Went Back Up! $40.99! NEC 3540 OEM Black @ Newegg and Monarch

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Smackattack

Originally posted by: lokiju
FWIW I got this drive and it made more coasters than any burner I've ever had, I returned it and got the Pioneer DVR-110 and haven't had one failed disc since.

NEC are good drives, but they really dont sing until you put on the hacked firmware. Im at work, i dont have the links but google up NEC firmware. load up these firmwares and the NEC media finickyness goes bye bye

Firmware made no difference.

Still coasters, I tried 4 different kinds brands of media also, it just really had issues.

But of course like with anything YMMV.

 

[bigfil]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: Smackattack

Originally posted by: lokiju
FWIW I got this drive and it made more coasters than any burner I've ever had, I returned it and got the Pioneer DVR-110 and haven't had one failed disc since.

NEC are good drives, but they really dont sing until you put on the hacked firmware. Im at work, i dont have the links but google up NEC firmware. load up these firmwares and the NEC media finickyness goes bye bye

Firmware made no difference.

Still coasters, I tried 4 different kinds brands of media also, it just really had issues.

But of course like with anything YMMV.

I too thought my liteon 1633s was experiencing issues. Tried the same fixes and nothing worked. I finally reimaged my machine and it started working without any problems. Did you try going that far? Or even try hooking it up to another machine? It's entirely possible that the drive itself is not bad but the windows install is. just my 2 cents

 

[intogamer]

HOLY SH1T!!!

still the same price
you can choose either
legacy 25 8x pack DVD-R(free ship)
Ridata 10 1.46gb 4x DVD-R(free ship)

HOTT!!!!!!who cares about coasters

 

[intogamer]

TTT

 

[SRGilbert]

Originally posted by: intogamer
HOLY SH1T!!!

still the same price
you can choose either
legacy 25 8x pack DVD-R(free ship)
Ridata 10 1.46gb 4x DVD-R(free ship)

HOTT!!!!!!who cares about coasters

Figures, I just bought one last week!

 

[kevman]

Originally posted by: sleepkyng
can you move the NEC drive into an external enclosure?

yep, thats exactly what i did, Ibought the Bytecc one that was offers as a combo, basically ~$70 out the door and I got my self a external dvd burner.

This thing has worked rock solid for me FWIW...

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: SRGilbert

Originally posted by: intogamer
HOLY SH1T!!!

still the same price
you can choose either
legacy 25 8x pack DVD-R(free ship)
Ridata 10 1.46gb 4x DVD-R(free ship)

HOTT!!!!!!who cares about coasters

Figures, I just bought one last week!

talk to the reps

 

[SRGilbert]

Originally posted by: kevman

Originally posted by: sleepkyng
can you move the NEC drive into an external enclosure?

yep, thats exactly what i did, Ibought the Bytecc one that was offers as a combo, basically ~$70 out the door and I got my self a external dvd burner.

This thing has worked rock solid for me FWIW...

Sorry to keep this off topic, but is there any performance difference between using this as an external (USB 2.0) verses internal IDE?

 

[intogamer]

only the ridata mini dvd rs left
still the lowest ever + free mini dvds

 

[Xpage]

Anybody else using the Toshiba DVD burner model SD-R5372V.
Just curious since eveyrone seesm to be pioneer or NEC.


LINK

 

[Coraanu]

$37.49 shipped for the 3540 now at Chiefvalue when you use a $5 off coupon code easily found on other forums.

 

[imported_Frey]

In for one. Time to upgrade the trusty ol LiteOn 4x.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: SRGilbertSorry to keep this off topic, but is there any performance difference between using this as an external (USB 2.0) verses internal IDE?

Performance how? If it cant handle the burn speed you'll get buffer underruns. However as long as you do USB 2 that shouldn't happen, unlesss your computer has uber high CPU utilization for high speed usb2 because the motherboard uses a sucky usb chip.

Or do you mean read performance? Its possible it adds a little time to the seek times, but since cd drives are such high seek times anyway compared to hdd, I doubt its noticable.

 

[AquariusX]

Originally posted by: intogamer
only the ridata mini dvd rs left
still the lowest ever + free mini dvds

make sure they dont tack on extra shipping for those free minis

 

[MorrisDancer]

2 cents:

I just installed this as my first DVD burner. Stuck on DVD Shrink and Nero 6.0.

I have it to burn region 0 dvds of ligit dvds from eastern europe.

Fast!
No coasters!

I can confirm personally:

Idiot proof.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: Coraanu
$37.49 shipped for the 3540 now at Chiefvalue when you use a $5 off coupon code easily found on other forums.

GAH... 10 bucks worth of dvd-rs or save 2.50

 

[intogamer]

YAY ^_^ you can get the legacy 25pack dvd rs

 

[charloscarlies]

Well I bit...couldn't resist at this price.

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: charloscarlies
Well I bit...couldn't resist at this price.

I hope you got the dvds

 

[wchou]

i can no longer find the 3520a for sale at newegg, is it phased out?

 

[AquariusX]

Not sure, but it should be since the 3540 is out....


New price people... buy it!

 

[TecJunkie]

Originally posted by: Fardringle

Originally posted by: Granolith Surfer
I know this is great deal plus I don't even own a dvd burner. But they don't have beige? Only silver and black. I know, who cares! Grab some beige paint or now is the time to get a black case Thanks OP!!

Anyone really wanting a Beige version of the drive can get one here, but it's $41.99 with $4 shipping. I don't want a black drive myself, but due to the difference in price (black is currently $40.99 with free shipping) I'll probably get a black one then just give it a face-lift.

I have a CDRW that i did a similar facelift to, except it was beige to Black (thanks Sharpie pen)

 

[Mark]

where can i get an enclosure so i can make this thing an external drive?

 

[fargus]

If you look at the product page, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827152047
There is a combo special right now, add a usb2 case (BLACK) for 24.99 bucks, a bit more (36.99) for a firewire/usb case

Now showing at 39.75 for me with free 3 day shipping.

Caveat: if you add one of the combo items, they screw you on the shipping. Adding the case put shipping at 5.99. (not terrible, but misleading as hell.)

 

[TecJunkie]

so i got it, but i dont have any DVD playback software, and it comes with none. any free ones that aren't spyware full

Help pls?