Remember overclocking some Lite-On models, so they would write faster and support even more/other technologies ? As it seems also Sony is currently rebadging Lite-On drives. This means that Sony just buys the Lite-On drives, put their stickers on it, add manuals and a package and sell it under their Sony brand, as a lot of people just tend to like Sony and are likely to buy a Sony CD-RW drive.
But now we have reports on our forum of people who have flashed their Sony CRX195E1/CRX195A1 back into Lite-On drives and even overclock them. dhc014 has made a website that explains how to do this and even made a utility to make the process very easy:
The Sony CD-RW CRX195E1 or CRX195A1 are OEMs of the Lite-ON LTR-40125S. Some people have had success upgrading their Lite-ON LTR-40125S to the LTR-48125W. |
I have made a utility to make this very easy. Simply run one of the VS0* utilities or flash with a binary and the drive will remain a CRX195E1, but it will operate at 48X write speeds. Read about "overclocking" your drive here. If you use the utility below, you can write at 48X, but it will still be named a Sony
Note that this might void your warranty. If you would like more information or need help, then drop by at our Lite-On Forum.
Source: CD Freaks Forum
