Dude, I am sorry I bought a DUD( Dell ). Oh, it is good PC, but DELL is way behide on updates and pacthes. Anyway to the point, my burner is a HL-GT-ST model GRA 4120 B. I am sure it is a OEM from LG for DELL. If they updated the GSA 4120 B for the dual layer, will DEll ever get of thier *!%*# and update?
*thread moved* I highly doubt there will be an official firmware update from LG to allow DL burning from a SL burner. The best you could hope for would be a hacked firmware and even then those have been proven to work only some of the time. This link would be your best bet: http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php
Sorry for asking in the wrong forum. The burner I have is DL. Manufacturer HLDS Model number GRA-4120B Interface ATAPI BUS (IDE) Applicable disc formats DVD-ROM DVD-Video DVD+R/+RW DVD+R Double Layer DVD-R/-RW CD-ROM Mode-1 (basic format) CD-ROM XA CD-Audio and CD EXTRA Mixed Mode (Audio and Data Combined) Photo-CD (Single, Multi-Session) CD-I (FMV), VIDEO-CD ready CD-Plus CD Extra CD-R (Read/Write) CD-RW (Read/Write) CD-TEXT Cache memory (read/write) 2 Mbytes Buffer underrun Function embedded for Buffer underrun Performance Rotational speed DVD (Single layer-data) 16X speed 9,425 rpm (Typical) CD (CD-ROM/CD-R data) 40X speed 8,100 rpm (Typical) Sustained Data Transfer Rate: CD ROM/R/RW: 2,550 - 6,000 Kbytes/sec (17X - 40X CAV) DVD Dual: 4,460 to 10,800 Kbytes/sec (3.3X to 8X CAV) Single: Data: 8,700 to 21,600 Kbytes (6.5X to 16X CAV) Movie: 4,460 to 10,800 Kbytes (3.3X to 8X CAV) -R/+R: 5,670 to 13,500 Kbytes (4.2X to 10X CAV) -RW/+RW: 4,460 to 10,800 Kbytes (3.3X to 8X CAV) IDE interface burst transfer rate PIO mode 4 DMA Multi-word 2 UDMA Mode 16.6 MBytes/sec Max 33.3 Bytes/sec Max Access time (Random) DVD-Single 140 ms (Typical) CD 120 ms (Typical)
D'oh! I believe I need to slow down when reading specs. PC manufacturers tend to take their sweet time posting firmware updates on their sites so you may be better off checking the site I linked to above
