MAC Mini Disk

My first post disappeared for some reason. What the **** is going on in this forum.
Anyway I will start again. I am having problem with my DVD Drive. It only burns at 2x and not 4x. Has anyone here had this problem. And can someone give me any help or advise on getting this thing to burn a full speed.

My first post disappeared for some reason. What the
**** is going on in this forum.
You mean THIS post? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=313394&tstart=0
As of the moment you posted this thread, it was directly above the one you seem unable to see!
As to the issue, I can't help with resolving it because I don't have an Apple-sourced DVD burner, but I do recall many complains about burn speed being made about the mini's superdrive, so your experience may not be uncommon.

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    Message was edited by: dimis
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