NEC burner speed problem

[denrach]

I have a NEC 2510 dual layer burner. Supposed to be up to 8x speed burns. Only will do 4x even with 8x dvd's(what a waste of money). Not sure how to fix this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[RJ]

Is DMA enabled ?

RJ

[denrach]

where do I find that out, and what is it? Thanks.

[WhatsThisBoxFor?]

Go into Device Manager, Properties of the secondary IDE Controller, then the DMA tab (or similar).

http://webopedia.com/TERM/D/DMA.html

[denrach]

it says ultra dma mode 2

[Mesaeus]

That's the correct setting. The media used could be giving a problem, occasionally manufacturers of dvd writers bring out firmware updates to correct problems with media (usually some media are not recognised correctly and written too slow). Here's (http://www.de.nec.de/software/1628_FW_ND-2510A_win216.zip) the latest firmware for your writer. Install it and there's a good chance your media will now work at 8 speed. if it still doesn't work, try a different brand media.

[denrach]

I downloaded the firmware, and along came with it a weird virus/adware problem that I get a bridge.dll module not found error. It also gives me a problem with explorer and then shuts down.