NEC DVD RW-/+ Firmware Updates

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Our bro's over at Station-Drivers.com send word that they've snagged two new Firmware Updates for NEC's DVD+RW-ND 1100a version 1.09 and for the DVD RW-1300A version 1.0a!

they also tell me that they now have Cat 7.99 for ATi's range of mobile Cards.

Sony dru500ax DVD Dual RW Drive - Firmware Upgrade 2.1A

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Sony just released Firmware Upgrade 2.1A for Sony dru500ax. 2.1A Allows your Dual RW drive to record at 4X on 4X compatible DVD-/+R media. Improves reading and writing performance and reliability. Reduces vibration noise for the discs with unbalance or eccentricity. Improves audio playback on written discs with stand alone systems. Improves reading and writing performance with 8cm DVD-R/RW. Increases readability with Recordable Double Layer Disc.

NEC 2500 @ 2510

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Thanks to our bro's over at CDFreaks for the heads up! 2510 (Dual layer) firmware works on 2500!

NEC 2500 Hack Beta 9a is out !

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Another new firmware version hack is out for the nec2500, beta 9 from the guys over at CDFreaks

This firmware update will write at 8x instead of 6x onto Bulkpaq printables and printable G04s !

NEC 2500 Hack Beta 8 is out

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The latest hacked nec2500 firmware; beta 8 thanks to Herries over at CDFreaks.

Most common 4x DVD+R's and 4x DVD-R's should work @ 8x now!

Pioneer DVR-A07U/XL and DVR-107D firmware v1.13

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CD Freaks.com reports that new firmwares updates for the popular Pioneer A07/107 series DVD recorders have been released. Pioneer has improved the recording quality for several new media.

New Pioneer DVR-A07XL And DVR-107D Firmware

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Techseekers reports that Pioneer Austraila have released new firmware v1.12 for the 107D and A07XL!

DVD-R/RW Writability Improvement +R/+RW Writability Improvement DVD Playability Improvement CD-R/RW Writability Improvement CD Playability Improvement DVD-RAM Playability Improvement Support 8X writing on New Mitsubishi Chemical

IBM Issues Fix for ThinkPad HardDisks

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C]Net reports that IBM has quietly issued a patch to fix a problem with Hitachi hard disks on some of its ThinkPad models.

The problem affects ThinkPad models R50, R50p, T41, T41p that have the Hitachi 60GB 7200 rpm hard disk drive, model HTS726060M9AT00 with ASM part number 92P6550 and FRU part number 92P6551.

NVidia FCode flasher 1.1

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This firmware update is for customers using Mac OS X version 10.2 or later with an Apple Cinema HD Display and a Power Mac G4 with one of the following NVIDIA graphics cards:

GeForce2 MX GeForce2 MX TwinView GeForce3 GeForce4MX.

Plextor Europe releases firmware 1.06 for PX-708A/UF

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CDFreaks report that Plextor Japan had pulled firmware 1.05 for the Plextor PX-708A/UF drive from their website due to some problems with DVD-R/RW media. We also reported that according to Plextor Japan a new firmware would be released soon and today version 1.06 has been released that fixes the problems.

Sony DRU530a / DRX-530UL Firmware v2.0a

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Sony has released v2.0a firmware for the Sony DRU530a / DRX-530UL DVD±RW Drive.

Improvements: Improves reading and writing performance on DVD-R. Improves reliability and recognition on certain DVD-R's.

Pioneer A07 Quieting Utility and DVR A07U - 107D Firmware Update

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Pioneer Corporation released a quieting utility for the DVD+_R 8x internal DVD burner, the "DVR-A07-J" o­n the 20th. The program size is 250KB.

The "Advance Quiet Utility" released provides three operational modes for users of the DVR-A07-J, which can be manually set through the tool: Quiet Mode, Performance Mode, and Standard Mode. This tool is compatible with o­nly the DVR-A07-J.

GBA Movie Player: Free Firmware Upgrade

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Just spotted this bit of Info over at Lik-sang.com

All users of the GBA Movie Player can now update their firmware for free. The upgrade doesn't hurt and takes only about 1 second. Once installed, the GBA Movie Player now shows some new icons on the screen when playing movies and some smaller audio sync and other problems are fixed (not that we would have noticed them anyway).

Pioneer DVR-107 and NEC VD2500A RPC1

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Techseekers reports that you can now flash the latest Pioneer DVR-107 to make it region free and increase rip speed. A boost of rip speed to 12x and possibility to burn 4x good quality media at 8x (including Ritek04)

Just to remind you that the RPC1 firmware for the NEC VD2500A is also out!

Nu Technology DUAL F/W Release - BenQ Offers Dual Format Firmware

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Nu Technology have released a new firmware which will add Dual capability to your 8X DVD-RW DVD burner!

Thanks to CD Freaks for the news that BenQ will offer a dual format firmware for DW800A but not for free. If you want to upgrade your DW800A recorder to a dual format drive you will have to pay US$ 10. This is because of the royalty fee for usage of the DVD-R & DVD-RW formats:

New Linksys WRT54G Firmware releases

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Just to let you guys know that linksys has released the WRT54G Router source code! a couple of guys have started to add new features to the firmware. they include things like:

Support for VPN Server Build-in PPTP Support for DHCP Static Support for SNMP

NEC1300 modified firmware

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Herrie and BronKowTech45 have released a modified firmware for the NEC1300 DVD burner!

The long awaited 108v2 Special Holiday release with booktype setting and region free is out!

All the credits for the fabulous new features go to BronKowTech45 who spent a lot of work in creating the new features!

Apple iPod Software 2.1 Update

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The iPod Software 2.1 Updater adds significant enhancements to iPod including support for voice notes and digital photo storage (using third party accessories). Read more.

Plextor PX-W4012TS Firmware 1.03 Released

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Thanks to CDFreaks.com for the heads up.

Plextor Japan has released a new firmware version for their PX-W4012TS SCSI CD-recorder. This version fixes a problem when formatting a disc to the Mount Rainier format under Windows 2000, using InCD 3.5 and besides that firmware 1.3 adds some changes to the play button of the drive.

Sony - Plextor Firmware Updates

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Here's a few firmware updates for Sony's DRU-510A / DRX-510UL DVD±RW recorders and PlexWriter Premium (-U) & Plextor PX-W5224TA CD-R recorders.

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Upgrade For 2.4x DVD+RW Recorders To Support 4x Media

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Thanks to the guy's at CDFreaks.com for sending over this interesting piece of info:

The DVDRW Alliance has posted an article on their website in which they announce that first and second generation 2.4x DVD+RW recorders could have some problems with current high-speed 4x DVD+R(W) media.

NEC ND-1100A Firmware Update

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Thanks to the Techseekers.net for the heads up.

The Firmware Forum have obtained a new firmware update for owners of the NEC ND-1100A DVD+R/RW writer. Version 1.A1 should only be used on drives that have the 1.A0 firmware and finally there's a guide here on how to turn the ND-1000A [2x] into the ND-1100A [4x].