Mainframeguy
Debiant by way of Ubuntu
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- 29 Aug 2002
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OK - I have to be honest right up front - I did something pretty stupid (I know that now). I tried to upgrade the firmware in my DVD R/W with a flash and it failed.
Afterwards I found I had lost both the DVD and my CD R/W - ouch!
I have since unplugged power and IDE ribbon from my DVD to try to restore CD, but it is disabled by device manager and cannot re-enable (code 26). The CD was master and DVD was slave (now unplugged).
I have found manufacturers firmware online for DVD and may later try that as last resort (it's a BTC dual 1004IE) - the CD was an optiwrite.
Have I ended up with two very expensive paperweights? Or is there any hope for me?
Afterwards I found I had lost both the DVD and my CD R/W - ouch!
I have since unplugged power and IDE ribbon from my DVD to try to restore CD, but it is disabled by device manager and cannot re-enable (code 26). The CD was master and DVD was slave (now unplugged).
I have found manufacturers firmware online for DVD and may later try that as last resort (it's a BTC dual 1004IE) - the CD was an optiwrite.
Have I ended up with two very expensive paperweights? Or is there any hope for me?