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**mciahel** · 17-03-2008

Well, let's start after the introduction above

My drive is part of a Dell notebook and came with D300 firmware, which is the latest at the moment.
The drive supports CD media at 24x max and DVD media at 8x. Detailled specs can be found here: http://support.euro.dell.com/support...14/en/spec.htm

Nero Info Tool 5 reports this:
Properties_Infotool5.png

DVD-RAM support is totally removed (the drive can't even read DVD-RAM discs) although the information about supported DVD-RAM discs is still present in firmware.

EDIT: DVD-RAM support is enabled with firmware D400, released by Dell on April 1st, 2008

MCSE_RAM.png
But at least the firmware seems to be supported by MCSE, including the RPC1 patch

Also, Nero InfoTool reports CD-Text writing as not supported

ImgBurn disagrees about the CD-Text capabilities of this drive.
EDIT: CD Text writing works, so this is a InfoTool bug.

Properties_ImgBurn.png

I am testing at the moment, so we'll see who is right there

After having edited the registry, scanning is possible

The following disc is a Ricoh Ultra Speed branded RICOHJPN R03 (MII)

TSSTcorpDVD+-RW_TS-L632H_D300_15-March-2008_23_28_scan.png ScanOverview_TS-L632H.png
The scan results of my USB connected Liteon SHM-165P6S look like this:
LITE-ON_DVDRW_SHM-165P6S_MS0R_14-March-2008_23_01.png ScanOverview_SHM165.png
Please note that - due to the USB connection - not all errors are gathered, so the scans made with that drive are "too optimistic"

17-03-2008	#2 (permalink)
mciahel Moderator & Devices Editor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 8,176	Re: TS-L632 and similar slim drives discussion thread Well, let's start after the introduction above My drive is part of a Dell notebook and came with D300 firmware, which is the latest at the moment. The drive supports CD media at 24x max and DVD media at 8x. Detailled specs can be found here: http://support.euro.dell.com/support...14/en/spec.htm Nero Info Tool 5 reports this: Properties_Infotool5.png DVD-RAM support is totally removed (the drive can't even read DVD-RAM discs) although the information about supported DVD-RAM discs is still present in firmware. EDIT: DVD-RAM support is enabled with firmware D400, released by Dell on April 1st, 2008 MCSE_RAM.png But at least the firmware seems to be supported by MCSE, including the RPC1 patch Also, Nero InfoTool reports CD-Text writing as not supported ImgBurn disagrees about the CD-Text capabilities of this drive. EDIT: CD Text writing works, so this is a InfoTool bug. Properties_ImgBurn.png I am testing at the moment, so we'll see who is right there After having edited the registry, scanning is possible The following disc is a Ricoh Ultra Speed branded RICOHJPN R03 (MII) TSSTcorpDVD+-RW_TS-L632H_D300_15-March-2008_23_28_scan.png ScanOverview_TS-L632H.png The scan results of my USB connected Liteon SHM-165P6S look like this: LITE-ON_DVDRW_SHM-165P6S_MS0R_14-March-2008_23_01.png ScanOverview_SHM165.png Please note that - due to the USB connection - not all errors are gathered, so the scans made with that drive are "too optimistic" __________________ My system, including optical drives * Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD writers Click here to join CDFreaks.com * How to attach disc quality scans: >klick< Last edited by mciahel; 03-04-2008 at 10:24.