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HP CD-Writer error "High Speed Media"

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by gdunc65 1 view

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Does anyone have a HP CD-Writer with the MY CD software. Are you getting the error "High Speed media detected. The media is not compatable with this Writer"? Have you managed to fix the error or are you still getting it?
Has anyone got any suggestions? I would like to hear.
This is what has been done so far, tested on 10 different PC's, tried a number of different Writers and have also tried 5 different brand of disks, size and speed. I have also carried out a number of other troubleshooting steps.
This is very important.
Thanks.

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by churger

There are at least 2 possible ways to get rid of this problem:

1. Slow the supplemental cache on the system. (Windows 95/98/Me):
Open System Properties by right-clicking the My Computer icon on the desktop, and click Properties.
Click the Performance tab then the File System button.
Click the CD-ROM tab and move the `Supplemental cache size' arrow down a couple of notches from Large towards Small.
Click OK, and close System Properties.
Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.
2. Slow the write speed for the MyCD software. (Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT)
Open the MyCD software and click the Program Options button
Click the Advanced tab
Put a check in the "Limit the maximum recorder speed to:" box
Set the maximum speed to 2X.

Hope this helped.

by techrepublic

Try slowing the recording speed down. If you cd rom drive doesn't spin as fast as the burner can record you will receive that problem. If you have a 48x cd rom you should record at 4-8x 50+ 8x-10x you shouldn;t record at 12x

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