Question: Can a GSA-4167B be turned into a GSA-4166B?

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LG Writer Discuss, Can a GSA-4167B be turned into a GSA-4166B? at CD and DVD Writers forum; Hello. My question is simple: I have an LG GSA-4167B . Can I turn it into an LG GSA-4166B (fully functional...)? Or because of hardware differences, if there are any (idk ) this is impossible? Question reason: lightscribe. That's all. Thanks.

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lentul (New on Forum)
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Posted: 02-07-2009
Hello.
My question is simple: I have an LG GSA-4167B. Can I turn it into an LG GSA-4166B (fully functional...)?
Or because of hardware differences, if there are any (idk) this is impossible?
Question reason: lightscribe.
That's all. Thanks.
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mciahel (Senior Moderator)
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Posted: 02-07-2009
Hi and Welcome!

no, you cannot crossflash a 4167 to 4166. These are totally different drives. 4167 has Renesas chipset, 4166 is based on Panasonic chipset.

Additionally, Lightscribe enabled drives have additional (indexing) hardware compared to their non-LS twins.

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lentul (New on Forum)
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Posted: 02-07-2009
Wasn't sure (thats why I ask in a pro forum ).
Thank you very much.
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