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Re: Panasonic/Matsushita supports 8439E in their firmware flasher detection

#191
From: mbh831
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:45
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"Jason Chong" <cvw@pc.jaring.my> wrote in message
news:3B7DFB98.35A0@pc.jaring.my...
> Guess what ? I dissected the firmware upgrade flasher for cw-7586 1.01
> and 1.08 .
>
> Creative-CDRW IS recognized by the flasher and WILL update the firmware
> on 8439E and 8433E, it looks to me like, the 'official' support for
> 8433E and 8439E are the firmwares from www.acscompro.com
>
> If not, why would they be able to detect creative's ID string ?
> Seems to me , THIS could be the official firmware/flasher since
> it detects 8439E and 8433E's ID string.
>
> This is what it looks for...
>
>
> Win32 Flasher LD7586.EXE :
>
>
>  4B $4B �QB         P�@ _+@ __@ �MA -;A         +MA         _;A
> MATSHITACD
> -RW  CW-7585P MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7585  COMPAQ  CD-RW  CW-7585
> CREATIVECD-RW  RW
> 8433E  DATAEND                 MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7586P MATSHITACD-RW
> CW-7586
> CREATIVECD-RW  RW8439E  DATAEND                 MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7121P
> MATSHIT
> ACD-RW  CW-7121  DATAEND                 MKE ATAPI CD-RW DOWN LOAD
> UTILITY   Ve
> rsion 1.02  Copyright (C)  2000. 09.26    MATSUSHITA-KOTOBUKI
> ELECTORONICS IND.
>  CO., LTD  Information Equipment Development Center    LD7585  LD7586
> LD7121
> LD7XXX  FILE_DOWNLD Version 1.02  Copyright (C)  2000. 09.26    %s(
> %13.13s)
>  This Program No run %-8.8s %-16.16s %-4.4s  MKE CD-R(W) DRIVE CW-%4.4s
> NotFoun
> d Drive No Goood Selectd
> %16.16s  MKE CD-RW DOWNLOAD   Firm Ware Files (*.Rom)
> | *.Rom; | Binary Files (*.Bin) | *.bin; | All Files (*.*) | *.*; ||
> *.ROM
> ROM DOWN LOAD FILE OPEN MKE CD-RW DOWNLOAD  File not found  MKE CD-RW
> DOWNLOAD
>
>
>
>
> DOS flasher D7586.EXE:
>
>                                                              MS Run-Time
> Librar
> y - Copyright (c) 1990, Microsoft Corp  OK
>                 END              MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7585 COMPAQ  CD-RW
> CW-7585
> CREATIVECD-RW  RW8433E DATAEND                MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7586
> CREATIVECD
> -RW  RW8439E DATAEND                 MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7121 DATAEND
>     B b
> H b
> N b
> T b
> Z b
> ` b
> f b
> l b
> r b
> x b
> ~ b
> � b
> 1.02(2000/09/26) %s version
>  %s
>  %s [/d DriveNumber] [RomFile][/y]
>
>  DriveNumber 0 : Primary Master
>
>       1 : Primary Slave
>              2 : Secondary Master
>              3 : Seco
> ndary Slave
>  Filename =  Select Drive
>    0 : Primary Master
>    1 : Primary Slav
> e
>    2 : Secondary Master
>    3 : Secondary Slave
>    Q : Quit
>  Input Drive Numbe
> r =   Heep Space Can not Allocate
>  CW-7586P Drive Not Ready
>
> Data =
>  .
> CDB
>  = %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X %02X   OK
>                               END              MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7585
> COMPAQ  C
> D-RW  CW-7585 CREATIVECD-RW  RW8433E DATAEND
> MATSHITACD-RW  CW-7
> 586 CREATIVECD-RW  RW8439E DATAEND                 MATSHITACD-RW
> CW-7121 DATAE

That is wonderful...whatever all that stuff says....But since YOU seem to
understand what is Greek to me, do you think you can tell me what drive the
5220F/5233E/4108 from Creative are based on?  Then maybe I could get MY
piece of shit to work.  Many thanks in advance.
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From: "mbh831" <mbh831@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Panasonic/Matsushita supports 8439E in their firmware flasher detection
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:45:20 -0500
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