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- From: cable@dialup.italnet.it (Mirco Zanca)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR25 Fix?
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 21:19:00 GMT
- Organization: ItalNet
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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.
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- I solved the problem with NEC CDR-25 by just booting with its cover opened.
- Close it after the WB starts to load.
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