User Guide 
System Requirement
Flash Failure Recovery
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User Guide 

1. Install the Firmware Live Update Tool under your windows. When the screen appeared, click “Next”.
2. Read the license agreement and click “YES” button if you agreed the license content.
3. Type the “User Name” & “Company Name” then click  Next” button.
4. Click "Finish" button to complete  the Live Update Setup process.
5.Click "LiveUpdate" icon on Desktop to execute program.
6. Click "LiveUpdate"=>"Setting" to set the configuration.
7. Please select a upgrade frequency once a week ..etc. The LiveUpdate is going to check the firmware automatically by the period time depend on the setting.
8. Click the "User Information" to fill the form out, the Name and Email columns are necessary.
We do not send any email to the customer's email address for any advertisement.
9. Click "Check updates" button to look for the latest firmware version.
11. Click the check box in front of model name then click "Update selected device" button the new firmware will be downloaded if the Latest version newer than Drive version.
12. During firmware updating, please do not execute any application to avoid flash failure happen.
13. The “Windows Flash Program” has been activated, click “Upgrade” button  to flash the firmware.
14. Please pay attention to read the “Warning massage” in advance and click “OK” button after reading all the content.
15. The drive is upgrading firmware.
16. Congratulation!
The f/w has been upgraded successfully by the “LiveUpdate” program. Click "Close" button then reboot the system. The drive with new firmware is working now.

System Requirement

Ø          600 MHz Intel Pentium II processor or equivalent

Ø          Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP

Ø          128 MB RAM

Ø          275 MB available disk space

Flash Failure Recovery

If the flash failure happen the drive will not be recognized by Windows so it should flash the firmware on DOS mode to recover the drive.

Please download the correct model firmware of dos version.

DRW1004IM Firmware DOS Version Dv43csA79D.zip

DRW1008IM Firmware DOS Version Dv49csA530.zip

Please refer the log file before download the firmware of DOS version

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Flash Steps on DOS

1.Build a boot disk (floppy) on Windows 98.

2.Unzip the firmware to the other one floppy disk.

3.Boot to DOS mode and change to the firmware disc.

4. If connect the drive to Secondary IDE Channel / Master, please type A:>F 3.

5. If connect the drive to Secondary IDE Channel / Slave, please type A:>F 4.

6.When it flashes to 100%, then finish and restart computer.

7.If it's not the newest firmware please upgrade by LiveUpdate again.

* Warning! Flash program can’t use on DOS mode of Windows!  

* Warning! After recover please go to upgrade to the newest firmware by LiveUpdate.

Got Question?

1.Sometimes, after flash firmware the drives will be disabled as above.

Ans: Please delete the drives then reboot the system, the drives will work fine with new firmware.

Contact Us: service@drvupdate.com