URGENT HELP!! Please

[simonwallace]

Hi!!!

I hope you´re having a merry X-mas!!

Well, it´s x-mas day and I decided to venture on with the intallation of the patched FIRMWARE for my DVD and I miserably FAILED!!!!

I have a Toshiba with a Toshiba DVD C2505-1313 player
I found the Firmware (flash) file and decided to execute it today.

I created a DOS boot disk and everything was right.

I started the vup100k 1313.hex process and at the end I got the message:

Comparisson: error no stop/eject :eek: ...something like that.

So I rebooted and now my DVD just won´t even start. In fact it opens alright, but 3 sec. after I close it (no matter if empty or with a DVD in it) it REOPENS!!!! :mad:

Not even a hint of it trying to read at all.

I was truly hoping someone could give me a big hand in such desperate moments!!!!

Thank you in advance.

[Trancemaster]

I'm afraid it sounds like you've done a bad flash on your drive, meaning it's probably knackered, so your only real option is to try a different firmware (the original if possible) or buy a new drive!

Good Luck!


:smash:

[admin]

Make 100% sure that the firmware you are using is exactly the same one for your drive (sometimes a drive model number can look similar, eg. SD-1010a and SD-1010b).

Also make sure you do not have any discs in the drive when you are updating the firmware.

[simonwallace]

Thank you guys for posting your replys!!!

I have one Q.... Where can I find the original FIRMWARE????
Thank you very much again

I wish you a very happy new year!!! :)

[Trancemaster]

Just go on to Google and search for "The Firmware Page" It's should be one of the first results

Good Luck!

[simonwallace]

Hi!!

Thank you very much for your imput!!!

I visited the page today... they took out the SD-2502-X313 because of a bug thing... and there´s no trace of the SD-2502-1313 which is the precise firmware for me (which I used for the bad flash) They released it a few months ago and I d/l it... I had it waiting until recently, but I guess it didn´t work either and that´s why it´s gone for the moment... so I´ll guess I´ll have to wait until they figure that one out.... :(

A good thing though; I found the new version for Driveinfo (2.1) which works ok now... it displays my DVD driver as NOT REGION PROTECTED!!!!! It´s great... but it just keeps bumping my DVD open without any options....

Anyway... it´s just a few hours now until the new year beginns and I wish you the very best!!!

Thanks again, hope to hear from you soon.