Benelot
That is the problem with finding old firmware links. When you do find them (and that took me awhile) they may be outdated. It sure sounds like that drive is toast. Since you have been using and burning on that drive for over a year, it sounds like it may have crapped out. These things happen, and it is usually better to get a new drive rather than trying to bring an old drive back to life. The good news is burners are cheaper today, and in many cases better.
Some of the best drives are Plextor, and Benq. I havent had much problems with my lite-on or LG drive, but if i were to upgrade, i would go with a Benq or Plextor. I found by looking on various forums that those NEC drives are giving many ppl problems.
Is there anything I should be beware of before buying a new dvd burner? How can I see if the burner fits into my tower or If my PC has the right specifications to use it?
a new burner will fix it to your PC with no problem there universal and as long as your running at least 512mb of memory and a decent CPU you system should be good to go on a new burner. get one that is compatable with both formats DVD-R and DVD+R which pretty much most are ,Plextor,Lite-ON and BenQ will be the top choices to consider
Most tower cases now are made with a couple thumb screws to remove one side panel. Many burners are held in with just a couple of screws and a couple of cables. Pretty easy to do, and as aabbccdd said, they are universal fits. I like to use the internal ones as i have enough cables and wires running around already.
Once the thing is installed, i do a test burn. Then i go check on firmware updates. (they are usually behind a revision or two, right out of the box) After that, its burning time. :)
Good luck, and post back if you have any problems along the way. Someone will answer, if im not around.
I have the same problem, although I only get the error with Nero (7, think it came when I changed from 6 to 7) and with DVD's. I can still burn with alcohol or with clonecd, no problemo, but Nero isn't working anymore.
Updated firmware to version 1.93 (came from 1.80, went over 1.90 (avaible from the fujitsu-siemens site), to 1.93)
Anyone any suggestion?
It is not the media.
It is not the firmware.
Is the drive killed after 3 years of good and intensive service?
No, you're wrong, I found another solution. I updated the firmware of my drive to a hacked version (from http://www.herrie.org/ ) My nec 1100A has now the firmware of an 1300A and works completely with Nero,....
Thanks for your advice Jizmak. I was a little worried when both burners on the machine suddenly failed to work, but disabling that service did the trick.
