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[xboxdawg]

I bought the 124 from Newegg. Used the Shoprunner trial to get free shipping. So it's $18.99 delivered. Hopefully it will be a "B" since I'm sure they sell plenty of those drives.

I was up late last night after word came out. At about 2:35am EST the 324 was the only one specifically labelled as a B on newegg.com. It sold out really quickly.

[Spark]

QUOTE(msh1156 @ Oct 18 2011, 06:19 PM)

i read on google that you can cross flash an iHAS122-04B to iHAS524B
can anyone tell me how please?

Follow my tutorial a couple of pages back, the process is identical.

[bucky006]

I've ordered this one from ebuyer for £14, can anyone tell me if its an A or B, doesn't say on the listing.

http://www.ebuyer.co...-oem-ihas124-19

Kind Regards

BM

[Achtung]

Watch your order closely if you use tigerdirect. I ordered the OEM LiteOn drive last night and this morning I checked the order and they changed the drive to the sony Optiarc. I had to call and cancel and re-order the LiteOn and tell them specifically it had to be that drive.

I've been watching the order closely to see if they change it again.

[Spark]

QUOTE(bucky006 @ Oct 18 2011, 06:29 PM)

I've ordered this one from ebuyer for £14, can anyone tell me if its an A or B, doesn't say on the listing.

http://www.ebuyer.co...-oem-ihas124-19

Kind Regards

BM

Should be fine, it's the right model and ebuyer have high turnover so I can't see it being an older version.

QUOTE(Achtung @ Oct 18 2011, 06:30 PM)

Watch your order closely if you use tigerdirect. I ordered the OEM LiteOn drive last night and this morning I checked the order and they changed the drive to the sony Optiarc. I had to call and cancel and re-order the LiteOn and tell them specifically it had to be that drive.

I've been watching the order closely to see if they change it again.

The bastards did exactly the same to me and I warned people about this on here late last week. I actually have the optiarc sat on my desk right now and I need to call them to get a label so I can send it back.

The irritating thing is that when I called them they said that they didn't have any 124's in stock and discontinued that line ages ago yet their websites still suggest otherwise.

[Achtung]

QUOTE(Spark @ Oct 18 2011, 05:32 PM)

Should be fine, it's the right model and ebuyer have high turnover so I can't see it being an older version.
The bastards did exactly the same to me and I warned people about this on here late last week. I actually have the optiarc sat on my desk right now and I need to call them to get a label so I can send it back.

The irritating thing is that when I called them they said that they didn't have any 124's in stock and discontinued that line ages ago yet their websites still suggest otherwise.

 I hate tigerdirect but I saw they had tons so I ordered it. The 124 is the one I ordered too and now for a 2nd time, we'll see what happens this time.

[acidline]

I'm owning a Plextor 890SA drive and read, that this drive also should be able to be crossflashed into a IHAS524 (or 624???).

I'll try to crossflash the stock firmware of the IHAS524 B with THIS Util using the unscrambled firmware from HERE (scroll page down).

As I'm an absolutely amateur in crossflashing drives I'm concerned that i'll flash my Plextor to Death.

So, should my described way above work?

Thx in advance for any hints!


Best regards


acidline

[Spark]

QUOTE(Achtung @ Oct 18 2011, 06:35 PM)

I hate tigerdirect but I saw they had tons so I ordered it. The 124 is the one I ordered too and now for a 2nd time, we'll see what happens this time.

I had never used them before and thought I would give them a chance, never again though. It will be interesting to see if they do send you a 124 though since last week they told me that they haven't had any of those in stock for ages and it wouldn't be so terrible if the Optiarc wasn't a technically inferior model anyway.

QUOTE(acidline @ Oct 18 2011, 06:36 PM)

I'm owning a Plextor 890SA drive and read, that this drive also should be able to be crossflashed into a IHAS524 (or 624???).

I'll try to crossflash the stock firmware of the IHAS524 B with THIS Util using the unscrambled firmware from HERE (scroll page down).

As I'm an absolutely amateur in crossflashing drives I'm concerned that i'll flash my Plextor to Death.

So, should my described way above work?

Thx in advance for any hints!
Best regards
acidline

If the LO flashing utility detects it then you should be good to go.

[bucky006]

QUOTE(Spark @ Oct 18 2011, 06:32 PM)

Should be fine, it's the right model and ebuyer have high turnover so I can't see it being an older version.

Thankyou,

Anyone know if once flashed with C4's firmwire will it still be able to burn normal stuff Cd, DVD Movies etc, or just to be use for XGD3.

[Spark]

QUOTE(bucky006 @ Oct 18 2011, 06:43 PM)

Thankyou,

Anyone know if once flashed with C4's firmwire will it still be able to burn normal stuff Cd, DVD Movies etc, or just to be use for XGD3.

Yes it can.

[bucky006]

QUOTE(Spark @ Oct 18 2011, 06:45 PM)

Yes it can.

Thanks Again, Very Helpful  

[dpderr]

I can confirm Pioneer DVR-219LBK DOES NOT work.  It has a Mediatek MT1839LN chipset and is not recognized by EEPROM_Utility or Flash_Utility.  I went ahead and ordered an ASUS DRW-24B1ST for $20.37 shipped from Newegg (using free shipping promo).

[misteromar]

Cool, got a iHAS324B. I had to use my VIA card because all my SATA ports on the motherboard are being used.

I went to update the drive as per the guide, but Lite On's firmware page has a SQL error.

[hardie]

what firmware
Has it been released ??

[JMAPUK]

I am under the impression that the custom f/w hasn't been released yet and the details in the tutorial are for when it does get released; the only f/w i can get for mine was the returning it back to stock i have the iHAS124B