[KLUG Hardware] LiteOn SOHW-1633S, free firmware update for 4x DL!

[Randall Perry]

At 01:28 PM 12/6/2004, you wrote:
>Nice!  (except for the fact that I'll have to rip it out of my PC and
>find a Windows machine to install it in, just to do the upgrade)
Back to my comment (much earlier in the discussion) about Lite-on support:
They have tremendous community involvement and support.
You will find alot of lite-on patches worked on by the community (not 
lite-on themselves).

You don't have to have windows to do the flash.
Option 1: Run the dos flash utility mktflash.
Option 2: Run Windows from a bootable USB flash drive or CDR (yes, it's 
possible) to run the flash update.

>This makes the price even better, since I almost paid $50 more for a
>Plextor that does those faster speeds.  (good thing the Plextor was out
>of stock when I was ready to order!)
Yes, it _is_ (and has been) possible to overclock a CDburner (or CDdrive)
by flashing the firmware.  Very analogous (pros and cons) to overclocking 
your CPU or GPU.

I flashed my Sonys (lite-on) with 700A firmware (mine cost $65, the 700a 
was $150) and it works great.





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