Re: [H] Bad burner?

[Josh MacCraw]

If using a program like ImgBurn does not list the info for a blank, then it sounds 
like a dead drive. The drive is rated to 16X on DVD+R SL cording to NEC's site:


http://support.necam.com/optical/downloads/3540A_Plus_media.pdf

I'd upgrade or even samegrade the firmware before I gave up:

http://support.necam.com/Optical/ND3540A.asp

Lastly never use any media except Taiyo Uden for SL & Verbatim Datalife (Singapore) 
for DL:


http://www.yuden.co.jp/ut/product/disks


On 6/27/2010 3:39 PM, Winterlight wrote:

I have a NEC RW ND 3540A that plays DVDs or anything else just fine but
when I try to burn something it won't recognize that there is a blank
DVD in the drive.
It does not matter what burner program I am using, I have tried 3. I
have a dual boot machine 64 bit Win7/Vista and the same problem exists
in both OS's which rules out a setting or some other software problem.

Anybody have any ideas... or is it time for a replacement?
thanks

Re: [H] Bad burner?

[John R Steinbruner]

Check for a firmware update..

Newer disks often cannot be read without one, ie, if your drive supports 2X, 
4X, 8X disks for instance, and you are feeding it a new 12X disk, 
it might not be recognizable to the drive without a firmware update..



On Jun 27, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Winterlight wrote:

> I have a NEC RW ND 3540A that plays DVDs or anything else just fine but when 
> I try to burn something it won't recognize that there is a blank DVD in the 
> drive.
> It does not matter what  burner program I am using, I have tried 3. I have a 
> dual boot machine 64 bit Win7/Vista and the same problem exists in both OS's 
> which rules out a setting or some other software problem.
> 
> Anybody have any ideas... or is it time for a replacement?
> thanks
> 


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Re: [H] Bad burner?

[Joe User]

Hello Winterlight,

and you have tried various discs? if so, then yeah.


Sunday, June 27, 2010, 5:39:31 PM, you wrote:

> I have a NEC RW ND 3540A that plays DVDs or anything else just fine 
> but when I try to burn something it won't recognize that there is a 
> blank DVD in the drive.
>   It does not matter what  burner program I am using, I have tried 3. 
> I have a dual boot machine 64 bit Win7/Vista and the same problem 
> exists in both OS's which rules out a setting or some other software problem.

> Anybody have any ideas... or is it time for a replacement?
> thanks



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Re: [H] bad burner ?

[FORC5]

my 109 did this also, the *new* 910 will not even burn my 8x tdk's at 8 ( 6 ) 
my 109 did them at 16 reliably.

what's up Pioneer ?
fp

At 06:48 AM 12/10/2005, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with:
>At 01:20 PM 12/9/2005, Stan Zaske typed:
>>Just bought the 3550 myself and it will burn @ 12x on 8x media. Haven't tried 
>>16x media yet to see how fast it really is. @:D>
>
>My Pioneer 108 burns at 16x on Ritek & Princo 8x media with 3rd party 
>firmware. SuperMediaStore claims that Ritek will burn at 12x without 3rd party 
>stuff but I don't know this for a fact.  This is also true for my external 
>Pioneer 107.
>
>
>--+--
>   Wayne D. Johnson
>Ashland, OH, USA 44805
> 

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Re: [H] bad burner ?

[Wayne Johnson]

At 01:20 PM 12/9/2005, Stan Zaske typed:
Just bought the 3550 myself and it will burn @ 12x on 8x media. 
Haven't tried 16x media yet to see how fast it really is. @:D>


My Pioneer 108 burns at 16x on Ritek & Princo 8x media with 3rd party 
firmware. SuperMediaStore claims that Ritek will burn at 12x without 
3rd party stuff but I don't know this for a fact.  This is also true 
for my external Pioneer 107.



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Ashland, OH, USA 44805
 

Re: [H] bad burner ?

[Stan Zaske]

Just bought the 3550 myself and it will burn @ 12x on 8x media. Haven't 
tried 16x media yet to see how fast it really is. @:D>


FORC5 wrote:

I have not changed the drive yet and it is still powered up and still making 
noise every couple of minutes. New drive on order, ordered a NEC 3550 even 
though in the past have not liked NEC stuff but my last Pioneer was/is a 
disappointment.

hohoho

At 12:23 AM 12/9/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with:


Could the lens be so dirty that it's extending up to & contacting the disc 
trying to focus? Can't think of any other simple reason for lens to contact disc.

FORC5 wrote:


I have a customer box here with a bad DVD burner in it, weird noises and the 
heads mark the disk when inserted, customer leaves a cdr in the drive all the 
time, I'm thinking it just wore itself out by occasionally trying to access the 
disk ( spinning up )
Is this a possible explanation ?
fp


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Re: [H] bad burner ?

[Winterlight]

At 05:24 AM 12/9/2005, you wrote:
I have not changed the drive yet and it is still powered up and still 
making noise every couple of minutes. New drive on order, ordered a NEC 
3550 even though in the past have not liked NEC stuff but my last Pioneer 
was/is a disappointment.

hohoho


I bought a NEC 3550A last spring and it has been great. Plus I got in 
Silver from Newegg at no additional cost. 

Re: [H] bad burner ?

[FORC5]

I have not changed the drive yet and it is still powered up and still making 
noise every couple of minutes. New drive on order, ordered a NEC 3550 even 
though in the past have not liked NEC stuff but my last Pioneer was/is a 
disappointment.

hohoho

At 12:23 AM 12/9/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with:
>Could the lens be so dirty that it's extending up to & contacting the disc 
>trying to focus? Can't think of any other simple reason for lens to contact 
>disc.
>
>FORC5 wrote:
>>I have a customer box here with a bad DVD burner in it, weird noises and the 
>>heads mark the disk when inserted, customer leaves a cdr in the drive all the 
>>time, I'm thinking it just wore itself out by occasionally trying to access 
>>the disk ( spinning up )
>>Is this a possible explanation ?
>>fp
>
>-- 
>Tallyho ! ]:8)
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>--
>Let your mouth write no check that your tail can't cash.

Re: [H] bad burner ?

[warpmedia]

Could the lens be so dirty that it's extending up to & contacting the 
disc trying to focus? Can't think of any other simple reason for lens to 
contact disc.


FORC5 wrote:

I have a customer box here with a bad DVD burner in it, weird noises and the 
heads mark the disk when inserted, customer leaves a cdr in the drive all the 
time, I'm thinking it just wore itself out by occasionally trying to access the 
disk ( spinning up )

Is this a possible explanation ?
fp