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CD-Burner gone banjaxed :(

  • 29-07-2003 8:59pm
    #1
    Gangsta
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    I have a Phillips CD-Writer (CDD4801/82) and it's gone bollocks on me, the red light on it turns on (it's reading but no CD inside) and the PC freezes.

    Any ideas?


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  • #2
    cartman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭cartman


    attention to all CDRW buyers..
    by the looks of things 2 philips cdr's bustin' today..
    Do not Buy a Philips CD


  • #3
    GUI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭GUI


    flash the firmware..

    newest firmware might do the trick


  • #4
    Webmonkey
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    Does this only happen within the OS? Maybe some program is trying to access the drive. if not then it could be a physical problem...


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Originally posted by cartman
    attention to all CDRW buyers..
    by the looks of things 2 philips cdr's bustin' today..
    Do not Buy a Philips CD

    I was actually thinking of saying that in my thread. dont, by any means, touch these things with a ten foot poll. I'm on my second one atm.


  • #6
    Webmonkey
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    I search google for these symptoms and they all based on the Philips CDRW - i wud advise not 2 get it either


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  • #7
    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    Any2 know where to get the latest firmware for every Phillips burner that works with XP?


  • #8
    Webmonkey
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    Originally posted by Gangsta
    Any2 know where to get the latest firmware for every Phillips burner that works with XP?

    I doubt that its your firmware but maybe ur current one got messed up, a update formight be good - maybe it will do the trick


  • #9
    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    Yeh thats gr8 but, I still don't know where the latest firmware is.


  • #10
    Stephen
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    Try looking on http://www.firmware.fr.st

    Or you could buy a new one, since CDRW drives are utterly dirt cheap these days :)


  • #11
    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    Thanx Stephen, I'd rather fix my burner than get a new one as I am strapped for cash, btw, is there any chance I can crash my PC when installin the new firmware?


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  • #12
    Gangsta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Gangsta


    Any1 know how to flash it? I got and executable but whenver I run it an error cums up.


  • #13
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    In my experience, most of those firmware flashers from that site will not work under windows. You will have to get an MSDOS boot disk and run the firmware flash program from that.


  • #14
    Webmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,579 ✭✭✭Webmonkey


    Originally posted by Stephen
    In my experience, most of those firmware flashers from that site will not work under windows. You will have to get an MSDOS boot disk and run the firmware flash program from that.

    Yeah outside of shell mode but I think i've seen ones that can do it inside, maybe its jsut BIOS writes that need to be outside


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