Toshiba SD-M1102. Clean it, Flash it or Bin it?

[JWK]

Hi,

I have the above DVD Rom drive. I have a DVD that 2 of my friends can read ok, it's a game.

I can explore the DVD after a long wait but when I double click the .exe file, it says the file is "..not a valid Win32 application". Sometimes when I put the DVD in I can't even explore it, I just get "F:\ is not a valid Win32 application"

Somtimes, I can't even get that far, windows just says 'Please insert disk" or "Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with windows"

The DVD is a 4X DVD-R, which my reader should support.

The DVD drive is a good 5 years old now. I did put a cleaning CD in there but to no avail. Would a flash help, would this just be dirt or is the DVD fit for the bin?

Thanks for any help,

Ape

 

[jclw]

It's worth trying newer firmware before you junk it.

<A HREF="http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_result.php?kaj=1&isces=M1102" target="_new">http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_result.php?kaj=1&isces=M1102</A>

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.7 i815*

 

[JWK]

I created a bootdisk * added the files needed to flash the DVD ROM drive. On boot up I get the following in a DOS window, I entered nothing, it does it all itself:

A:\>update
A:\>vup rel426.hex
<Flash_ROM Version Vp> Ver 0.87
<Promary>
0: (Master) Not Atapi Device
1: (Slave) SHADOW
<Secondary>

Then it just sits there. Looks like it hasn't finished & there is something wrong, though I really have no idea. Would someone advise me please?

Using Nero InfoTool, it lists my system ASPI installation as corrupted. Is this relevant to my DVD ROM drive problem & can it be fixed?

Thanks for any help,

Ape

 

[jclw]

My Plextor flashes within Windows so I'm not really sure... It sounds like the flashing software isn't running correctly.

You could try reinstalling the ASPI layer: <A HREF="http://hijacker.rpc1.org/discinfo/aspi32v4.60.zip" target="_new">http://hijacker.rpc1.org/discinfo/aspi32v4.60.zip</A>

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.7 i815*

 

[JWK]

Great, thanks for that. ASPI is now all fine.

...but my problem is still there. Any ideas anyone?