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Re: NEC firmware update reset my BIOS!

Posted by Steven de Mena on 12/07/05 12:08

"bw" <me@home.se> wrote in message
news:dnqlf.667$xg.321@nntpserver.swip.net...
> Hi!
> Today I bought a new DVD-burner cos my old (Plextor 708A) went bad. The
> new
> burner is a NEC ND-3550A.
> Since it had an older version of the firmware (1.04) I did an update to
> 1.05. The firmware came from NEC's site and after the flashing the
> DVD-drive
> the flash program told me to turn off my computer. I did that. After a
> restart I noticed that the BIOS was screwed up! All settings was at a
> default state. It had even activated the built-in soundcard which I turned
> off when I bought a Soundblaster Audigy a year ago. Grrr...
>
> It's amazing that NEC can't hire smart enough programmers that don't screw
> up ones computer with flakey software. Obviously the flash program did
> something it shouldn't.

You have no way to know that. In fact it is pretty unlikely. Did the NEC
firmware get updated successfully?

Steve

 

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