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I cross flashed my 800a to 1693s is this ok?
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007PStwo
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_ 		18. May 2006 @ 19:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My LG 4120B just died one me :( And from drives Ive been looking for Lite-On 1693S was on my list and I came across the DRU-800A from sony.... SO I bought it. I cross flashed it.

Im wondering though could the Lite on firmware harm this drive? or is it 110% a lite on?
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_ 		19. May 2006 @ 10:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does it work, since you cross flashed it? Do a search of the internet to find out who made that Sony.
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007PStwo
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_ 		19. May 2006 @ 13:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
they say the dru-800a is made by lite-on thats why i did it. its the same drive rebaged but i wonder if anything else is different its working great just dont know if its 110% the same drive. lots of sites claim it is.
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_ 		19. May 2006 @ 20:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it IS the same drive :) i have the OEM Liteon SOHW-1693S, which is the identical drive under the Sony dru-800a offering~ :)

you should be just fine cross-flashing it the way you did...since i do not own the Sony dru-800a, i can not tell you if the Sony firmware has any advantages over that of the Liteon, but the Liteon firmware has served me just fine...currently using this one:

http://www.liteonit.com/DOWNLOADS/ODD/SOHW-1693S/firmware/DR16KS0B.zip

good luck

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