Recently I put a BD-ROM drive in my main workstation. The drive is a hp bddvdrw ch20l, which also has a model number on the label lge-ch10ls20, which leads me to believe it's a rebadged LG CH10LS20.
Here's the issues I'm having:
1. I tried to install CH10LS20 firmware to it... but due to the "special" hp firmware, the installer won't recognize any Ch10LS20 drives as present (not even grayed out). Is there a way to make the LG flasher force-flash the drive (as HP has no updated firmware available). Or should I let the old 2010 (or earlier) stock FW be?
2. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my mobo (tyan Thunder K8WE s2895) or what, but when I boot up, the drive hangs, flashing the status LED and the POST screen showing some nvidia boot sequence saying "detecting array...". I don't have the N-force professional 2000's raid enabled (it's explicitly disabled in the BIOS).
No other SATA optical drive of mine has done this on this board; with nothing connected (and the first time I installed the drive) the drive spins up fine. Likewise, if I hold the tray open during POST, the system boots up just fine.
Otherwise, the drive seems to work... I don't have any BD discs to try in it though.
Any serious (not "workstations suck") suggestions?
Here's the issues I'm having:
1. I tried to install CH10LS20 firmware to it... but due to the "special" hp firmware, the installer won't recognize any Ch10LS20 drives as present (not even grayed out). Is there a way to make the LG flasher force-flash the drive (as HP has no updated firmware available). Or should I let the old 2010 (or earlier) stock FW be?
2. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my mobo (tyan Thunder K8WE s2895) or what, but when I boot up, the drive hangs, flashing the status LED and the POST screen showing some nvidia boot sequence saying "detecting array...". I don't have the N-force professional 2000's raid enabled (it's explicitly disabled in the BIOS).
No other SATA optical drive of mine has done this on this board; with nothing connected (and the first time I installed the drive) the drive spins up fine. Likewise, if I hold the tray open during POST, the system boots up just fine.
Otherwise, the drive seems to work... I don't have any BD discs to try in it though.
Any serious (not "workstations suck") suggestions?
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