[webber]

what write speed did you use, i am just asking because if it was high the quality of the pits and valleys might not of been good causing the laser to work harder then necessary to run your backups and might of resulted in premature failure,
i know others on this board would disagree but i have the clients that would agree that there problems went away after i installed a new laser kit for them
anyways
get back to me
regards
webber