Testing the Benq 1650 and more

[NightTran]

Can you flash 1640 to a 1640B even if it is internal so it can have ultra 4?

[Chewy]

Night,
I still can't see any advantage in dma 4 for optical drives, burst is all that will
be changed, and at 2 megs that's insignificant to say the least.

where did you find a link for the 1640B firmware?

[NightTran]

I did Now , Look under EW164B

http://tdb.rpc1.org/#DW1600

[Chewy]

Living dangerously now, night?

be careful, these guys kill a lot of drives, comes with the territory

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=148986

[NightTran]

I just figure it out with 1620, I did flash it to EW162I when it was out side, when I brought back in it confuse and not open, I have to flasl a few times before computer recognize it now I got my 1620 back

God know how much I love this one

[Chewy]

I had a difficult crossflash try to mess up on me, it was an old nec 1100 drive,
worthless with face plate broken, but I turned it into an nec 1300.

The flash seemed to go ok but after rebooting the drive light kept blinking
and would not respond. I reflashed and then powered down the computer.
Worked fine after booting up windows. Did one burn with it on +R media to check, scanned disk and then later threw drive in trash.

[NightTran]

not bad for being out of loop white long time

[DN325Ci]

My OEM 1655 showed up today (yea, Saturday delivery from FedEx - wierd).

I already installed it. Are you guys using any particular drivers or software? There was an OEM Nero bundled.

Thanks,
Don

[discman]

yeah i just bought a benq 1650 and that came bundled with nero too.most people use imgburn it's free and the link is in my signature.

[photo_angel2004]

I have to say I have had much better quality burns with my benq 1650 then I did with my old optorite burners. I am just waiting to see how long it will last before i need to replace it. I am hoping it will last a long time.


My latest test:

[katzdvd]

Hey PA,

scan looks great! I notice that your burner is a couple firmware updates behind, if you were interested in updating it...

cheers, katz

[NightTran]

you can keep that firmware, that is the last stable one

[photo_angel2004]

you can keep that firmware, that is the last stable one

i will night we have been throughthis firmware thing before when I got this benq. Thanks

[katzdvd]

you can keep that firmware, that is the last stable one

hmmm...what do you mean by "stable", night?


I am using BCHC, which is what it came with, & I have not noticed any instability issues.

regards, katz

[NightTran]

you will see when you burn more dif. media