Some Worries B4 Buying Dvd Burner

[Mr. Elmo]

yea, i been wanting to get a dvd burner for my old amd 1900 machine for a while and i saw this one at newegg. the current dvd writer i have have no problems, but i read a review from someplace mentioning user of this drive should updates the firmware for it to work at 4x w/ most disc brand. i saw somewhere on this forum that somebody said they updated their firmware and it causes systym instability and drive failure...is this true? can updating the firmware do that? i dont want to waste 83 dollars.

[jay973]

Firmware upgrades are always at your own risk.No guarantees.

[Robert00000]

firmware updates shouldnt really cause problems if its done properly. Its very rare for it to result in a damaged/unstable drive. This happens if there is a power loss or crash during upgrade or the use of the wrong firmware for the drive .

In the case of this guy it could have been bad code thats caused the probs.

[serpico]

My suggestion if your using Windows XP don't worry about just plug in and go XP should have the nessacarry drivers

[Livy]

Originally posted by serpico@23 January 2004 - 05:41
My suggestion if your using Windows XP don't worry about just plug in and go XP should have the nessacarry drivers

hes on about the firmware. not drivers.it kinda like a bios, or os for the drive

[Mr. Elmo]

so should if i buy it, i shouldnt have any problems updating the firmware?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by Mr. Elmo@23 January 2004 - 15:53
so should if i buy it, i shouldnt have any problems updating the firmware?

No, updating the firmware of the drive shouldn't be a problem at all. As long as you have the correct firmware update everything should go fine

[Mr. Elmo]

ok, ty for all the help...just order it along w/ a new 80Gb WD hdd...so basically everything in the comp is new except for the cpu.

[Livy]

ive upgraded the firmware on my mitsumi cd-rw a few times, and all went fine