failed dvd rom firmware update

Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the old
firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read the
cd in the drive, since no firmware. So right now I have a dvd drive that
has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

chuck

that will teach ya` this computer term.....
if it ain`t broke , don`t fix it....


"chuck clark" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the old
firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read the
cd in the drive, since no firmware. So right now I have a dvd drive
that
has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

chuck

ok well it didn't read dvd-r's so i needed to update the firmware
to give it this ablity.


Brad wrote:

that will teach ya` this computer term.....
if it ain`t broke , don`t fix it....


"chuck clark" wrote in message
...


Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the old
firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read the
cd in the drive, since no firmware. So right now I have a dvd drive


that


has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

chuck

First, go into your bios and choose to boot from your current HDD. Go on
the net and grab the firmware, or the version before the one you failed.

There're 2 things you can try booting up that baby:

1. Boot from a USB flash drive, if your mobo supports it. Copy the firmware
and flash util to this usb drive and boot it and flash it back.

OR

2. install a floppy and do the same thing.

I know how it'd feel like cuz my box don't have a floppy either :P

-bron

"chuck clark" ???
???...
ok well it didn't read dvd-r's so i needed to update the firmware
to give it this ablity.


Brad wrote:

that will teach ya` this computer term.....
if it ain`t broke , don`t fix it....


"chuck clark" wrote in message
...


Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the
old
firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read the
cd in the drive, since no firmware. So right now I have a dvd drive


that


has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If
i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

chuck

chuck clark wrote:
Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the
old firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read
the
cd in the drive, since no firmware.

Man, sorry to make light of your misfortune but that's just plain dumb. I'm
just glad I didn't try it. :-) (I have been known to have dumb moments
myself)

I may have to share your story though, it's a classic, in the "What not to
do" sense.

Commiserations on your drive, I hope you can get it fixed. Kony's suggestion
sounds viable. Althoug I'd have power hooked up to both drives and just swap
the IDE while it's running. With an older PC if you can get your hands on
one. With any luck (and you deserve some) it shouldn't damage the IDE
controller. I'd attempt it for you on one of my older machines if you were
local to me but it's a long way from Texas to New Zealand.
--
~misfit~

Time for a new drive.

--
DaveW



"chuck clark" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom. First off it is a pioneer 500m. I have no floppy drive
on this
box so I burned a dos bootable cd and put it in the pioneer drive and
rebooted. I put the firmware update on the bootable cd also.

So when i booted to dos, i ran the firmware update. It deleted the old
firmware fine, and then just froze, since then it could not read the
cd in the drive, since no firmware. So right now I have a dvd drive
that
has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

chuck

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:39:03 GMT, chuck clark
wrote:

Ok, i just did the dumbest thing i could possibly do updating the
firmware on
this dvd-rom.

So right now I have a dvd drive that
has no firmware and I can not boot with it installed on my machine. If i
try, the light stays on on the drive and the machine hangs 'detecting
IDE devices..'

I am not able to get into my bios set up or anything. I have no idea
how to
fix this. Any ideas?

google for MtkWinFlash program /carefully read instructions!/

you can flash your drive from Windoze even if the drive can not be
seen in device manager

worth a try ..

-- Regards, SPAJKY ®
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