LG GSA-4166B 1.02 Firmware Available For Download

[Ian]

LG's engineers finally sent my contact at LG USA the 1.02 firmware for the GSA-4166B. Which is a good thing since I wasn't able to update the drive via their goofy auto update util. In any case, here it is:

GSA-4166B102.zip

Model:GSA-4166
¡ß Ver:1.02
¡ß Improvement Point
- Improvement of recording fail for specific DVD+RW & CD-RW media
- improvement of recognition fail for DVD Title

Please do NOT link directly to the file. If you must link to something, link to this page. If I see a bunch of people posting direct links to the file, the firmware will be removed.

[Ian]

Oh good.. LG USA updated their website:

http://us.lgservice.com/

Click on Device Driver and then DVD-ROM(Writer).

There's also an update for the GSA-2164D. For whatever reason, its only 1.01 though.

[ItalianJob]

Thanks Ian, you're the one !

[js26pub]

They also posted a firmware update for the LG GSA-4167B:

Model:GSA-4167B
Ver:DL13
Improvement Point
- addtion of DVD?R media codes
-> DVD+R: SONY 16x, Prodisc(R04) 16x, Optodic 8x, AML 4x
-> DVD-R: SONY 16x, TDK 8x, MBI 16x, Prodisc 16x, Must 8x, DVSN 4x
-> DVD-RW: OPTODISC 6x, PRINCO 4x,
- Improvement of DVD?DL writing quality
- Improvement of CD-R Audio playability at some CD players

[ItalianJob]

No, the DL13 is posted since a few days now.

Look my post in the 4167 review.

[js26pub]

Sorry, my bad. I missed that thread update. Thanks.

[ItalianJob]

Ian, takes a look at the .ini file in the "exe" archive (open it with WinRAR or WinZIP). Some models are to be released :
416xB = internal IDE
216xD = external USB
516xD = external USB+firewire

[MODEL]
AutoDetect = 6
; ============================================================
;(0) Do not select (1) GWA-4163B (2) GWA-4164B
;(3) GWA-4166B (4) GCA-4164B (5) GCA-4166B
;(6) GSA-4166B
;(7) Writer 740b (8 ) Writer 840b
;(9) Dell JW3
;(10)GSA-2164D (11)GSA-2166D (12)GSA-2167D
;(13)GSA-2168D
;(14)GSA-5166D (15)GSA-5167D
;(16)Writer 740e (17)GDA-4164L (18)Writer 840e
;(19)GSA-4164B <<-- Ãß°¡
;(20)GSA-5169D <<-- Ãß°¡

[ItalianJob]

The 1.02 firmware seems to correct my DVD+RW 8X issue with RicohJPNW21 : before 1.02, a score of 0 with PI/PIF at max levels...

The 1.02 firmware restore my 8X RW... (this Philips DVD+RW 8X suffers from his first burn with 1.01 - high PIE are still visible now...)

[zzzgeo]

I am having difficulty finding firmware for a HL GSA-4166B internal DVD drive.
I assume it is the same as for a LG GSA-4166B drive.
LG does not list it on their site, just a 4165 and a 4167.

Can someone help me get this firmware?
Thank you.

[Ian]

Let me see if I still have it somewhere.

[Ian]

Here you go.