hope i've posted this in the correct section......sorry if not. i keep reading about a firmware upgrade for the above mentioned drive that will allow x8 spedd writing. can anybody confirm this for me and if so a push in the right direction would really be of help. many thanks for any help in this viper
damn that is the first I have heard of this, if you find out can you PM me, i'll do some googling right now to see if i kind find the firmware _X_X_X_X_X_[small] [/small]
okay I went to lite-on's websites and found this post: Compatibility Problems: - Problems with cheap media (no manufacturer's ID) have been encountered. - Recording quality with low quality media (e.g. Princo, InfoSmart) is poor. Advantages: - Good seek times for a DVD burner. - [bold] Can be upgraded via firmware to a LiteON LDW-851S with 8x DVD+R support. With the latest LDW-851S firmware, this drive can burn RICOHJPNR01 media and others at 6x and 8x Z-CLV with great results! [/bold] - Shorter than most other DVD burners. - Frequent firmware updates means good support for new media. - Great for backing up copy protected discs. - Compatible with KProbe for CD/DVD error checking. - Because it's a 4x drive, you can pick one up for next to nothing. Disadvantages: - Poor instruction manual/user's guide. - Questionable build quality. - No Mt. Rainier support yet. - Does not read or write to DVD-RAM. - Poor burn quality on cheap media. - Questionable results with KProbe for CD-R/RW burns. - Bundled software is medicore. - Bundle does not include an IDE cable or blank media. here is the link to the post: http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdwriters....&buffer=Any&list=0&orderby=Name&Search=Search this is the link to the firmware upgrade: http://www.liteon.com/prod/getDriver.do?action=driver (for some reason I got an error when I went to the page, it may just be my browser???)(sorry dead link, go to lite-on page 4 firmware) you may also want to go to cdfreaks.com and go to the lite-on forum, to see if there are any posts. i'm going to check it out in a little while, so i'll post my progress. I guess it only does dvd+r at 8x though, i'm probably going to test it, pm or post if ur going to upgrade the firmware, good luck!!! _X_X_X_X_X_[small] [/small]
