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w-sky · 20-10-2004

Hi there,

anyone knows if there is a chance getting a feature request to NEC? I am happily using a brandnew ND3500 writer for a week now.

Just two minor things about the drive I dislike and a third, something for the wish list.

1) The HD/Drive disc activity LED of the computer is permanently lit when the ND3500 is active. For all other drives, (HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW) it is flashing according to the disc activity. I think that's major flaw.

2) The drive indentifies itself with a name starting with underscore: "_NEC DVD_RW ND3500AG". Well, yes, this couldn't be a problem in any way. It just looks silly and I can't imagine a logical reason for the underscore.

3) Support overburning. I tried to overburn (just and only 3 MB!) with Nero, but it failed with an error report from the drive, "illegal track" or something similar.

If NEC doesn't want or dosen't listen, is it possible to incorporate that in an unofficial release?

20-10-2004	#1 (permalink)
w-sky New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4	Contact NEC for firmware feature requests? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Hi there, anyone knows if there is a chance getting a feature request to NEC? I am happily using a brandnew ND3500 writer for a week now. Just two minor things about the drive I dislike and a third, something for the wish list. 1) The HD/Drive disc activity LED of the computer is permanently lit when the ND3500 is active. For all other drives, (HDD, CD-ROM, CD-RW) it is flashing according to the disc activity. I think that's major flaw. 2) The drive indentifies itself with a name starting with underscore: "_NEC DVD_RW ND3500AG". Well, yes, this couldn't be a problem in any way. It just looks silly and I can't imagine a logical reason for the underscore. 3) Support overburning. I tried to overburn (just and only 3 MB!) with Nero, but it failed with an error report from the drive, "illegal track" or something similar. If NEC doesn't want or dosen't listen, is it possible to incorporate that in an unofficial release?