firmware upgrdde

[scottytaz]

recently bought a philips dvdr1640k writer and flashed the latest firmware upgrade to it now drive burns slower wondering if theres any way to go back to its original firmware any help would be much appreciated

[jmet]

Welcome to the forums scottytaz! Upgrading your firmware by no means she make it slower. First thing I would do, is check your DMA mode.

Check your DMA settings - How ? do this -> Go to Control Panel> System> Hardware Tab> Device Manager> IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers> Right Click Primary IDE channel (and Secondary IDE channel after you finish with Primary)> Properties> Advanced Settings Tab> Transfer Mode or <a href="http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=101616">click here to learn.</a>

Do the above from both "Primary & Secondary IDE channels".

I (We) and you need to look at whats in both "Transfer Mode" and "Current Transfer Mode". Screen shot below is what I'm talking about.


You can also look here for some other solutions: http://sniptools.com/vault/getting-b...windows-xp.htm

If it is in "PIO" mode. Click the "Driver" tab, and uninstall the driver. Then reboot. Upon rebooting windows will automatically reinstall the driver and it should go back to "DMA" mode.




Or perhaps your burning to a different speed rated disc. Not all disc's are rated for the same speed.

[blutach]

Should the firmware turn out to be the problem, you can download previous versions (or future ones) from here.

Regards