Hi dw,
Thanks very much for your help. I'll try what you did and let you know
whether or not it works for me.
Happy Christmas to you too (and everyone else here).
"dw" <drumwhacker@*spam is bad*yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:07:56 +0000 (UTC), "news.btconnect.com"
> <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi all.
>>
>>I have just installed an NEC ND6500A DVD Writer on my Inspiron 8200
>>laptop;
>>however in Device Manager it has installed as an Olympus S-DVD-100, and I
>>cannot get it to be recognised correctly. I can't find a proper ini file
>>anywhere for it, and NEC's website just says that you don't need one for
>>Windows XP, which I am using (SP2).
>>
>>Can anyone help? Either with advice or an ini file?
>>
>
> Greetings,
>
> I've just installed a drive with that same firmware in my Inspiron
> 8500. It is, indeed, the NEC ND-6500A and can be readily flashed to
> it. I flashed it in DOS mode using the "nec6x00a.exe" and
> "6500FAST.bin" files in this archive:
> http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?si...e=6500_223.ZIP
>
> Simply follow the directions in the readme.txt file once you've booted
> into DOS mode. Once I had navigated to the "nec" directory where I
> unzipped the files, I simply typed:
>
> nec6x00a -sec -mas -out Olympus.bin -flash 6500FAST.bin
>
> This backed up the old firmware to the file "Olympus.bin" and flashed
> the new one (quite quickly, I might add). After I rebooted, I had my
> NEC drive 
I honestly don't know if the new firmware will improve
> functionality, but at least I have something to work with now!
>
> You can also try using the Windows-based utility on the NEC website.
> The latest ROM on there is 2.24 and you can find it here:
> http://support.necsam.com/optical/do...adme.asp?ID=10
>
> You'll have to read the disclaimer before actually downloading it. If
> you don't feel like messing with DOS, then it won't hurt to try the
> NEC util. The advantage of using DOS is that you can easily make a
> backup of the Olympus rom in case things go awry.
>
> Best Wishes and Happy Holidays,
>
> dw