Flashing DW-U18A to Lite-On 832s
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Flashing DW-U18A to Lite-On 832s
Update: I wrote a little article on my experiences while modding this drive. Check it out!
Well, a couple days ago, I took my chances and followed the instructions to flash my Sony DW-U18A DVD burner to become a Lite-On 832s Dual Layer burner... at least theoretically, because I have not tested the Dual Layer part yet.
I followed the instructions from this thread: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=102104
However, what is holding me up is the current price of DL media... According to newegg, one DL disc is $12! my main question to all of you is where can I get the best bargain for DL media?
Newegg Price: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 359&depa=0
Well, a couple days ago, I took my chances and followed the instructions to flash my Sony DW-U18A DVD burner to become a Lite-On 832s Dual Layer burner... at least theoretically, because I have not tested the Dual Layer part yet.
I followed the instructions from this thread: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=102104
However, what is holding me up is the current price of DL media... According to newegg, one DL disc is $12! my main question to all of you is where can I get the best bargain for DL media?
Newegg Price: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe ... 359&depa=0
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Cheap Dual Layer is not here........YET.
The factories are currently ramping up.
One problem is DL discs are a complex 9-11 layer sandwich that must be nearly perfect to work. however once several companies get in to full production, DL discs price will plumet just as cdr, cdrw, DVDR and DVRW did before it.
The factories are currently ramping up.
One problem is DL discs are a complex 9-11 layer sandwich that must be nearly perfect to work. however once several companies get in to full production, DL discs price will plumet just as cdr, cdrw, DVDR and DVRW did before it.
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Hey all!.. Just wanted to let everyone know that I did a little write-up on the process of modding my DW-U18A to the Lite-On 832s Dual Layer burner!
Check out our first article on the new PHP backend to find out how it went!
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=109
Check out our first article on the new PHP backend to find out how it went!
http://www.legitreviews.com/article.php?aid=109
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Did you pay close attention to this section of the article?
To determine if this mod will work for your DW-U18A
As far as we know, this mod will only work for Revision 1 models of this burner, which has the gear-driven tray. Revision 2 has a belt-driven tray and has not been tested. To tell if you have revision 1 of the DW-U18A, open LtnFW (see below on where to download it) and look to see if the current firmware version of your drive is UYS1. If it is, then you have Rev. 1 of this drive and may continue. If it says UFS1, then you have the belt-driven tray and these instructions are not known to work for that drive.
this worked great on my sony DW-U18A 8x burner, i was having trouble applying the firmware as i was running the tools from the zip files, so i then extracted all the tools and .bin files and tried again and it worked.
Even though this is an old guide, it stil works perfectly and DVD+R DL are now in production.
Thanks.
Even though this is an old guide, it stil works perfectly and DVD+R DL are now in production.
Thanks.