NEC 1300A with new firmware is the best DVD writer!!!

[elmostro]

i can use almost any DVD-R or DVD+r out there including the princo's ones. I'm very happy with my drive now I dont have to worry about what DVD should I get i just get princo for 80 cents a DVD you can't beat that ....

[poison]

elmostro

is the firmware you have what is supplied with the drive or did you have to flash it. also where can i find the firmware?

I am getting the msi 8404a which is a re badged nec.

cheers
poison

[elmostro]

no. the firmware was hacked by a guy name herrie from the firmware page, unlocking all the capabiliites of this great drive.

[RaidenUK]

Have u got a link for the new firmware????????? :P

[elmostro]

there you go
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=15115

[wongalbert]

i can use almost any DVD-R or DVD+r out there including the princo's ones. I'm very happy with my drive now I dont have to worry about what DVD should I get i just get princo for 80 cents a DVD you can't beat that ....

Totally agree.

[bobby_t1]

what princo's are you buying exactly? Link? I just bought a 25 pack of RITEKG04 media, but they were $1.60 each

[RaidenUK]

yeah u might be able to use any DVD media now but
he had to take away suport for media that is coming out Soon like the
GO8 so Good luck with ur hacked firmware

[mh2360]

The flashing program allows you to back-up your old firmware, but i'm still a bit nervous about hacking my brand new NEC.

[bobby_t1]

yeah u might be able to use any DVD media now but
he had to take away suport for media that is coming out Soon like the
GO8 so Good luck with ur hacked firmware

Since the 1300a only burns at 4x, supporting G08 is a non-issue, no?

[Burnman]

I am getting an illegal media meassage using Bulkpaq 4x, I have downloaded the firmware but do not know how to flash it and also how do revert back to the original if I have problems?

[elmostro]

make a dos bootdisk boot your computer in dos while in dos just read the instruction in the flash file included. make sure you backup your original. make sure you are in real dos mode.

[troyvcd1]

how much did you pay for this drive and where. Is this better than the pioneer 106. Any ideas.???

[Burnman]

Sorry if I appear clueless ( but I am ) are there any good descriptions of the process of re-flashing your dvd writer as I am a bit unsure o how to do it?

[elmostro]

open the flash file and print hte instruction inside that file, unzip the the flash files to a bootable flopie disk raed and follow the instructions that came with it is pretty much step by step if you don't know get somebody with expirience on this flashing thing or you will damamge your drive. everything has to be in real dos mode.

[Jah]

handy to know about this firmware hack, so far I've had no problems, however if everything starts going funky the i know i can flash

[jez_kewler]

Did you already try


official 1.06

http://weblog.cemper.com/a/2003/07/21_nec_1300a_new_official_firmware_106.php

new hacks: (10f5 is the one I use...)

http://weblog.cemper.com/a/2003/07/17_nec_1300a_firmware_1f05_active.php
http://weblog.cemper.com/a/2003/07/07_nec_nd1300a_firmware_hack_1f05.php
http://weblog.cemper.com/a/2003/07/17_nec_1300a_new_experimental_105v8_firmware.php

[ryn05]

how much did you pay for this drive and where. Is this better than the pioneer 106. Any ideas.???

Only $160 at this link http://avlogic.com/product.cgi?code=18030059

I ordered the nec nd-1100a from them and received it in 5 days of so, good company.

I don't think you will find any better price on the net....let me know and I might sell my 1100 on ebay and get the 1300

[MAXIMUS95GST]

That is an AWESOME price for the NEC... thanks it will compliment my new Pioneer A06 : )

[ebenton]

Hey!
I just got my brand new <insert model and manufacturer of DVD burner here>!! It's the best DVD burner in the world!! It's so much better than all the other DVD burners!! So far I have burned <insert large number here> disks with no coasters!! It even works with <insert name of well-known cheap media here>!! I am so cool for buying this!!

[emored]

hi out there , is it possible for a pc dumbo like myself to use that firmware upgrade for the nec 1300a ? and is it so that before using it a person would have a lot of blank dvds not being recognised/burnable on this dvd writer ? of 3 batches tried only one lot have worked fine no problem they were all +`s . cheers eric

[freestyler]

I have to agree that the 1300A with Herrie's hacked firmware is a great burner. Hell, it rips at an average of 12x in DVD Decrypter with any DVD-5 i stick in it, it does 9 at about 10x average. I'm using some 2x and 4x Princos, burn images in DVD Decrypter and burn DVD Video/Audio_TS in Discjuggler, and this thing does me right every time. I watch all of my backup copies and haven't noticed one issue YET.

If you're making "backup copies" why do you go apecrazy over the media you use? :P

[emored]

well some rather techy talk for me to get a grip on in parts there i am just an average joe fumbling along and trying to find a basic way to get up and go with this nec 1300a , i guess all i am about is just wanting to go in a shop and buy the most economically priced blanks i can and just use them without hassles , like i do with my cd burner , obviously i have had to face a reality check on the dvd writer world not yet being as ABC as that .. i just had before buying the nec 1300a the idea sold to me that as an all formats machine it would handle basically all media +/- thrown at it no problem . even as a untechnical person i am surprised nec do not get somehting better together to support their writers on issues like mine, if you lack an easy aptitude for resolving these kind of things yourself then support of some kind is essential obviously . i am just shooting mails off anywhere i can to collate a pattern of info that makes an easy route to a breakthrough for my problems . i think i am slowly getting there but thanks for the comments always good to know someone is moved to do this . all the best eric

[Jukka]

Does this firmware allow 'Book Type' / 'Compatibility Book Settings' changes?

[elmostro]

no

[hotchil317]

my nec nd1300a doesnt burn dvd-r from Mirror platinum series, not sure who the manufacturer is for this brand of DVD-R disks

[emored]

glad someone mentioned the mirror brand of dvds on the nec 1300a , i nearly got some of those last week ...

[Lar]

my nec nd1300a doesnt burn dvd-r from Mirror platinum series, not sure who the manufacturer is for this brand of DVD-R disks

If you go over to the firmware forums and do a search for "Herrie" as the poster's name...look around and see because he was explaining how to get the information off of the unsupported discs with a utility, and he would write a custom firmware upgrade for it. Or he will include it in the next version he writes.

Give it a shot, what do you have to lose.

[emored]

cheers for the reply yes i managed to contact herrie , and a very helpful and responsive guy he is , a fantastic person to help with the firmware issues ..

all the best eric

[Greenspock]

firmware was hacked

Wow! You're braver than I am.

The NEC 1300A is typically an OEM drive. eMachines is using it for their DVD burners maybe more distributers are as well.

Does this new firmware allow it to burn 16x CD-RW media as well? (utlra speed)
Just curious.