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NEC 1100A - Won't write to DVD-R Discs??
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any1home
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23. January 2004 @ 13:48 |
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Got a Dell pc with an NEC 1100A drive, never realised there were DVD-R & DVD+R discs..... mine will only burn to +R discs but I have 50 -R discs..... is there some way of changing the software or a crack to make the drive burn to both???
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23. January 2004 @ 14:02 |
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No, i've got the same burner, it's +r only. Take/send the blank -r's back, swap 'em for +r media.
Dene.
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any1home
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23. January 2004 @ 14:06 |
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Damn, I got the discs at trade price, really cheap, rang the company today and they don't sell the +R versions! I'm not up to date on +R vs -R discs but there's defo nothing U can do then to upgrade the drive?
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23. January 2004 @ 14:11 |
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Absolutely bugger all, mate. It's a +r burner only, full stop. Where in the world are you ?
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any1home
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23. January 2004 @ 14:12 |
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God damn stupid technology!! Any idea where's the cheapest place to buy +R discs on the net so? Need them posted to Ireland though....
Chers for your help :-)
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23. January 2004 @ 14:15 |
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I'm in UK, usually go to computer fairs on weekends, been getting Datawrite +r 2.4x for £15 for 25. Cheap as chips, work fine with my burner/ standalone dvd player/ PS2.
Dene.
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any1home
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23. January 2004 @ 14:18 |
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Right so, will look into it so.... Anyone wanna buy 50 Bulkpaq DVD-R discs on the cheap then?
Cheers mate.
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coynem
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6. February 2004 @ 04:15 |
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Another thing the NEC 1100A will not do is to read Memorex black CD-R discs. The one on my new Dell Precision 360 will not even recognize there is a disk in the drive.
I can always use the old drives on my 6-year-old machines; you would think newer drives would be more sensitive rather than less.
Michael C.
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6. February 2004 @ 10:43 |
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Yeah, mine wouldn't read the black Datasafe cd-r's, strange, cos my Plextor cd writer reads 'em no bother !
Dene
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gflores
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11. February 2004 @ 07:42 |
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I'm not sure if this will make your media work, but, I did find a firmware update on the dell website. I have the same drive and experienced the media not working, in my case I bought Memorex DVD-RW 1X-2X Here's the info that you need to find it on the dell website:
NEC ND-1100A 4X DVD+R/2.4X DVD+RW, v.10GE, A04
File Date: 4/25/2003
This is a firmware update for the NEC ND-1100A 4X DVD+RW drive. This update application will update the firmware on the drive to version '10GE'.
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antons
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11. February 2004 @ 13:30 |
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There is a firmware from EDNA that convert 1100A to a 1300A ... whola, you can write -R and -RW discs - but only on 2x.
I've tested this on a friends Fujitsu-Siemens computer with OEM NEC..
This is as good as nec is..not so good
You can go back to the original firmware for your drive. Nec supports downgrading firmware.
-- Shrink the world
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12. February 2004 @ 12:38 |
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Antons, do ya have a link for this upgrade, mate ?
Dene
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jan282
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12. February 2004 @ 22:44 |
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In fact there is an upgrade. But not from Dell. The nec 1100a is like 95 % a nec 1300. Several owners have flashed their burner with the firmware n11_109bin. Be careful because you will loose the support of Dell.
If you are interested i advise you to read and learn as much as you from the following links before you take any action.
http://66.199.181.68/
this is herrie's place with it's own forum
http://etna.rpc1.org/
Etna's DVD Info Pages
http://home.deds.nl/~nec1100a_upgrade/
this page describes you wath to do ( but it's in Dutch)
If you don't understand it mail to me i will make a translation
I have a nec 1100a from dell as wel.
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jan282
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12. February 2004 @ 23:52 |
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Chapter 2
I have just downloaded the original firmware and uploaded the new firmware n11_109.bin using:
bootdisk winme on disk 1
nec1100a.exe + n11.109.bin on disk 2
I have booted up with the bootdisk; changed the disks
first command nec1100a -sec -sla -out original.bin to outread and save the original bin
second command nec1100a - sec -sla -flash n11_109.bin
After this the original firmware has been erased and new firmware will be burned. It ends with the message completed.
I restarted windows and it recognises nec 1300a.
Hopefully it wil act as one.
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Avlisad
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13. March 2004 @ 10:45 |
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I have the same NEC drive (1100A) and copied an mpeg file to a DVD+R disc. I also finalized it using Sonic DLA.
Anyone know why I can't view it on my home DVD players?? One is a Toshiba and the other is GE.
Appreciate any help.
Youth is wasted on the young
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mcraddock
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29. April 2004 @ 01:26 |
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I to suffered with this problem. After mistakingly buying DVD-R disks, I was annoyed that I could burn them on my ND-1100A drive. The NEC site quoted they were not going to provide any firmare updates.
However, thanks to Jan282 (13th Feb), I uploaded the firmware to change the drive to a ND-1300a. It works better than ever, and I have no problems with using DVD-R......thanks!.
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jan282
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1. May 2004 @ 11:18 |
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Glad to have helped.
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prodigy21
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10. May 2004 @ 12:54 |
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I have A NEC ND -1100a drive from dell too. I was wondering if anybody knows what firmware download is the right one? My current firmware is 10fd, if that helps.
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jan282
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12. May 2004 @ 11:02 |
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If you want to flash it to a nec 1300 you can use the ones i used.
It wil outread the original first. So you can flash it back if you want.
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prodigy21
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12. May 2004 @ 13:53 |
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My current firmware isn't 1a, it is 10fd. I didn't see a firmware update for that. I just don't want to screw my drive up.
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jan282
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13. May 2004 @ 12:51 |
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why would you like to upload new firmware?
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cool2562
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15. May 2004 @ 00:08 |
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hey can someone help me to modify my drive to 1300A?? plz =[
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jan282
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16. May 2004 @ 03:19 |
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Look at what mcraddock and I have done. There's nothing to it.
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cool2562
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16. May 2004 @ 09:16 |
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yea i tried that...but when i tried doing the second line i got a error....=[
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jan282
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16. May 2004 @ 11:49 |
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you could try it a second time, maybe you typed something wrong or
try herrie's place on http://66.199.181.68/
he makes the new firmwares
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