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I dont have a clue really!!!!!!!!
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7. June 2005 @ 13:27 |
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ok, i got a peek at that first screenshot. Firmware revision of your burner is G7N9.
So... if i look at one of the links i gave you earlier on - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Forum/tm.asp?m=108078&mpage=1&key=�...
- there's this snippet Quote:
BenQ seems to release a G (OEM) series firmware alongside the B (Retail) series firmware. They cross flash without any problems so, personally, if I had an OEM BenQ, I would flash it from a "G" series to a "B" series and make it a DW1620 Pro.
And if i look on another link above - http://dvdpro.club.st/firmware/BENQ_FW.htm
- the latest 'bulk' firmware, ie the logical update for your burner is 'G7V9'
- or if you morph your drive into a Benq 1620, the latest 'Benq 1620' firmware is 'B7V9'
Hango on - there's no readmes for either of those, plus it seems there's a Benq 1620 and a 1620A....so now i'm stumped, so will ask someone who has a Benq 1620 to advise......
PS - don't worry if the whole post is too detailed (it is!!), it will help me or others in the future as it can be referred to again maybe..
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7. June 2005 @ 14:09 |
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Hi all, got your pm creaky. I have a benq 1620 retail and the latest f/w update is B7V9 as stated by creaky. I'm not sure about crossflashing the oem model to retail f/w but here's a good place to find out. http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92 I did a lot of crossflashing on a lite-on LDW-451S and the lite-on I have now is actually a SOHW-1633S crossflashed to a SOHW-1653S with led fix. After sony got with lite-on, the lite-on drive led was like sony's (solid green-read, blinking green-write). The led fix is some modified f/w that changes the led back to the lite-on way (green-read, red-burn, orange-dead drive). This can't be done to 1673 or 1693 drives because they no longer use a multi-color led only green. Oops, got a bit of subject and probably didn't help.
Whatever you do get away from that media CMC Magnetics causes more problems than any other media there is. Memorex is famous for buying from CMC and my sig says it all.
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7. June 2005 @ 14:20 |
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OK, cheers mort.
@shivermc, i gotta turn in for the night and am in London tomorrow,
so see if you can get the rest of your pics posted so some of the guys can help out. As to the firmware, it would be prudent to upgrade to G7V9 for now as yours sounds quite out of date, therefore your burner will not necessarily be very good as using or recognising any new media you might buy. I personally would buy some Verbatim 8speed datalifeplus discs. Don't know whether to suggest -R or +R discs - over to you on that one.
But let one of the guys explain what's involved with the firmware as it can render the drive unusable if you lose power while its upgrading etc. The links for pretty much everything that's needed is further up the post.
Good luck and i'll checkthe post either first thing tomorrow or in the evening sometime.
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7. June 2005 @ 14:26 |
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Very good advice from the creak about f/w update and media choice.
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8. June 2005 @ 13:15 |
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just checking thru all my post replies. Shivermc, don't forhet to let us know how you get on...
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