-=PCTechTalk=- Re: DVDs & my DVD Burner
- From: "Don Wilcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:14:10 -0400
If Lite-On uses the same terminology that I am accustomed to, the file you
download from their site is a firmware update for the drive, not a driver
for the operating system.
If I were you, I would run Belarc or similar system analyzer to determine
exactly what you have, then follow the instructions that are linked to on
the download page and install the firmware, whatever it is and then run the
analyzer again to see what changed.
A firmware udate to the disc drive will not get rolled back on a system
restore.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith/agoodread.com" <jtb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: DVDs & my DVD Burner
>I went to that page and downloaded the ZIP file. Which seems to
> be a firmware upgrade for my Drive of 518.09 kb dated 03/22/2006
>
> So what do I do now -- do I update this firmware or is what's
> below what I need?
>
> And if this isn't it, wouldn't a restore point work?
>
>
> Here is the page I got from google -- it calls it
> firmware-driver
>
> http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/Lyra/LiteOn-DVDRw-LDW411S-firmware-101.shtml
>
> or if that breaks up:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2z5m29
>
> which then takes me to this page on softpedia.com's site:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2hjh5u
>
> but I can't get it to download :-(
>
> It's the version for the DVD Drive because right now my computer
> is using one of MS from 2001
>
> Judith
> ________________
>
>
> http://www.liteonit.com.tw/global/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=154
>
> There is a firmware update available here that is dated March
> 22, 2006.
>
> Are you sure the terminology used was "firmwware driver"?
> Firmware and
> drivers are usually two different pieces of software. The
> firmware would be
> internal to the drive (like the BIOS in a computer) while the
> driver is
> internal to the computer operating system.
>
> Please make sure that you *know* what you are downloading and
> installing. A
> mistake installing a driver is easily corrected. A mistake
> installing
> firmware could render the drive totally useless.
>
> Also, follow the link to the instructions for installing the
> firmware
> update.
>
> Don
>
>
>
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