Firmwareupdate
ND-3520A - Important Information: [F/W revision Brands] 3.04 (WIN) - 21-Apr-2005 You will find information for firmwareupdate changes here or on our homepage`s FAQ: http://www.de.nec.de -> Support and Service -> Technical questions -> Optical storage -> DVD / DVD Writer |
This Update
works only with NEC ND-3520A (retail & bulk) drives, not with OEM releases.
OEM means part of a full PC package or external USB or
FireWire variant of this burner. For OEM products contact
directly your dealer, distributor or manufacturer of PC-
or USB/ Firewire- package for service, support and
firmwareupdates. You can only update from Firmwareversion 1 .04. You can verify your current firmware with NERO InfoTool: http://www.nero.com Pls note following instructions for update procedure: Connect drive to secondary IDE channel as Master, use standard UDMA-2 IDE cable Disconnect all slave hardware from IDE secondary Master Update in Windows "Safe Mode" Under Windows 2000 & XP login as administrator Update without DMA mode, under Windows XP & 2000 in the device manager - "IDE ATA/ ATAPI controllers", you can switch from DMA to PIO mode Disconnect all external USB/ FireWire devices. Deactivate virusscanners, active desktop programs and packetwriting agents Do not turn off power during the updating process. Note: Warranty will be lost during false updating procedure, especially unofficial modified firmwares were used before. In such cases we could not offer you a solution any more. You have to repair it by cost then. |
INSTALLATION: After unzipping file pls. double click on "W352GF40.exe" file, follow instructions. After, you have to reboot your system. If you have problems after updating your drive use following steps: 1.Deinstall all your burnsoftware(s), also cleanup registry, e.g. registry cleaner can be found here http://www.nero.com 2.Update your mainboard driver(s). Contact manufacturer of your mainboard/ PC package for newest one. 3.Reinstall and update your burnsoftware. |
To be on the safe side, you can also update drive by our service partner Euro Point external. You have to send drive to the following adress: Euro Point Communication GmbH Sign: Firmwareupdate Seligenstädter Straße 100 - Halle 41 DE-63791 Karlstein a. M. Pls. do not forget to mark delivery note with sign "FIRMWAREUPDATE". The price for update procedure is brutto 45,25 EUR*, contains following: -firmwareupdate: 25,00 EUR(netto) -shipment costs* 14,00 EUR*(netto) (*can increase to foreign countries) You can check status of procedure by this phone number 0049-(0)6188-954-3600. |
1. The medias
below will be recognized with firmware 3.04, but be informed, they won`t be added to our list of recommend medias because there is no guarantee for optimal burn results and performance. 2. The function to burn DvD-R9 DL medias will be added. (Note: multisession DvD-R DL won`t be supported) 3. This update does not add a "lightscribe technology" function. |
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DVD+R9 DL | DVD-R9 DL | DvD+R | DvD+RW | DvD-R | DvD-RW | CD-R | CD-RW | |
max writespeed 48x | ||||||||
max writespeed 32x | ||||||||
max writespeed 24x | ||||||||
max writespeed 16x | Mitsubishi PRODISC MAXELL TDK SONY |
TDK MBI SONY MAXELL 16x CMC 16X |
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max writespeed 10x | ||||||||
max writespeed 8x | RICOH | |||||||
max writespeed 6x | RiTEK | |||||||
max writespeed 4x | Mitsubishi (Verbatim) | OPTODISC RiTEK CMC PRODISC |
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max writespeed 2.4x | CMC | |||||||
max writespeed 2x | ||||||||
max writespeed 1x |
Pls. visit for further Informations our homepage: http://www.de.nec.de/home.php?lang=ENG