I upgraded the firmware on my Pioneer 105 from version 0.52 to version 1.21, Everything appeared to go fine, but now when i try to record anything using nero or Prassi dvd all i get is a message saying waiting for drive to become ready

The drive is still recognised in xp and plays cd and dvd's fine i just cant burn anything

I cant flash the drive back to 0.52 so what can i do...?

i flashed to this version of firmware on a105 and have no problems at all

I dont understand it , It was working fine before i flashed it, Now i cant get it to burn anything, it just says either "not ready" or "waiting for device to become ready" but it still reads DVD's fine and i had no error messages during the flash upgrade, everytrhing appeared to go fine

If I had a bad flash , is there anyway i can force it to re-flash the drive..?

Everytime i try it just says drive is already v.1.21

I'm too scared to flash my 105.........it may be in your case the burning software is now 'too old' to recognise your 105.

Only thing I can suggest it try and get the very latest burning software and see if it recognises the 105

Upgrade by way of flashing is irreversible I think

Already have the latest versions of the software, and they were working great before i upgraded

Thanks anyway

try reinstalling the burn software,worth a try.

already tried that too.
Just tried burning to a Traxdata DVD-RW and that works ok

At the moment i only have cheap eproformance DVD-R to try, these disks worked fine before the update could the update of done something to the drive causing it to be incompatable with this media...?

I have ordered some other DVD-R's to try them, but will have to wait a few days to get them

the answer to most questions on these forums about pie 105 media problems is use quality media not the cheap stuff.try buying sample packs from reputable dealers and stick with the ones that work.
have you got pio set to 4 in your m\b bios and dma set for your primary and secondry ide controllers.another thing to think about is your pc powerful enough and have you got enough memory.
flashed my 105 last week with 121 and not a problem yet.

don't know if you checked this link out but it might help i flashed mine without any problems
http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/ibs/device_e/dev00004r_e.html

Cheers hetoge thats helped me and probably a few others.

Hi
Are u sure the epreformance disks worked before the flash ?,they have never been recognised by my 105 before or after flashing and several sites are listing the eperformance disks as one of those not recognised,which is a shame as they work a treat at 2x in my 104
Cheers
Misky

Firefox32, you can flash your drive back to 0.52 firmware with a program called flasfix. it will force the drive to accept the firmware, someone will just have use flashfix to extract their 0.52 firmware and upload it on the net

Are you sure it is a DVR-105. just got mine and it came with 1.0
from the factory. Thought 1.0 was the first level of flash for this unit
went to 1.21 and running fine

Pioneer makes the drives, so they should have plenty of info on their site too.

Originally posted by Firefox32
I upgraded the firmware on my Pioneer 105 from version 0.52 to version 1.21, Everything appeared to go fine, but now when i try to record anything using nero or Prassi dvd all i get is a message saying waiting for drive to become ready

The drive is still recognised in xp and plays cd and dvd's fine i just cant burn anything

I cant flash the drive back to 0.52 so what can i do...?

i have the exact same problem except i cannot even read original dvds in the drive,
any help very appreciated,
has anyone been able to downgrade the firmware with flashfix yet, as i dont want to try and break it even more
eminem

fire fox ive tried many brands of media and e proformance is the only one that my 105 wont burn does not evn rcognise there is a disc in the drive
try datwrite yellows have burnt loads with no coasters only i speed
got them at svp evn they do not recomend e proformance for the 105
can anyone tell me how to find out what firmware ive got thanks

Is there a good reason to chance the firmware upgrade. I have version 1.0 and working fine. As the saying goes, it aint broke, should I bother?

Rick, I'm with you mine has wrked flawlessly even burning some memorex discs @ 2x while my buddies 104 only runs em @ 1x so I won't chance it for now:)