Hitachi manufactures most other drives with a PROM chip for the firmware (programmable ONCE).
The drives manufactured with PROM's can NOT be flashed. No how, NO WAY. Doesn't matter how many times you try, won't work, because a PROM can only be written to once.
This is like the difference between a CD-R and a CD-RW.
Why do they use a PROM instead of an EEPROM for most drives?
Simple...it saves them a few pennies per drive because the PROM costs less!!!
[Thinkpads.com]上面的老外說的...
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=101863#101863
所以我看能更新我HP OEM 7K100的機會是非常slim了..= = 雖然都是"同樣的firmware",但是有些是EEPROM(多次更新,DIY可以),有些則為PROM(一次更新,出廠時)
So the final word is...let's pray!!! XD
而且還刷成功了,不過不能確定他所拿到的”市售版”是不是正常的市售版.
若他拿的是給廠商隨機出貨的版本,但他是在店家買到的,他可能也認為是市售版.
對面的店家常有掛羊頭買狗肉的現象,所以那個user搞不好還以為自己買到市售版也不一定.
anyway~照老外這樣說,那我的就不用費心去升級了.
因為我的不是ibm的隨機出貨版,我是代理商代理的版本.
你的是hp隨機出貨的,或許也是用eeprom,看能不能問到正確的消息說.
不過hp的nb我也有,只是沒看過它們在nb上有放過hdd的firmware.
不知道有沒有放過?
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