What's the difference between these IDE Lite-On iHAPx22 models?
iHAP122
iHAP222
iHAP322
iHAP422
I understand that some support Lightscribe, some don't. That doesn't interest me. I've never had a Lightscribe model, and don't expect to use that feature. I've read that the Lightscribe feature slows down the drive slightly otherwise, so I probably wouldn't buy that kind - the iHAP422, for example.
So I'm mainly interested in the iHAP122 or iHAP322 (not Lightscribe models), but what is the difference? Is one of them a later model? Why would one buy one rather than the other? The only negative I've run across is a mention that the iHAP322 won't support jitter error scanning with Nero DiscSpeed, but that there's a firmware patch available to make it work. What about the iHAP122 in that regard?
There's also something appended to the end of the model names, like -04 or -98. What does that mean?
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I think the 322 and 422 must be newer models of the 122 and 222. Therefore, if you don't want Lightscribe the 322 would be the one to get. I don't know much about the numbers at the end. My iHAP422 is 08. Maybe it's a version number or defines the firmware or something like that. I got a firmware patch at CDFreaks that allows the decrypting to really zoom. And I don't know anything about your jitter error scanning question.
Thanks.
I bought a iHAP322 and have installed it. It's a retail drive in a box and the label says:
Model:iHAP322-98 9
S/N: ...
Manufactured Date: June 2009
Can anyone explain the model name/numbers?
What does the "-98" mean?
What does the trailing "_9" mean?
The drive came with firmware "6L19" installed, and I can find no mention of it on the internet. Maybe it's just too new. I do know that it is different firmware than for the iHAP322 8 model, which uses iHAP322_08.UL19.stock.exe. If I try to flash my new drive with the latter, it refuses, saying that no iHAP322_08 drives were found. So firmware makes a distinction between the _08 and _09 model drives. Why? What's the distinction?
If you want more information on LITEON drives then check out the LITEON forum at CDFreaks.com.
Thanks for the suggestion. I've been posting over at CDFreaks on this topic too. Also sent an email query to Lite-On.
So far, scuttlebutt is that the 22x-speed iHAP322_8 had problems which firmware updates couldn't fix, so they put some new hardware in iHAP322_9. (I don't know exactly what, nor the details.) Thus it's actually a new model drive, uses different firmware, etc. At least that's a logical working theory til I find out differently...
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