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  1. Roadrunner JohnnyBob's Avatar
    Join Date: Feb 2007
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    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.
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  3. Roadrunner JohnnyBob's Avatar
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    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?
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    If you want more information on LITEON drives then check out the LITEON forum at CDFreaks.com.
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  5. Roadrunner JohnnyBob's Avatar
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    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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