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crspyjohn
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_ 		10. November 2004 @ 17:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
nd-3500a is showing up as a cd drive not a dvd - rw drive please help

im running as a slave drive, its running windows xp (the driver for windows xp dosnt seem to work) and the firmware is 2.17
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Nephilim
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_ 		11. November 2004 @ 19:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Any particular reason you're running it as slave?
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Skeets247
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_ 		20. November 2004 @ 15:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Mine is doing the same thing but it only does it when I put a blank DVD in the drive. It will show up as DVD-RW in My Computer until I put a blank DVD in. I can burn with Nero but not with DVD-Cloner. When I use Nero I also have two Writer options for the same drive. "NEC-3500 [DVD-RW]" and and "NEC-3500 [CDR/RW]". As long as i choose the DVD-RW instance it works great. I seems as though Windows XP is creating two driver instances.

When I first built my machine I had an NEC ND-2510. Master on Secondary channel. I thought it would be nice to have a second DVD-RW so I could put the movie in one and a blank in the other. DVD-cloner allows you to read from one drive and write to another.

I eventually disconnected the ND-2510 so i could troubleshoot the 3500 thinking XP didnt like two DVD-RW drives but I still have the same issue.

I have installed the most current IDE drivers for my motherboard. I have the current firmware on both drives and I have tried different media.

Anyways... even though the drive show up in My Computer as a CD Drive I can still burn DVDs using Nero 6. Any ideas why DVD Cloner wont work with it. I get a burn failed error as soon as it tries to start.

Nforce 3 chispset.
1 Gig DDR400 ram.
AMD 64 Bit 1.8 Ghz processor.
XP service Pack 2
DVD-RW is Master on 2nd Channel
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Nephilim
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_ 		20. November 2004 @ 21:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I thought it would be nice to have a second DVD-RW so I could put the movie in one and a blank in the other. DVD-cloner allows you to read from one drive and write to another.
Did you put them on the same IDE cable?
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jlseagull
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 12:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you guys ever find a solution to this?

I just purchased the 3500a and am having the exact same problem. It shows up as a "DVD-RW" drive until I put a blank DVD in, at which point it shows up as a "CD Drive" with a "DVD-R" disc in it. And because it lists as a CD drive, DVD Shrink won't burn to it.

So strange....
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crspyjohn
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 12:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes i found the problem its because of my dvd software. Using Nero fixs the problem.
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jlseagull
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 16:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
?

I've got Nero 5 on my comp. But I watch the drive change to a CD drive under "My Computer" not through a burn program.

Just really goofy.
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crspyjohn
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_ 		4. December 2004 @ 17:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nero 6 will let you burn on the drive. The cd drive problem is a problem with windows sp1 which dosnt affect the burning process.
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