On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:07:22 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>Not overlooking, the point of the forum was not to find some
>"latest mod", it is to find known-good firmware that others
>have used and report success with, to let someone else do
>the alpha/beta testing then reap the benefits of their work.

I thought those sites were hacker sites. My mistake.

I did learn that my current firmware is the latest for the drive,
which is reassuring in a way.

>It's true an operator error or machine error could occur,
>though such is the case with *anything*, not just flashing a
>drive's firmware. Maybe it's not worth the risk to you, but
>becoming educated about it and practicing, you reduce that
>risk.

I have done my share of flashing in my day, and I have also done my
share of resetting. I do not like the idea that one uncontrollable
glitch could completely destroy a piece of hardware. You would think
the manufacturer would have a better design - to allow a hardware
reset like on modems, routers, motherboards, etc.

>Possibly it is best if/when drive doesn't do what
>you want of it, but I would want full burning speed if there
>is a chance of gaining that *more often*.

If I want more speed, then I would get the 3540. But I do not want
more speed for now, so I am going to leave the firmware alone.

>>Where would I go to find such firmware? I don't even know what model
>>of LiteOn that my Sony has. My model is "Sony DVD RW DW-D18A".

>Google of course. You might read through hits from search
>terms like,
>http://www.google.com/search?q=Sony+...irmware+Liteon

I tried some variations of that and got garbage. I always use Google
first before anything else.

Sony told me to contact my vendor for support so I called Directron
where my son bought the drive over a year ago. The head of support
told me that the best they could offer is their forum on
<directron.net>. He said to ask for help in terms of newer firmware. I
did just that and set the preferences to email me when I get a hit. No
hits thus far but then it is a bit early.

>>My point is that because I can run the machine while burning, I really
>>do not care if I am burning at 4x.

>Ok, don't flash it then. The web forums will likely point
>out what gain there is as well, then you can decide for
>yourself if the gain is important to your use.

As I said, the web forums were helpful in telling me there is no newer
firmware. It is lightening fast on CDs though, which is something I do
once in a while.


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