"Overclocking" LG 8480B to 8481B ?

by **tnt97** on Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:23 pm

Is is possible?

by **Ian** on Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:54 pm

No idea. It might be worth a try though.

by **pedro99** on Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:49 pm

it will work,i did it and some's other's.there is only one problem you will lose your left led since the 8481B have only 1.

by **tnt97** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:04 am

So how I should do it?

by **mdkathon** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 2:06 am

So about the 8481.. any good reviews on it? I plan to pick one up, but want to know how it stacks up to the other 48-52x drives out there.

by **Kennyshin** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:39 pm

mdkathon wrote:So about the 8481.. any good reviews on it? I plan to pick one up, but want to know how it stacks up to the other 48-52x drives out there.

I read a lot about 8481B for some time (but usually carelessly) only because it has been the bestselling CD writer in South Korea. 8481B is the best overall CD writer in my recommendation list. (SM-348B for CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-ROM combination drive.)

Buy it if it is very cheap for you. Don't buy it if it costs more than Lite-On's 48x/52x. LG seems to be late in introducing their 52x CD writers, 48/24/48/16 combo drives, and their next DVD writers on the retail market (and OEM too maybe.)

by **jase** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:45 pm

Cool. So this 8481 is the 52x is it?

by **vio_man** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 7:48 pm

jase wrote:Cool. So this 8481 is the 52x is it?

No. 8481 is 48x/24x/40x (I'm not sure about the read speed).

The 52x model has another number, maybe 8520.

by **rafi_d** on Sat Jan 25, 2003 5:15 am

Does anyone know a link for downloading the 8481B firmware ?
Also - I notices a new (?) 8480B firmware (V 1.05) at :

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/dl_firm ... ad_id=1453

http://www.lge.co.kr/open_data/1043038564390GCE-8480b105(KW).zip

Any idea what was modified (or improved) ?

by **farookh** on Sat Jan 25, 2003 9:15 am

Just wait for the 52x firmware to show up

Cause LG has released their new 52X with 2 leds again

farookh

by **NW53** on Sat Jan 25, 2003 4:17 pm

I have a LG 52x24x52x 8520B and it does not have two leds

by **Ian** on Sat Jan 25, 2003 7:33 pm

I told him that in another thread.. I guess I'll need to show him.

by **farookh** on Sun Jan 26, 2003 3:10 am

Ok so its one led only

but all sites that were showing the new drive show this image

by **farookh** on Sun Jan 26, 2003 3:14 am

ne of you kind enough to mail me your 52x firmware.

cdrinfo poland did a review on the 8520 and also upgraded a 8481 to 8520
more info here but you will have to translate

[/url] http://www.cdrinfo.pl/cdr/hard/LG_GCE-8520B/9.php3 [url]

farookhirani@hotmail.com

by **rafi_d** on Sun Jan 26, 2003 12:42 pm

Interesting! I would be glad to get the firmware if available.

Here is part of that cdrinfo site:
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szym grafie:

GCE-8320B -> GCE-8400B
GCE-8401B -> GCE-8480B
GCE-8481B -> GCE-8520B

Jak widać, najpierw na rynku ukazuje się model xxxx0B, po czym wraz z wejściem na rynek szybszego napędu oznaczenia się zmieniają - dotychczasowy xxxx0B staje się xxxx1B, a nowo wprowadzony - yyyy0B. Wynika z tego, że LG w celu oszczędzenia kosztów produkuje w tym samym czasie tylko jeden model nagrywarki, a następnie zapisuje w nim odpowiedni firmware.
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Can anyone translate ? (sorry, some gibberish in it ...)

rafi_d@bigfoot.com

"Overclocking" LG 8480B to 8481B ?

"Overclocking" LG 8480B to 8481B ?

URL for LG 8481B formware ; new V 1.05 firmware for 8240B...

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