PlexWriter and Microstudio V3.000 HELP

[Dave Heidersche]

Originally Posted by admin

Dave, thanks for helping Jo here.

The Plextor 24x is a very old drive... technology wise. We are now using the latest Microsoft drive interfacing means, and older drives may not work. I have seen several problems posted related to Plextor 24x drives.

You have created a valid solution to use this drive with prior MTU versions that used the "older" techniques to interface to drives. There is always the possibility that some drives won't work with the latest technology. We don't have a firm answer yet, but we will be researching to see if the 24x can work some way.

Thanks Admin for your quick response, now I have two more question.

1. Will I have the same trouble with Plexwriter 40/12/40 with the new hoster and the new microstudio releases?

2. When I download firmware for a USB CD writer, does the firmware download and attach itself into the computer or does it download into the cd writer itself? If it attaches to the CD writer, then I assume that I will be able to connect it any computer.

Regards, Dave

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by Dave Heidersche

Thanks Admin for your quick response, now I have two more question.

1. Will I have the same trouble with Plexwriter 40/12/40 with the new hoster and the new microstudio releases?

2. When I download firmware for a USB CD writer, does the firmware download and attach itself into the computer or does it download into the cd writer itself? If it attaches to the CD writer, then I assume that I will be able to connect it any computer.

Regards, Dave

Dave,
You shouldn't have trouble with the 40x as it is newer (still old but newer than the 24x.) Just make sure all MS Windows updates are done and the firmware is up to date.

When you download the firmware from Plextor you need to save the file rather than open it. The firmware comes in the form of an executable zip file. When you run the file (double click) it loads its information into the CD Drives flash memory (it won't lose the information when powered off). So yes the drive can be attached to any computer after that and will have the update.

[Dave Heidersche]

A giant help, I'll try it as soon as I can and post the results. Thank you and regards, Dave.

[Dave Heidersche]

Success with plexwriter 40/12/40 on both the new Hoster and new Microstudio. Thanks to all involved. Regards, Dave