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you can get 2.18 here password will be ascii1967 http://rapidshare.com/files/28040789/ND-3500A_win218.rar

does any of this apply to your pc Firmwareupdate ND-3500A - Important Information: [F/W revision Brands] 2.1B (WIN) - 03-Apr-2006 You will find information for firmwareupdate changes here or on our homepage`s FAQ: http://www.de.nec.de -> Support and Service -> Technical questions -> Optical storage -> DVD / DVD Writer This Update works only with NEC ND-3500A (retail & bulk) drives, not with OEM releases. OEM means part of a full PC package or external USB or FireWire variant of this burner. For OEM products contact directly your dealer, distributor or manufacturer of PC- or USB/ Firewire- package for service, support and firmwareupdates. You can only update from Firmwareversion 2.16, 2.18, 2.19 and 2.1A. You can verify your current firmware with NERO InfoTool: http://www.nero.com Pls note following instructions for update procedure: Connect drive to secondary IDE channel as Master Disconnect all slave hardware from IDE secondary Master Use standard UDMA-2 IDE cable Update in Windows "Safe Mode" Under Windows 2000 & XP login as administrator Update without DMA mode, under Windows XP & 2000 in the device manager - "IDE ATA/ ATAPI controllers", you can switch from DMA to PIO mode Disconnect all external USB/ FireWire devices. Deactivate virusscanners, active desktop programs and packetwriting agents Do not turn off power during the updating process.

return drive under warranty tell them it's failing to write to very expensive quality media Maybe try a lens cleaner.

that does what

download the 2.18 and try that as i wonder why it is underlined maybe you can only go to 2.1b from 2.18 and not 2.16 I think I remember another user having difficulty in updating to 2.1b for some reason It also might be tha 2.1b springs into my mind for some other reason as well.

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40x normally with those disc's that would read 0x

Happy Birthday Enjoy your day and put your stereo on full.

I thought you had said 2.3.1.0 did not do it Graph says otherwise I would just accept that the device buffer is dropping as most do when disc is maybe not as good as it should be, maybe the 1.15 firmware is not that good at 12x try 8x which is far better speed to burn at anyway. Try some other good quality discs maybe -R Or reinstall your operating system with the latest chipset drivers and anything your supposed to install. In the correct order as well. but just a minimal install to see if your CPU usage still remains that high

what is file name of firmware you downloaded

Did not think I would need a stop watch as I went off everything in log 2 minutes was parse time in all , way i typed did not demonstrate this 1.54 and 6 seconds read ahead and parse according to logs, so 2 minutes to parse and read ahead. eg log I 20:14:35 Device Ready! I 20:14:36 [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:14:36 CDB: 46 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 I 20:14:36 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 20:14:36 BUFFER: 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 08 00 00 03 28 D 20:16:29 File System - File: AUTORUN.INF - LBA: 7312 - 7312 - Size: 110 bytes at 20:14.35 I was watching the screen point where it says parsing udf file... Then looked at log at D 20:16:35 __ParseFS - Found 6201 Files I 20:16:35 [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:16:35 CDB: 25 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I 20:16:35 CDB Interpretation: Read Capacity I 20:16:35 BUFFER: 00 03 AB 3F 00 00 08 00 I 20:16:35 [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:16:35 CDB: 46 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 00 I 20:16:35 CDB Interpretation: Get Configuration I 20:16:35 BUFFER: 00 00 00 30 00 00 00 08 00 00 03 28 I 20:16:35 [5:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.14 (S:) (ATA) I 20:16:35 CDB: AC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 32 03 00 I 20:16:35 CDB Interpretation: Get Performance I 20:16:35 BUFFER: 00 00 00 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 7D A5 00 00 02 C1 00 00 16 0C 00 00 00 00 00 05 7D A5 00 00 02 C1 00 00 10 89 00 00 00 00 00 05 7D A5 00 00 02 C1 00 00 0B 06 00 00 00 00 00 05 7D A5 I 20:16:35 Operation Started! 2 minutes at which point it started to verify Dunno where i got 1:54 from, oh actually I see what I did D 20:16:29 File System - File: AUTORUN.INF - LBA: 7312 - 7312 - Size: 110 bytes D 20:16:35 __ParseFS - Found 6201 Files time difference between 20:16.29 and 20:16.35 6 seconds so anything previous to that was 1 minute 54 So i was looking at it saying parsing udf file system for 2 minutes before some action was visible again on screen So my wording was wrong at saying 6 secs to parse as that was in your words to show log list of file used etc.

ok I thought I had tried with operating system install disc This is my slipstreamed XpSp2 XpPro So it took 1.54 to read ahead the sectors and 6 secs to parse so 2 minutes in all with 6201 files

Thought I had

I think something else has got control of you pc then as mine does not do that. Get rid of the firewall your using (it's not windows firewall is it)

on first install just after installer finishes and runs Imgburn If ticked, it asks you then if you want to allow check for update. mine does not do what you say happens on yours when i have no to updates Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Ascii>netstat -v -b Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State PID TCP ascii-dfi:1035 192.168.2.1:http ESTABLISHED 1076 c:\windows\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\System32\WINHTTP.dll [svchost.exe] TCP ascii-dfi:2537 update.ewido.net:http ESTABLISHED 372 C:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Anti-Spyware 7.5\avgas.exe -- unknown component(s) -- C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [avgas.exe] TCP ascii-dfi:2612 80-239-236-129.customer.teliacarrier.com:http E STABLISHED 2656 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll [iexplore.exe] TCP ascii-dfi:2620 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2622 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2627 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2631 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2632 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2636 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2670 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2686 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2694 uk-forums.net:http CLOSING 1308 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll [IEXPLORE.EXE] TCP ascii-dfi:2708 uk-forums.net:http TIME_WAIT 0 C:\Documents and Settings\Ascii>

Yes the author of this program is very sly, he has also got a routine in place to hack my hi-tech GRD-267DTU to see how much beer I have b4 popping round.

phew Thought I'd left my wellies behind

update the drives firmware They are onto 2.1B now http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1904 also check out the faq about dma issues

Excuse me I live nowhere near a farm.

And I am sure that if you look at my log the same applies for an xp pro disc burnt across network, unless of course I would get different result if I had the ISO stored on a Usb 2 external Hd on the remote machine. Which I will try Later

is it, i thought it was a 2x dual format burner That may be poor translation though, as it appears an asus laptop has this writer in and it states 8x and 2.4 on dl+ Then again back to it being 2x burner and no dual layer support Hate these burners for info http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/04/24/intel..._uk/page11.html

No you need to hit it with a hammer Then got get a cheaper one that plays backups. Or post some more info , like what the disc was, a log file of burn etc. So we can see what type of files you have/had It might be your sony will not play backups a lot of branded players will not, most of the newer branded will but older ones not so much unless you put them onto dvd+r set booktype to dvd-rom

thanks volvo