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New Mad Dog Firmware
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:17 pmby noycan
Mad Dog Multimedia has a new firmware on their site for their 16x burner. The file name is MD-16XDVD9_FW_2F9.exe date and has a November 2004 date. Does anyone know which NEC firmware version this corresponds to?
The URL is:
http://www.mdmm.com/support/drivers.asp
Thanks
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 10:41 pmby Ian
NEC 2.18
CD-R version: 1.25
CD-RW version: 1.24
DVD-R version: 1.40
DVD-RW version: 1.35
DVD+R version: 1.58g
DVD+RW version: 1.37
DVD+R9 version: 1.26
MadDog 2.F9
CD-R version: 1.24
CD-RW version: 1.24
DVD-R version: 1.37
DVD-RW version: 1.33
DVD+R version: 1.56g
DVD+RW version: 1.37
DVD+R9 version: 1.24g
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:05 pmby mikepraba
Does this firmware work for NEC 2510? I have currently updated to 2.F7 firmware and works like a charm. is it possible to use this new version? If so, What are the advantages?
Posted:
Tue Nov 09, 2004 11:41 pmby dhc014
No, 2.F9 is for the 16x drive (ND-3500A) only.
Posted:
Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:12 amby noycan
Thanks Ian. I wasn't aware that a firmware can contain differing versions for each media type.
Posted:
Wed Nov 10, 2004 12:47 amby dolphinius_rex
I find it funny that version 8 on the NEC retail is more advanced then version 9 of the Mad Dog OEM...
Posted:
Wed Nov 10, 2004 6:03 pmby ItalianJob
NEC 2.18 allows Ritek DL burns@2.4X but doesn't allow SL bitsetting.
But MadDog 2.F9 can do SL bitsetting.
Posted:
Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:48 pmby KenW
Mad Dog has released even newer fw. 2.FA oem 3500
http://www.mdmm.com/drivers/OpticalDriv ... FW_2FA.exe
MadDog 2.F9
CD-R version: 1.24
CD-RW version: 1.24
DVD-R version: 1.37
DVD-RW version: 1.33
DVD+R version: 1.56g
DVD+RW version: 1.37
DVD+R9 version: 1.24g
MadDog 2.FA
CD-R version: 1.24
CD-RW version: 1.24
DVD-R version: 1.37
DVD-RW version: 1.33
DVD+R version: 1.56g
DVD+RW version: 1.37
DVD+R9 version: 1.24r
NEC 2.18
CD-R version: 1.25
CD-RW version: 1.24
DVD-R version: 1.40
DVD-RW version: 1.35
DVD+R version: 1.58g
DVD+RW version: 1.37
DVD+R9 version: 1.26
Posted:
Fri Nov 12, 2004 3:00 amby dolphinius_rex
geez, with all the revisions to Mad Dog's firmware... you'd think it'd be good or something.
Posted:
Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:03 pmby bac
Poor maddog firmware - it gets no respect
. Unlike the "official" NEC firmware, the maddog firmware supports single layer +r and now +rw bitsetting. This can be more important than esoteric write strategies for those of us with older drives that require bitsetting.
Posted:
Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:43 amby IsLNdbOi
Ok. So NEC's v2.18 firmware is the latest for the ND3500A? I have a Shuttle XPC and the ND3500A is the only optical drive in it. What version of the firmware is the best right now? The official NEC v2.18 or the maddog firmware? Thanks.
Posted:
Fri Nov 19, 2004 8:29 amby ItalianJob
IsLNdbOi wrote:Ok. So NEC's v2.18 firmware is the latest for the ND3500A? I have a Shuttle XPC and the ND3500A is the only optical drive in it. What version of the firmware is the best right now? The official NEC v2.18 or the maddog firmware? Thanks.
There's a unofficial NEC 2.18 hacked, with added "SL bitsetting" from MadDog 2.FA. (Works great : believe me, it need some skill to do that !)
It's called "Liggy 2.18", and has now many many variants (adding all DL @ 4X, some other SL overspeed on many beta firmware...)
The original thread is
here.