My NEC ND 6100A no longer recognizes blank DVDs. I can burn CD-Rs just fine and subsequently, read (play) DVDs alright. However, when I put in a blank DVD (+R or -R) I cannot burn anything to it.

 

Specifically, with DVD-Rs absolutely nothing happens in 'My Computer' and with a DVD+R it changes to 'CD Drive' which is totally incorrect. In both cases, as stated above I cannot write files to either format once blank media is loaded. Even a program such as Sonic RecordNow does not recognize any blank media so I doubt its a software problem of any sort.

 

After my own research I figured I could just flash my drive to fix these problems but the dell firmware provided kicks back an error message since it cannot find the 6500A (not surprising, since that is what the program seems to be designed for). I have even tried Liggy and Dee's forums and all but I cannot seem to flash my drive correctly. I have NOT tried to flash in DOS since I am not that familiar with DOS and don't feel 100% comfortable doing that.

 

Anyway, has anyone encountered the same problem before and how did you solve it? We're you able to flash your 6100A? If so, we're you able to flash in Windows with anything you could find from Dell or elsewhere? In this forum, there have been quite a few quality complaints with this drive but so far I don't think its a physical malfunction - however, this is my last ditch effort to sort this drive out!

 

Thanks in advance,

 

--jamie