Optiarc AD-7170S & Maxell 16x DVD+R ?!?

NEC / Optiarc Writer Discuss, Optiarc AD-7170S & Maxell 16x DVD+R ?!? at CD and DVD Writers forum; Is this drive have compatibility problems with maxell discs? Because all the maxell discs that I burned with this drive have an exactly the same graphic like each other; pi failures going crazy @ 0.5 point and then going down... I tried few other discs including Verbatim and there was

Posted: 10-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

Is this drive have compatibility problems with maxell discs? Because all the maxell discs that I burned with this drive have an exactly the same graphic like each other; pi failures going crazy @ 0.5 point and then going down...

I tried few other discs including Verbatim and there was no problem (verbatim is the king of course),

Maxell discs;

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Posted: 10-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

btw I tried that maxell discs on my NEC4570 and 3500 too and there was no problem.

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Posted: 10-08-2007

kolos (New on Forum): Posts: 28

You should try to make a scan at 5x speed which is recommended for NEC/Optiaric drives and these drives are not reliable scanners.

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Posted: 10-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

I tried it on another drive allready... Tried it with my NEC4570-3500 and the result was the same.

But when I burn the same disc with my 4570 and 3500 @ 16x and then scan it @max speed on 7170; there is no problem... Only problem is when I write it with 7170.

BTW my another problem is that I can't flash modified firmwares on my 7170 drive, only original fws... It says "error sending fw to drive"... I think my disc problem's reason is the fw (1.02) and can be resolved by flashing another fw but I can't...

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Posted: 10-08-2007

Dee (Senior Administrator and Reviewer): Posts: 11,834

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IBTW my another problem is that I can't flash modified firmwares on my 7170 drive, only original fws... It says "error sending fw to drive"... I think my disc problem's reason is the fw (1.02) and can be resolved by flashing another fw but I can't...

Try this.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...77&postcount=2

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Posted: 10-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

Thanks dude, will try it and post the result

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Posted: 10-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

Tried and none of them worked. BTW my drive is SATA, not PATA

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Posted: 11-08-2007

TiesTorN (New on Forum): Posts: 12

Any solutions ?!? How can I flash my 7170 SATA drive on Windows Vista ?

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Posted: 12-08-2007

Liggy (CD Freaks System Admin): Posts: 7,166

I don't think your OS is causing the trouble. It will probably be either the SATA chipset or the chipset drivers

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