Re: [Dvdrtools-users] Problem with firmware update on hp dvd 200i

[Robert M. Stockmann]

On Fri, 16 May 2003, Mathias Matthaes #3336 wrote:

> Hello ,
> 
> with my HP dvd 200i I tried a firmware update with
> "rpl8" , which is part of the dvd+rw-tools.
> 
> First the dump of the current firmware (1.36)  was ok :
> 
> # ./rpl8 /dev/cdrom -dump-only
> "/dev/cdrom": dumping firmware image to
> "HP______DVD_Writer_200j_1.36.bin"
> ................................................................
> 
> # ls -l
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1048576 May 16 09:11 
> HP______DVD_Writer_200j_1.36.bin
> 
> But when I try to load again this file , rpl8 complains
> about the checksum :
> 
> ]# rpl8 /dev/scd0 HP______DVD_Writer_200j_1.36.bin
> "HP______DVD_Writer_200j_1.36.bin" is corrupted or encrypted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What went wrong ?
> Is the checksum mechanism in "rpl8" not the same
> which is used by HP ?
> 
> 
> And next question :
> Where can I get the firmware 1.51 of HP as a pure
> firmware bin file ( HP only offers exe for Windows ) ?
> 
> Thanks for any help ,
> 
> Mathias

check http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=11182&highlight=200i

and this :

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?category=4&manufactor=37

Regards,

Robert
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