Firmwareupdate ND-2500A - Important Information:

[F/W revision Brands]
1.0A (WIN) - 11-Mrz-2005


You will find information for firmwareupdate changes here or on our FAQ: http://www.de.nec.de
-> Support and Service -> Technical questions -> Optical storage -> DVD / DVD Writer
This Update works only with NEC ND-2500A (retail&bulk) drives, not with OEM releases. OEM means part of a full PC package or external USB or FireWire variant of this burner. For OEM products contact directly your dealer, distributor or manufacturer of PC- or USB/ Firewire- package for service, support and new firmwareupdates.

You can update from Firmwareversion 1.06, 1.07 and 1.09 .  You can verify your current firmware with NERO InfoTool: http://www.nero.com


Pls note following instructions for update procedure:

Connect drive to secondary IDE channel as Master (Use standard UDMA-2 IDE cable)

Disconnect all slave hardware from IDE secondary Master

Update in Windows "Safe Mode"

Under Windows 2000 & XP login as administrator

Update without DMA mode, under Windows XP & 2000 in the device manager - "IDE ATA/ ATAPI controllers", you can switch from DMA to PIO mode

Disconnect all external USB/ FireWire devices.

Deactivate virusscanners, active desktop programs and packetwriting agents

Do not turn off power during the updating process.

Note: Warranty will be lost during false updating procedure, especially unofficial modified firmwares were used before.
In such cases we could not offer you a solution any more. You have to repair it by cost then.

INSTALLATION: After unzipping file pls. double click on "K250GNA0.exe" file, follow instructions.
After, you have to reboot your system.


If you have problems after updating your drive use following steps:

1.Deinstall all your burnsoftware(s), also cleanup registry, e.g. registry cleaner can be found here http://www.nero.com

2.Update your mainboard driver(s). Contact manufacturer of your mainboard/ PC package for newest one.

3.Reinstall and update your burnsoftware.

To be on the safe side, you can also update drive by our service partner
Euro Point external. You have to send drive to the following adress:

Euro Point Communication GmbH
Sign: Firmwareupdate
Seligenstädter Straße 100 - Halle 41
DE-63791 Karlstein a. M.

Pls. do not forget to mark delivery note with sign "FIRMWAREUPDATE".

The price for update procedure is brutto 45,25 EUR*,
contains following:
-firmwareupdate: 25,00 EUR(netto)
-shipment costs* 14,00 EUR*(netto)
(*can increase to foreign countries)

You can check status of procedure by this phone number 0049-(0)6188-954-3600.

 



1. The medias below will be recognized with firmware 1.0A,
but be informed, they won`t be added to our list of recommend medias because there is no guarantee for optimal burn results and performance.
2. This update does not create a DvD dual layer burn function.
3. This update does not add a "light scribe technology" function.


  DVD+R9 DL DvD+R DvD+RW DvD-R DvD-RW CD-R CD-RW
max writespeed 24x              
max writespeed 16x              
max writespeed 10x              
max writespeed 8x   PROMEDIA 8x
INTER MEDIA 8x
Lead Data 8x
INFODISC 8x
Ricoh(16X) 16x
PRODISC 16x
RITEK(16X) 16x
BeALL 16x
Infomedia 16x
OPTODISC 16x
NSD 16x
UME DISC 16x		   LG 8x
DAXON 8x
Lead Data 8x
VANGUARD DISC 8x
INTERMEDIA 8x		      
max writespeed 6x              
max writespeed 4x   MAM-E ADVANCED MEDIA 4x
SAST 4x		          
max writespeed 2.4x              
max writespeed 2x              
max writespeed 1x              

Pls. visit for further Informations our homepage: http://www.de.nec.de/home.php?lang=ENG