Firmware upgrade problem

Hmm that's not typical Philips CDD3610 behaviour - if I were you I
would go back to the store...

Sybren

Thanks Sybren, I'm finally burnin' 'em!!! Turns out it was the Adaptec
DirectCD software that was crappin' out my system. The writer came with
DirectCD and Easy CD Creator 3.01b. I had assumed that I needed both pieces
of software installed for the CDR to function, but I guess not. After I
finally upgraded the firmware, then uninstalled DirectCD and Easy CD
Creator, installed the drive again and then installed ONLY Easy CD Creator,
poof!!! It worked!!! Thanks for all your help. Love this newgroup, I've
learned a lot.

DirectCD is not a very good piece of software (understatement). Many
people (including myself) have lost data without any notice while
writing with DirectCD...you'll most certainly be better off with
'real' cdr software like Nero 3.0.5.1, CDRWin 3.5b, WinOnCD 3.5 or
Easy CD Creator (deluxe) 3.01b (recommended in this order).

Packet Writing simply isn't ready for the market yet, no matter what
Adaptec's advertisements say...

If all else fails, you could also reinstall Windows - a drastic
measure but it has worked many times for me...solving seemingly
unsolvable problems.

Sybren

Thanks alot, your solution worked!! I appreciate it. I upgraded the
firmware. I thought this would solve my problem, but it hasn't. I still get
a blue screen near after or during boot up or just a plain freeze up soon
after boot. I wonder if you have any other advice to help me get my drive
working properly. I've turned off "insert notification" and tried many
different configuration senerios. I'm starting think this might be a bad
drive. I don't get the problem at boot up until I install the Adaptec
DirectCD 2.0 software, I've also downloaded the 2.0a patch and installed
that with the same result. If I don't install the software it's ok until I
put a CD of anykind in the drive, then I get hung or the blue screen. Is
there an alternative to DirectCD? This is my first drive, so I'm new at CD
writing.

Thanks, Jeff

This is because your CDD3610 is probably internally recognized as
"IDE-CD ReWritable-2x2x6" and not "Philips CDD3610". Here's the
solution

step 1: download the Philips cdd3610 firmware 3.01 upgrade at
# or at
#

step 2: Change the Ataflash.ini file to read:

[MANUFACTURER]
"IDE-CD"

[RECORDERS]
"ReWritable-2x2x6"

step 3: follow the instructions of the README.TXT file

Sybren