Newbie with NEC 3540 OEM. HELP!
| NEC / Optiarc Writer Discuss, Newbie with NEC 3540 OEM. HELP! at CD and DVD Writers forum; Just bought and installed NEC 3540 OEM. Trying burn with Memorex 16x DVD -R. But the burner somehow thinks the media is a CD. I am thinking maybe I need to add the media to the burner's firmware media list or something. Where would I find the firmware on my |
Posted: 03-07-2005 - #1
| Just bought and installed NEC 3540 OEM. Trying burn with Memorex 16x DVD -R. But the burner somehow thinks the media is a CD. I am thinking maybe I need to add the media to the burner's firmware media list or something. Where would I find the firmware on my computer? I downloaded MCSE, but don't know how to load the firmware in. HELP! |
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Posted: 03-07-2005 - #2
| Go here: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=136927 This should get you what you need. What is your media ID? I don't see any Memorex -R 16X on the supported media list. You may have to wait a while for it to be included.
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Posted: 03-07-2005 - #3
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Posted: 03-07-2005 - #5
| I bet he is and has not selected DVD from the drop down 
__________________ My dongle broke! "Without challenging peoples perceptions, how do you expect to achieve the power to affect change?" Quote by me  --- Benq 1640 @ BSPB Lite-on 1673S @ Quality Patched 1693S KC4B NEC 3540 1.01 W8 NEC 2500 @ 2510 2F9 (Retired) Lite-on DVD-ROM and 2 CD burners, 24x and 52x (Retired) MB Asus P5N-E SLI using XP Pro SP2 default MS IDE drivers |
Posted: 03-07-2005 - #6
| Actually, I am using nothing. This is what happens. I open my window explorer, I see it says DVD-RW next to my DVD drive letter. I put the blank DVD media in. It turns to 'CD' instead of 'DVD-RW'. I try to click on it. It says something about invalid. |
Posted: 03-07-2005 - #7
| Hmm. What does it say in your device manager? What happens if you open CD-Speed (from www.cdspeed2000.com) and click on the disc info when the disc is in the drive? Also check this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315350/
__________________ My dongle broke! "Without challenging peoples perceptions, how do you expect to achieve the power to affect change?" Quote by me --- Benq 1640 @ BSPB Lite-on 1673S @ Quality Patched 1693S KC4B NEC 3540 1.01 W8 NEC 2500 @ 2510 2F9 (Retired) Lite-on DVD-ROM and 2 CD burners, 24x and 52x (Retired) MB Asus P5N-E SLI using XP Pro SP2 default MS IDE drivers |
Posted: 03-07-2005 - #9
| BTW XP will always show it as a CD-ROM drive in Explorer. It means nothing. You should be able to brun and read fine. Just do it and see.
__________________ My dongle broke! "Without challenging peoples perceptions, how do you expect to achieve the power to affect change?" Quote by me --- Benq 1640 @ BSPB Lite-on 1673S @ Quality Patched 1693S KC4B NEC 3540 1.01 W8 NEC 2500 @ 2510 2F9 (Retired) Lite-on DVD-ROM and 2 CD burners, 24x and 52x (Retired) MB Asus P5N-E SLI using XP Pro SP2 default MS IDE drivers |
Posted: 04-07-2005 - #10
| Okay, you are right. I was mislead by XP. It burned a copy using Memorex -R 16x. Okay, problem number 2. It won't play on my DVD. I have Toshiba SD3950. I went to VideoHelp and checked that it does support -R. It will play on my computer and another laptop which has a CD RW/DVD Rom. What did I do wrong?  |
Posted: 04-07-2005 - #11
| Nothing. Just some dyes are not read well by different stand alone players. Try burning it at 8x instead of 16x and see if it works. If not try different media.
__________________ My dongle broke! "Without challenging peoples perceptions, how do you expect to achieve the power to affect change?" Quote by me --- Benq 1640 @ BSPB Lite-on 1673S @ Quality Patched 1693S KC4B NEC 3540 1.01 W8 NEC 2500 @ 2510 2F9 (Retired) Lite-on DVD-ROM and 2 CD burners, 24x and 52x (Retired) MB Asus P5N-E SLI using XP Pro SP2 default MS IDE drivers |
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