Problems with ND-3550 burning

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers NEC / Optiarc Writer
#1

hi there!
I’m new in this forum, is my first post, and i’m having some problems with my nec dvd/rw nd3550a drive. hope that you can help me with this.
I read some page back and i saw a post with the same problem but no answer, so i will post my question to you guys:

I have a nec dvd/rw nd 3550a drive and sometime now its starts to happen this:

  • I burn my dvds with nero (v 7.9.5.0, and i tried newest version also) and after it i tried to open the data that i burn in it but there isn’t any, like the dvd was empty!
  • I tried the same dvd in another pc drive and it works fine!
  • I already format the pc but still happens the same!
  • I usually use “sky” dvds, and i thought that could be because of the branch of the dvds, but i have others sky dvds and they work fine!
  • The version of my firmware is 1.52
  • i saw this site http://www.micheldeboer.nl/firmware/index.html a version 1.07 and i try to flash the firmware ND3550A_v107 but it gives this information “Target NEC ND-3550A is not found correctly” (in safe mode)

I posting info of my drive , and i please ask if some can help my fix this, if is there a solution to solve this!

Thanks for your help!

edit: I’m using OS windows XP Professional SP2

#2

You are using crap media, that is the REAL problem!

#3

but i used this dvds just for a while and this is the first time that happens to me! also the dvd plays in other pc drive but not in my drive! i already tried with "other dvd branch but the result is the same!

#4

[QUOTE=chopssuey;1921184][B]but i used this dvds just for a while[/B] and this is the first time that happens to me! also the dvd plays in other pc drive but not in my drive! i already tried with "other dvd branch but the result is the same![/QUOTE]

And what should that prove?
ANY of those discs is different, you cannot use them again because they are WORM and not RW.

Period, ND.

#5

sorry about my ignorance but what you mean about WORM?
And i don’t ant to prove nothing man… i just asked for help in the forum…

And i know they aren’t RW, i don’t want to write on them again!?!?
i just want to see what i have burn on it!?!?!
I think you didn’t understand what i had said before! I simple can’t SEE (access) what i had burn on the the disc! it appears just as an empty disc… BUT i burn data… SO…:rolleyes:

PS: I already know what WORM is, and as i said before i don’t want to WRITE AGAIN on them…

#6

Anyone knows that you dont try to write them again, but every media is unique here in your case, so its quality aswell.

WORM == Write Once Read Many

Uninstall the ide channels in devicemanager, then restart.

#7

yes i understand your point! But sometimes quantity covers quality! and in this case i biught more but with less quality, i know! but because this never append to me i was surprise (always learning).

I tried your procedure and uninstalled the ide channels but still no good!
The drive don’t recognize de data from the disc!!!
Can this be other problem?

#8

Created a new thread for this discussion.
Please continue the discussion in this thread.

#9

i tried again and uninstall all the IDE channels and a strange thing happened: a dvd that before wasn’t recognize now i can see the data! i tried for the others dvds but with no result! so i uninstall it again and now he don’t recognize it again!!!

I don’t know what to do! i can’t lose all this dvds information! :confused:

#10

Maybe you need to clean the reading drive then. cd lens cleaner etc.

#11

i bought a dvd lens cleaner but the result is the same!why, why…

could be the software used to burn the dvd? although is the same (nero) but different versions…

#12

Test the burner in another computer.

#13

well i can’t do that because i only have one desktop. the other is a laptop…