Thanks for the quick response, guys!

Yuppers, as stated, I've reburned items already burned trouble-free on my previous (slow) burner, and I've used different types of media, with all settings configured for highest quality.

I've used both old and new encodings of items that play flawlessly in Quicktime. Burn speed doesn't affect the tick, as I've begrudgingly done burn tests at 1x with the same results.

Now with further testing under my motherboard, I'm more convinced that the burner itself has a hickup... that is unless someone else out there has had the same experience. Anyone?

Cheers!

Chris ~