Help, DVD burner won't burn

[spirit]

I just got a new DVD burner, an LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter GSA-H55L 20x burner. But when I tried burning DVD's, the computer just freezes. I tried four times with two different softwares, Nero Burning Rom and Jetbee, but the same thing happens with both softwares. I then tried burning a CD and that worked perfectly.

When I tried burning the DVD the first time, I used the maximum allowed write speed at 16x, but the second time it only allowed 12x, so I tried that but it still froze. I'm wondering if choosing something slower like 8x or 4x would help. I'm using TDK DVD+R 16x DVD's and the CD that I used was a generic brand.

[Know Nuttin]

have you updated the firmware on the drive? Tried different DVD's?

[Jolly-Swagman]

Even though your burner is capable of 16x you should burn at the lower speeds(4x or 8x)so data isn't corrupted
Also as previously stated above maybe a firmware update

[spirit]

Thanks for the advice, but the drive is still not burning.

I tried updating the firmware to the latest one available on LG's website, and burning at 4x speed, but it still froze.

Is there anything else I can try? Like changing settings in the software etc? As I said earlier, burning a CD at full speed works fine. The drive also reads CD's and DVD's perfectly, it just has problems with burning DVD's. I want to leave trying different brands of DVD's as a last resort since I don't want to waste money on a new batch of DVD's if it won't work either.