hello all, i need some help on this. i'm new to the updating of firmware. i have a lite-on sohd-167t dvd rom and would like to see if the firmware can be updated on it. i know nothing about doing this. can anyone walk me through what i need to do in updating it. if i have posted in the wrong place im sorry about that. i found the firmware page and have found an update for it, but do not know what i need to do besides download the file. after i open it is there anything else i need to do to any other software to update my drive,or is downloading this update enough to get it going. any help would be great. i will wait for a respond before i downlaod anything. so i dont mess anything up. thanks to all who respond to this post. taz1974
Hey, Ok here are the steps. 1) Make sure there isn't a disk in your drive whilst running the update. 2) Do not run anything else whilst running the update; this includes virus/firewall software. 3) Leave it to do its job. A sucessful update usually take no more than 5 mins (dependant on your PC specs). If you're drive hangs on the update (does nothing), then you can render your drive useless and in a state of no return (they're fixable sometime though). This won't occur if you follow steps 1-2 Here is the update for your drive. http://www.liteonit.com.tw/ODD/WebFW/SOHD-167T/1679S1B.zip Just extract and run it!
thanks ripper. im going to try this and see what happens. ill get back to you after i do so. thanks again. taz1974
Here is a good place for the firmware, for your Liteon DVD-Rom. http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html I have 4 of these Rom drives and they run great with the 9S19 firmware. I have not had any reason to ugrade to the newer firmware.
If it's a DVDROM then you most likely won't need to... Cos you're not needing to read disks to burn to as it is a ROM drive and if you are reading burnt disks, then they might be booktyped to ROM anywho...
thanks ripper. that just saved me from probaly messing up my rom. due to the fact that i have never done anything like that before. i do have a liteon sohw-1693s dvd rom burner. i might try it on there. if i mess it up ill have a reason to buy the lightscribe burner ive been wanting. thanks again. have a good one.
With the modified firmware, I still have no problems reading burned -r discs as well as +r discs that were not burned as DVD-Rom In the past I have used CDRW/DVD-Rom drives to make copy of a copy And would get a fail to burn message from NERO yet the burned copy would be fine. This was a false error message fron Nero. With this drive I could make a copy of a copy from either a -R or a +R (not burned as a DVD-ROM) disc and get a perfect copy without the false error message This is an very good drive. It has read everything I have thrown at it. It's a great drive right out of the box. For friends and family, I flash the drive with modified firmware right out of the box, with no fear. For customers, I leave it alone because it voids factory warranty. For disc to disc copies on the fly, this is an excellent reader. IMHO. If you are interested in flashing firmware , do some research here: http://forum.rpc1.com/portal.php
when I make copies, I use the Liteon Dvd-Rom drive to read and I use a NEC DVD-RW drive to burn. I burn on the fly. Disc to disc The DVD-Rom is secondary on the Primary IDE Channel The burner is the master on the Secondary IDE Channel I never said a DVD-Rom drive can burn DVDs. That would just be silly. When I do disc to disc copies,I am speaking of non copyrighted DVDs
