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big_wes
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_ 		29. July 2007 @ 19:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey everyone
sorry if this might be posted in the wrong spot but it seemed like the right place,

i'm having trouble with my HP 300n DVD Writer, when i got to write or burn files to a disk it tells me to insert a blank disk, but there's already one in there, i've tried a bunch of different software. can some one help me..... (im working with video files and .iso images if that helps.
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Ripper
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 03:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Most likely a firmware update will solve this..

Download and run the following:
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/information_storage/software/dvd300n_320.exe

Before you run this, make sure there isn't a disc in your drive and that there is nothing else running (Anti-Virus/firewalls excluded).


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big_wes
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 10:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey ripper i hate to burst your bubble but im afraid i've tried that, i have the latest fimware
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 10:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not bursting my buble, lol.

What make/speed of media are you using? How old is your drive?


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big_wes
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 10:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
o sorry i just looked again it's an HP 300i but ya it used to work for the exact same things im still doing but know it doesn't?

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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 11:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i have this same drive. I changed discs and that solved the problem for me.
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redice
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_ 		30. July 2007 @ 11:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
big_wes

i have that same drive and the firmware has not been update by the company in yearslol but the although the drive says its a hp 300n its really not.so with this being said the company used two other companies drives, they used nec 1100a and philps ( not sure of the model number). if your drive is comming up on the computer as a hp 300n and not hp 300c then that means you really have a nec 1100a.

now thats out the way. heres what i did to fix that same problem that you are having. i cross flashed it to a true nec 1100a and that fixed my problem. also once you get it flashed to a nec 1100a you can flash it again to nec 1300a.

have a look at this http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=126226
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