Hey Steve,

I'm glad I could help

Peace to you and yours

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 00:42:28 +0000 (UTC), "news.btconnect.com"
<steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote:

>Hi again, dw!
>
>I used the links you provided and found the correct bios for my NEC drive -
>it now reports itself to Windows correctly and actually writes DVDs!
>
>Thanks again for your help.
>
>
>"news.btconnect.com" <steve_perry*and*no*s*p*a*m@btclick.com> wrote in
>message news:dojf50$fl3$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> 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
>> news:i2kpq1pnnllpmqousqqt4kt9qm06npm2eo@4ax.com...
>>> 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
>>
>>
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