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 Posted by Bill G on 12/07/05 15:22 
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 01:52:23 +0100, "bw" <me@home.se> wrote: 
 
>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. I have updated the old Plextor burner about five 
>times without a hitch. Perhaps NEC could consult with Plextor before they 
>write any firmware. 
> 
>My computer has Windows 2000 which has been working stable as a rock for 
>over three years now. Luckily I could set everything as it was (I hope) in 
>the BIOS. 
> 
>Just letting som steam off.. 
 
If this wasn't user error, wouldn't we have heard about it many times 
before now? 
 
--  
Bill
 
  
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