Problem installing nec 6650 drive

you can download driver at
http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/214398/nec-dv-5700a-(12x-40x)-dvd-rom-firmware-3.43-free-download.html

Try going to device manager, and uninstall the optical drive. Reboot the comp . It should resolve the issue.

To install a new OS like windows 7/Vista/XP set your laptop to boot from CD/DVD in BIOS put the disk in and boot your laptop then follow the on screen instructions. This will normally wipe the hole laptop unless you are planing on dual booting in this case you will need a free partition or hard drive to install the 2nd OS and it normal cases have the lower OS installed 1st

Tom

The SpectraView II software included with my NEC LCD3090WQXi display was version 1.1.02. Snow Leopard requires version 1.1.03. I downloaded the new software from the NEC website, installed it and now everything is working fine.

ask toshiba to send one for a nominal fee.

You friend is correct and their is no free decoder. Below is the best I could find for you,for the money. Sorry.

InterVideo DVD XPack   The download cost is $15 


http://www.pchell.com/linkto/dvdxpack.shtml

There is a reason most DVD readers, writers are so cheep is because they are warranted for 1 year. If you're NEC is less than a year old & you have a recipt you can send it back to NEC for a new one. If you need another DVD player to replace a bad DVD drive & want to buy one, I can suggest a couple.
http://www.meritline.com/sony-nec-optiarc-ad-7530b-8x-dvd-dl-slim-drive-black.html

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=AD-7530B&cm_mmc=GoogleProducts-_-DVDDrives/DVDBurners-_-DVDDrives(Notebook)-_-AD-7530B&zmam=2003677&zmas=1&zmac=129&zmap=AD-7530B

It would not hurt to install the firmware for you're current DVD drive. This might breath life back to the drive. (Might)! Nothing to loose. Download the firmware from this link: http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/Nec/Nec-ND-6500A-firmware-424.shtml

Good Luck!
M

I've got a DVD burner installed some time ago in a Satellite Pro 4600. To do this you have to have the right settings regarding Master and Slave - as far as I can remember a Master drive is needed. To get a 6500A NEC drive running I had to solder two pins together in order to get it recognized as a Master drive on the second IDE controller; you can find a pretty good explanation at http://www.dschen.de/laptop_brenner/ (sorry, all German but perhaps the images might help). So, before you buy a new drive make sure you get one that is already set as a Master - ask your dealer! Sometimes a new firmware could do the same.
After setting the drive to Master I have used it on Linux without any problems so far...

Put a spare hard drive into the machine, installed XP onto it (the original OS for this laptop)...ran the HP bios update in XP and now it recognizes the DVD and is working OK.

I used to have a DVD/CDRW driver on my Sony Vaio and I had to replace it twice it died on me and I had to buy a new one every time the truth is that many things can go wrong for such small device so try this go to http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/Nec/Nec-ND-6500A-firmware-424.shtml Download the firmware, if after that it still wont work your chances are that you have to buy a new one.