has any one got the download for this driver.

or can any one advice me why i get a the mesage coming up at about 6 or 7% of burning a dicc i get,

the mesage power calibration error

if anyone can help it will be greatl apprchated as i have photos of my stepdaughters wedding to burn onto disc

Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: NEC
Model: NEC DVD_RW ND-3500ag
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, & cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Nero/version

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=716&qa5=3&qa7=1500&dp=3&qm0=NEC+DVD_RW+ND-3500ag&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=NEC+CD+%2F+DVD++NEC+DVD_RW+ND-3500ag+Windows+XP+Home+) | Research manufacturer NEC (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=getinfo&companyid=716)

Has the drive ever worked properly in burning? Or is this a new problem that just developed?

Each time a burner sets itself up to do a burn, it does a calibration burn on a special track in the middle of the disk. The burner must be calibrated enough to find this special track, and make a short burn which is done on every disk to set the power levels needed to burn that particular disk. What happens with failures during this process is:

1: The burner laser is out of calibration and cannot locate that calibration track on the disk,
2: The disk media on cheap dime store sales CDRs don't have good media, and the laser cannot set the power levels correctly.
3: The laser is getting weak and will not come up to the necessary power to do a burn.

A burner requires a lot of power, and sometimes the computer power supply unit is marginal in power to begin with which now is starving the needed amps for the burner to work good. Most times when a burner gets to the point it will start giving that power calibration error, buying the better disks will help greatly...for awhile. Laser lens are not forever, some last a long time, others dont.

Since the media relies on the laser to produce a color/reflectivity change, the laser must calibrate itself to the media to produce the proper power to produce just enough of that change. Sometimes, it simply isn't up to the task on a given disk, and the infamous error occurs. This is primarily due to differing dye types in the media, so buying a few of different brands isn't a bad idea, and when you find one that works well, stick with it.

A wealth of info can be found at the following web site concerning CD disks, and burning.

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd.shtml

The following site has one of the largest FAQs concerning CDs and related terms I have seen. Be sure to look thru this site. It has FAQs and help for a lot of computer related items, including monitors.

http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_cdfaq.html

The following site has many links to CDs and associated items.

http://www.lnkworld.com/

it worked before i crashed and had to use recovery disc. it is an external drive and it now trys to add new hardware called 24 which should be called nd-3500ag a usb device i am running on windows XP sp3