it's lengthy, but here's what Nero tool kit reports on the hardware (at the moment of this capture, there was a Lord Of The Rings DVD in the drive tray - notice it reports that the drive is empty):
Nero InfoTool 2.04
Drive Information
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Drive : _NEC NR-7800A
Type : CD-RW Recorder
Firmware Version : 1.30
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : ?
Drive Letter : D:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 40 X
Write Speed : 16 X
Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : No
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : No
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : No
Read DVD-RW : No
Read DVD+R : No
Read DVD+RW : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes
Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : No
Write DVD-RW : No
Write DVD+R : No
Write DVD+RW : No
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 96
Disc Information (D:\)
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Type : - no disc inserted -
Drive Information
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Drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-1200AD
Type : DVD-R/RW Combo Drive
Firmware Version : 1.00
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : 39M1H72S111
Drive Letter : E:\
Location : 1:1
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 40, 32, 24, 10 X
Write Speed : 16, 8, 4 X
Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : No
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes
Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96
Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : None
Changes User : 5
Changes Vendor : 4
Disc Information (E:\)
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Type : - no disc inserted -
Interface Information
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Adapter 1
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Description : Primary IDE Channel
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Attached Devices
Description : Master: WDC WD800BB-00CCB0
Type : Disk Drive
DMA : On
Adapter 2
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Description : Secondary IDE Channel
Driver
Description : System32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
Company : Microsoft Corporation
Version : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Description : IDE/ATAPI Port Driver
Attached Devices
Description : Master: _NEC NR-7800A
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On
Description : Slave: _NEC DVD_RW ND-1200AD
Type : CD-Rom Drive
DMA : On
Autorun : On
Software Information
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Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.01.2600 Service Pack 1)
ASPI : Win32 Nero Aspi Library 2.0.1.59 Ahead Software AG
Description : Nero Burning ROM
Version : 6, 0, 0, 15
Company : Ahead Software AG
Version Check : Ok
Description : PowerDVD
Version : 5.00.0603
Company : CyberLink Corp.
Hardware Information
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CPU : AMD Athlon 1050 MHz
Bus Speed : 100 MHz
Motherboard : 8363-686
System : VIA VT8363
BIOS : Award 6.00 PG
Memory : 512 MB (70ns)
Sound : VIA AC'97 Audio (WAVE)
Video : ?
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Lower Filters
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Upper Filters
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Video Codecs
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Cinepak Codec by Radius : 1.10.0.6
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
Intel Indeo(R) Video R3.2
Intel Indeo® Video 4.5 : 4.51.16.03
Intel IYUV codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Microsoft RLE : 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Microsoft Video 1 : 5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Toshiba YUV Codec : 5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148)
Microsoft YUV : 5.3.0000000.900 built by: DIRECTX
Microsoft H.263 Video Codec : 4.4.3400
Microsoft H.261 Video Codec : 4.4.3400
Indeo® video 5.10 : R.5.10.15.2.55
PICVideo MJPEG Codec : 2.10.0.25
PCLEPIM1 32-bit Compressor : 2.00
Studio MP10 Decompressor : 1.00
Audio Codecs
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Microsoft IMA ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft ADPCM CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft CCITT G.711 A-Law and u-Law CODEC : 4.00.0.0
Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC : 4.00.0.0
DSP Group TrueSpeech(TM) Software CODEC : 1.00.0.0
Microsoft G.723.1 CODEC : 1.02.0.1
Windows Media Audio : 4.02.0.0
Sipro Lab Telecom ACELP.net audio codec : 3.02.0.0
Indeo® audio software : 2.05.0.53
Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced) : 1.09.1.49
CyberLink MPEG Layer-3 Encoder : 1.00.0.0
Microsoft PCM Converter : 5.00.0.0
ASPI Information
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System ASPI : ASPI is not installed
Nero ASPI : ASPI is installed and working properly
WNASPI32.DLL : 2.0.1.59 160016 bytes June 17, 2003