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    Firmware updates for optical drives

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by John Ratsey, Dec 31, 2006.

  1. John Ratsey

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    A little activity in the Samsung forum has revealed a live update software for the Samsung and Toshiba-Samsung (eg TS-L and SN optical drives at http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/ . The live update seems to work well and avoids the risk of flashing a drive with the wrong firmware.

    Updated firmware often fixes optical drive reading and writing problems.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Dec 31, 2006
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    Nice! I have a friend whose SN-series drive has all sorts of issues, maybe this will get him up and burning again... Thanks for the heads up, John.
     
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    John Ratsey, Jan 14, 2007
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