Rabbitrunner51
11-14-2005, 02:15 AM
I'm writing this post because it may shed some more light on some problems I amhaving with my DVD/RW drive ( NEC 2500A )
Where do i begin?? Well, first off I have been wondering about this device for quite some time as it seems to read slower than what i think is normal and also has problems reading updated material sometimes..AKA current windows and software,which earlier tonight I learned has to all be updated ( drivers and XP2 updates..ect.. ).
Some games for instance come up...load and play just fine... but every so often my system will freeze or hang and who knows what after inserting a disk.
Like some of you I have Daemon installed and use it to mount iso's for loading the material or playing..and since i get some from a good friend of mine...only about half of what he burns to a DVD iso comes up or plays.
The exact same disk and media goes right into his system with no problems...but for instance tonight I tried to load the disk in my DVD read/write player and it just froze and did really strange things to my system.
After learning about the need possibly for updated drivers.. I used the flash utitlity from the NEC site and did that..and still no change. I also used the disk DVD cleaner you buy at a computer store, which I thought might be the real problem. Again, no change.
Its funny at how when you go to the NEC site they seem adament about not being responsible for anything ..nor if anything works. Very up front about this for the updates. Makes you feel real positive about thier products...
Could i just have a bad device or something that is not up to par...or what??
Now.. for what i paid for this thing.. you can get a dual layer 16X burner with all the goodies for less than $70.00 and I paid like $93.00 for this back then.
For such a highly rated unit ,personally I think after using it over a period of time it stinks.
Should i just chuck it out the window and get a more updated model from another manufacturer or what?? The flash update was only about 1.06MB and probably didn't have anything of value anyways.
Computer maintenance nowadays is just getting to be so absurd. The windows OS and esp. the SP2 thing and constant updates make it hard to know what you need and don't need...even though its all spelled out and so many sites for info and downloads.
I have checked and rechecked evrything in my system and hardware panel and devices and all checks out ok. :eek: :confused: ;)
Where do i begin?? Well, first off I have been wondering about this device for quite some time as it seems to read slower than what i think is normal and also has problems reading updated material sometimes..AKA current windows and software,which earlier tonight I learned has to all be updated ( drivers and XP2 updates..ect.. ).
Some games for instance come up...load and play just fine... but every so often my system will freeze or hang and who knows what after inserting a disk.
Like some of you I have Daemon installed and use it to mount iso's for loading the material or playing..and since i get some from a good friend of mine...only about half of what he burns to a DVD iso comes up or plays.
The exact same disk and media goes right into his system with no problems...but for instance tonight I tried to load the disk in my DVD read/write player and it just froze and did really strange things to my system.
After learning about the need possibly for updated drivers.. I used the flash utitlity from the NEC site and did that..and still no change. I also used the disk DVD cleaner you buy at a computer store, which I thought might be the real problem. Again, no change.
Its funny at how when you go to the NEC site they seem adament about not being responsible for anything ..nor if anything works. Very up front about this for the updates. Makes you feel real positive about thier products...
Could i just have a bad device or something that is not up to par...or what??
Now.. for what i paid for this thing.. you can get a dual layer 16X burner with all the goodies for less than $70.00 and I paid like $93.00 for this back then.
For such a highly rated unit ,personally I think after using it over a period of time it stinks.
Should i just chuck it out the window and get a more updated model from another manufacturer or what?? The flash update was only about 1.06MB and probably didn't have anything of value anyways.
Computer maintenance nowadays is just getting to be so absurd. The windows OS and esp. the SP2 thing and constant updates make it hard to know what you need and don't need...even though its all spelled out and so many sites for info and downloads.
I have checked and rechecked evrything in my system and hardware panel and devices and all checks out ok. :eek: :confused: ;)