Liteon 811 and Nero 6 won't burn 8x Memorex DVD-R at rated speed

[Maximus96]

below is the info from Dvdinfo, it shows 8x, but nero won't let me pick anything else besides 1x. The only other media i used before is the imation dvd+r. it rated at 4x but nero lets me burn at 8x w/o problems usually.

please help. maybe i should just return them to bestbuy.

Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEKG05
Format Capacity Not Formatted
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Media Id Code Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 1.0x 1385KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 08
2x Speed OPC power 12
2x Write Strategy field 1 11 98 9A 80
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 06
4x Speed OPC power 18
4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 10 07 07
4x Write Strategy field 2 97 06 0C 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 04
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 1D
4x Write Strategy field 4 17 B8 88 75
4x Write Strategy field 5 89 AC 98 81 00 10
4x Write Strategy field 6 00 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

 

[Budman]

try flashing the drive with the latest firmware.