Hi,

A little googling reveals that Olympus makes a firmware for the NEC drive,
so the labeling you are seeing may be due to that. It should be
inconsequential to use, I would be more concerned about whether or not it
does what you bought it for.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"news.btconnect.com" <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote in
message news:do39uv$2o3$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> Hi Rick. Thanks for troubling to reply.
>
> It does write CDs but I haven't been able to try DVDs yet.
>
> No, I'm pretty sure it's not rebranded - it has the correct labelling and
> all. It's an internal replacement drive; I'm certain that Olympus don't
> make their own and that NEC do.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve.
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23OAtZc3AGHA.344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> A) Is it working as expected otherwise?
>>
>> B) Are you sure it is not a rebranded device? This is quite common.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "news.btconnect.com" <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote in
>> message news:do2cpc$t5e$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I have just installed an NEC ND6500A DVD Writer on my Inspiron 8200
>>> laptop; however in Device Manager it has installed as an Olympus
>>> S-DVD-100, and I cannot get it to be recognised correctly. I can't find
>>> a proper ini file anywhere for it, and NEC's website just says that you
>>> don't need one for Windows XP, which I am using (SP2).
>>>
>>> Can anyone help? Either with advice or an ini file?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks Rick.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uuFC8PDBGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> A little googling reveals that Olympus makes a firmware for the NEC drive,
> so the labeling you are seeing may be due to that. It should be
> inconsequential to use, I would be more concerned about whether or not it
> does what you bought it for.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "news.btconnect.com" <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote in
> message news:do39uv$2o3$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> Hi Rick. Thanks for troubling to reply.
>>
>> It does write CDs but I haven't been able to try DVDs yet.
>>
>> No, I'm pretty sure it's not rebranded - it has the correct labelling and
>> all. It's an internal replacement drive; I'm certain that Olympus don't
>> make their own and that NEC do.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Steve.
>>
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23OAtZc3AGHA.344@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A) Is it working as expected otherwise?
>>>
>>> B) Are you sure it is not a rebranded device? This is quite common.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>> "news.btconnect.com" <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote in
>>> message news:do2cpc$t5e$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>> Hi all.
>>>>
>>>> I have just installed an NEC ND6500A DVD Writer on my Inspiron 8200
>>>> laptop; however in Device Manager it has installed as an Olympus
>>>> S-DVD-100, and I cannot get it to be recognised correctly. I can't
>>>> find a proper ini file anywhere for it, and NEC's website just says
>>>> that you don't need one for Windows XP, which I am using (SP2).
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone help? Either with advice or an ini file?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>