As you can see at http://i4net.tv/yamaha-crwf1/Yamaha-CRW-F1-page2.html I shoved my Yamaha CRW-F1E internal ide drive into a USB 2.0 external cd-rom enclosure it's using the 1.0b firmware right now.

I'm using WinXP Pro I want to upgrade the firmware on my CRW-F1 but it's installed in USB 2.0 external drive.

My pc it's connected to

P4 2.26B Northwood
Abit BD7-II non-raid with IAA 2.2 drivers and USB 2.0 patch and drivers
512MB Corsair XMS3200PT cas 2-3-3
128MB X-Micro GF4 Ti4200 VIVO
2 x 80 Western Digital Caviar 800JB 8MB cache hdd
(in Lian Li RH58 Aluminium removable drive racks on Promise ATA100 controller)
Pioneer 16x 106s DVD-rom (primary master)
LiteOn 32x/12x/40x CD-RW burner (secondary master)
Chieftec/EYO AX01-SLD Aluminium Mid Tower Case
520W Topower Gold Dual Fan PSU

but step 0 says

quote:

---

0. <This step is for Windows 2000 and XP user -
in this case, the drive is connected to the secondary IDE cable as slave>

Open the "Control Panel" and double-click on the "System" icon.
Select the "Hardware" tab and click on "Device Manager".
And click the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" icon to open the
"Secondary IDE Channel" window. Then double-click the "Advanced Settings" tab.
Then choose "PIO Only" to uncheck "DMA" option.

---

but my Yamaha CRW-F1 burner isn't connected to any IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers ? my 2 hard drivers are on promise ATA100 controller and I have

Pioneer 16x on primary master on motherboard IDE0
LiteOn 32x CD-RW on secondary master on motherboard IDE1



what should i do ??

thanks

Put Yamaha in an IDE channel, firmware upgrade it and return it back to the USB 2.0 channel

(in reply to eva2000)

heh... i guess it's the only way *** sigh ***

(in reply to eva2000)

Well it is the Safest Way !!!

(in reply to eva2000)

okay i have my yamaha crw-f1 installed as secondary master IDE channel.. but in winxp pro under properties for secondary IDE channel there is no Advance Settings tab ???

(in reply to eva2000)

Hi eva2000
There won't be if you have IAA 2.2 Installed that replace's the Advanced Settings and you can adjust the settings from it !!!
I hope this helps !!!

(in reply to eva2000)

ah so i need to uninstall IAA 2.2 ?

(in reply to eva2000)

No there is no need to uninstall it as I have already said you can adjust the settings from it if you are not sure how to do this I suggest you goto :-
ftp://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/manual2.pdf
And there you will find the full instructions for I.A.A. !!!
I hope this helps !!!

(in reply to eva2000)

i see..

IAA only shows

PIO-0
PIO-1
PIO-2
PIO-3

What do i choose ?

(in reply to eva2000)

hehe i uninstalled IAA to be sure and set to PIO only and updated

(in reply to eva2000)

OH Good !!!

(in reply to eva2000)

yup testing it today :)

but need more cd-r discs hehe

(in reply to eva2000)

Well 5 days have gone and still no results from his Test with a bit of look His computer is broken and that means no more pretty pictures HORRAY !!!

(in reply to eva2000)

*whips out digi-cam. mmmm... wonder if I get my computer to pose for me, and take pictures of it.

(in reply to eva2000)

L.O.L.

(in reply to eva2000)

quote:

---

Originally posted by Laffin Assassin

Well 5 days have gone and still no results from his Test with a bit of look His computer is broken and that means no more pretty pictures HORRAY !!!

---

huh ... been busy hehe :)

(in reply to eva2000)