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Hi

I have a NEC 16x (Dual Layer) DVD ReWriter ND-3500
it has become very slow, it takes double the time to read and write discs

Anyone got any suggestions i could try, the rewriter only 3 months old.

Thanks to all that reply.

Fitzy.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 2nd March 2005, 15:05

Might be worth moving this over to the PC`s and Mobiles forum for more help.

Assuming your HDD is on a different IDE connection...First thing I`d try is trying it on another IDE channel-your motherboard will have two IDE `plugs`, and each one can handle 2 pieces of hardware, one as master, one as slave. Just unplug the two leads from the motherboard and switch them over- if your PC boots up slower than normal, then it could be a problem with that IDE connection, if it boots up ok, check the DVD speeds, if they are ok, then it could have just been a bad connection.

If not, next thing to do would be to try the drive in another machine-no need to bolt it in place, just connect it to the motherboard with an IDE cable (making sure the one you pull out is not controlling the hard drive the machine will boot off) and test it again-if it`s the same problem-then you`ve got yourself a a faulty drive