I've had this LG drive for a year and a half. I've been pretty happy with it till now.

I recently bought some TDK 12X Hi-Speed cdrw media. I've been having all sorts of problems using them.

When I first write to a blank disc, it usually works fine. The problem I have is when I do something else with it after data is already on the disc.

when I try to erase the disc, I get errors most of the time.

when I use Direct CD for packet writing, sometimes the drive will just hang. I see the light on front of the drive blinking but it just goes on and on. I usually have to reboot.

I'm thinking there is a compatiblity problem with this drive and hi-speed media. Perhaps there is a ROM driver update available for it but I can't find it. On the drive it says, "ROM VER: 1.10" built in November 2002.

I have used TDK 4X cdrw media with it and it works fine. I've used Easy CD Creator 5 and Nero and both have similar problems.

Any clues as to how I can solve my problem? Thanks in advance.