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 Posted: Sat May 24, 2003 11:47 am |
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Yes. Slimline to IDE adapter is a good choise. PC will then identify the drive if it's master or slave and you will be able to flash it under DOS just as if it was a desktop drive...
Good luck.
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 6:25 pm |
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i do believe the slimline adapter has brought the drive back to life 
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Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 6:42 pm |
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Can you share with other where you bought it.
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Hi people. Just a newbie with a question.
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2750 DVD laptop that is about 3 years old.
It used to play DVD's and then I put my laptop away for a year or so. When I tried to play recent DVD's it said something about "CSS". I thought that the software that came with the computer was outdated so I attempted to update with more recent software. The new version supplied did not do any better so I downloaded a trial version of DirectDVDx (5.something) and it gave me this message:
Render failed please try your DVD disc again
All to no avail. Can you point me to a post that may have some explanation or fix? Or give me the lowdown on what this is?
Thanks.
Ken
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:40 am |
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May i know which firmware i should try to reflash back my SD-R2102?
more detail for the drive stated on the drive is:
ver no: 300
rom ver: 1317
My laptop is TE2100.
Anyone knows how to save my DVD/CD-RW?
thanks.. and hope i can save my rom.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 10:03 am |
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13XX
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:37 am |
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I hotswapped between my hitachi gd-s250 and a sd-r 2002, then i just reflashed the sd-r 2002.
Seems like it dont have to be the same kind of drive.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 7:29 pm |
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thanks,,, my dvd rom just saved, thanks for alll the help, really thanks
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:50 am |
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my notebook is Compaq Presario 1930, so the DVD is work with the FDD together. for try the hot connect, so i boot the notebook from HDD, in the DOS real mode. and i run the resetcnt and vup99l, the report is :
0:Not ATAPI Device
1:Not ATAPI Device
2:Not Connect
3:Not Connect
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after i hot connect the DVD&FDD, i run then again, the report change into:
0:Not ATAPI Device
1:Not ATAPI Device
2:Not ATAPI Device
3:Not Connect
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i think that the notebook know there is something connect to it, but it can understand it. so still cann't flash the firmware.
any new way to slove?
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2003 6:43 am |
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I have a sd-c2502 non swap i patched it with X113 RPC-1 (for drives with 11xx firmware) but mine was a 1313 i m going to try it in my desktop but what i want to know is what Firmware should i use? .......May be Patched X313 RPC-1 (for drives with 13xx firmware) ???
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:54 am |
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1313 RPC-2 should be flashed with x313 RPC-1 firmware.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:39 am |
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Thanks for the reply .
but i cant patch my drive because is no longer recognized so i ll byu another unit but i have question , Can i put a sd-c2502 with a Rom Ver.1011 on my notebook?(Satelite 1805 s203) i had the same model but with a Rom Ver. 1313 .....Is it posible??Will work?
Regards
Farid
P.S.Sorry about my english
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:33 pm |
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Well I haven't misflashed my Toshiba sd-r2212 combo, but it doesn't read any dvd's anymore. So I thought I flash it back to the original e1913.Hex. Now, I don't have problem booting my system and running programs in DOS. It's only that...
Hijacker wrote: OK.
Use the flashing program that comes from the ZIP file of the firmware you are trying to recover.
If the flashing utility is vup100k.exe that use it and do now seek for resetcnt.exe and try to flash with it... I don't have a program to run the flashing with the original FW. Where can I get the soft to do it? Another thing, Hijacker wrote: Here is what I know about Toshiba firmwares for laptops...
There are difrrent firmwares for laptop drives. The original Toshiba firmwares are the one with 10xx and 17xx in their name.
But. Usualy the drives gets sold to other manufacturers and they make their own firmware. Why? Mainly to make the drive work with their hardware settings.
What hardware setting? Well. The most inportant is Master-Slave setting. The information about it is stored INSIDE the firmware and it can't be changed with simple modification of the firmware.
So. What does this mean for flashing... You have a drive with firmware 1511. The M/S setting in this firmware is set to be as Slave. But then you flash with 1711 wich has inside the firmware the drive set to Master.
And the result? The BIOS will not detect your drive due to IDE conflict. Looks like flashing software (VUPXXXX.EXE) check the result of BIOS and since BIOS could find it it aborts any flashing.
To fool this you connect the drive after the BIOS loading and it works in some cases that it finds drive with incorrect firmware, wich eventualy can enable flashing the drive with correct firmware...
Another very good method is to connect a good drive with the same model and just before flashing you disconect it and connect a bad one. It will then flash blindy to the drive that is on that IDE.
Another option came out lately. Since there is IDE conflict, you disonnect HD and boot only with CD. Then you try to flash under DOS (to wich you can come in with Boot CD)...
If everything else fails there might another way but it needs to be found...
But. Some drives get FUBAR... Can't do much about them then only replace them...
...so if I understood correctly, if I just know my FW's M/S setting, I could flash it with (any, or) original toshiba combo FW (13xx, 17xx?) as long as the M/S settings would match with the existing ones? I understand that propably most of these matching FW's wouldn't work properly with my drive ( and other HP settings), but at least I would still be able to flash it again and again, right?
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:33 pm |
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Well I haven't misflashed my Toshiba sd-r2212 combo, but it doesn't read any dvd's anymore. So I thought I flash it back to the original e1913.Hex. Now, I don't have problem booting my system and running programs in DOS. It's only that...
Hijacker wrote: OK.
Use the flashing program that comes from the ZIP file of the firmware you are trying to recover.
If the flashing utility is vup100k.exe that use it and do now seek for resetcnt.exe and try to flash with it... I don't have a program to run the flashing with the original FW. Where can I get the soft to do it? Another thing, Hijacker wrote: Here is what I know about Toshiba firmwares for laptops...
There are difrrent firmwares for laptop drives. The original Toshiba firmwares are the one with 10xx and 17xx in their name.
But. Usualy the drives gets sold to other manufacturers and they make their own firmware. Why? Mainly to make the drive work with their hardware settings.
What hardware setting? Well. The most inportant is Master-Slave setting. The information about it is stored INSIDE the firmware and it can't be changed with simple modification of the firmware.
So. What does this mean for flashing... You have a drive with firmware 1511. The M/S setting in this firmware is set to be as Slave. But then you flash with 1711 wich has inside the firmware the drive set to Master.
And the result? The BIOS will not detect your drive due to IDE conflict. Looks like flashing software (VUPXXXX.EXE) check the result of BIOS and since BIOS could find it it aborts any flashing.
To fool this you connect the drive after the BIOS loading and it works in some cases that it finds drive with incorrect firmware, wich eventualy can enable flashing the drive with correct firmware...
Another very good method is to connect a good drive with the same model and just before flashing you disconect it and connect a bad one. It will then flash blindy to the drive that is on that IDE.
Another option came out lately. Since there is IDE conflict, you disonnect HD and boot only with CD. Then you try to flash under DOS (to wich you can come in with Boot CD)...
If everything else fails there might another way but it needs to be found...
But. Some drives get FUBAR... Can't do much about them then only replace them...
...so if I understood correctly, if I just know my FW's M/S setting, I could flash it with (any, or) original toshiba combo FW (13xx, 17xx?) as long as the M/S settings would match with the existing ones? I understand that propably most of these matching FW's wouldn't work properly with my drive ( and other HP settings), but at least I would still be able to flash it again and again, right?
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:34 pm |
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Well I haven't misflashed my Toshiba sd-r2212 combo, but it doesn't read any dvd's anymore. So I thought I flash it back to the original e1913.Hex. Now, I don't have problem booting my system and running programs in DOS. It's only that...
Hijacker wrote: OK.
Use the flashing program that comes from the ZIP file of the firmware you are trying to recover.
If the flashing utility is vup100k.exe that use it and do now seek for resetcnt.exe and try to flash with it... I don't have a program to run the flashing with the original FW. Where can I get the soft to do it? Another thing, Hijacker wrote: Here is what I know about Toshiba firmwares for laptops...
There are difrrent firmwares for laptop drives. The original Toshiba firmwares are the one with 10xx and 17xx in their name.
But. Usualy the drives gets sold to other manufacturers and they make their own firmware. Why? Mainly to make the drive work with their hardware settings.
What hardware setting? Well. The most inportant is Master-Slave setting. The information about it is stored INSIDE the firmware and it can't be changed with simple modification of the firmware.
So. What does this mean for flashing... You have a drive with firmware 1511. The M/S setting in this firmware is set to be as Slave. But then you flash with 1711 wich has inside the firmware the drive set to Master.
And the result? The BIOS will not detect your drive due to IDE conflict. Looks like flashing software (VUPXXXX.EXE) check the result of BIOS and since BIOS could find it it aborts any flashing.
To fool this you connect the drive after the BIOS loading and it works in some cases that it finds drive with incorrect firmware, wich eventualy can enable flashing the drive with correct firmware...
Another very good method is to connect a good drive with the same model and just before flashing you disconect it and connect a bad one. It will then flash blindy to the drive that is on that IDE.
Another option came out lately. Since there is IDE conflict, you disonnect HD and boot only with CD. Then you try to flash under DOS (to wich you can come in with Boot CD)...
If everything else fails there might another way but it needs to be found...
But. Some drives get FUBAR... Can't do much about them then only replace them...
...so if I understood correctly, if I just know my FW's M/S setting, I could flash it with (any, or) original toshiba combo FW (13xx, 17xx?) as long as the M/S settings would match with the existing ones? I understand that propably most of these matching FW's wouldn't work properly with my drive ( and other HP settings), but at least I would still be able to flash it again and again, right?
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 4:31 pm |
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ok, my drive dvd is out..after a bad flash....but: I use it regularly!!!
How? After booting in win 2000, I press Start =>close session=> "stand by" option....
Then i press power and the system turn on. I go to
the control panel, system, harware, check hardware changes....Then the dvd is present and is
able to read dvd and cd rom
notebook toshiba 1800-514 drive sd c2502
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:45 am |
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ok you can use it now but if you will install a new OS, how to do? in DOS, you can't use it. that's why i ask for any toshiba dvdrom firmware updaters which can run in windows. i search it for a long long time, but can't find it. i have try Hijacker's tool, it can detected my dvdrom, if Hijacker can make it run firmware update in windows that would be greatful!
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:43 am |
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Thanks to every one my SD-C2502 is working again...The solution was the
Slimline to IDE adapter but is not just a good idea it is the solution,now my drive its a multiregion one THANKS
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:47 pm |
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So I currently have my Toshiba 1800 series open and tried all of the posted suggestions without any success (for my SD-C2502). I am now on to the last solution, the Slimline cable.
I took out the drive and looked at the connector to the drive, it is not similar to that of the harddrive connector. When I looked at the picture of the slimline cable, it looked like it did NOT have the same connector as the SD-C2502, but more of a one suited for the harddrive. What is the name of the connector on the SD-C2502? (its sorta rectangular)
also, what exactly did you do with the slimline cable? Did you hook up the C2502 to a desktop, boot from floppy and flash? or did you boot with a regular IDE cd-rom then swap in the C2502 - as far as I know you can hot-swap on an IDE..???
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:52 pm |
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oh, okay, I was looking at wrong picture.. I get it.. but was was the procedue on the desktop?
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:29 pm |
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Yes you have to connect it to a desktop pc and try to flash it under DOS (not a window) ,name is slim ATAPI or standard atapi you can find it at supermicro.com or http://www.directron.com/cddvdadapter.html
but it is not a cable it is a little board
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:56 pm |
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P.S. DO NOT HOT-SWAP YOUR DRIVE
And what series of satelite 1805 do you have?
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 6:24 am |
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1800 System unit
It's a 850Mhz, 128,14.1TX
ps181c-00wzx
thanks for the advice - I just ordered a slim-to-ide BOARD (you are right) from some shop in vancouver. Man, you cant find those ANYWHERE!, only that bit-something store in the states and this one.
It ended up being
$19.00 CDN
$8.80 CDN Shipping
+ tax
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$30
My only concern is that I have bigger problems. Now That I have taken the unit out, I STILL get the error IDE #1 ERROR (same if it is in the drive - after I flashed) I cant see how though.. Is it looking for the drive? see, it IS a master, but on IDE #1 (not #0) So what was mentioned before about SOLDERING A RESISTOR to it isn't only silly, but wouldnt work, eh?
This summer the battery Died, the LAN port clip broke off, The diskette drive never worked (replaced the last day of my warranty).. and now this.. (although it was my own fault) - I think I am going to buy a PDA next. I seen some guy play a full length DIVX movie from a 512K flash card on his PDA, rotated it 90 and watched it wide screen.. NUTZ!
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:02 am |
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GEE thats too bad
but well it costs me about 40 dls here in mexico that kind of tec isnt easy to find ...
My lap is a toshiba satelite 1805 s203 with a SD-C2502 and it was a little easy to put the dvd drive out .
1 What you need to do with the adapter is to put your cd or dvd drive into the 2d ide alone and connect a master drive (HDD) on the 1st ide (Desktop)
2 flash it with the correct firmware (the one it had)
3 it will send an error but it is normal (comparison or something like that)
P.S. sorry about my english but perfect spanish is available
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