View source for DVD/CD Firmware Upgrading

== Disclaimer ==
Firmware updating is dangerous because:

<B>If anything goes wrong during the update process (i.e. you lose power or flash with the wrong BIOS file) you will have a borked drive </B>

== Guides ==

See these ancient guides for an intro into how the process works:

* [http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=76277 LG CDRW 32x to 40x Flash]
* [http://www.overclockers.com.au/article.php?id=159183 LG Burner 48x-52x Flash]

== Windows ==

Check out your Optical Drive Manufacturers [http://www.overclockers.com.au/wiki/Optical_Drives#Optical_Drive_Manufacturers Website]

== Linux ==

*[http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/ Binflash] (formerly called Uniflash) - Supports native firmware flashing of NEC, Optiarc and NEC/Optiarc compatible drives

Possible <b>(UNTESETED - MAY STUFF UP)</b> solutions for other drives include:

*Booting using [http://www.freedos.org/ FreeDOS] (GPL) and DOS flash utility - Guide [http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html here]

<b>NB:</b> 
   * You'll most likely need 2 optical drives and need to put the CD in the drive you don't want to flash.
   * Use the [http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDSTD.288.gz 2.88 CDROM Image] with the config.sys file from the OEM image
*[http://www.winehq.org/ Wine] and Windows flash utility

== Help ==

Post on the [http://www.cdfreaks.com/ CDRFreaks] [http://club.cdfreaks.com/ forums].

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