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Upgrade Doubles +R Speed For Some Lite-On Drives

Posted by timothy on from the but-don't-blame-us dept.

Binsbergen writes "Owners of a Lite-On 451S (lowest price $ 69.50) and a Lite-On 851S can load the firmware of the Lite-On 832S and burn their DVD+Rs at 8x speed and also write to double-layer media. Before this seemed impossible, because many manufacturers have told us that upgrading a 4x drive to a double-layer writer was impossible due hardware differences. Of course it's important to note that 'overclocking' voids your warrantee and should be done after have carefully read the instructions. Read more about the procedure, the results and others experiences in the official 451S@832S, 851S@832S -- It works! thread. That's a dirt-cheap upgrade!" (Sounds similar to the NEC upgrade mentioned in May.)

3 of 195 comments (clear)

  1. OK OK OK NOW HERE'S THE SERIOUS QUESTION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Can I now use this "dual layered" burner to copy Xbox games??? IS THIS THE HOLY GRAIL of Xboxen finally realised???

  2. Re:Same Trick for Apple Powerbooks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Lets please stop modding artlu up, he is just spamming his "GroupShares" internet stock investment scam.

  3. Re:How do linux people apply this patch? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    My complete rar solution is for you to stop being such a dickhead, okay?