Gidday, I wanted to see if I could get my Dell CD writer to burn at slower than the maximum 48x Speed. I was getting burn errors so wanted to try a much slowre speed like 1x -8x I tried everything and finally risked a firmware update from another company.. IBM..
I tried updating firmware on my CD Burner. It's a Dell one..made by LG and it's called (HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B) after reading recomendations to do so on a forum. Which I refer to here*
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Re: Changing write speeds - LG GCE-8483B and Nero 5.5.10.28
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Originally Posted by HALO_JINX
i updated the firmware v1.03 for the CD-RW drive which was intended for IBM computers (I have a dell 8400) but works fine with my CD-RW drive (GCE-8483B ). instead of just 48x , i can burn @ 8,12,16,24,32,40 and 48x speeds now.
here is the webpage i found the driver @ http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1877
Direct download @ ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbb.../j8win103us.exe
Just stumbled on the same prob with the same drive on an old Dell client at the office, thanks for this drift, it worked beatifully!
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The Problem is that the firmware was for an IBM GCE-8483B not a (Dell HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B) although the forum I refer too said it would work with the Dell one aswell. So I gave it a go
Next thing that happened was the firmware upgrade stoped half way through and gave error message.
I had to reboot. When I Did this the computer locked up at the memory test screen. I have not been able to boot into windows with the CD Drive connected since this firmware conundrum.
Have I fried my CD Burner? Is it toast?? Or is there a way around this????
Any replies that may help will be greatfully received...
Thanks.. Newbie
I tried updating firmware on my CD Burner. It's a Dell one..made by LG and it's called (HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B) after reading recomendations to do so on a forum. Which I refer to here*
* And I Quote
Re: Changing write speeds - LG GCE-8483B and Nero 5.5.10.28
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HALO_JINX
i updated the firmware v1.03 for the CD-RW drive which was intended for IBM computers (I have a dell 8400) but works fine with my CD-RW drive (GCE-8483B ). instead of just 48x , i can burn @ 8,12,16,24,32,40 and 48x speeds now.
here is the webpage i found the driver @ http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1877
Direct download @ ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbb.../j8win103us.exe
Just stumbled on the same prob with the same drive on an old Dell client at the office, thanks for this drift, it worked beatifully!
**unquote
The Problem is that the firmware was for an IBM GCE-8483B not a (Dell HL-DT-ST GCE-8483B) although the forum I refer too said it would work with the Dell one aswell. So I gave it a go
Next thing that happened was the firmware upgrade stoped half way through and gave error message.
I had to reboot. When I Did this the computer locked up at the memory test screen. I have not been able to boot into windows with the CD Drive connected since this firmware conundrum.
Have I fried my CD Burner? Is it toast?? Or is there a way around this????
Any replies that may help will be greatfully received...
Thanks.. Newbie