Optorite dvd-r 2.30 bad flash!!

pflash, wflash does not find the flash through ide force.

When i read this post i am afraid my dvd is dead

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=20490

 

http://www.alamopc.org/pcalamode/reviews/current/R20031012.shtml

This link demonstrate that the 5th jumper to the right is to enable DMA.

So may be you have killed your flash but not enough as us and you were able to make it at list recognizable by the ide channel.

I think my flash has also killed the bootcode it looks like with GSM mobile. when you kill the boot code your phone is also dead and does not start. Worst sometime you are compelled to change the PCB

Good luck for the other



Cannot find any information on factory setting anywhere

I will give up and send it back for RMA

 

Just flashed my drive to 2.30 via DOS. Everything went fine. Very much relieved.

Optorite has taken the DOS version of 2.30 off their web-site, but one can email them for it. That's how I got mine.

It appears that the DOS flash is the way to go.

 

i tried pstokes told me and it didnt work, maybe my problem is different from him cuz there was no light on at all in his optorite, but since mine died it keeps a green light always on... anyone else has my problem? and if u were able to fix it tell me please...

 

Sorry to bring up an old topic, but I've been looking for answers for days and have still to find any. I have the same problem as a chap above, and I even PM'd him to see if he got a fix for it.

"My PC won't boot with the drive plugged in now. It never gets past 'Detecting IDE devices'. If I only plug in the power cable the drive still stays totally incactive. The tray doesn't even draw in. Complete paper weight.

Moving the jumper doesn't do anything. I've tried all positions, no luck, it still isn't detected in the BIOS"

For a while my CDROM stopped working too, but I managed to tinker and get that working. Has anyone found a solution who had this problem, and if not, what did they do?

 

Updated my Optorite DD0201 drive to Firmware update 2.30 just after xmas with no problems at all, Now new Firmware update 2.50 & thats worked fine for me aswell (windows EXE. update not DOS)