Very Old Philips drives firmware - Club CDFreaks

dunbar · 25-09-2003

Older Philips CD/CDRW drives were sold under a different division of Philips. If you have an older drive like my CDD3610 (2x2x6) and want to try flashing it, visiting the current Philips CD/CDRW areas will only get you their scorn, try my link.

http://www.consumer.philips.com/glob...=1,resizable=1

I doubt that anyone will be able to flash a 2x2x6 into anything more than a 2x2x6 with more supported formats, but hey... if it is stock and a newer firmware adds something for you, why not flash it?

The most important tricks to getting support for the older stuff are A] USA Philips dropped support long ago; B] Philips' Monitors division used to support the drives before the CD/CDRW division came into existence.

HTH

**Jan70** · 25-09-2003

Try this link.

dunbar · 26-09-2003

Thanks for the post, the site looks very interesting.

Any reader of this thread will need to consider how current your site is, at least in the case of CDD3610 - it is not current. 5 Years ago, Philips link posted newer firmware for CDD3610 - I downloaded v3.09 firmware; my Philips CDD3160 drive is running v3.09, I verified the version several ways.

Quote:

CDD3610: IDE3.09 3.09.cvt 22/12/1998
1. PHILIPS CDD3610 CD-R/RW

Before I flashed v3.09 into the drive, I had been using v3.08. I know that those are definitely 2 different versions, because v3.09 improved the drive performance when I changed from v3.08

From your link, jan 70, I see CDD3610 is listed with older version v3.08 (as of right now, and I've never been to the site - I am not caching an older version of the page).

Quote:

Sun Oct 06, 2002 4:00 pm Philips CDD-3610
PHILIPS CDD-3610 v3.04, v3.08
Edited by: Hijacker Last update: Sun Oct 06, 2002 4:00 pm

I would encourage anyone to consider the Philips link first, when looking for fimware for older Philips drives.

**Jan70** · 26-09-2003

The latest firmware for you drive can be found here and it is located on an Philips server.

Also take an look at this link.

The CDD3610 is also the same drive as Traxdata CD-RW 2260Plus (Phillips CDD3610). Maybe that firmware can do some help. It can de dowloaded here.

Hope it will help you futher..

dunbar · 02-10-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by jan70
The latest firmware for you drive can be found here and it is located on an Philips server.

Why, yes, that link does contain the v3.09 firmware...... When I visited the www.p4c.philips.com site, the search engine does not find anything. Search for cdd3610, find nothing; search for 3610, find nothing.

That is one reason why consumers cannot obtain support from Philips, because there is no way to 'find' this model.

That is why I posted the first link to a philips search engine that actually finds stuff.

Quote:

Also take an look at this link.

When I visit the www.consumer.philips.com page, I again get the same problem there: search for cdd3610 find nothing, search for 3610 find nothing.

Quote:

The CDD3610 is also the same drive as Traxdata CD-RW 2260Plus (Phillips CDD3610). Maybe that firmware can do some help. It can de dowloaded here.

Hope it will help you futher..

How could anyone find that?!?

You are the guru!

At least my first link gives people the opportunity to find the firmware for other Philips drives... you probably won't want to reply to every person who might otherwise post asking for firmware for 2x4x8 or 4x2x12 or 4x4x12 or 4x4x16 or .....

stefsom · 03-10-2003

You can also visit this site
http://home.tiscali.be/stefsom/philipscdrw.htm

Jon_J · 04-10-2003

Several years ago I found firmware at CDCopyworld to flash my Phillips 4X4X16 to a Yamaha 4X4X16. I did this because Yamaha was releasing more updates than Phillips.

This drive reads/writes CD+G perfectly

The firmware is: 1.0j
These firmwares updated by the trailing letter. (I may have earlier ones like: (1.0h, 1.0g, ect), I have to look)
I have it on an old CD-ROM if anyone needs it, reply here or PM me.

Jon

Trondos · 08-10-2003

The Phillips 3610 was also sold as HP 7200i. I know, I still own one. I also found the 3.08 Phillips firmware in a dungeon on my HD. If you are interested, drop me a mail, and you can have it.

geerussell · 31-01-2004

Thanks to all who posted above. Of the many links in this thread, the magic one for me was this one:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/c/c...51_fus_eng.exe

Exactly the file I needed.

That wasn't the end of the story though, also found out that an aspi layer was required to update the firmware and this site from another thread here cleared that up:

http://aspi.radified.com

For me, the firmware update would not run recognize the latest (4.71.2) aspi layer at all. Only forcing the version to 4.6 as described on the site above made it work.

oliv_ · 04-03-2005

hi guys

this is an old post but i can't also find any firmware for the philips pbrw5232g.

don't telll me to search more, i've done all the possible search things, that's why i'm in here.

can anyone help me

my first post lol

*Matth* · 05-03-2005

http://cdrfaq.org/faq05.html#S5-1-4 - one of the best

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...93/newbios.htm - and the original "old philips drive" fansite - talking about fans, there's also a hint on fitting a cooling fan.

25-09-2003	#1 (permalink)
dunbar CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 45	Very Old Philips drives firmware <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Older Philips CD/CDRW drives were sold under a different division of Philips. If you have an older drive like my CDD3610 (2x2x6) and want to try flashing it, visiting the current Philips CD/CDRW areas will only get you their scorn, try my link. http://www.consumer.philips.com/glob...=1,resizable=1 I doubt that anyone will be able to flash a 2x2x6 into anything more than a 2x2x6 with more supported formats, but hey... if it is stock and a newer firmware adds something for you, why not flash it? The most important tricks to getting support for the older stuff are A] USA Philips dropped support long ago; B] Philips' Monitors division used to support the drives before the CD/CDRW division came into existence. HTH __________________ USALug

25-09-2003	#2 (permalink)
Jan70 Administrator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA/Norway/Germany Posts: 1,254	Try this link. __________________ Intel® Core™2 Quad ASUS P5K-E/WIFI AP (Intel® P35 & ICH9R) with Infineon 2GB RAM and 550 Watt PSU My review PC – (click to view) To become a member of cdfreaks.com just click here to join *2 FAT 2 FLY !*

26-09-2003	#4 (permalink)
Jan70 Administrator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA/Norway/Germany Posts: 1,254	The latest firmware for you drive can be found here and it is located on an Philips server. Also take an look at this link. The CDD3610 is also the same drive as Traxdata CD-RW 2260Plus (Phillips CDD3610). Maybe that firmware can do some help. It can de dowloaded here. Hope it will help you futher.. __________________ Intel® Core™2 Quad ASUS P5K-E/WIFI AP (Intel® P35 & ICH9R) with Infineon 2GB RAM and 550 Watt PSU My review PC – (click to view) To become a member of cdfreaks.com just click here to join *2 FAT 2 FLY !*

04-10-2003	#7 (permalink)
Jon_J CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 79	Phillips PCA460 RW --> Yamaha CRW4416E Several years ago I found firmware at CDCopyworld to flash my Phillips 4X4X16 to a Yamaha 4X4X16. I did this because Yamaha was releasing more updates than Phillips. This drive reads/writes CD+G perfectly The firmware is: 1.0j These firmwares updated by the trailing letter. (I may have earlier ones like: (1.0h, 1.0g, ect), I have to look) I have it on an old CD-ROM if anyone needs it, reply here or PM me. Jon Last edited by Jon_J; 04-10-2003 at 18:16.

08-10-2003	#8 (permalink)
Trondos CD Freaks Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Norway Posts: 222	The Phillips 3610 was also sold as HP 7200i. I know, I still own one. I also found the 3.08 Phillips firmware in a dungeon on my HD. If you are interested, drop me a mail, and you can have it. __________________ Cigarette smoking is a major cause of statistics.

03-10-2003	#6 (permalink)
stefsom New on Forum Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Belgium Posts: 15	You can also visit this site http://home.tiscali.be/stefsom/philipscdrw.htm

31-01-2004	#9 (permalink)
geerussell New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1	very helpful thread here Thanks to all who posted above. Of the many links in this thread, the magic one for me was this one: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/c/c...51_fus_eng.exe Exactly the file I needed. That wasn't the end of the story though, also found out that an aspi layer was required to update the firmware and this site from another thread here cleared that up: http://aspi.radified.com For me, the firmware update would not run recognize the latest (4.71.2) aspi layer at all. Only forcing the version to 4.6 as described on the site above made it work.

04-03-2005	#10 (permalink)
oliv_ New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1	philips pbrw5232g hi guys this is an old post but i can't also find any firmware for the philips pbrw5232g. don't telll me to search more, i've done all the possible search things, that's why i'm in here. can anyone help me my first post lol

05-03-2005	#11 (permalink)
Matth CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,493	Re: Very Old Philips drives firmware http://cdrfaq.org/faq05.html#S5-1-4 - one of the best http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...93/newbios.htm - and the original "old philips drive" fansite - talking about fans, there's also a hint on fitting a cooling fan.

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