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NEC ND-3540A detail information

25/04/2008

Brand
NEC
Product
ND-3540A 
Partnumber
NEC-ND-3540A-B 
Description
16x DVD burner
ND-3540A is a half-height optical drive with 16x write speed that supports DVD plus, minus formats and R/-R dual layer disc. It delivers high performance for writing and reading while being compatible with 10 optical disc varieties. 
 
Award
Safe Buy Award 
 
General
Buffer
2 MB
OEM
NEC
Chipset
NEC
Connection
ATA
 
write speed
CDR
48 x
CDRW
32 x
DVD-R
16 x
DVD-RW
6 x
DVD-R DL
6 x
DVD+R
16 x
DVD+RW
8 x
DVD+R DL
8 x
 
read speed
CD
48 x
DVD
16 x

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  • Ritek 004 poor media?
    • Question by davexnet01, Sunday 5th of October 2008 01:54
    Hello, I'm having a hard time getting good burns with this media.
    (Office Depot dvd+rw)
    I typically get a quality score of 50- 60 in Nero CD/DVD speed.
    I reduced the burn speed to 2.4x and it was slightly better.

    I have tried some other firmwares, but reverted to the official 1.04 from
    NEC. I'm not even sure if the other FW's have any different strategy for
    dvd+rw ?

    Is it just crap media?
    Answer by RCM, Sunday 5th of October 2008 03:41

    davexnet01 said:
    Hello, I'm having a hard time getting good burns with this media.
    (Office Depot dvd+rw)
    I typically get a quality score of 50- 60 in Nero CD/DVD speed.
    I reduced the burn speed to 2.4x and it was slightly better.

    I have tried some other firmwares, but reverted to the official 1.04 from
    NEC. I'm not even sure if the other FW's have any different strategy for
    dvd+rw ?

    Is it just crap media?



    I think it is just crap media!
    Answer by _chef_, Sunday 5th of October 2008 11:02
    Yep, get Ricoh or Verbatim.
    Answer the question right now!

     

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  • Nec dvdrw drive suddently not recognized
    • Question by pwnyexpress, Thursday 18th of September 2008 21:07
    i have in my pc 2 dvd-rws (a Nec 3540A + a lite-on sohw 832s) +a simple Asus dvdrom driver. all have been working normally for more than 2 years

    the last thing i installed in my pc was a logitech mouse software-driver and after that i find out that 'My Computer' has lost the 2 dvd-RW!!. [i uninstalled the logitech stuff and dindt work]

    i go to the device manager and it still finds the NEC+Liteon but it has a red'X' and they are disabled.i double-click the nec and it says
    -
    This device is disabled. (Code 22)
    Click Enable Device to enable this device.
    -
    i click enable and windows instantly says 'windows was not able to enable this device'

    how do i fix this?I DID NOT tamper with wires NOR jumpers.the strange thing is that the asus simple dvdrom drive works fine
    Answer by mciahel, Thursday 18th of September 2008 22:00
    Hi and Welcome,

    at first; I would try to install the drives in device manager and reboot. Windows should then reinstall them.

    Michael
    Answer by pwnyexpress, Friday 19th of September 2008 13:17
    hi michael, but how do i install the drives in the device manager
    Answer by mciahel, Friday 19th of September 2008 15:22

    pwnyexpress said:
    hi michael, but how do i install the drives in the device manager

    Sorry, there was a severe typo in my previous statement Embarrassment
    I meant uninstall. Select the piece of hardware you want to uninstall in device manager, right-click and choose the uninstall item. That's all.

    Michael
    Answer by pwnyexpress, Sunday 21st of September 2008 00:25
    ur simple solution simply solved my problem. after the uninstall i clicked'scan for changes' and everything is sweet ever since
    aint windows f....reaking great?
    Answer by mciahel, Sunday 21st of September 2008 22:20
    You're welcomeSmilie
    Fine you got it working Big Grin
    Answer the question right now!

     

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Success rate: good

 Based on 97.45% succesful burns (out of 99,371)

Ranking
This drive is #44 in the most used device ranking (out of 1147)

Media code
Success rate
1. DAXON-D42-00
99.63%
2. PRODISC-R04-04
99.41%
3. RITEK-F16-01
99.30%
4. RICOHJPN-R03-04
99.23%
5. DAXON-AZ3-00
99.23%
Media format
Success rate
DVD+R
98.64%
DVD+RW
97.71%
DVD-R
97.00%
DVD-RW
95.08%
CDR
93.03%
DVD+R DL
90.90%
Firmware
Success rate
1.W5
99.10%
1.W9
98.55%
1.03
98.22%
1.04
97.97%
1.24
97.84%
1.WB
97.65%
1.W8
97.49%
1.01
97.32%
1.22
97.19%
1.W1
N/A
K038
N/A
1.30
N/A
K042
N/A
1.W3
N/A
1.G0
N/A
1.WA
N/A
1.21
N/A
1.W7
N/A
1.F1
N/A
1.W6
N/A
1.S2
N/A
1.W4
N/A
1.W2
N/A
1.S4
N/A

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