 NEC ND-2510A, DVD/CD when really a DVD-RW |
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 Nov 27 2004, 01:26 AM
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Nov 27 2004, 01:57 AM
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 Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
hey, lavascript. Welcome aboard. Good question. Why not post that part of your everest report that specs the dvd-rw.. just cut/paste it here so we can see what the deal is. That firmware download is probably needed, too. Lets hope some answers pop up.
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Nov 27 2004, 05:14 PM
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Type of Drive: DVD+-RW and CD-RW Combination Drive
Access Time: 140 ms Interface: IDE (ATA/EIDE/ATAPI) Load Type: Tray System Type: PC Internal/External: Internal CD-ROM Read Speed: 40 X (CD,CD-R) CD Rewrite Speed: 16 X (CD,CD-R) CD Write Speed: 32 X (CD,CD-R) DVD-ROM Read Speed: 12 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-R Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD+R Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-RW Speed: 4 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD+RW Speed: 4 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD+R DL Speed: 2.4 X (DVD, DVD-R) Cache Size: 2 MB This post has been edited by lavascript: Nov 27 2004, 05:17 PM |
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Nov 27 2004, 05:50 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
I checked out your DVD-RW at cdrinfo.com where they tested one of 'em.
In order to perform our tests we used: 1. Nero CD-DVD Speed v3.12 2. CDVD Benchmark v1.21 3. ExactAudioCopy v0.9 beta5 4. Nero Info Tool v2.24 5. KProbe v2.2.0 (Reader: LiteOn LDW-811S firmware vHS0Q, LiteOn SOHD-167T firmware 9S13, LiteOn XJ-HD165H firmware CH11, and LiteOn LTD-163 firmware GH5S, Reading speed 8X CAV) 6. PlexTools v2.15 (Reader: Plextor PX-712A firmware v1.01, Reading speed 8X CLV for CD-R) 7. DVDInfoPro v2.54 8. Nero Burning Rom v6.3.1.17 9. DVD Decrypter 3.2.2.0 10. CopyToDVD 3.0.19.33 You said you have Nero 6. In what ways do the results you get differ from these published ones? Can you download the programs they used in the test above?   What I'm trying to "get" is this: the problem might be:
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Nov 27 2004, 11:05 PM
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Yes, it burns CDs and plays DVDs. I'll look into the programs that were tested with it.
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Nov 27 2004, 11:22 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
So, the function it lacks is burning a DVD and the error is: "recognized as a DVD/CD but it is actually a DVD-RW". Yes, there must be a freeware program available to remedy the problem, if not some setting in shareware that would do it. I ran into similar problems trying to get a movie I checked out of the Library to even play on my Optical Drive_NEC DV-5800A (16x/48x DVD-ROM). It would read DVD's full of data (primarily mp3's) and I could copy to HD, but no luck at all with a simple movie. I've been side-tracked from that issue for a while, now. Sorry I couldn't be of more help to ya' lavascript. Let us know what ya' find, and I'll try to search some more into it, too.
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Nov 27 2004, 11:29 PM
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Yes that's exactly the problem.
Thanks again for all of your help. I'll search for the problem (I'll probably use google like crazy lol) and I'll keep you updated by posting on here. |
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Nov 27 2004, 11:40 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
Thank you, lavascript. I google so much sometimes I don't know which end is up. I usually look for the taskbar.
 Remember, you can put 10 words (without common ones) strung together between " " like a normal sentence & sometimes get different results. Like: "DVD-RW doesn't burn properly" or "Can't make a DVD using a DVD-RW" I was told that's "adjusting the search parameters".
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Dec 11 2004, 11:27 PM
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Learning Daily Group: Members Posts: 4,543 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Washington State, USA Member No.: 1,322 |
QUOTE The NEC v2.16 Firmware upgrade failed to find the drive also. What am i missing in this situaltion? Maybe I was missing the obvious, myself. Do you have SP2 installed?
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