Need help with new NEC ND-3550A

[TastyNutz]

I recently added some upgrades to my desktop, and decided to add a new burner while I was at it. The system is now as follows:

Athlon XP 1800, 1.52 GHz, 1 GB RAM, WinXP Pro, SP2, NEC ND-3550A (1.05 firmware), and 600+GB HDD capacity.

The only problem... I can't get a decent burn!

I use TYG02 media, with the same process I've been using with my laptop system. I edit with Menu Shrink, VOBBlanker... encode with DVDRebuilder using Procoder... then burn with Imgburn. It's produced great results. But not with the new NEC burner.

I've enabled DMA. I burn at 4x. I use good media. I'm not multitasking. Yet, I'm getting burns that are full of errors and won't play thru on my stand alone player.

Any suggestions?

[Chewy]

if the finished file(s) play from your computer fine but your burns are bad then I would suspect your burner is bad or you have a bad cable or weak power supply.

[TastyNutz]

I tried a couple more burns of the same file and Imgburn verified them without errors this time.

Whatever was wrong, seems better now.

[Gary D]

Update to 1Y6 firmware from this site: http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/

Buy DVD+Rs discs and bitset them to DVD-ROMs. More Info: LINK: http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=46559

[locoeng]

I burn at 4x. I use good media.

With the NEC and those excellent TY's you might also consider bumping your burn speed up to 6X or even 8X.