DLX500UL Firmware

[DJ]

Hello everyone! I'm new to DVD burning and I have 2 questions. I just purchased the DLX500UL that was made in Dec 2002. My first question is how do I find out what firmware I have? My second question is, assuming I have 1.0d, do I need to download 1.0e and 1.0f before I download 1.0g or can I go straight to 1.0g? Thank you for your help!

Dave

[HyperYagami]

My first question is how do I find out what firmware I have?

just run the fw upgrade program. it tells u.

My second question is, assuming I have 1.0d, do I need to download 1.0e and 1.0f before I download 1.0g or can I go straight to 1.0g? Thank you for your help!

straight to 1.0g

[Solr_Flare]

Yup just download and go straight to g. However, there have been a couple of initial reports that 1.0g makes the external burners burn just barely slower than 1.0f but its nothing significant so I wouldn't worry about it. Just download the 1.0g update and in the zip file will be the instructions. Basically you unzip, read the instructions, run the .exe then open up the folder it creates and run the .exe in there. Its nice and simple to do.

Also for future reference you can use the exact same method to backtrack your firmware if you run into problems so long as you have the firmware updater program for that version. Also, no 500 model thats been shipped yet seems to have a firmware higher than e so oyu need to update anyway since f and higher enable 4x burning.