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i just wanted to flash back the ls17.bin to my cdrw (formerly 0841)..
flash process
(winXP, winME bootdisk: pure dos using original ls17.bin
with pflash,etc. found on cdrinfo)
looked fine, but the counter went to 0 and showed some weird message.
tried flashing again, the flash app showed:
try to recover the drive with atapi soft reset
the status port is 0xff80 or something four times.
AFTER THAT: error in atapi command
inquiry + atapisoftreset fail

i assumed my cdrw was dead AND I WAS DAMN RIGHT.

i already tried turning off dma and jumper trick (UNFURTUNATELLY BIOS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE DRIVE):
"try to recover the drive with atapi soft reset
the status port is 0xff80 or something four times.
AFTER THAT: error in atapi command
inquiry + atapisoftreset fail" AGAIN.
DOES THIS REMIND ANYONE OF HIS PROBLEM?

is there something else i can do? i read something about flashing ls38.bin, but i tried this too (same message), this is not the problem here, it has to be some other type of problem.


ANY SUGESTIONS ARE WELCOME:::::::

Usually the only way to make drive working again is to remove the Flash ROM (usually soldered) and flash it somewhere else.

Sounds familiar. Try to get help here: http://forum.firmware-flash.com/