do I need a new burner?

[volfann]

Floppy.lol that brings back memories from long ago. do they still make them?

[LT. Columbo]

i bet not, how much data did those hold again?

[volfann]

If I remember correctly I last used a floppy sometime around Y2K. I think it held about a meg and a half.

[discman]

it wasnt suggested on the instructions i downloaded .i had no problems flashing it .went like clockwork.and my burns seem fine,, how would you know if you had done it wrong??it only suggested closing apps.not safemode.

[Chewy]

to get the best flash, make sure the burner is standalone master on the secondary ide, flash in safe mode and then after rebooting try a burn and scan

shhh! don't tell everybody this

[discman]

so do you think ive done any damage?

[Chewy]

only if things aren't doing as well as they should

[discman]

what do you mean?

[Chewy]

bad burns

[discman]

they seem ok.as i said ,safemode wasnt suggested.if you wreck your burner with a bad flash.do you just replace it???

[Chewy]

I had one very hard flash turning an nec 1100 into a 1300 and the burner rebooted into a safe mode with light flashing, I reflashed and then powered down not rebooted, it fixed it. Another mod here flashed his with a disk in drive and killed it, won't name names, I have done that twice, but reflashed and the drive is fine. He was just looking for an excuse to upgrade. By booting to dos and the right flasher I think he could have fixed it.

[discman]

will it do any harm if i reflash again in safe mode?but it seems fine

[LT. Columbo]

chewy is explaining the technical side of things. if you are burning ok, you're fine.

[Chewy]

reflashing is fine if you suspect there might have been a problem with the first flash, I had one personal experience where I suspected my firmware had gotten corrupt and another where someone here reflashed and fixed their burns.

[discman]

its just you got me worried saying ..you didnt boot in dangerous mode did you..im sweating here......should have said flash in danger mode......