New firmware for DD0201

[stphilli]

New firmware for the optorite dd0201. Its labeled 250E.

http://www.optorite.com/firmware.htm

I don't know if I'm going to try it because my drive is working fine now. If anyone trys this, let me know what type of results you get.

[beingfunny]

I'm going to wait on this also. I'm at 2.17 and all is well. I'm following the "Not broken, don't fix" saying.

[DaBarrister]

I'll probably wait also. Any indication that this release offers any improvement or additional capabilities (such as writing to a greater variety of brands of media)?

[stphilli]

I did notice that this firmware supports more brands of media. I went ahead and risked it and flashed my drive with 2.50. The EXE file on optorites website didn't work so I had got the bin and flashing tool from www.rpc1.org. It is working the same as far as I can tell, but I do have a copy of the my previous 2.43 in case I need to flash back. I haven't tested HD-Burn yet, but I am hoping this new firmware allows for using HD-Burn on a bigger variety of media because I never got it to work with 2.43 firmware.

[Tiny71]

I have been using it since it was released....not one problem. I have used HD-Burn on Imation and Memorex and TDK media with no troubles. No troubles with DVD+-R/RW with the same brands and Ritek(RiData).

My $.02