***** Burner Max Drives Revealed By C4E *****

A guy on Xbox-Scene posted the exact same link (post #415 in the main thread about this) and said he bought one in January and it was a B model, so it should be OK, but don't blame me if they send you a different model, lol!

 

I have been checking some of my drives with the flash utility program and Asus DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS can be flashed to 524B. I still have some asus and hp oem drives that I suspect can be flashed to b version. As (if) I find which ones can I will post them.

Edit = HP 1270 can become 624B
Edit = Asus DRW-24B1ST can become 324B

 

ill just stick to my regular label tag lite on burner

 

Yeah... By all means. I will be running one of my liteon branded drives as well.

Just doing some testing on drives I have here in storage room. Listing my findings for anyone interested. I see no reason to pull (for instance) a nice hp 1270 and run out and purchase a x24b when the hp is really a 624b to start with. There are also some sony and teak drives that are really liteon drives. So I just say if anyone has one of those 4 oem branded drives, find out what it really is first before replacing it.

 

Yay lucky me i already have a lite on b drive in my pc so no need to buy a new 1

 

So if someone cannot get this new burner, is it means that no xbgd3 can write? and if someone stick to two tutorial for burning xbgd3 in forum is ok for burning these disks?

 

Hmmm, I have a LiteOn iHAS424 but theres no letter on the end. I'll try anyway, but how would we know the disc burned correctly? Or "fully" I should say.

 

Eventually you will run into trouble because the remaining 3% off data is not being copied over with the tutorial method. just start saving $20 for a new burner if you want no problems.

 

That is a good reason to familiarize yourself with the utility's here http://club.myce.com/f44/eeprom-utility-plds-liteon-sony-cd-dvd-writers-v6-2-0-new-112103/ I say make a backup of your eeprom for later, if it may be needed. The program will also show you what drive version it is.

For your question about how to know if good burn, that is for when we have the firmware to test those things.

 

Right now, only Forza 4 requires this new burning method. We have no idea if there will be a point were all new games will require a full %100 like Forza or not.

Either way I don't care, I'm going emulator.

 

to know what ver. it is, you have to look at the FW ver. it will tell you A,B,or Y

 

I ordered the drive from the link posted in this thread by pizzle and it is
iHas124-04 B for those that are unsure.

 

same here

 

Is this drive compatible. It is the Liteon IHAS124 but C4eva's list has IHAS124B. Here is a link:

http://www.dabs.ie/products/best-value-liteon-24x-int--dvdrw-black-sata---s-w-6M84.html?q=liteon

 

That has the model number IHAS124-19. I've seen posts from people in the UK that ordered one of those and received a B model, but I haven't seen any posts from people who ordered one and got an A or Y model, so you should be good. I can't say that with 100% certainty, but I think you'll be OK.

 

I have not seen a post of anyone getting the A model from big online retailer yet like newegg or tiger direct or the like. Has anyone seen any such post yet.

 

Nope. Same with UK retailers. Everyone seems to be getting B models, unless the people who got A or Y models aren't posting for some reason, haha.

 

is the FW out yet... is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet, is it out yet LOL i can't take this waiting, its killing me that i can't play forza 4 yet.

 

Are there any external DVD burners that are compatible? My only computer is a laptop. I have a SATA to USB converter that I use to connect an old internal hard drive as an external drive, would it work properly if I used this to connect the Lite-On drive to my laptop?

 

No, but you can buy an external 5.25" enclosure that does SATA to USB 2.0, SATA to e-SATA or whatever connection is good for your laptop.