Re: Problems 40X ACER IDE cdrom and 2.6 snapshot

[Ian McWilliam <i.mcwilliam@cit.nepean.uws.edu.au>]

>On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Ian McWilliam wrote:
>
>> >Interesting...  our Diamond Data 36x and 40x drives work fine, as did the
>> >ancient Matsushita CR-581 and another CD/DVD drive.
>[..snip..]
>> Haven't checked firmware revisions yet, but i'm sure there must be
>> differences.
>[..snip..]
>> 40x 640A-123 manufact may 1999
>> 32x 632A-023 manufact march 1998
>
>The plot thickens - those look a lot like the model numbers on the ACER
>drives...  I have a sneaking suspicion your Diamond Data drives are
>actually rebadged/OEM'd ACERs (or maybe it's the other way around).
>
>Actually, looking at this Diamond Data 36X here (which works), it has a
>model number 636A-323.  Are we confused yet?
>

Getting that way. Ok found some firware updates for the Diamond Data drives
that are 32x or greater.

http://www.mitsubishi-electric.com.au/


What's the firmware revision on your Working Diamond Data drive?

The current 36X diamond data firmware revision is 636A-323  T6HP

I'll download the lastest for the other drives and test'em out.

Ahhh...just got a HTTP 404 error for one of the firware update links!!!!

Oh well I'll try the 32x update and see how that goes.



Catch ya,

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