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TheSwede
 Post subject: TEAC CD-224E REV 1.5A -> 1.9A update ?
PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 6:34 pm 
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Hi!

I have an old laptop with a TEAC CD-224E (firmware revision 1.5A) that reads CD-RW:s very poorly (it works but it's very very sloooow). I remember from another laptop that I've owned that it had not this problem though it was the same CD (different firmware). So now I would like to try update the firmware to see if CD-RW-reading will improve.

Discinfo 1.5.5.9 wrote:
DISCINFO VERSION : 1.5.5.9
VENDOR : TEAC
MODEL : CD-224E
REVISION : 1.5A
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 128KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : NO
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : NO
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : NO
CAN READ CDRM2 : NO
CAN WRITE CDR : NO
CAN WRITE CDRW : NO
CAN TEST WRITE : NO
CAN READ DVD-ROM : NO
CAN READ DVD-R : NO
CAN READ DVD-RW : NO
CAN READ DVD-RAM : NO
CAN READ DVD+R : NO
CAN READ DVD+RW : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-R : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : NO
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+R : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : NO
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 24


Note that it doesn't have any CD-RW-capabilites at all, but mine apprently has even though it's poor! :-]

Anyway. Could this drive work with the 1.9A firmware (http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/dvds/CD224ec.zip) ? And also, if I am to try with the flashing, which one of the files in the achive am I supposed to use ? \CSEL-_9X\DM19A1.BIN or \CSEL_8X\DM19A0.BIN ?

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TheSwede
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PostPosted: Thu May 12, 2005 7:01 pm 
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Also, my contribution to the download-section. Some more firmwares for the above CD-ROM (maybe different hardware revision ?).

8.0M -
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... /8126.html

9.0C -
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... /9026.html

9.9A -
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... 20476.html

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:52 am 
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TheSwede wrote:
9.9A -
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... 20476.html


Thatnks for this link, it seems to be a new one. :wink:
The others are covered here.

Sadly I cannot tell you which one of the BINary files you should use... I've read the instructions but found no real info. It must have to do with the connection of the drive, I think.

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PostPosted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:47 am 
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[_chef_] wrote:
Thatnks for this link, it seems to be a new one. :wink:
The others are covered here.


Wasn't aware that Compaq had a own section, pardon me! :-]

[_chef_] wrote:
Sadly I cannot tell you which one of the BINary files you should use... I've read the instructions but found no real info. It must have to do with the connection of the drive, I think.


I am going to try and hope that the flasher tells me if I am using the wrong version! :-]

One last thing. In the download section it is a 224E-C, is -C the hardware revision or something ? I think I have seen -A and -B also on other CD-224E drives.

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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2005 12:02 pm 
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I tried the 1.9A version, but .bin-files with and without the /cd224eb switch (not knowing if even is a -EB). My drive is also located on the secondary master channel so I had the /sm switch too.

Here is the error output:

flash write, status=51(DRDY=1 DSC=1 CHK=1 )
5-24-00(Invalid Field in Command Packet)

No one that can "dump" their 1.7A version so I can try that instead ? :-)

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arthurson
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:30 pm 
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i have got the same problem with you
i now have teac 22e b92
which is set as secondary/slave
my acer use secondarty / master for loading data
it means that in bios can not detect teac at all
to make it workable , what i have to do is to reflash it from SS to SM
the problem is even i can use it in windows xp w/o problem
i can not use it when the laptop boosts up
i have tried to convert it but fails
i typed at :
flashe3 DM19A1.bin /sm /cd224eb
flashe3 DM19A1.bin /ss /cd224eb
flashe3 DM19A1.bin /ps /cd224eb
flashe3 DM19A0.bin /sm /cd224eb
flashe3 DM19A0.bin /ss /cd224eb
flashe3 DM19A0.bin /ps /cd224eb
and none of it can work actually.
what i should do next?
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lowgra
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:21 am 
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I have had the same problem also same read problems same drive 1.5A firmware.Have found the are 3 Drives CD224E-A CD224E-B and and CD224E-C.The drive in question is CD224E-A and has a 1.5a firmware and the b and c have 1.9a and 9.0 repective I am wondering wether all drives are the same just with a different name and when the flash checks the drive it sees it as not the correct drive and will not flash each drive seems to be used by a different Company.Some way to dissable the check could work as you cannot upgrade a laptop drive easily and the CD224e-a firmware sucks.All drive seem to have similar specs?
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ep-ml3g
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:24 am 
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lowgra wrote:
I have had the same problem also same read problems same drive 1.5A firmware.Have found the are 3 Drives CD224E-A CD224E-B and and CD224E-C.The drive in question is CD224E-A and has a 1.5a firmware and the b and c have 1.9a and 9.0 repective I am wondering wether all drives are the same just with a different name and when the flash checks the drive it sees it as not the correct drive and will not flash each drive seems to be used by a different Company.Some way to dissable the check could work as you cannot upgrade a laptop drive easily and the CD224e-a firmware sucks.All drive seem to have similar specs?


well my aunt's old Hyperdata laptop with pre-installed Win98 had a TEAC CD224E-A drive with firmware revision 1.0a < no joke. 1.0A. This one had a hard time reading some CD-RW discs but read CD-ROM and CD-R discs okay.

Looks like you guys will need to replace those old CD224E-A drives with "refurbished" CD224E drives as they might contain newer firmware. The CD224E-A drives don't seem to be "flash-able" meaning you can't do any fw upgrades on them.
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