Theinfamousone
April 24th, 2003, 02:04 PM
Anyone know of any websites devoted to hacked firmware for CD/DVD writers? It's a joke that my DRU-500a can write at 4x, and only read at 2x.
Krell
April 24th, 2003, 02:19 PM
It wasnt a joke when they designed it. Depreciation in the computer industry is a tough mother.
Dont believe that all firm ware updates will save your ass, the board design may not allow any significant improvements. It can also leave your hardware rendered useless. I know I found a place for a firmware upgrade for it before, on the manufacturers website. Look under their Support area.
Theinfamousone
April 24th, 2003, 02:37 PM
I've got the latest official firmware. Oh well. I've got my old DVD reading drive that can rip PDQ, but it doesn't support a lot of the new DVD formats including DVD-R (most of the time).