Hey I purchased a NEC 3540A Burner over a year ago, well 1 year and 2 months to be exact, it was all running fine until, when i selected to burn a Image File or DVD Video Files, its takes about 25-30minutes, i select 4x, which in past experience only takes about 15minutes, i have always burned that low, but i sort of thinking that the Burner is start die, so it maybe time to invest in a new one, but personally i was not sure if it was dieing or i was doing something wrong. Also if it is dieing, should i just buy another NEC 3540A or a Pioneer 111D, which seems to be popular, and Pioneer are quite reliable i think. Thanks Hope to hear some info
Well, i solved the problem my self, also thanks to Afterdawn as usual, what i did was there was another thread near down, asking about the same burner, so all i did was updated the firmware and thats it, it started burning at the speed i selected, which is great, i had Version 1.0.1, so updated to 1.0.4, so should be fine now. Thanks
Check to see if it's running in DMA mode. DMA allows for much faster communications between your PC and drives. Here's a guide: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/260038 As always make sure you're using quality media.
Yeah i have always tried to use the best media i can, mainly Gigatain (MCC Dye), and Rivision (gone through 3-4 100 packs) is the latest one i have been using, usually if a particular media works well i will stick with it, and about the DMA guide i will do it tomorrow as its a little late, but will get it done ASAP. Thanks
