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February 24th, 2002, 06:55 PM
arms

oh.oh

just tried to update my cd-burner {lg-8120b}firmware,it seemed to go good,but nowon boot-up it will not find it,not in bios either.
my dvd player is there, but no burner.i had to unplug the power from the burner,on boot up i would have to wait 5-8 min for "looking for ide devices"to stop .than only my dvd would show,tried switching master slave config,still no good.did i ruin my burner?

thanks!!

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T-BIRD 1400
WBK38 HSF
ABIT KT7A
512mg PC133 RAM
GEFORCE 3 VISIONTEK
SOUNDBLASTER LIVE PLATINUM 5.1/LIVE DRIVE
LG-CED8120b 32X8X12
TOSHIBA 16X DVD
LOGITECH Z-560 SPEAKERS
February 24th, 2002, 07:20 PM
pmckinnie

arms,

Use system restore to go back to a time before the update and see if everything is working.

most likely the upgrade didn't work as expected.

Post back the results and we can help you further.

mac

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If computers are so smart, why can't they fix themselfs??

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February 24th, 2002, 07:47 PM
Limerick

Hi arms,

I'm in hopes that mac is right. When I first read your post, I thought of rollng it back, too. But then I began to think that it would not roll back a flash to the burner's firmware, no?

Limerick
February 24th, 2002, 11:23 PM
arms

can't roll back a flash.i tried it,still no burner.

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T-BIRD 1400
WBK38 HSF
ABIT KT7A
512mg PC133 RAM
GEFORCE 3 VISIONTEK
SOUNDBLASTER LIVE PLATINUM 5.1/LIVE DRIVE
LG-CED8120b 32X8X12
TOSHIBA 16X DVD
LOGITECH Z-560 SPEAKERS
February 25th, 2002, 08:00 AM
arms

bump

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T-BIRD 1400
WBK38 HSF
ABIT KT7A
512mg PC133 RAM
GEFORCE 3 VISIONTEK
SOUNDBLASTER LIVE PLATINUM 5.1/LIVE DRIVE
LG-CED8120b 32X8X12
TOSHIBA 16X DVD
LOGITECH Z-560 SPEAKERS
February 25th, 2002, 10:22 AM
AlaricD

On SOME CD-ROM, CDRW, and DVD drives you can restore the factory firmware by powering down, then holding down the eject button while powering up the computer. The eject button must be held down from the time the power switch is turned on until the OS starts.

It may work for you-- good luck!

If it does restore the factory firmware, you can attempt to flash it again-- but make sure the boot disk you are using does not load any drivers whatsoever unless the flash utility specifically requires them. HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, SMARTDRV.EXE can all interfere w/ the flashing process. Just open a command.com window on a Win9x machine and do a "format a: /s" to get a bare-minimum boot diskette. The boot diskettes made by WinME and XP are typically not suitable for firmware upgrades.

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Am386DX-40 + Cx387DX-40
32MB, 128KB cache
(2) 540MB HD's
8x CD
2MB Video
SB16 PnP
DR-DOS 7.04
Win3.11 w/ Win32s
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Just because it's unusual doesn't make it a virus!
Ping is NOT an acronym!

[This message has been edited by AlaricD (edited 02-25-2002).]
February 26th, 2002, 04:51 AM
arms

AlaricD
THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!
UP AND RUNNING THANKS TO YOU!!!!

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T-BIRD 1400
WBK38 HSF
ABIT KT7A
512mg PC133 RAM
GEFORCE 3 VISIONTEK
SOUNDBLASTER LIVE PLATINUM 5.1/LIVE DRIVE
LG-CED8120b 32X8X12
TOSHIBA 16X DVD
LOGITECH Z-560 SPEAKERS
February 26th, 2002, 05:47 AM
Limerick

Hi Arms,

Wonderful news, this! Hats off to AlaricD for this very helpful information! I'd never heard about this before, and have filed it away for future reference!

Limerick
October 28th, 2002, 03:10 AM
J A L

WOW

Very Cool Restore Trick AlaricD!!! Thank You Very Much. Now I am going to go through all my failed dvds and cdroms out of old systems and give it a try! :D :cool: