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- From: stimber@tbag.org (Scott Timberlake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR25 Fix?
- Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 14:03:20 EST
- Organization: Tampa Bay Amiga Group
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <19960403.3C1EC0.C9AA@tbag.org>
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- RH> My Medivision NEC CDR25 CDROM drive gives me problems. When I boot my
- RH> A3000, if I have it on, it freezes the boot process until I turn it off,
- RH> wait for boot to complete and then turn it back on. I have had problems
- RH> trying to run software under SS using my MediaVision
- RH> CD drive. It accesses fine, for a while, then the SCSI light comes on
- RH> and stays on and everything freezes. I have tweaked with sync/async
- RH> transfers, no diff. I tried running and old (even older than the
- RH> MediaVision Nec CDR25) Teac CDROM drive. Perfect. No problems. Anyone
- RH> out there have a fix for the NEC CDR25?
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- You need to upgrade your SCSI controller chip to the WD -08 chip. Once I
- put this chip in, the above problems that I also had dissappeared. Lots
- of places that advertise in the Amiga magazines carry it for about $30.
- Scott
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