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Upgrade Doubles +R Speed For Some Lite-On Drives
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.)
...There are some articles that, no matter how much you try, you just can't think of a funny comment to.
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Load firmware for another drive? Seems to me it's like chopping off your toes to fit into the shoe, Yeah it might look better, but it could also hurt. A lot.
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Upgrade Doubles +R Speed
Just get a "type R" sticker at AutoZone, glue it on your drive's tray and voilà, instant speed increase. Works with every drive on the market too...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I have another method which actually produces more increase in speed. Simply affix one of my special "Type R" stickers to the bezel of your drive, and receive an instant 250% increase in speed!
it's amazing how many things run faster by simply doubling the voltage. Blenders, Toasters, Fans, even light bulbs burn brighter!
Now, manufacturers CLAIM their devices were not intended to be used in this manner and that faster devices use different hardware, but just plug it up and see for yourself that they are obviously profit-mongering scumbags!! I see it running faster, what other unseen differences could possibly exist? Why would they even design their products similarly or base one version off another if they werent actually the exact same thing underneath?!
-- 'The' Lord and Master Bitman On High, Master Of All
I bet those guys had pretty weird parents to name them after units of measurement...
Can I download some firmware to upgrade my Celeron to a full Pentium 4?
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
So how fast does it go if you add a "Type -R" sticker on the front bezel?
Does a "Type +R" go any faster?
Steven V>
I patented screwing your mom. But it got revoked for "prior art."