The Firmware Page

So, MrAYeo, did it work now??

Hello im trying to flah my optiarc but in terminal when i got to ste 2 for dumping old firmware after i click yes on the disclaimer it tells me

Error opening SCSI device

Can anyone help please

First we need the drive info > request rules.

This is what de -scan says about the drive


list of supported devices:

Device : A:
Vendor : OPTIARC
Model : DVD RW AD-5680H
Firmware : 3AHB

please help i dont understand too much english

And this is the info of the system profilar

Firmware Revision: 3AHB
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

help please

And what is the command that you used when you tried to flash your drive?

Im using the stps in your page liggy

http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Ho ... inflashcmd

and when i get to the part of dumping the old firmware i enter the comdan

/Users/LJLT/Desktop/necflash -dump OldFirmware.bin {A:}

i get, after de disclaimer

Error opening SCSI device

The curly braces are too much. Just try the following command:
/Users/LJLT/Desktop/necflash -dump OldFirmware.bin A:

Curly braces usually show mandatory parameters, while [] means optional parameters

Thanks Liggy, but when i get to next step of flashing the ner firmware i get this message

Supplied file does not contain a valid firmware

im using this command


/Users/LJLT/Desktop/necflash -flash 3ahf_rpc1.bin A:


can you help me again

Are you using the latest Binflash version 1.62? In previous versions, you got the same error message, if the file could not be opened. Are you sure that file 3ahf_rpc1.bin is in the directory where you are when calling necflash? Or do you need to provide the full path to the firmware instead?

Yes im using version 1.62

Yes the file is in that directory

Please help liggy i don understand too much of your last response, conyou please guide to what to do

...what? You dont understand that but answered both questions with YES?!?

I dont understand this question

Or do you need to provide the full path to the firmware instead?

What is the problem??


You always must have both the flasher and the firmware in the SAME folder, otherwise you must specify the correct paths!!

The files are in the same folder when i add the comand -v this is waht i get

Identified drive: 146 - 3035
Detected drive from Firmware: -1

Supplied file does not contain a valid firmware


I dont know if im doing something wrong

First of all, it always helps posting the complete command you typed, not only the output generated by that command...

That error message suggests that the firmware file you attempted to flash is invalid. Did you unzip the firmware file(s) from the 7zip archive file you downloaded from Liggy's website?

I think in one of the previous posts, he mentioned that he was using 3ahf_rpc1.bin

However it could still be that the the necflash call is wrong in some case. So a complete command (plus maybe an ls -l on the directory with the Bin file) should he helpful for troubleshooting.

Liggy would you please be so kind a give me the full command line your talking about. Please, this is the paht im using right now

/Users/LJLT/Desktop/flash/necflash -flash 3ahf_rpc1.bin A:

With the wrong firmware you are obviously using this is useless and futile...

What's the output if you enter ls -l then. Does it list a file named 3ahf_rpc1.bin and if yes, what is the size of that file?

I dont understand correctly your last suggestion, can you give me the command line with Is -I i dont know in wich order it mos be introduced. Please

What is the problem to understand and to USE a simple command given?

ls -l IS the command you should enter - it's an OS command - not related to Binflash. It lists files in your current directory.

Simple usage of a search engine should have revealed this:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_ls_command_works_in_Linux