Hi everyone,

Let me DESCRIBE my problem:
In order to turn my NEC ND-1100A CD/DVD-RW into its successor ND-1300A, I UPDATED its firmware. I did this using a flashing tool and firmware that was successfully used by many other people specifically for this purpose. Everything went smoothly, or so it seemed. However, this is what I had to see when I booted:







Surprisingly, it’s apparently not a problem concerning the ND-1100A. The drive was successfully turned into a ND-1300A and it seemed to work. Flashing it back to a ND-1100A didn’t solve the problem, nor could I notice a difference after disconnecting the drive. The power device is okay, all voltages stable and within the limits. Motherboard and CPU temperature normal.

Interestingly, when I unplug the power device for a short time and then reboot, at least the boot screens seem to be okay. However, the vertical stripes reappear soon after. FIRST I usually see yellow stripes. They disappear after a while: when I notice that new objects like ICONS or windows suddenly overwrite the stripes, I just have to force a redraw of the whole screen (e.g. by maximizing a window) and everything is back to normal. Hours later, however, the stripes return as pink stripes that don’t go away. Usually these “pink stripes” persist on reboot, unless I unplug the power device as described above.

Unfortunately this is probably a problem that can only be solved by replacing hardware, but I wonder what hardware -- the motherboard, the graphics card? The motherboard’s BIOS should be okay (reflashed it with newest version).

Configuration:
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz
- Motherboard: ASUS P4P800 Deluxe
- Grahphics card: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
- OS: Win XP/SP 2

Thanks in advance for your help/advice!Since when do you flash DVD-ROM drives?Disconnect the drive...........does it look normal......if this is so......the flash drive has had it!....unless you use a net search ENGINE for .....re-flash.........firmware....