I hosed the Firmware on the CDRW
This is a discussion about I hosed the Firmware on the CDRW in the Windows Hardware category; On the Yamaha 2100. . . going from 1. 0h to 1. 0n. Downloaded the latest (n), disabled DMA, Ran the install. Got 'firmware write error'. Drive now displays as 'YAMAHA CRW2100S_CORE. Firmware reverted to 1.
On the Yamaha 2100... going from 1.0h to 1.0n.
Downloaded the latest (n), disabled DMA, Ran the install.
Got 'firmware write error'.
Drive now displays as 'YAMAHA CRW2100S_CORE. Firmware reverted to 1.0f.
I did this same FW upgrade on this machine when I had a Yamy IDE 2100 in it and all went fine. That was on NT, before I did the dual boot.
The IDE drive was really flakey so it's in the closet and the SCSI is on board. The new CDRW ran sweet for 6 months. After the dual boot install it started wigging so I thought I'd try the FW upgrade.
Now it's toast.
Is there any way to save it?
[side note to all with CDRW's. Turns out the IDE CDRW was freaking because the power supply was inadequate. When it fried I put a beefier one in and the CDRW ran fine. Sadly, the low power damaged the inwards on the drive and I got 'bad kernel or private' or some such errors on it. Hence the banishment to the closet.]
Downloaded the latest (n), disabled DMA, Ran the install.
Got 'firmware write error'.
Drive now displays as 'YAMAHA CRW2100S_CORE. Firmware reverted to 1.0f.
I did this same FW upgrade on this machine when I had a Yamy IDE 2100 in it and all went fine. That was on NT, before I did the dual boot.
The IDE drive was really flakey so it's in the closet and the SCSI is on board. The new CDRW ran sweet for 6 months. After the dual boot install it started wigging so I thought I'd try the FW upgrade.
Now it's toast.
Is there any way to save it?
[side note to all with CDRW's. Turns out the IDE CDRW was freaking because the power supply was inadequate. When it fried I put a beefier one in and the CDRW ran fine. Sadly, the low power damaged the inwards on the drive and I got 'bad kernel or private' or some such errors on it. Hence the banishment to the closet.]
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Solved it.
I have a SCSI scanner on the same loop. Unplugged the scanner and the flash worked perfectly.
The CDRW seems better behaved as well but that might be a function of the firmware upgrade.
I have a SCSI scanner on the same loop. Unplugged the scanner and the flash worked perfectly.
The CDRW seems better behaved as well but that might be a function of the firmware upgrade.
