Liggy's And Dee's ND-3500 Release Firmware LD_V1_R3

sorry Dee, i dont think this strat's improved the G04 burns.. at least not 4 me :/
(btw, thx, reflashing/rebooting did seem 2 fix the prob, although now xp dont seem 2 b able 2 find the correct drivers 4 it )
these discs (silver printable ridiscs) have given me great burns nearly everytime.. so this looks outta place..

RC2 @ RITEK G04 @ 12X:

Here is my 2nd Dual Layer burn.. Kprobe scan looks alot like my first burn.. the only thing im not sure about is this nero speed test..does it look ok?
burned the same as first with RC1 firmware 3500a. Verbatim (MKM001) 2.4x

G04 has never been "good" disc to me on my LG-4040B. Too many cosaters! Xaar, lower the speed.

I don't know if Ritek still produces G04, but it's an ancient product. The very first 4x DVD media that greatly helped this entire DVD recordable market to grow to this scale.

DigiTimes reported Taiwanese "second-tier" media makers now sell 4x media for US@0.15. Average G04 can't be better than those and that's cheaper than most plastic-made DVD case.

Trying overspeeding on "stock" Taiwan-made media is mostly waste of time. RICOHJPNR01/R02 and some others are not stock but made of the top Japanese chemical and optical makers like MCC and Ricoh.

G05 at 12x seems impressive. Small differences always happen even with the same disc and greater differences could result from using another firmware on the scanning drive. BS0C, BS0K, BS41, CS02, TS0C, TS0D... they all report differently. Same model drives with the same firmware also report differently. My three 812/851 and four 1613 report varying PI/PIFs with the same disk. So it's usually safe to disregard small differences unless something's made to a revision.

Winter's coming in 11 hours and 35 minutes in South Korea.

Don't be too hasty about that. I burned this CMC MAG.AE1 disc with beta 12, on Friday but I never got around to scanning it. Here's the scan. Much the same as the LD_V1 disc. So either the media has changed mid batch or the burning software did make a difference.

Dee,
Could you make this thread the same as other Beta firmware, where your first post always have the up-to-date info with links to all your RC?
It is kind of difficult to have to scan through the whole thread just to realized that another RC was release....

Thanks for all the great work!

LiteOn, RITEKG04, 4x branded, burned at 8x, LD_V1RC2

I recently bought some Ritek G05 discs. What is the best firmware to use with these discs, coz I heard that burns at 12x are not good with this firmware.
Thanks for replying

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Last edited by motorcycle; 30-11-2004 at 20:33. Reason: none

is it possible to speed up the fuji03 DVD-R 8x to 12x?

I think Dee has given up on Fuji 03, tho Quickee seems to be having success withthe other firmware

Since he's using the same 10X 12X strategy i was using, they are unlike to be any better.
Your lucky to burn most FUJIFILM03 at 6X and get good results, never mind 12X

LD_V1_Final (release tomorrow)
Taiyo Yuden YUDEN000T02 Burned at 16X

Dee, was anything changed on the Yuden's from RC1 to final? I'm having a MAJOR problem with them using RC1 in my thread I just posted.

I have never changed anything on YUDEN000T02 on any of the beta's. However i built the final firmware version from beta12 and added the changes. Its possible, although i've checked and double checked both RC1 and RC2 for errors and couldn't find any. its still possible some error was made which i overlooked.

Some spindels seem to burn a lot better than others. Personally ive had no bother at 8x, but i aggree that they are very unreliable media. But then most datawrite/bulkpaq media seems to be regardless of dye!

Anyways, ive ordered 50 benq dvd-r's so no more second guessing wheter the burn is gonna be OK

Any mod should work. However, Liggy's beta12 archives the fatest (12X) according to my experience. I assume Liggy+Dee's does the same since it was compiled from the same code base.

LD_V1 Final
MCC04 burned at 16X

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Last edited by Dee; 01-12-2004 at 02:35.

Nice but where are the read scans.

oops i forgot about the read test.

MCC04 one added to my MCC04 post

T02 one coming up in about 5 minutes

EDIT here is the YUDEN000T02 read test.

Thanks, sometimes I think this tells more than the BLER test.

You are so right. I would like to add; every bler test shoul be "backed up" with a transfer rate test.

Where can I download "LD_V1 Final"? I saw from another post that this firmware is the best for n00bs. Thanks.

Go to here and download it:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....6&page=1&pp=25

I don't see "Final" there..............

Me too, that's why I had to ask...