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Firmwar Upgrade without Floppy
Name: csgreeley Date: February 17, 2006 at 12:56:56 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 128MB Product: Dell Inspiron 8000
Comment:
I have a Inspiraon 8000 with a Sony CRX700e in the bay. The other slot is a CD/DVD. I am having more problems with reading/writing on the CDRW and need to upgrade my firmwar (currently is "h" and "u" is avaiable). The problem is that all that I can find on the Dell Website, Computing.net and Google, is upgrading with a floppy disc (which I cannot do).
Dell says I can flash with my HD, but the required steps involve a floppy disc.
I have found one site that allows CD flash, but their downloaded file results in an error while flashing.
Name: csgreeley Date: February 17, 2006 at 13:20:24 Pacific
Reply:
While thinking more about this...
If I make a floppy at work and then transfer the data to a CDR, can I use that to upgrade the firmware?
Chris
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Response Number 2
Name: jam Date: February 17, 2006 at 16:30:18 Pacific
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millions of people NEVER upgrade their firmware...what makes you think it will fix your problem?
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Response Number 3
Name: GX1 Man Date: February 18, 2006 at 20:30:24 Pacific
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A lot of people end up with doorstops because something goes wrong doing that with CDRW/DVDW drives. If you do not have a specific issue that the update specificallt addresses, then pass on it.
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