Need assistance with Nec ND3530a

[SHAWN757]

I have this DVD buner installed on my computer. I am using Sonic digital media plus v7(which came with my Dell XPS computer). The problem I am having is that I am not able to burn faster, my current burning speed is less than 4x(takes like 20 min to burn 4 GB). My writer is 16x. How can I get my buner to burn at least 4x? Is there any firmware update for this? If so can someone help me to obtain one? Thanks in advance

Shawn

[ROF]

Is your burner stuck in PIO mode? Which Dell XPS model do you have? What's your system specs?

[SHAWN757]

Thanks for the reply, Whats PIO mode? I have a XPS 400 which was sent to me by dell as a replacement to my 8300 model. system spec.

0 149DF INFORMATION, PREPARATION MATERIAL, DEVIATION, PRECISION WORKSTATION, INCREASE, #2
1 W9446 PROCESSOR, 80551, PENTIUM D SMITHFIELD FOR DESKTOPS, 840, SKT-T, MALE
2 F6761 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 533M, 64X64, 8, 240, 1RX8
1 N8507 MODEM, V.92, DATA FAX, INTERNAL, SONNY, LEAD FREE, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 C6173 ASSEMBLY, CABLE, AUDIO, 10P, FRONT, MATRIX,SMITH,MINI TOWER
1 K4562 CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, SB0413
1 D9926 ASSEMBLY, DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 16X, HALF HEIGHT, TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, CHASSIS 2005, LEAD FREE
1 G9237 ASSEMBLY, DVD+/-RW, 16X, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), NEC CORPORATION, CHASSIS 2005,
1 UC996 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, X300, SERVER ENHANCED, MRMGA9A, SECOND
1 DC076 HARD DRIVE, 160G, S2, 7.2K, 8M, LEAD FREE, SGT-PUM
1 U8360 ASSEMBLY, FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, TEAC, CHASSIS 2005, LEAD FREE
1 T9112 ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ATTACHMENT PACKET INTERFACE, TANK
1 CD940 KIT, SOFTWARE, WORDPERFECT, 12, PLUS-TRIAL

Can you help?

[budz]

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625

check this link on how to enable DMA mode.

[SHAWN757]

It's on DMA MODE NOT PIO. Any idia whats wrong?

[budz]

It's on DMA MODE NOT PIO. Any idia whats wrong?

Check out the NEC FORUM at Cdfreaks.com. If your drive is in DMA mode then it could be something wrong with the drive or how you flashed it. I don't own a NEC dvd burner. The NEC FORUM could help you out.

[drjtech]

You didn't mention what media you are using. Use something like DVDInfo to read the media code and let us know what it is. It could be your firmware only has a 2X write strategy for your media.

-drj

[SHAWN757]

I only use made in JAPAN MEDIA BY SONY + AND - FORMAT. tHEY ARE TY AND sony media. + is yuden 8x - is sony 16x media

Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID SONY16D1
UDF Format Type V1.02
UDF Volume Name DVD_VIDEO_RECORDER
UDF Application id None
UDF Implementation id MEI_VED
UDF Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 9/ 8/2005 20:37:25
Format Capacity 4.00GB(4.30GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed Unknown
Available Write Descriptor CLV 16.0x 22160KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 12.0x 16620KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 09
2x Speed OPC power 0B
2x Write Strategy field 1 12 A8 88 90
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 06
4x Speed OPC power 13
4x Write Strategy field 1 0A 0E 08 04
4x Write Strategy field 2 96 06 0C 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 08
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 18
4x Write Strategy field 4 17 B8 88 85
4x Write Strategy field 5 B6 79 0B B0 33 03
4x Write Strategy field 6 30 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 20059Fh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 EA 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 84 0E 10 .....@....R.....
00000010 87 88 80 00 03 53 4F 4E 59 31 36 00 04 44 31 00 .....SONY16..D1.
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 09 0B 12 ................


Is this problem something to do with Rip lock on my DVD-ROM drive?
The drive is

TSSTCORPDVD-ROM TS-H352C

Is there any firmware updates for this drive?