Problems with NEC 1100A

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kugelschreiber

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Hey I have had this drive for a few days and burned a dvd and some cds and it was all going well until it randomly didnt recognize any of the blank dvds i was putting in when trying to burn. They are DVD+R so its not the wrong type. I have Phillips and Imation DVD+R's and I have burned 3 DVDs with Imation DVDs fine and burned some CD's using Memorex CD-R's. I have installed forceaspi 4.6 and turned off IMAPI and it still doesnt recognize the blank DVDs. I only have one DVD Burner and one HDD and they are on separate cables. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drive several times with no luck. When I go into my computer and click on the drive it says free space: 0 bytes and Used Space: 0 bytes when I have the blank dvd in there. When I open the tray and put in the blank dvd then close it it blinks like it is reading it and it starts spinning and such but then nothing happens, it acts like there is nothing there after a few seconds. I here some clicking noises when its trying to read it but it stops after it clicks about 2 or 3 times. I have no clue what is going on and I am stumped. It seems a lot of people are having this problem. Are there any drivers for this Burner or what? If there are can someone give me a link? I have ran out of ideas so hopefully someone on here can help me out. Thanks to anyone who can help!
 
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kugelschreiber

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yes the DVD+R's are 1x-4x. I just got some Verbatim DVD+Rs and they still dont work. The people at NEC said that Verbatim, TDK, Richo, and Fujifilm were tested as working in NEC dvd burners and were the recommended supported media so there is something obviously wrong with my drive or some hardware conflict or something.
 
Blane

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Use nero info tool to see which firmware is already on your drive. If your firmware is 1.00 then use the 1.01. If it's not then use the 1.76.
 
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kugelschreiber

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so when i download do i just run it and it will find the drive? cause when i run it it doesnt find the drive in the target field. What am i supposed to do with it?
 
Blane

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Which one did you download? The 1.01 version fimware finds the target drive or allows you to choose your drive.
 
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kugelschreiber

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would WINASPI have anything to do with it? It was installed along with my camera software but that was before i even had the dvd burner. I will uninstall the drive and do a few restarts then reinstall it and see what happens. I might just need to send it back and get a new one.
 
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kugelschreiber

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just checked firmware and it is version 1.NE so which one should I download?

*edit* I downloaded 1.75 and 1.A1 and they both dont find the drive. It says "Target Drive Not Found"

I have version 4.6 of ForceASPI installed also
 
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kugelschreiber

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OK fixed it. This is what I did

I went to windows update and went through the list 'Windows' under the 'Pick items to install' tab

I then installed all those and went into my computer and right click on the drive went to Properties > Hardware > Clicked on the DVD Burner > Clicked Properties Button > Driver > Update Driver > Then clicked Next and let it search for the best driver and it found it and installed it and now it works. Im so relieved
 
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kugelschreiber

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ok so its not working again....

i restarted and it didnt recognize the blank dvd again when i tried to burn so i went to the drivers and loaded the driver that window found called "force IMAPI disable" and it showed up in the burner so i was happy and it burned but when i put it in my dvd player it got past the menu and then ceized up and an error was displayed saying "the disc is dirty" so i went back to the computer and tried to burn another copy on different disc but now it wont recognize the blank dvd again. this is frustrating! do you think i should just get a new burner? here is the list of available drivers to update to. updating the drivers last time fixed it but it was short lived.

CD-ROM Drive
CD-ROM Drive (force CDDA accurate)
CD-ROM Drive (force CDDA inaccurate)
CD-ROM Drive (force IMAPI disable)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 0,1)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 0,2)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 0,3)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 0,4)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 0,5)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,0)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,1)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,2)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,3)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,4)
CD-ROM Drive (IMAPI settings 1,5)
 
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kugelschreiber

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i just tried DVD+R cause thats all i have right now. any idea on what drivers i should install? it worked and then stopped again which is really weird. im just going to tell them to send me a new one.
 
Blane

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You can uninstall the drive in the device manager and reboot and let windows pnp reinstall the drive and see if that works.
 
Blane

Blane

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If that does'nt work, maybe it is a faulty drive. When the drive works on and off like that we always tend to think it's software related and not the drive itself.
 
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kugelschreiber

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it didnt work in the other system either. this system is running winxp pro and the other is using windows 2000 pro. the same thing happened in the other drive. im sending it back for a new one and hopefully the new one works.
 
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