SH-S 223B to SH-S243D: CROSSFLASH POSSIBLE???

Samsung Writer Discuss, SH-S 223B to SH-S243D: CROSSFLASH POSSIBLE??? at CD and DVD Writers forum; Samsung releases seem to be confusing lately - at least for simple me. Samsung released SH-S223B, which according to the very valuable input of Ala42 has a Mediatek chipset with i8051 CPU core. Then it released the SH-S223C which (again thanks to Ala42 for the ID) has a Samsung SA57821B03

Posted: 11-11-2009

CyberMan969 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 627

Samsung releases seem to be confusing lately - at least for simple me. Samsung released SH-S223B, which according to the very valuable input of Ala42 has a Mediatek chipset with i8051 CPU core. Then it released the SH-S223C which (again thanks to Ala42 for the ID) has a Samsung SA57821B03 controller with an ARM CPU core. Then for its new x24 models (SH-S243D SH-S243N) it switches back to the same Mediatek chipset as the SH-S22B. Which brings us to the obvious conclusion: It may be possible to crossflash the 223B to a 243D if the chipset in both models is the same revision. Previous Sammie models have been practically identical apart from chipset revisions, so it could be possible.

Obviously the benefits of such a crossflash would be minimal. My 223B can be inconsistent @x22 with my favorite SL media (Taiwanese Verbatim MCC 004). Managing to burn these @x24 will only cut a few seconds at best from burning time, and burn quality may suffer further. But I'm very tempted to try, just for the hell of it!

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Posted: 11-11-2009

negritude (MyCE Resident): Posts: 4,606

No one has indicated that the 223B and 243D use the same MediaTek chipset. They both use a MediaTek chipset, but whether it's the same one is highly doubtful. You're reading things into what ala42 said that are not there.

I'm pretty sure that the jump from 22x to 24x means a whole different chipset, among other components. Unless you want to trash your drive, don't even think about it.

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Posted: 11-11-2009

CyberMan969 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 627

Thank you for being the voice of reason Negritude, you're right, I have to control myself...

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Posted: 09-12-2009

Ssseth (Retired Senior Moderator): Posts: 4,386

I can see why you are tempted, it can be fun to experiment. Back in the day though people would risk it because the potential reward was so much greater. Flashing from a 4x burner to 8x was such a huge increase. Especially when the drives were $200. 22x to 24x on a $30 drive, not so much of a reward.