Did I ruin my IOmega dual format burner with firmware ??

[Pickngrin]

I've got an IOMega 4216 (dual format, 4x burner based on NEC 1300). I had the modified 1.21 firmware (herrie's) and all had been working fine, except for the fact that I can not successfully burn one CompUSA (Princo) -R media, so I thought I'd upgrade to the 1.22 firmware. I did the flash in Windows, and all seemed to go well. However, now the DVD Identifier will not detect ANY blanks ('"Unable to initialize disc - not ready - medium not present"), and when I try to burn a DVD in Nero 6.0, the drawer ejects and it asks for blank media. The drive itself is still detected by Nero, though, and it shows up as usual in device manager. Also, I was able to play a commercial audio CD in the drive. I tried flashing the drive back to firmware 1.21, but the problem persists. Rebooting has not helped. I'm running Win XP Home on a P4 2.2 ghz, with a Lite-on 52x CD-RW as the slave.

Did I ruin my burner? Does anyone know how I might be able to fix this?

Thanks!!

[mar-mar]

sounds like we have a similar situation on our hands, exactly what my drive is doin , im just startin to think and readin a few post that some nec models didn't handle fairly well when flashed with firmware...but im hoping its a way out

[Pickngrin]

Interesting... I hope we didn't blow our burners... I held out some hope, though, because the CD functionality is still intact, though I haven't tried burning a CDR... I will try that.

[RabidDog]

I had the modified 1.21 firmware (herrie's) and all had been working fine. I tried flashing the drive back to firmware 1.21, but the problem persists

You just had to fiddle 8) . Why not try cdrfreaks or search the web for other firmware? Maybe it is just your media that is at fault. When something goes wrong, it is all to easy to lose sight of logic. It is best to take a deep breath and start problem solving all over again.. double checking with someone else's burner/media combo if poss.
lessons to be learned..

[Pickngrin]

LOL yes I had to tinker. Well, I've been able to burn CD-Rs on the drive. This afternoon I flashed it back to 1.21 (hacked) firmware in DOS this time (did it it Windows last time). Still not recognizing DVD-Rs (or RWs) I insert. When I try to burn anything in Nero, it just ejects the disc.
Ill check cdrfreaks (didn't know about that site)...but not sure what to do here... thanks

[code65536]

The rp1.org forum is probably a good place to poke around for this problem. The CDF NEC forum is good. But you posted in the CDF firmware forum, which means that you'll have to wait a while before someone notices...

[Pickngrin]

The rp1.org forum is probably a good place to poke around for this problem. The CDF NEC forum is good. But you posted in the CDF firmware forum, which means that you'll have to wait a while before someone notices...

ahh ok thanks...will try there

[lenti_75]

by just flashing the drive, you did not destroy it.
i have a NEC 1100, and flashed it about 20 times....no problem, from herrie's page.
flash it under DOS, that is the saffest.