Flash BIOS to update DVD burner

[Darryl]

When attempting to burn DVDs I received a hardware error.
Discovered that a firmware update was available for my
internal I/O Magic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Drive (actually made
by Optorite, Model DD0401). I have Win2K Pro installed as
NTFS. The instructions for flashing the BIOS indicate I
need to boot to DOS in order to perform the update. Since
Windows 2000 does not have an Emergency Boot Disk that
will actually boot to a DOS prompt -- how should I proceed?

I tried running the update program from floppy drive A via
the RUN command from the Start menu). It appeared to run
OK; however, I received the following error message:

"Unable to update, check BIN file."

What BIN file? The BIOS update file consists of only one
file with an EXE extension.

 

[techno]

When attempting to burn DVDs I received a hardware error.
Discovered that a firmware update was available for my
internal I/O Magic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Drive (actually made
by Optorite, Model DD0401). I have Win2K Pro installed as
NTFS. The instructions for flashing the BIOS indicate I
need to boot to DOS in order to perform the update. Since
Windows 2000 does not have an Emergency Boot Disk that
will actually boot to a DOS prompt -- how should I proceed?

I tried running the update program from floppy drive A via
the RUN command from the Start menu). It appeared to run
OK; however, I received the following error message:

Don't, Don't, Don't run a flash program from a window.
You're asking to damage the flash program permanently.

Get a boot image disk for MS-DOS 6.22 and boot from it.
Then run the flash program.

"Unable to update, check BIN file."

Normally the bBIN file is a seperate file from the EXE.
Possibly the BIN is inside the EXE, so try it again AFTER
you boot from a true DOS disk.

 

[David Hollway [MVP]]

When attempting to burn DVDs I received a hardware error.
Discovered that a firmware update was available for my
internal I/O Magic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Drive (actually made
by Optorite, Model DD0401). I have Win2K Pro installed as
NTFS. The instructions for flashing the BIOS indicate I
need to boot to DOS in order to perform the update. Since
Windows 2000 does not have an Emergency Boot Disk that
will actually boot to a DOS prompt -- how should I proceed?

Hi,

Try downloading a DOS boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then copying the
firmware update file(s) to it.

Hope this helps..

 

[techno]

When attempting to burn DVDs I received a hardware error.
Discovered that a firmware update was available for my
internal I/O Magic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Drive (actually made
by Optorite, Model DD0401). I have Win2K Pro installed as
NTFS. The instructions for flashing the BIOS indicate I
need to boot to DOS in order to perform the update. Since
Windows 2000 does not have an Emergency Boot Disk that
will actually boot to a DOS prompt -- how should I proceed?

I tried running the update program from floppy drive A via
the RUN command from the Start menu). It appeared to run
OK; however, I received the following error message:

"Unable to update, check BIN file."

What BIN file? The BIOS update file consists of only one
file with an EXE extension.

I forgot to give you a site for the MS-DOS boot image.

http://www.svrops.com/svrops/dwnlddisk.htm

 

[Paul Hopwood]

When attempting to burn DVDs I received a hardware error.
Discovered that a firmware update was available for my
internal I/O Magic 8x DVD+/-RW Dual Drive (actually made
by Optorite, Model DD0401). I have Win2K Pro installed as
NTFS. The instructions for flashing the BIOS indicate I
need to boot to DOS in order to perform the update. Since
Windows 2000 does not have an Emergency Boot Disk that
will actually boot to a DOS prompt -- how should I proceed?

I tried running the update program from floppy drive A via
the RUN command from the Start menu). It appeared to run
OK; however, I received the following error message:

"Unable to update, check BIN file."

What BIN file? The BIOS update file consists of only one
file with an EXE extension.

It's quite likely you're missing something needed for the upgrade.
Firmware updates typically consist of an executable program (.EXE)
which performs the actual update and a binary dump of the new firmware
(.BIN in this instance).

In any event it's generally much safer to carry out firmware updates
outside of Windows, from a bootable floppy disk, unless the vendor
specifically provides Windows programs for the purpose. If you have
an old version of Windows or DOS available you can use those.
Alternatively there are many resources on the web from which you can
download examples of boot disks. A Google search should come up with
something fairly quickly.

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iv< Paul >iv<

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[Colon Terminus]

You need to get someone who knows what they're doing to help you. It's be
real easy to get your DVD burner into a state where it won't work at all ...
ever.