by Mozgus Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:54 pm
It's your drive. Newer models have fairly high minimum speed limits. I can't go below 8x either, but I've never had an issue. The quality of the drives have probably increased over time anyways, and 8x isn't an issue if it's a newer model. Back in 1998, 8x might have been an issue though. I have a NEC DVD-+RW as well. Newegg is practically giving these things away for lunch money.