Iomega ZipCD 12x10x32 CompUSA Dec31/Jan01 for $99 after rebate - Thread II - MODS Please lock!

[AmdEmAll]

You can buy it on there site now!!!!!

W00T

 

[ebaker]

I had DMA unchecked when I updated in Win98a, not sure if that is necessary. I ran the update from a floppy. Worked fine.

 

[TigerNY]

my problems are gone, switched the burner to my nt4 system and the update from 1.06 to 1.07 worked without a hitch. seems that some win98 and ME systems have a problem with the wnaspi32.dll when running the firmware updater.if you have a win2k or nt system do the update there instead of the 98/me system, seems to be less problematic.

Tiger

 

[Bad Dude]

Firmware 1.07 worked for me.

 

[Lumpy]

Buy it on line NOW and have it shipped for $5.00

 

[iluvdeal]

From what I gather, updating the firmware improves DAE to 32X (it says 20X DAE on the box). Anything else it adds? Also, is a flash to go back to the IOMEGA firmware available? Just wondering since you never know if you'll have to use that warranty.

 

[The Sauce]

Phatness! Just put in the order...extra $8 for sales tax...came to $143.

 

[mrVW]

Iluvdeal: I put up a web page for these questions... at the bottom of This Web Page there are links to resources, including a message that details the Plextor firmware 1.07 changes.

If there is any additional technical info (new links) that need to be added to my web page, let me know...

 

[SlowOne]

MrVW and Wed's

Two dumb questions. I have this drive, but have not installed it yet.

1) It was mentioned to make sure DMA is turned off before updating the firmware. Where do I go to find this setting? I have Win98se. Is it Control Panel, System, select CD-RW drive, Properties.... in there?

2) Is this an Ultra66 drive? If so, I should run it off my ATA100 IDE controller on my ASUS CUSL2-C motherboard? I have my hard drive there currently. If I have both hard disk and new Iomega CDRW on the same IDE bus, do I have to designate the CDRW as a "slave"?
Also, I do have a Memorex 48x CD drive on the ATA66 bus.
Is this makign any sense. I'm writing this, wondering if I have my acronyms messed up.


thanks!

 

[dmk11]

Thanks guys!

THe update works, my zipcd is 1.07 now.

running win98se.

 

[mrVW]

SlowOne - To answer your questions....

The turn DMA off thing. Frankly, I think you should try it before .. that advice isn't true for all systems and disk controllers. Under Windows 2000, mine updated fine with DMA on. Yes, they are talking about turning it off in your operating system (Win98) or your system BIOS. THe update program is pretty safe, it won't hurt your drive to try it...

Your second question... no, the drive is UDMA66 or UDMA100... I think it is just plain "UDMA" or "UDMA33" -- not sure which, I think (UDMA33). 1800K/second (12x recording) isn't that tough for UDMA, so don't worry too much about what controller you use. As for master/slave, you SHOULD consider putting your "source drive" on a different channel (controller) than the recorder... but with burnproof you are fine. I typically burn off my 100mbps network at 12x without problems

Personally, I put my burners on their on IDE controller (only device on that conector). CompGeeks and other places sell older Promise Ultra66 controllers for cheap ($20 or under) -- and these are very nice, as they do a great job of detecting the drive capability. I put my Ricoh 6x4x32 burner on my Asus CUSL-2 (Intel ATA100 controller onboard) and I had problems getting DMA to work -- hooked it up to my Promise and it gives you clear messages in the BIOS about the mode it is using -- and it worked at UDMA without problem. The promise also has TWO different IDE channels, I typically put my player (Memorex 48x too) on one, the recorder on the other.

I watch lots of streaming videos off my drives, so interuptions are BAD -- this setup works perfect.

 

[JoeFoster]

Do you think Imation 80min/700mb cdrs works good with this drive? I have a bunch of imations from past deals like the onvia deal and amazon pricematch deal and still waiting if amazon will ship my 3 25pks so I have 175 80min/700mb imations and 40 Fujifilm 80min/700 TaiyoYudens. These work great with my Plex8/4/32. I hope these will burn nicely with the Iomega.

 

[Nutzo]

Great deal, bought some on-line. Now I get to sleep in <g>
I'm glad I won't have to stand in line outside the store tomorrow morning, it might actually be below 75 degrees out here in Southern California at 10 AM <G>

 

[SlowOne]

MrVW... thanks

Second question: Now that I have my thoughts straight...
Is this an Ultra DMA 66 drive? versus Ultra DMA 33? My Memorex 48x CD is on the Ultra 33 EIDE Bus, and my Maxtor 7200rpm is on the Ultra 66 EIDE bus.

Going back to first question: If I do need to turn DMA off, where (roughly) do I go.

Thanks!!!!

 

[SlowOne]

MrVW... thanks

Second question: Now that I have my thoughts straight...
Is this an Ultra DMA 66 drive? versus Ultra DMA 33? My Memorex 48x CD is on the Ultra 33 EIDE Bus, and my Maxtor 7200rpm is on the Ultra 66 EIDE bus.

Going back to first question: If I do need to turn DMA off, where (roughly) do I go.

Thanks!!!!

 

[mrVW]

SlowOne - please delete your duplicate post. If you guys have technical questions about CD-recorders, I highly recommend cdrom-guide.com forums - click here -- especially the &quot;CD-R &amp; CD-RW&quot; forum (hardware).

I am not affiliated with these guys, but of all the forums I've visited, it is the most active.

 

[SlowOne]

MrVW, thanks again.

I saw your ammended response. So are you reccomending I get a Promise card? Or can I simply run both Memorex 48X and new Iomega off the same Ultra33 EIDE bus/strap?

What are the potential problems with &quot;both on same bus&quot; solution?

thanks!

 

[CaseTragedy]

Just ordered one.
I already have a Plextor 12x--but what the hey.

 

[namlook]

Hey, someone on fleabay is selling one of these and it says the following in the ad:

&quot;Brand NEW, factory SEALED, Retail box of Iomega's fastest CD Burner on the Market, Internal EIDE Iomega® CD-RW drive #31120 *12X Write/10X ReWrite/32X Max Read) *With Burn Proof Technology. Comes with 2 free 700mb cds, Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.0, Direct Cd 3.0, and other software. This drive is capable of burning a CD in 6 minutes!!! CloneCd compatible and SafeDisc 2 capable. Retails for $279 and is almost identical to Plextor's 121032A, but the plextor is not SD2 capable.&quot;

Notice the bold part....Huh? How could this drive be SD2 capable while the Plextor is not? That makes no sense does it?

 

[SlowOne]

MrVW, sorry, one last question

Is Nero the utility I need to run to verify that this firmware update has in fact taken place?

thanks

 

[mrVW]

SlowOne -- like I said, Try joining the CD-ROM Guide site forums -- your questions are pretty basic and we could go back and forth for dozens of more messages

No, Nero is a program to burn CD-ROM's, I just used it to demonstrate the drive capability. It is the best performing program I have ever worked with. Doesn't do everything, but what it does, it does well (burns ISO, Bin/Cue, standard files, VCD, SVCD, etc). It is very reliable, never crashes, uses very little CPU -- it is well engineered (those darn Germans).

 

[kcobra]

Haha. Looks like some bcheung guy has already hit e$ay with them. He has 8 or so auctions going.

 

[kcobra]

Anyone wanna trade Nero for Easy CD Creator? We could mail the physical disks or go on the honor system and swap cd images.

 

[JoeFoster]

Let me get this right in my head. Upgrading the firmware on this &quot;rebadged Plextor&quot; will make it 99% identical to the Plextor 12x10x32 and perform 99% indentical to? In other words the Iomega will be able to do what a Plextor can do?

I hope my upgrade goes well.

 

[efield]

For those who have 1.03 firmware, I flashed mine straight from 1.03 to 1.07 and didn't run into any problem...tested it using Nero.