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DVd writer
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I got myself a NEC 1300 DVD writer, it works well apart from one thing. It will not write to CDRWs for some strange reason. I updated the firmware, but still not luck. Not a huge problem, as I got a CD writer, which is faster anyway and I do not burn CDRWs much these days anyway. But just wondering if any one else have had the same problems. BTW, that is using Nero and Easy CD creator 6, I suppose it could be that the software I am using is older than the drive, but then why would it burn to DVD r and RW, +and - and CDR? My mate got himself a Optorite something or other and have the same problem, is it a normal DVd writer problem? Thanks for any help |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 09:34:42 +0000 (UTC), Ad
wrote: Hi I got myself a NEC 1300 DVD writer, it works well apart from one thing. It will not write to CDRWs for some strange reason. I updated the firmware, but still not luck. Not a huge problem, as I got a CD writer, which is faster anyway and I do not burn CDRWs much these days anyway. But just wondering if any one else have had the same problems. BTW, that is using Nero and Easy CD creator 6, I suppose it could be that the software I am using is older than the drive, but then why would it burn to DVD r and RW, +and - and CDR? My mate got himself a Optorite something or other and have the same problem, is it a normal DVd writer problem? Ive got one too and love it. The NEC that is. Ill try the CDRW. I dont really care about CDRWs though - dont use them much. The DVD-RW does work though Ive only used packet writing with it. Idont like to use non-packet writing with CDRWs or any rewritable - blanking the whole disk seemed to always give me problems with CDRWs no mattter what writer I used. FOr me CDRWs = pain in the ASS period ! I hate them. So since my long line of CDRW drives from Liteons to Richos and HPs all had CDRW problems I wouldnt be surprised that the NEC has problems too. |
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On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 11:25:34 +0000 (UTC), Ad
wrote: Do not talk to me about CD writers. I had a Yamaha Scsi CDRW drive, 6 speed, but it worked well. It lasted for over 4 years. Then I decided to go for a faster drive and EIDE. What a mistake in two years I have had, 4 Lite on, one Ricoh and they all failed on me after a few months. I now got a LG which seem to be ok, but I will wait and see. I was talking about CDRW disks . My writers have been fine. Geez - thats surprising youve had such bad luck with them. My Liteons have been great. From 24x on Ive had Liteons - 32x 48x and 52x. This is the reason why I am not to bothered about CDRWs not working on the NEC as the LG copes with them ok. But it was just the fact that my DVd writer have problems with them and my mate do so also, even as his is a different make. NEC 1300a bought a few months ago. 1.08 firmware. System 1700 AMD xp in a NFORCE2 ASUS a7n8x deluxe board 1 gig mem. The ATAPI drives are on the first controller NOT the add on controller - I always have problems when I put them on extra controllers - ABIT highpoint or ASUS promise or recently a Promise add on PCI controller card. Ive got a DVD NEC master/Liteon 52x CDRW slave. Used a really really old CDRW Compusa (generic) brand I had laying around 4x. I must have gotten it a year or more ago. Had some old progs EZCD 3.5 so you can see how old it was. Packet written. I used Nero 6.0 latest version to blank it - whole disk full erase 25 min. Then I burned 4 files on it with NERO. No problems at any stage - Im shocked. Ticked verify data. All is well. I tried reading it with file manager - files look OK. |
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 09:21:57 +0000 (UTC), Ad
wrote: 1gig? That is a fair bit of memory. Is there much advantage in going over the 512Mb with XP? I always tended to be bit miserly on mem thinking you didnt really need THAT much for non-specialized uses like video. I got an extra DDR 3200 stick in prep for a 2500 Barton which I want to OC to 3200. I ordered another one today - another 512 DDR 3200 because Ive found 1 gig makes a BIG difference for me. Im surprised. A lot of everyday uses Ive always had problems with work so much smoother I cant believe it. It seems to give me a lot more overheard , leeway in burning and doing other things and transeferring large amounts of data back and forth from my hard drives and other things. I noticed I didnt really have a lot of free mem left with 512 which Ive used for ages. I tend to move a lot of data around from HD to HD and to CDRs and DVDs. I use PowerDesk for a file manager util. That would constantly bog down and crash with large amounts of files - more than 800 in a directory. When I moved large amounts of data it would hang and crash my Powerr Desk 80% of the time which I thought I had to live with. I thought it was because PD hadnt been that updated since a few years ago. But the 1 gig made all the difference. Hardly ever freezes or bogs down. Large transfers go so much smoother etc. I really recommend it for people who any level above very light users. If it makes this much difference just doing this Im sure itll make a big difference when I get into video editing again. I might even buy more for that if it makes a difference. |
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