A question on flashing.

[louthewiz]

I am getting a lite on 812s as a gift now I currently own a lite on 851s ,now I have read that there is a flash that can change that unit from a single layer to a dual layer burner ,now my question is, is it a good idea to do the flash on the drive and if I do how do I go about flashing the drive? I mean is there a guide in laymen terms that is easy to understand for this process step by step,because I have been burning dvd backups for almost 2 years but I have never flashed firmware on a drive. And thanks in advance for any info on this matter.

[ZippyP.]

Dont' flash it unless you really need it. Double layer disks are so expensive that you probably won't be using any for quite a while. There is always a risk that something could screw up during the flashing process and hacked software can be a problem. It's not worth the effort if you're not going to be using it.

Most firmware will come with the instructions for flashing your particular drive.

[jtommyj]

louthewiz, you may get a better response here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44

They are a llittle more specialized. That particular forum is dedicated to Lite-Ons so they will help you out.


Tom

[louthewiz]

Thank you tom for your help,and I was just wondering about the flshing but I wasn't going to do it unless ,1 the media drops in price,2 that it would be worth the trouble. But I am very happy with my first lite on and I wanted to get an 8x drive because my dvd rom which I was using to rip my dvds died a slow death.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=107103
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=97590

I flashed my SOHW-812s to SOHW-832s. I found it simple & I've been able to burn all 4x media I've encountered at 8x consistently.