In article , on 10 Mar 2007 05:44:53 GMT,
Brendan R. Wehrung wrote:

Its an HP TSSTcorp TS-H653L and the failed media (static in loud passages)
was branded Prime Peripherals, presumably 16X max

A little Googling indicates the following:

Your drive is a Samsung Drive - the SH-S183L.

Prime Peripherals CD-Rs of about five years ago were probably made by
Postech, which is currently banned from selling CD-Rs, due to licensing
violations.

Samsung's list of recommended CD-R media for that drive:
Taiyo-Yuden, RICOH, MKM, Hitachi, Maxell, Fuji Film, RiTEK(Phtharo),
CMC, Pioneer, Princo, TDK.

To oversimplify a bit - your new drive doesn't have a writing strategy
for your Prime Peripherals CD-Rs, so it's guessing. Apparently, it's
guessing wrong. It's not a speed issue - it's a media compatibility
issue.


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Seth Goodman