neildiamond -> RE: Upgrading the ND-6450A (2/3/2005 11:52:50 PM)
|
I haven't seen anything 100% certain on this one. I guy on ebay tells me that his 6450A Drive is already DL w/out any firmware update. He is trying to sell something, of course, but his 6450A drive came from IBM, so it may have different firmware to begin with. Also, the NEC 6500 and NEC 6450 seem to be the same drive based on speculation on the web. However, I have yet to find someone say, "I flashed my 6450 with the 6500 firmware and now it is dual layer." Though it seems like it should work. Hey, why would NEC bother manufacturing two different drives at the same time, when firmware is the cheap way to make one better than the other? Olympus does this with their cameras and (different versions of the EOS are apparently mostly the same except for the price). So it makes sense from a marketing perspective. [8D] Want to be the guinea pig? I'd be more inclined to try it myself, but I just got upgraded from a CDR to a DVD+-R on my HP laptop, because the drive failed after just 4 weeks of use. I don't think they'd buy, "Oh it died again! How about that." Also, since DL media is so pricey right now, I'm less inclined to take the gamble since I'm not going to pay $5 a pop for it. If I had the DVD burner from day 1 though, I'd flash it in a second. So do you want to step up to the plate? We need somebody to see if this actually works. [:D]
|
|
|
|