Satellite M40-145 - low DVD recording speed

My DVD-RW isn't burning over 2.4x speed. I tried with several DVD-R/+R brands, updated Matsu****a driver firmware, reinstalled recording software (Nero 6 and 7) but the problem mantains.
What shoud I do?

Hi
I have found some infos about this drive.
It burn the DVD-R 8x
DVD-RW 4x
DVD+R 8x
DVD+R(DL) 2,4x
DVD+RW 4x
DVD-RAM 3x
You have used either a DL DVDs or the software recognizes the DVDs as a double layer medias.

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