On Friday 04 October 2002 12:28 pm, David Guntner wrote: <surgical snips> > > It's over a year old, though I can't say exactly *how* old - a HP CD-Witer > Plus 8100i. The thing burns CD-RWs at 2X speed and CD-Rs at 4X. > > That's a good suggestion and I'm glad you made it. It never occurred to me > that this might be fixable by way of a firmware update. I just went > through the nightmare that's HP's website and HP's phone (lack of) support, > and found that the only firmware update I can get to on their site is for > version 1.0g - which, unfortunately, my Windows device manager properties > page shows is already *in* the burner. No one I talked to at HP support > was able to help me in any way, and because the burner is old enough to be > out of warranty now, I'd have to pay $25 to talk to a "real" tech. And I > refuse to fork over $25 just to have a tech tell me that there's no other > firmware available. From what I can find at HP's website, it doesn't look > like they noticed that that model can't handle the larger media. > > Thanks for the suggestion, though. > > --Dave
You've very welcome Dave; even though I'm sorry there was no help in the suggestion. I just 'Googled' the burner in question (yours) and didn't see a thing that leaped out as help for you at all. Damn! I still wish you luck though. I guess I can't complain about my Mitsumi any more; since it seems it's older than the HP you have and burns almost any bleedin' ISO (or anything else) at rated maximum (4x4x24) using whatever disk is available. CD-R or CD-RW. When I bought it the burner was cheaper ($349 Canadian $ than the Plextors and HPs that were available) by $70. I think 'bargain' is an accurate now somehow. :-) While going back through the data and links I saved when I updated the firmware the first time I clicked the link to Mitsumi's support site and found another update to take care of the device not being able to read/write CD-RWs larger than 650 MB. So thanks for the spur! You helped _me_ by asking the questions you did, and by making me think about an agravation that I had. :-) -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org You may have heard that a dean is to faculty as a hydrant is to a dog. -- Alfred Kahn
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