I taked this drive from my friend, installed it in my PC, pushed CD into it and... nothing. The drive does not recognise it! I used the same drive month ago and it worked without problems, but now... What is the problem? The drive died or what? Please help me if you can. P.S. I installed the lastest firmware a3210d_e.
It's possible the drive died though if you used it a month ago and it was fine, it's unlikely. I've still got a CRW3200 in another PC and it's still cranking right along. It could be that an ASPI update would fix the problem. Here's a good link to the download and instructions: http://www.hazza.dsl.pipex.com/faq.htm#ASPI
My friend bought it 2.5 years ago. He burnd less then 200 CD's. And for regular disks he used his DVD. I used this drive month ago and it worked (I burned about 100 disks). Now it does not recognise even regular CD's. I tried what you say, but without result. Any idea???
Tried it... Still does not work. Windows (XP Profesional) install it without problems. Recognise it like Yamaha CRW3200E... I think my system is OK. Thanks for your answers.
You might be able to revive it with a firmware flash but it sounds like its toast too. Sigh ... memories of my LG 48x24x48 ... 172 discs and it dies in peace