting EXTREMELY > large amounts > > of failed burns on them? > > So fat I've tried like 15 and only 5 have worked! > > John Miller added: > > I bought a spindle and had about a 50% success rate with them. > > What speed are you burning at? I've got the PNY's at home > and burned at > 4x I have yet to burn a coaster. I haven't tried fitting 700 > MB on yet, > so I maybe it has problems I haven't encountered yet. > > The flaky reflective stuff is the reason I don't store > anything important > on them. I got what I paid for... a disposable CDR. They > work great for > burning linux ISOs and stuff for short term use. Generally I > don't like > to keep ISOs around for two long because I'd rather have a > disc with the > latest packages and patches so I don't have to dig after > installing. The > discs I really like (and I can't always find) are the paper-covered > discs.. I feel MUCH safer storing stuff on them because the reflective > stuff won't chip off, you have to intentionally peel the sticker off. > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >