New firmware for LG 4040

[APVM]

A303 http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php

[speedx]

Wheres the changefile?

Whats with this new firmware?

[APVM]

http://de.lgservice.com/jsp/common/download.jsp?DOC_ID=ECSWL000012805&FILE_NAME=ECSWL0...p&FILE_GUBUN=B


File name is D303 but after the flash it is actually reconized as A303

Someone report increased performance with DVD-RAM

[dinobike]

1.First burning attempt with new a303 firmware = coaster!!

2.Second burning ( after uninstall the lg 4040 from the device manager, and rebooting , so windows reinstall the drivers) = success!!

3 and 4 attempts , also succeded.

Maybe was a bad media or maybe the new firmware, but after reinstalling the drivers of the dvd, everything seems to be normal again.

Someone else experience the same ??

[Kingnog]

YAY! 'tis about time. Just yesterday I visited the LG site and was wondering when they were going to release new firmware

Edit:By the way...what kind of coaster? Did the disk not work? Did it give an error?

[Kingnog]

I looked at the firmware...the instructions seem to be in German (dont yell at me, I dont know German).
Also, the new firmware isnt on the LG site (at least not on the USA site).

So...will this harm my drive?

[APVM]

I have no problem with burning after the flash, the readme.txt is in german but the program is English so don't worry about it, I flashed mine yesterday and no problem at all. You can always flash it back to A302 if you don't like it.

[Kingnog]

I flashed the drive, but I still want to know what changed

I did a babelfish translation of the german text (babelfish.altavista.com), and the only thing it said was that it improved the recognition of hybrid disks. I was expecting a bit more...like 4x writing speed to 1x media Heh..that would be awesome. But oh well.

[dinobike]

thanks APVM, i wasnt shure about flash it back to a302. For now the new firmware is working okay.

[Kingnog]

Hmm...there seem to be a lot of giant blue smileys in this forum....they're invading! AHHHHH!

[APVM]

I think the main improvement of A303 is the performance of DVD-RAM, someone report 20% increase in reading for those media.

[Kingnog]

Reading speed? Or reading quality? Or both? Im guessing speed. What they need to do is release a firmware that increases cd-writing quality at higher speeds....when I write at 12x on a cdrw, its unreadable

[dinobike]

i always use a cdrw CURSOR 12x, burnt at that speed and never had an issue. Readable here or in my pc´s friends.

[Kingnog]

Well....my cdrw is supposed to be 10x speed, but the drive writes at 12x to it. It cant be read when I write at 12x. However, I have cd-r's that are 16x but can be written to at 24x, and those work fine. Same with dvd's...they're 1x and they're written to at 2x, and work perfectly. It's just cdrw's

[speedx]

They removed the download link to get the firmware of the first post site .. anyone know why?

[Kingnog]

You're right...hmm. The link isnt clickable

[speedx]

In the main news area it says this posted on tuesday the 16th, LG/HLDS GSA-4040B - A303 Patch by The Dangerous Brothers ... also the german lg site still has the patch on the site.. so I dont know why they took the link of thiers http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php anyone know why?

[Scottie]

why not go to the LG Site, www.lge.com and get the firmware update like I did ?

it says:

"New firmware Ver A301 for only GSA-4040B(4X DVD-Writer)

Improvement Point:
Enhanced recording Speed of some DVD-R media;Princo and SKC co, LTD"

[Kingnog]

thays the old firmware. we want version A303

[speedx]

I guess scottie dosent read the posts before he posts ...

[Scottie]

Sorry !

[Kingnog]

Well, A303's out on the LG page, now. www.lge.com

Sorry, dont feel like looking for a direct link :P