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Read the following before attempting any upgrade:
- Perform the upgrade at your OWN RISK as any upgrade will void your warranty and forfeit any support from the manyfacturer(s).
- We DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY when something goes wrong during the upgrade.
- The upgrade is intended for EXPERT USERS only who know what they are doing.
- Only perform the upgrade when it is absolutely necessary, for example to use the CD-Writer with incompatible burning software programs.
- Before performing the upgrade turn off and exit ALL CD-related programs which may interfere with the upgrade (especially packet-writing software like Adaptec DirectCD or Ahead InCD).
- Always power off the computer to perform a COLD BOOT. Then turn on the computer and test if the upgrade was successful.
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Firmware upgrade for the Philips CDRW400 Series: PCA450RW (SCSI) & PCA460RW (IDE) |
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Firmware upgrade instructions for the Philips CDRW400 Series |
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Firmware upgrade for Yamaha CRW4416S (SCSI) |
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Firmware upgrade for Yamaha CRW4416E & CRW2216E (IDE) |
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| Philips CDRW400/PCA450RW (SCSI) to Yamaha CRW4416S Upgrade |
- Create two temporary directories:
- C:\TEMP\PHILIPS
- C:\TEMP\YAMAHA
- Extract the PHV10F.ZIP archive to the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS directory.
- Delete/Rename the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS\PH2S9127.BIN firmware file.
- Copy the S1610F.EXE archive to a the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA directory.
- Execute it so it extracts the files in the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA directory.
- Rename the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA\SCA99127.BIN file to PH2S9127.BIN and copy it to the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS directory.
- Startup PH2SUP.EXE to update the firmware (read UPGRADE.DOC):
PH2SUP PH2S9127.BIN <SCSI ID: 0-6> <SCSI Adapter ID: 0-3>
| Philips CDRW400/PCA460RW (IDE) to Yamaha CRW4416E Upgrade |
- Create two temporary directories:
- C:\TEMP\PHILIPS
- C:\TEMP\YAMAHA
- Extract the PHV10F.ZIP archive to the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS directory.
- Delete/Rename the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS\PH2A9127.BIN firmware file.
- Copy the A1610F.EXE archive to a the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA directory.
- Execute it so it extracts the files in the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA directory.
- Rename the C:\TEMP\YAMAHA\ATA99127.BIN file to PH2A9127.BIN and copy it to the C:\TEMP\PHILIPS directory.
- Startup PH2AUP.EXE to update the firmware (read UPGRADE.DOC):
PH2AUP PH2A9127.BIN <Target ID: m/s> <Bus: p/s>
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These upgrades doesn't change anything to the read/write speed of the drive but it makes it more compatible with the CD-Writer software which doesn't recognize it as being a CD-Writer! And firmware updates are much faster available from Yamaha then from Philips! |
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