brought and installed 3500a - Club CDFreaks

fernandose · 06-10-2004

Hi
recently brought the oem Nec 3500a, i then flashed it to 2.17. I took a screenshot from nero, could anyone tell if the my drive is ok? are there any better firwamre to upgrade? Or is it the all go sign? Would like any feedback.
Thanks

*madmax* · 06-10-2004

Looks good to me on 2.17 firmware..
Give it a try and post back how you rate it..

fernandose · 07-10-2004

It burns ritek 4x dvdr at 4x. I only had the choice of burning it either 2 or 4
But cant my dvd burner give the option of bruning it at 16x even though it is unstable to do so?

Also what is the BEST or NEWEST firmware availbale that all you guys recommend.

*bigmike7* · 07-10-2004

Yo-

Stick with the 2.17 - its good $hit - and works reliably-

NEC firmware is media corrected - meaning that it will only let you burn what they think is safe for any given MID code-

If you use some really good disks like Taiyo Yuden 8x you can get 12x burns with the -R's and 16x with the +R's

Crap media will ONLY give you crap results!!!

Mike

fernandose · 07-10-2004

Thanks for your help bigmike7 and dallshead.

Mike so you think i should stick with 2.17? ok i'll see how it goes. I ripped a 8 gig dvd (resident evil) to .iso format and it took 18mins 14 secs, is this a good time, too slow?

Thanks

*bigmike7* · 07-10-2004

Yo-

Just backed up my fahrenheit 9/11 to the Taiyo Yuden 8x +R the interVideo DVD copy transcoding time was like 32 minutes and the burn in 6:30 - so I'am a happy camper-

Mike

mdies · 07-10-2004

I too have the 3500a and i flashed with the 2.17 and works great! Under 19 minutes i say is very very good.

randomwalk101 · 07-10-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by fernandose

Thanks for your help bigmike7 and dallshead.

Mike so you think i should stick with 2.17? ok i'll see how it goes. I ripped a 8 gig dvd (resident evil) to .iso format and it took 18mins 14 secs, is this a good time, too slow?

Thanks

fernandose,
what firmware (2.17) did you flashed with ? The official or the Herrie's patched 2.17 (TDK)?

*bigmike7* · 07-10-2004

Yo randomwalk101-

The only official firmware for the 3500 is 2.16

The 2.17 is from Herrie-

Mike

fernandose · 08-10-2004

Yer im pretty sure i flashed with 2.17 herries. why?

*bigmike7* · 08-10-2004

Yo-

Wise choice-

Mike

06-10-2004	#2 (permalink)
madmax CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,474	Re: brought and installed 3500a Looks good to me on 2.17 firmware.. Give it a try and post back how you rate it..

07-10-2004	#3 (permalink)
fernandose CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 35	Re: brought and installed 3500a It burns ritek 4x dvdr at 4x. I only had the choice of burning it either 2 or 4 But cant my dvd burner give the option of bruning it at 16x even though it is unstable to do so? Also what is the BEST or NEWEST firmware availbale that all you guys recommend.

07-10-2004	#4 (permalink)
bigmike7 CDFreaks Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 6,096	Re: brought and installed 3500a Yo- Stick with the 2.17 - its good $hit - and works reliably- NEC firmware is media corrected - meaning that it will only let you burn what they think is safe for any given MID code- If you use some really good disks like Taiyo Yuden 8x you can get 12x burns with the -R's and 16x with the +R's Crap media will ONLY give you crap results!!! Mike __________________ Mike Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Be Kind To Older Folks - They Are A Reflection Of Yourself In The Future-eh!!! Work Computer= QuadCore Q6600 /4gb OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 SDRAM /XP Pro-sp3 /(2) Seagate 500 gb HDD's /OCZ 600 watt psu /Optiarc 7200A w/v1.06 fw as Primary/Burner /LiteOn 20A4H w/vQP57 fw as Primary/Reader/Ripper/Disc Quality Testing /Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4670 w/512mb GDDR3 Ram Videocard /Acer 22" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold Burning Computer = AMD Opteron 180 /2gb G. Skill PC3200 DDR SDRAM /XP Home-sp3 /(2) 250gb Seagate SATA Hard Drives /Coolmax CUG-700 watt psu /Samsung 202G /LiteOn 20A4P /Pioneer 115D /BenQ 1640 x/flashed to EW 164B /Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 3850 w/512mb GDDR3/256 bit Videocard /LCD ViewSonic 20.1" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold On The Shelf: (2) LiteOn SHM-160P6S as backup, BenQ 1640, LG 4167, Liteon 1693, AOpen 1648/aap-pro

07-10-2004	#5 (permalink)
fernandose CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 35	Re: brought and installed 3500a Thanks for your help bigmike7 and dallshead. Mike so you think i should stick with 2.17? ok i'll see how it goes. I ripped a 8 gig dvd (resident evil) to .iso format and it took 18mins 14 secs, is this a good time, too slow? Thanks

07-10-2004	#6 (permalink)
bigmike7 CDFreaks Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 6,096	Re: brought and installed 3500a Yo- Just backed up my fahrenheit 9/11 to the Taiyo Yuden 8x +R the interVideo DVD copy transcoding time was like 32 minutes and the burn in 6:30 - so I'am a happy camper- Mike __________________ Mike Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Be Kind To Older Folks - They Are A Reflection Of Yourself In The Future-eh!!! Work Computer= QuadCore Q6600 /4gb OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 SDRAM /XP Pro-sp3 /(2) Seagate 500 gb HDD's /OCZ 600 watt psu /Optiarc 7200A w/v1.06 fw as Primary/Burner /LiteOn 20A4H w/vQP57 fw as Primary/Reader/Ripper/Disc Quality Testing /Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4670 w/512mb GDDR3 Ram Videocard /Acer 22" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold Burning Computer = AMD Opteron 180 /2gb G. Skill PC3200 DDR SDRAM /XP Home-sp3 /(2) 250gb Seagate SATA Hard Drives /Coolmax CUG-700 watt psu /Samsung 202G /LiteOn 20A4P /Pioneer 115D /BenQ 1640 x/flashed to EW 164B /Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 3850 w/512mb GDDR3/256 bit Videocard /LCD ViewSonic 20.1" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold On The Shelf: (2) LiteOn SHM-160P6S as backup, BenQ 1640, LG 4167, Liteon 1693, AOpen 1648/aap-pro

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07-10-2004	#7 (permalink)
mdies CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 50	Re: brought and installed 3500a I too have the 3500a and i flashed with the 2.17 and works great! Under 19 minutes i say is very very good.

07-10-2004	#9 (permalink)
bigmike7 CDFreaks Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 6,096	Re: brought and installed 3500a Yo randomwalk101- The only official firmware for the 3500 is 2.16 The 2.17 is from Herrie- Mike __________________ Mike Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Be Kind To Older Folks - They Are A Reflection Of Yourself In The Future-eh!!! Work Computer= QuadCore Q6600 /4gb OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 SDRAM /XP Pro-sp3 /(2) Seagate 500 gb HDD's /OCZ 600 watt psu /Optiarc 7200A w/v1.06 fw as Primary/Burner /LiteOn 20A4H w/vQP57 fw as Primary/Reader/Ripper/Disc Quality Testing /Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4670 w/512mb GDDR3 Ram Videocard /Acer 22" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold Burning Computer = AMD Opteron 180 /2gb G. Skill PC3200 DDR SDRAM /XP Home-sp3 /(2) 250gb Seagate SATA Hard Drives /Coolmax CUG-700 watt psu /Samsung 202G /LiteOn 20A4P /Pioneer 115D /BenQ 1640 x/flashed to EW 164B /Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 3850 w/512mb GDDR3/256 bit Videocard /LCD ViewSonic 20.1" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold On The Shelf: (2) LiteOn SHM-160P6S as backup, BenQ 1640, LG 4167, Liteon 1693, AOpen 1648/aap-pro

08-10-2004	#10 (permalink)
fernandose CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 35	Re: brought and installed 3500a Yer im pretty sure i flashed with 2.17 herries. why?

08-10-2004	#11 (permalink)
bigmike7 CDFreaks Resident Old Fart Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lurking In The Back Of Your Mind Posts: 6,096	Re: brought and installed 3500a Yo- Wise choice- Mike __________________ Mike Brayden & Lil Burnits Proud Cyber Grampie - 'CERCA, TROVA' - 'NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM' Be Kind To Older Folks - They Are A Reflection Of Yourself In The Future-eh!!! Work Computer= QuadCore Q6600 /4gb OCZ PC2 6400 DDR2 SDRAM /XP Pro-sp3 /(2) Seagate 500 gb HDD's /OCZ 600 watt psu /Optiarc 7200A w/v1.06 fw as Primary/Burner /LiteOn 20A4H w/vQP57 fw as Primary/Reader/Ripper/Disc Quality Testing /Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 4670 w/512mb GDDR3 Ram Videocard /Acer 22" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold Burning Computer = AMD Opteron 180 /2gb G. Skill PC3200 DDR SDRAM /XP Home-sp3 /(2) 250gb Seagate SATA Hard Drives /Coolmax CUG-700 watt psu /Samsung 202G /LiteOn 20A4P /Pioneer 115D /BenQ 1640 x/flashed to EW 164B /Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 3850 w/512mb GDDR3/256 bit Videocard /LCD ViewSonic 20.1" LCD /Nero 6.6 /DVDFab Gold On The Shelf: (2) LiteOn SHM-160P6S as backup, BenQ 1640, LG 4167, Liteon 1693, AOpen 1648/aap-pro

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