maxtor N4P firmware update ?

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maxtor N4P firmware update ?

November 10th, 2004, 17:19

Hi,
I have a maxtor 6E030J0 (DM plus 8) and the bios shows the well known N40P, this disk have 30gb, but the mhdd shows 40 gb, what you think? is only a firmwar problem or there is some thing else ??

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Diego
jerry

firmware problem

November 19th, 2004, 0:18

i think that's a firmware problem . you can alos scan it by hddl and see whether it shows the right caperbility
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Re: firmware problem

November 19th, 2004, 1:24

jerry wrote:i think that's a firmware problem . you can alos scan it by hddl and see whether it shows the right caperbility


Jerry i dont have hddl soft (where can i get it??), but in bios, pchdd and mhdd apears like a 40 gb. The hdd shows NAR6560Z firmware, i have some maxtors firmwares but not this, and i dont know how to get an error free copy of this firmware or how to fix it.

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Hernan
shangyu

November 20th, 2004, 12:19

use pc3k fix the maxtor'N40P is difficile.LDR must matching .so search the same LDR is quite inconvenience.
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ok

November 20th, 2004, 15:47

shangyu wrote:use pc3k fix the maxtor'N40P is difficile.LDR must matching .so search the same LDR is quite inconvenience.

Ok shangui, what´s the best way to fix it for you ?

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Diego
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