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themiragemaker · 03-15-2005, 07:03 AM

Well, I did some research cos I was having trouble with this external drive via Firewire or USB. It kept rebooting and was very unstable on windows Xp Pro

I did a little research and saw many other people had the same problem and their were many threads where users said flashing the drive changed everything and solved the rebooting problem.

That's the flashing part for the external enclosure (PPA Intnl. Model #2230 - Prolific PL-3507 chipset)

I flashed the DVD drive cos initially I had just flashed only the external enclosure and wasn't getting any response - so thought if I flashed the DVD drive perhaps that might help.
While it says update successful and the firmware technically should allow this burner now to even read 4X DL (Dual Layer) DVD media, it still hasn't helped in actually accessing the drive.

Everything seems ok except that I can't read any drive. both firmware updates said they were successful.

Any ideas?
-themiragemaker.

03-15-2005, 07:03 AM	#3
themiragemaker Member (5 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 21	Why I flashed the firmware Well, I did some research cos I was having trouble with this external drive via Firewire or USB. It kept rebooting and was very unstable on windows Xp Pro I did a little research and saw many other people had the same problem and their were many threads where users said flashing the drive changed everything and solved the rebooting problem. That's the flashing part for the external enclosure (PPA Intnl. Model #2230 - Prolific PL-3507 chipset) I flashed the DVD drive cos initially I had just flashed only the external enclosure and wasn't getting any response - so thought if I flashed the DVD drive perhaps that might help. While it says update successful and the firmware technically should allow this burner now to even read 4X DL (Dual Layer) DVD media, it still hasn't helped in actually accessing the drive. Everything seems ok except that I can't read any drive. both firmware updates said they were successful. Any ideas? -themiragemaker.