Hi,
I did not have all your problems, I searched for a firmware to fix my maximum 24x problem. I could only burn at that speed with certain cds and only burn at 10x for the rest. I used the dangerous brothers rpc1 firmware upgrade. If you use the e112auto, you take the risk of destroying your drive, but for me it fixed everything. When I play dvds, I can barely hear the drive running. It recognizes all cds and burns at 24x. Try at your risk.

(in reply to Iggy)

Also, the previous message was from a compaq presario 2182us user. Compaq/HP tech support can kiss my ass

(in reply to mbd2885)

hy. this is my first post
Well, i have the sam problem...i can't burn cd with 24 speed. Some cds are burned with only 4 speed, and some with 10 speed. But i cant get old 24 speed.
I have laptop HP Pavillion.
Please help me. I already tried 0111AUTO.EXE and 0111RPC1.EXE from dangerous brother but doesn't help

happy new year to all

(in reply to mbd2885)

Does any one know whee I can find a driver for a HL-DT-ST re/dvd gcc-4241n firmware for my hp pavillion laptop? I haven't been able to find anything on the HP website.

(in reply to mbd2885)

quote:

ORIGINAL: oneohthree

Does any one know whee I can find a driver for a HL-DT-ST re/dvd gcc-4241n firmware for my hp pavillion laptop? I haven't been able to find anything on the HP website.

yoo.. it has been quite sometime. i have not visited this forum..
well here is the url where you can find the rfirmware
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1695

(in reply to oneohthree)

Like mbd2885, I was having problems with my Compaq Presario's (2800T) GCC-4240N. I had flashed many times with the Dangerous Bros Auto 0111 firmware, which worked fine, but didn't solve increasing problems. The worst problem I was having lately was the mounting inability of the drive to erase my CD-RWs, in some cases just resulting in a whole lot of rumbling noise. So I bit the bullet and did as mdb2885 did, flashing to the Dell-specific Auto version E112. Lo and behold, things are much better now. I successfully full-erased a CD-RW and then burned it at 10x. A Nero Drivespeed test shows my CD-Rs burning at an average of 17x and peak of just over 24x (if I understand this correctly). So far so good. If anyone's had any experience with other firmware being used on other manufacturer's systems, please post the results here.

(in reply to Brotherjoe)

New followup. Now I think my drive is just going bad. No matter what firmware I flash, the drive is noisy and won't blank or write to CD-RWs that I can still use with an older PCMCIA-driven rewriteable drive. Oh well.

(in reply to Jasman)

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(in reply to mbd2885)

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(in reply to graver)

Hi All,

I have the same problem as many here, my HL-DT-ST re/dvd GCC-4240N on a Compaq Presario 900 series will happily read DVDs but will not read CDs.

I tried a lens cleaner (the only thing suggested by my support) with no improvement. I don't understand firmware and what it does, i downloaded the zip file from
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=15&manufactor=16 but I am a little nervous of opening it after reading the disclaimer, can anyone either walk me through what exactly i need to do, i.e. do i need to install it in a particular place or carry out any particular instructions. 

Or does anyone have any other specific advice on how to fix this problem, there seems to be a hell of a lot of different pieces of advice depending on the model.

Alternatively, i have looked at buying a new one of these, and i am finding similar products between £30 and £300 and just don't know what i am looking for and why the prices vary so much and if i do buy a new one, can i just take the old one out and stick the new one in and it will work??

Thanks very much for any help you can give.
Emma

(in reply to przemek)

Hello, I have the some combo. I have de some problem, only can burn at 4x and 10x CDR & CDRW. Read i no have problem yet.
My laptop is  a Compaq EVO N1020v.
I search for a firmware update, but the only i found is for a Dell and IBM laptops.
The firmware update for this machines work in the HP/Compaq laptops?
If anyone cant tell me the firmware work i probe this firmware.

thank for all

(in reply to emmahope206)

Well I have purchased this drive seperatly from the laptop, and I dont think any firmware is laptop dependant,
I hate it on my toshiba satellite pro 4600, and I have firmware 0T05 on the drive.

(in reply to El Rengo)

i had this problem with my GCC-4240N in a compaq presario 1516us just recently, i followed somebody's advice and it worked.
1) set cdrw drive on dma.
2) upgraded firmware, using The Dangerous Brothers' firmware version 0111.
http://tdb.rpc1.org/#GCC4240N
3) defrag.

but still when i try to erase a CDRW using nero 6, i get a write error. right now, I'm erasing using a school desktop computer, LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4832K and roxio 6, it works.

according to howstuffworks, it takes 600 degrees C to turn the cdrw's material into liquid(blank), and 200 degrees C to turn the material into a solid(non reflective-data).

(in reply to pbureau)

ok, i found out that the cdrw drive is stuck on Multi-word dma mode 2, that might be the problem, i remember it used to be set at ultra dma mode 2.

(in reply to tfchui)

ok, instead of using firmware version 0111, i used E112, and now the secondary controller is now automatically set at Ultra DMA Mode 2. I haven't burned with a different brand of cdrw, so i'm going to look into that. and i haven't burned with a cdr yet to see how reliable the drive is. it used to have a write error once in a few discs. for my next post, it'll be a conclusion.

(in reply to tfchui)