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The firmware is the current version.  A DVD-ROM is on the same cable now 
and working fine, but I'll try swapping it out just to be sure.

Thanks,
Tom

J. D. wrote:

>If you haven't already, trying a new IDE cable may be helpful. 
>Alternately you could try slaving it to the HDD to see if it's a
>channel issue on the motherboard.
>
>J. D.
>
>On 6/29/05, Stuffed Crust <pizza at shaftnet.org> wrote:
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>
>>On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 04:09:03PM -0400, PairOfTwins wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>My DVD-RW drive (NEC) stopped erasing CD-RWs consistently, and would not
>>>reliably mount CD-RW discs that it had previously written.  I've
>>>reseated the cable on both ends with no improvement.  The firmware is
>>>current, and I'm using the latest cdrecord version with a 2.6 kernel.
>>>      
>>>
>>Is there updated firmware for the drive, perchance?
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Any thoughts?  The warranty is about up!
>>>      
>>>
>>Chuck the drive and replace it.  The RMA/return process will cost you
>>half the price of a new better drive anyway, and be a lot more capable
>>to boot.
>>
>> - Solomon [who just went through something similar]
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