help with NEC 3500

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:32 pm

just last night i burned an audio cd with nero and everything was fine.

today i tried burning another audio cd and everytime i insert a blank cd-r nero says "no disc inserted or drive not ready, try again", it doesnt even work with WMP.

now, i'm able to play/install games from the NEC and i'm able to watch DVD's, but for some reason i cant get it to recognize CD-r's..

wtf ? dont tell me its half way borked

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:33 pm

just inserted a DVD-R and nero reports it as OK..

nothing on CD-R

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:36 pm

also, i cant playback audio cd's and it takes near a minute to read the disc, no problems with reading diablo2 for example

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:39 pm

hmm, just threw in an audio cd into my creative 5x dvd drive and it wont read it

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:39 pm

now i cant seem to open any cd-r/w with the NEC, but DVD's and DVD burning works..

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:02 pm

lucky me i found the receit and still have 4 months left on the 1 yr warranty so i'll just return the fucker and get a new one..

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:05 pm

When you burn a cd and you eject the disc, close the tray and reopen it, then insert a blank CD.

Post by **SoM** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:41 pm

i CANNOT burn a cd at all

i can however burn a DVD

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:47 am

i've done other tests n shit, reinstalling... seems the CD-R/RW / CD/Audio playback part is dead..

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:00 am

a dvd/cd burner reads the cd's the same regarldess of what disk you put it. its an issue in windows, not the disk.

you already stated that the cdr's dont work in a seperate 5x cd drive either. which would mean that it isnt the drive but something else.

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:17 am

but dvd's work with the other drive, so u'r telling me my IDE1 port could be going bad ?

i doubt its windows, cause i'm not getting any errors at all..

and why would the creative driver read a diablo2 cd and not the NEC ? which the NEC worked at 11am reading diablo2 cd

Post by **shiznit** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:19 am

If you have a linux live cd then you could try burning from there, to determine if it's a windows issue.

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:25 am

SoM wrote:but dvd's work with the other drive, so u'r telling me my IDE1 port could be going bad ?

i doubt its windows, cause i'm not getting any errors at all..

and why would the creative driver read a diablo2 cd and not the NEC ? which the NEC worked at 11am reading diablo2 cd

you said a normal cd doesnt work in the 5x creative and you said it doesnt work in the nec. so its the nec? thats not really logical now is it?

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:26 am

i cant do nothing right now, but tomorrow i'll yank everything out and rebuild my pc, (still not thinking about reinstalling XP) cause i smell BS

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:27 am

schlockey wrote:
SoM wrote:but dvd's work with the other drive, so u'r telling me my IDE1 port could be going bad ?

i doubt its windows, cause i'm not getting any errors at all..

and why would the creative driver read a diablo2 cd and not the NEC ? which the NEC worked at 11am reading diablo2 cd
you said a normal cd doesnt work in the 5x creative and you said it doesnt work in the nec. so its the nec? thats not really logical now is it?

re-read again..

i can read/open diablo2 in creative but not with the NEC

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:52 am

schlockey wrote:a dvd/cd burner reads the cd's the same regarldess of what disk you put it. its an issue in windows, not the disk.

you already stated that the cdr's dont work in a seperate 5x cd drive either. which would mean that it isnt the drive but something else.

if a dvd/cd burner reads the cd's the same, how come i can read/write dvd's and not cd's ??

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:54 am

didnt i already tell you that windows is broken?

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:13 am

didnt i already tell you that windows works perfectly fine ?

Post by **schlockey** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:45 am

obviously it doesnt or it would read your cd's.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:09 am

SoM wrote:didnt i already tell you that windows works perfectly fine ?

not the iso YOU have

Post by **SoM** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:44 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
SoM wrote:didnt i already tell you that windows works perfectly fine ?
not the iso YOU have

i tried the NEC 3500 in a stores PC and IT IS the NEC, only works 50%

i guess u should quit making dumbass comments..

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:52 pm

Glad to hear that you got it fixed SoM. I'm locking this so that it doesn't degenerate any further.