Intel Firmware update error!

I have the intel SSD x25-m installed on my hdx16t with a clean install of authentic vista.

The funny thing is that I want to update my firmware, so i go onto intel's website and burn the iso file onto a CDR using imgburn.

Now when i boot up the CD from start, I get this message and its stops there forever! It doesn't go anywhere else for about 20 minutes. My CD remains spinning the whole time but no led blinking from the cd drive.

The funny thing was that I thought that maybe my CD was an error, so i popped it into another computer, a dv6000t and what do you know? It brings me all the way to the point where I can say "yes" and scan my computer for a intel SSD.

It's weird why my HDX16t cant do that! Anyone?

Please help.

 

The reason is what we in the business used to commonly refer to as an ID ten T fault.

If you wiped the HP installation and installed an OEM copy, you've essentially screwed yourself. HP systems, like others, are designed with specific drivers and components (like SSD's) whose BIOS, drivers and software are integrated into a given configuration, all designed to work under a specially licensed copy of Vista. The OEM version isn't the same, and won't load your component drivers (like for your Optical drive). So it just spins and spins.

The reason your other one can read it is that it likely hasn't been wiped, and still has the original install and drivers for the components.

Your HDX was designed to work with specific software - while you can update with and OEM copy, you can't just replace it without serious consequences. Even updating requires a specific procedure listed on the HP site.

Hope you got a set of Recovery Disks to wipe out that nifty "clean Vista install".

 

What? What are you talking about?

Heck, do optical drives even need "special" drivers?

That makes no sense whatsoever. I've personally wiped the heck out of my hard drive with no consequence
whatsoever.

Furthermore, if that were true, how would he have been able to install Windows in the first place??????

I don't get it.

Designed to work under a specially licensed copy of Vista? What in the F? Man people got Linux/XP running on various laptops.... lolz.

Either you're on crack... or I am. And I am leaning towards the former.

I mean, I could be wrong but.... let's just say I would be damn surprised.

I am very interested in hearing what others have to say.... lol.

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Anywho.

If I had to guess, and I am taking a wild stab in the dark here, it has something to do with AHCI in your bios. Go turn it on or off (the opposite of what it's on now) and you "should" be good to go. Again. This is a major stab in the dark... but I guess it's worth a shot.

The only time I ran into a similar situation was with a Windows install on a Toshiba where the Windows installation would just run the CD over and over and over again (on a clean/fresh install mind you.. lolz) and I had to go into the bios and turn AHCI on/off (can't remember which) and it worked.... so hopefully it'll work for you. I think.

 

Yeah, I don't think that's right either.
How on earth would a Vista installation affect an optical drive's performance outside of Vista?
The FreeDOS kernel image alone should've tipped you off that we're trying to run a Live CD!

If I were you, I'd just pop the X25-M into the Pavilion and run the firmware update from there.

EDIT: FWIW, my Acer hasn't had any critical issues with ODD or otherwise in the nine months or so since I've done a clean install.

 

wow CyberVisions,
You got it all wrong. My optical drive completely works fine when i fully boot up my clean install of vista. and i've done tons and tons of clean installs on many types of HP and none of them ever went bad. FYI, my optical drive works just fine.... how else do you think i burnt fully operational intel firmware disk? (though i should of before).
The only thing that I can think of is that my AHCI is not enabled and that intel requires you to be on other than IDE.
I can't find where HP hid the AHCI option in the BIOS. they surely locked it out and i cant get into it. i know for a fact that my hdx can run on AHCI. i even have it enabled but not sure if it's actually "on" or not.

TehSuigi , thanks for that tip. ill switch the SSD into the pavilion and get it working.
But I got another question though.
Will it be fine if i just take out the HDD from the dv6000t, replace it with my hdx16t's intel ssd, do a firmware update using dv6000t, and put it back on the hdx16t even though they are on different systems (dv6000t vs hdx16t)?

 

ya it'll be fine- makes no difference whatsoever.

 

Should be fine, especially since you won't be booting into Vista at all.

 

then again, my dv6000t is PATA and not SATA!

 

Oh.
Well then...
I got nothing. Sorry!

 

Do you have any flashdrive or thumbdrive plugged in..
Remove any additional things that are plugged into your laptop and try again..

 

I actually have it all removed.
I wonder if its because I am still on IDE!
I don't know how to access AHCI because it can't be found on my HP BIOS. HP locked it out.
I know for a fact that I have AHCI enabled but I am not on that mode! I am still on IDE! Im so mad! I can't find how to turn AHCI over IDE.
and I can't find how to do it under Intels MSM.

 

I have had no success updating the firmware on my 160gb x25-M on my HP HDX18. HP locks out the BIOS so that I can't change to Legacy, Compatibility, or AHCI mode per Intel's instructions. I've tried installing the SSD on a Dell desktop and a Dell laptop where I was able to change the mode as required, but the update software (FreeDOS) would not recognize the drive (and they were connected properly to a SATA port). My only viable solution at this point is to return the laptop, buy a new one and hope that it has the new firmware. I'm already experiencing slow downs from the fragmentation issue under the old firmware.

 

What's that freedos stuff? I burned the Intel firmware ISO using a program called FreeISOBurner, boot up with the cd, and bam that's it.