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Overclocking LG GCE-8320

Postby dISCOfRIENd on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

Hy!
I recently bought LG GCE-8320 burner and I heard that it can be overcloked to write at 40x and rewrite 12x. Can anyone please tell me how to do that, where to find stuff needed for this etc.? Is it worth it overcloking? Can I destroy my burner doing this?

Thanks!
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Postby Ken on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

WOW!

This is becoming more and more popular by the day. Perhaps there should be a sticky with info on how do do this. If you like I will give you all the info you need on this matter, as long as you can provide me with an e-mail address.

8)
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

lol ! Ken you could make a few $$$ now & then .. :wink: :lol:
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Overburn info..

Postby scottm on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

Yeah...that australian site is really well done. Works like a charm for my new 8320.

Does anyone know if you can go BACK if an issue arises?
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Postby Matt on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

If someone ripped the firmware for the 32x I don't see why you couldn't reverse flash it.
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Re: Overburn info..

Postby Ken on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

scottm wrote:Yeah...that australian site is really well done. Works like a charm for my new 8320.

Does anyone know if you can go BACK if an issue arises?


Yes, you can flash back to the original firmware if your not happy with the results.

I bet that don't happen to often. :lol:
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Overburn info...

Postby dISCOfRIENd on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

This is my e-mail: discofriend@inet.hr
Ken, can you please post me some informations about overclocking my LG GCE-8320.

Thanks for any informations!
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Postby Ken on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:25 am

dISCOfRIENd

Check your e-mail. :wink:
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Postby gemarti21 on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:26 am

Ken, i have the same cdrw, but i don't know how to overlock, please send me the info to overlock, thanks for the advance
my email is gemarti21@hotmail.com
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Postby Ken on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:26 am

gemarti21

Sure no problem... 8)
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Postby mdkathon on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:26 am

Ken should get a cookie or something. He's been real cool about helping out all our new LG users! GO KEN GO!
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:26 am

KeN RuleZ !!! 8) 8)
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OC'ing

Postby scottm on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:27 am

We all know the site...but it's not nice to drop URLs ;) It sure does work like a charm though!

Hint (and a break to Ken): just do a google search on this:
overclocking lg gce-8320b.

The third hit...after appropriately enough 2 CDRlabs reviews!...is your ticket.

Did I hear somewhere that it's the SAME drive mechanically as the 40x?
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Postby scottm on Thu Jan 01, 1970 4:27 am

...Oh, one more thing:

Because XP is so stable, if your like me it's "Where the heck is my boot floppy at??"

Simply put a usable floppy in the drive, go under My Computer, right click the A: icon and choose Format Disk. Now click "Add system files" and voila. Bootup Disk.

Don't forget to put the Firmware files on a drive you can see in DOS!!

Enjoy!
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Postby DrMarkGreen on Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:30 am

I read through all of these. I know there are two firmware revs out there that can be installed on the 8320B from the 8400B postings. I ran into a problem with the latest rev. of the 8400B, backrev'd it to Rev 1 of the 8400B and my 8320 now sings and dances with no problems. Has anyone encountered this particular problem?
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LG, GCE HL-DT-ST 8320B > GCE HL-DT-ST 8400B UDMA33-MT-Rai

Postby Hori_Porks on Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:24 pm

LG, GCE HL-DT-ST 8320B > GCE HL-DT-ST 8400B UDMA33-MT-Rainer


Original:
GCE HL-DT-ST 8320B
32x 10x 40x
2MB Buffer
LG FW: 1.04
PIO Mode 4- Multi Word DMA - No MT-Rainer Support

Flashed to:
GCE HL-DT-ST 8400B
40x 12x 40x
2MB Buffer
LG FW: 1.04
PIO Mode 4 - Multi Word DMA - No MT-Rainer Support

Flashed to: with the "IBM FW: 1.12" Result Below:
HL-DT-ST 8400B
40x 12x 40x
IBM FW: 1.12
UDMA 33 - MT-Rainer Support

Pro's:
- UDMA33
- Z-CAV --> P-CAV
- Mount Rainier support
Con:
- Read LED not work (when reading,write LED working instead)

Worked Fine for me.

IBM 1.12 Firmware Link:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/int...ion/74p4782.exe

IBM 1.12 Firmware Readme.TXT:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/int...ion/74p4782.txt

Information on the IBM Firmware was care of "Wiboon" @ CDFreaks.com.

Links for more info:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php ... genumber=9

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php ... enumber=10
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Postby eliminator on Sat Jun 21, 2003 12:01 am

Your IBM links don't work !?? :-?
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Postby Hori_Porks on Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:58 pm

My Apologies for the Broken Links. Here they are again.

IBM 1.12 Firmware Link:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/intelli ... 4p4782.exe

IBM 1.12 Firmware Readme.TXT:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/intelli ... 4p4782.txt

or you can use the link below:
Scroll Down to Firmware Updates for the: HLDS GCE-8400B Firmware Package
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.ws ... MIGR-44494

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Postby eliminator on Sat Jun 21, 2003 11:33 pm

thanks !
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Postby Ken on Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:48 pm

I just tried this and it does work. :o
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Postby dodecahedron on Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:15 pm

i don't understand you guys Ken, eliminator.
i thought you had overclocked your 32x LGs months ago.

what's up?
is there something special about the "IBM" firmware?
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Postby eliminator on Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:57 pm

dodecahedron wrote:i don't understand you guys Ken, eliminator.
i thought you had overclocked your 32x LGs months ago.

what's up?
is there something special about the "IBM" firmware?



yup! - it brings the MtRainier to ol' LG puppy! :wink:
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Postby dodecahedron on Thu Jun 26, 2003 12:36 am

okey dokey! :D :P 8)
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jun 26, 2003 1:16 am

Ken wrote:I just tried this and it does work. :o


Hi Ken, didya try the MtRainier ? :D
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Postby Ken on Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:57 am

Yes, Mount Rainier does work!

I tested it with one of my Verbatim CDRW and Nero InCD.
I checked properties after and it confirms using CD-MRW format.

It also has Ultra DMA support!

The only thing I see wrong is the READ light doesn't flash anymore, but the burner still works the same as it always has.
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