Question: Flashing (NEC ND-3100A)

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Newbie Forum Discuss, Flashing (NEC ND-3100A) at Starters forum; This thread is about the NEC ND-3100A . Click here to see full specs What do people mean when they say "I have \'flashed the firmware"? I am trying to update my DVD player so that it will burn, but I don\'t understand the terminology

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revmarbarr (New on Forum): Posts: 3; Posted: 07-01-2009

This thread is about the NEC ND-3100A. Click here to see full specs

What do people mean when they say "I have \'flashed the firmware"? I am trying to update my DVD player so that it will burn, but I don\'t understand the terminology

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Da_Taxman (Senior (non-technical) Admin): Posts: 14,770; Posted: 07-01-2009

Flashing the firmware means updating the firmware.
THe firmware is a small piece of software loaded into the chip of the DVD writer.

You cannot use it to turn a DVD player into a DVD recorder, that would also require hardware modifications (laser).
If you have a DVD recorder (burner) that does not burn, then you have a different problem...

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CDuncle (MyCE Die Hard): Posts: 1,037; Posted: 07-01-2009

Your burner is capable of burning CD and DVD+, not DVD-.
Check the disc you are trying to burn if it is the right one for your drive.
See if you can burn CD.

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