Following all the rules, still big problems

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Oops, Sorry spooky, I somehow missed that big long reply you sent. To answer you questions, I updated my old LG with a firmware for a different model LG than mine. I got a new one at Fry's electronics. The new one doesn't really have a name brand. I bought 10 TDK CD-Rs and it ate all of them too. I only image and record at 2x or 4x. About the laser; I tried using the upside-down playstation trick and it still didn't work. My friend has to turn his upside-down to fix the laser problem, but I know you are just going to tell me that it doesn't always work. My Playstaton model is 5501. And I have tried the shutting down all the background program tricks. Sure, any of these could be problems but I have had 3 people now tell me to get an internal mod chip, so I am going to do that first.

Thanks to everyone who posted truly helpful advise (spooky, warlock, mortise, skewesy, backitup, and becken) And to all those brain-dead-AOLers, I say "Learn how to use forums damnit! they aren't chat rooms!"

I will be sure to tell you guys if it worked or not.