Plextor America releases new firmware for PX-W4824TA drive

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Posted on	04/03/03 10:36
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Plextor America releases new firmware for PX-W4824TA drive

Yesterday Plextor America has released a new firmware version for their PX-W4824TA and PX-W4824TU (USB 2.0) drives.

Update:

Plextor Europe has now also released this new firmware version. Their changelog also adds that the PX-W4824TA drive can now fully overburn up to 99 minutes!

Firmware v1.04 March 3, 2003:

Fixed a bug where an error would occur when the drive tried to re-format a disc which was previously formatted as an MRW disc.

Correct identification of >79 minutes media

Writing up to 99 minutes

Improved the write quality on Verbatim 16x CD-R disc

Added functionality to the drive so it will play Audio CD's at 8x CLV with MediaPlayer

Downloads to this latest firmware version can be found here. When you need help on how to upgrade the firmware of your Plextor recorder or when you simply want to discuss Plextor and their products, please drop by in our Plextor Forum.

Source: Plextor America

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Posted by clawso1 on Wednesday 05 March 2003 03:31

I'm currently using Verbatim DataLifePlus CD-RW 74min 16x-24x disc with my Plextor 48x/24x/48x drive an I can't format those disc to be written to, and if I use them to backup my hard drive and then later try to erase them I catch the devil in doing so!!! I think Verbatim has blundered in making these disc because I also have a Plextor 24x/10x/40x drive and Verbatim DataLifePlus 74min CD-RW 4x-10x disc work FLAWLESSLY in this drive!

Posted by icey on Wednesday 05 March 2003 21:34

My experience with failure to write to cdrw's is that the rated speed of the media does not always allow that spped to be written to in drives. A plextor x16 drive writes at x10 to some x4-10 cdrw media I have, but my plextore 241040a will only erase or write to that media at x4

Icey

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