On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:55:57 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>I just googled and found a couple alternatives but I leave
>it to you to assess them.
>http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/

Of course I know about them - that's where the authors for the latest
hack hang out. Its LD3540_1W5 that I have now but have not flashed.

>I believe some of these packages include the flasher.
>http://www.micheldeboer.nl/firmware/3540.html

That's an interesting site - I missed it when I Googled. I see that
1.01 is the latest official firmware, which is what I have.

>Often what happens is that if a firmware works fine, nobody
>says anything... it's only when it's bad that people stomp
>and yell about it. In a popular forum, it shouldn't take
>long after a firmware is posted for a popular drive, for
>someone to report problems.

was released July 9, 2005. That's only a month ago. How long does it
take to be sure it's been tested enough?

>Well you could always learn to mod firmware yourself?
>There's bound to be a tutorial or two out there...

I may just do that.