sony crx 145E cd-rw - firmware

[uggitt]

Does anyone know where i can get the firware for this drive? I have tried searching the net but with no joy.

uggitt

 

[wildmage]

I have this drive too, for a while now.

Stop looking !

The reason you can't find any firmware is coz there's not been an update to the original firmware that comes with the drive.

 

[max_clif]

Doesnt sony ever upgrade their firmware, or are they like Panasnoic where they never do it?

 

[woody]

Iomega,and Creative can be added to that list.They suck.

 

[Houman]

I had a creative 8x32 which i flashed with a plextor firmware and it worked. Mind you from then on it was detected as a Plextor. Lucky me with my two sony 140 and 145 , I could never find an upgrade

 

[Houman]

That's good news roadworker, only if I still had my 140. It died two years ago

 

[woody]

Houman,you were one of the lucky ones,getting a Plextor rebadge.Creative switched to Samsungs and Panasonics.People thought they were getting a Plex!

Afterall Creative did put 8432 on the box!

I think they left the picture of the Plex on all the boxes too!

 

[Houman]

roadworker - No problem, my cheap Lite-on has done over 700 burns and still no coaster. And honestly, I don't miss the Sony

Woodsy: Yeah I was one of the lucky ones. Went to buy another and got stuck with a Panansonic

 

[woody]

Not so bad Houman...at least you got a picture of the Plex on the box to look at!

 

[woody]

Hey, you could've taken the picture off the box and glued it on the Panasonic!!

 

[ChickenMan]

There was a bios upgrade for the Sony 140 (issued by HP) but only the IDE version, not the SCSI version that I had. Then again, it never needed a new BIOS anyway as it did everything the box said it would do and burn "quite a few" CD's. I gave it to my son when I got the LiteOn 24x. Its still going strong !