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reddog69

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13. November 2003 @ 13:14

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hey guys, ive searched the forums and have found similar problems, but did not find any situation similar to mine...
I have a Pioneer DVR-104 DVDRW drive that was pulled from a Sony desktop computer that is no longer functional.. so its an OEM drive from Pioneer for Sony.
I bought Memorex 4X DVD-R's for this drive and ran into some problems. For one, the DVR-104 cant burn to higher speed media at 2X. and two, i cant seem to upgrade the firmware for this drive because the Sony firmware upgrade software looks for the actual Sony desktop computer model information whenever i try to run it. Since this computer is custom built and isnt sony, it rejects the upgrade...
also, i have tried various firmware upgrades that were so called "universal" and other stand alone's between versions 1.31 and 1.40.. whenever i run the UPGDVD.EXE program to upgrade, it comes back with an error saying "Model name of kernel part is not matched."

can anyone help or have any ideas?

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nuklehead

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14. November 2003 @ 07:24

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Hmmm, im not sure how to help you, but one thing you should know- Putting 4x media in that drive before you upgrade the firmware could ruin the drive...so be careful!:)

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reddog69

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15. November 2003 @ 11:13

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well... as a work around to this problem, i bought some TDK 2x DVD-R's.. they seem to burn fine at 2x and dont give me any problems(so far)
but im still stuck at firmware 1.30

unless someone somewhere knows where i can get a firmware updater for a DVR-104 OEM made for Sony... ive tried looking but still have found nothing that works

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koola

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15. November 2003 @ 12:45

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Firmware and a Flasher for your Pioneer drive may be here: http://www.chrismccann.co.uk/pioneer_firmware_upgrades.htm

Good Luck mate :D

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reddog69

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15. November 2003 @ 18:22

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yea i tried all those
they all give me the same exact error
"Model name of kernel part is not matched"
followed by a 2nd popup window
"Upgrade program is terminated by occuring an error."
ive tried all of them, all give me the same error :(

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koola

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16. November 2003 @ 05:31

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Looks like your Firmware is corrupt within your drive.

Better get a shiny new one.

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herbsman

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17. November 2003 @ 00:28

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I have an OEM Pioneer 104 DVD-RW (badged as Benq)
I updated to RPC1 1.40 x24all f/w (everyone knows not to touch 1.41)
There is a Pioneer DVR-A04 (Sony) 1.30 RPC1 f/w available here http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com/index.html
[ is about three quarters of the way down page]

Firmware Forum: http://forum.rpc1.com/

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