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how to do a firmware update?

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Name: Nick
Date: February 11, 2002 at 07:33:32 Pacific
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My DVD player (samsung SD-612) is showing as PIO mode only (DMA unavailable)and it needs to have DMA in order to run smoothly. I recently downloaded a zipped firmware update for WinXP from the Samsung website but am unclear as to how to apply the update.

Two quick questions: 1. How to do i do a firmware update? (something about flashing it in DOS)
2. I have a dual boot system with WinME where my DVD player works great. Will the update foul up the way it works in ME since it is designed for XP?

system: C Drive :WinME
D Drive :WinXP
(both drives formatted as FAT32)



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Name: oscar
Date: February 11, 2002 at 11:40:36 Pacific
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Two quick answers:
1)
Boot in real dos (use a diskette).
then
flash.exe updatefile

2)No


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