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Help....1620 OEM File needed
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:40 amby jberry
Just got a 1620 from a colleague for $20....yah....but I need to cross flash to retial as it is OEM (firmwar g7c9).
Check this out:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p ... stcount=15
I need the step 1.....the downgrade to 1600. File does not seem to be available. Is there a mirror for "step1: ( G7K9 -> DW1600 firmware )
http://planet.time.net.my/KLCC/yangxi/B5G9.zip" anywhere...or can you email to
ronspencer23@yahoo.com?
thanks....gotta try this drive out
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:11 amby Ian
No offense.. but why don't you ask at CD Freaks?
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:14 amby jberry
no offence taken!!!!!
I just find this forum has been a bit "better", oh I just like it here more and I am excited about my deal
Will try there too
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:21 amby Hef
Sent.
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:25 amby Ian
Hef, please send it to me as well. I'll mirror it for others.
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:29 amby jberry
thanks for your great efforts....but it is step one that I need. If well get all we may want to think about mirroring it all;
again step 1 is:
step1: ( G7K9 -> DW1600 firmware )
thanks for your step 2 post though
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:33 amby Hef
Ok step 1 sent. sorry.
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:34 amby dodecahedron
maybe you can find this firmware at
www.rpc1.org
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:35 amby dodecahedron
oops..wasn't quick enough
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:38 amby Hef
Make sure your drive is at G7K9 when you do the step 1 cross flash.
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:52 amby jberry
thanks much!!!!
Should be fun to see how this all works with faster recording etc. Hopefully this drive works as well as all the reviews say.
Posted:
Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:40 amby uknown1234
I believe tdb has firmware b7p9 as a cvt file. it might be quicker to flash with tdb's dos flasher and the cvt file, if it allows to be flashed like that.
just for futrure reference.
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:31 pmby krkdnose
uknown1234 wrote:I believe tdb has firmware b7p9 as a cvt file.
Do you have a link? I don't see it anywhere.
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 2:19 pmby dodecahedron
http://tdb.rpc1.org/
but i don't see that firmware there.
just a cvt firmware flasher
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:19 pmby dodecahedron
yeah, they do have something like that.
read this topic at rpc1:
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=30870
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:25 pmby jberry
Thanks...but the firmware I got is cool...what an awesome drive...LG could learn something form Benq
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 4:52 pmby Ian
I finally got around to putting that firmware online (thanks Hef!):
B5G9
G7K9
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:48 pmby 7-endless
From reading this thread, I take it that the OEM DW1620 cannot be flashed unless this is done? (Sorry for the n00b question as I am not too familiar with the Benq drives but am thinking of getting this one)
Also, is the B7P9 firmware at tdb the same as the B7P9 that was released on benq.com yesterday?
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:10 pmby dolphinius_rex
some OEM BenQ models seem to have the retail firmware it seems. Mine did at least.
I don't know about the dangerous brother's firmware, but it seems the same. They may have unlocked portions of it though (like rip speed?).
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Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:51 pmby Dartman
My Digital Research drive was a retail firmwared BenQ 1600 also when I got it from Offfice Depot. So it might be luck of the draw and what box it's in, mine just gets better with every firmware update.