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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.)

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  1. Re:Don't bother if you don't own one already. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BTW, I think I just broke the Slashdot record for a FP. I was to 5/5 before anyone else even posted.

    * takes a bow.

  2. warrantee by ColonelPanic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I guaranty you that this post has two misspellings.

    --
    "Skill shows through where genius wears thin." -Wittgenstein || Religion: uniting aviation and architecture.
  3. Re:Don't bother if you don't own one already. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Congrats! That is actually like a real /. miracle! :)

  4. Re:Don't bother if you don't own one already. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Congrats! That is actually like a real /. miracle! :)

    A "miracle" he pays Slashdot to make happen. He's a subscriber, he can see the story before the rest of us. Some feat...

  5. Re:SLASHDOT IGNORES RED HAT FINANCIAL SCANDAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    do you have some links you could post? I searched google news and didn't find much information on the book-cooking you mention.