I'd suggest two things straight away. Try better media such as branded Ritek, Verbatim Metal AZO, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden then update your firmware to the latest revision.
Quality media goes a long way towards good results and new firmwares help media compatibility and write strategy :)
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The dvdr and cdr used to burn fine on my old drive. But point taken, I'll try to different dvdr's.
The other thing, Ive tried looking for a firmware site, but can't find one. The only thing I seem to have found is http://www.herrie.org/, which is currently down, any others... ?