i bought a new 40x Liteon replacing my 32x , the build quality seems so much berrer on thr 40x .

anyone else gone from the 32x to 40x ?

I think I shall stick with my 32X, I dont see the point in spending more money for a little bit extra speed, can u get 40x discs quite easily?

no problm on the 40x disks mate , all branded media will burn at 40x

They run some tests on a site I went to and even old 8x branded Kodak CD-R burned well @ 40x. Goes to prove that if the disc is quality it doesnt really matter what it's got on the box. The Smartburn.exe that is free from Liteon is a much more accurate indicator ot a CD-R's quality.
Great little app I sugest everyone should get a copy.

yea got it mate , like you said is spot on

I think they said the 40x is only 12 secs faster than the 32x. I would wait to upgrade my 32x to something like a 72x when it comes out.

You can also overclock the liteon from a 40x to a 48x i have no problem.

i noticed that there was a lot of difference between 32x and 40x

I've got 2 of these beasts overclocked to 48x using the VS02 firmware.

Here are the instructions. All credit goes to OC-Freak and co from CDfreaks.com :

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Here are specific pages you should read before attempting (you need to become a forum member to access the pages):

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42502
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46934
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42344

First make a boot diskette on a w9x/me/dos computer to use to boot the computer since these tricks must be done in real DOS.

Download mtkflash version 1.48 here:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/firmware/Firmware/Mtkflash148.zip

Download the VS02 firmware:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/firmware/Firmware/Lite-On/LTR-48125W/binary/VS02.zip

Unzip mtkflash to the floppy disc or to a FAT16/32 formatted drive.

Now make sure that the drive that you are going to read the firmware from/write firmware to is connected to the main IDE controller and not to a secondary IDE controller card, also make sure that your drive is NOT configured as cable select(set it to either Master or Slave). Also write down/remember how it's connected.

Boot your computer from the diskette containing the system files and make sure that NO CD-ROM drivers is loaded.

Go to the same drive/folder where you have mtkflash.

To backup your firmware type:

MTKFLASH “x“ R /B /M filename.bin

Where “x“ is a number from 1 to 4:

1: Primary master
2: Primary slave
3: Secondary master
4: Secondary slave

R is for Read out the firmware
/B is to save the firmware as a binary file
/M is to Merge the whole firmware into one file.
filename.bin is just an example, name your file so it will be easy to find back. I use the firmware version as the name like firmware version XS0U will be xs0u.bin. Don't have the filename longer than 8 characters + bin extension.

The readout process will take a while depending on the flashrom size, the flashrom is normally 128k, 256k or 512k. So just be patient. Note that it's counting from 0% to 100% several times!

To flash a drive:

MTKFLASH “x“ W /B filename.bin

Where “x“ is a number from 1 to 4:

1: Primary master
2: Primary slave
3: Secondary master
4: Secondary slave

W is to write a firmware to the flashrom.
/B is to tell the program that the input file is a binary file.
filename.bin is just an example. Write the name of your firmware file here.

This will again take some time, do not reboot, switch power off or something while the flash is in progress. Note that it's counting from 0% to 100% several times!

Do you already have a dead drive without having a backup firmware? (Now you realize that that was naughty done.) If you know a friend with a identical drive you may just read the firmware out from his drive and flash it onto your drive.
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Originally posted by Thomas Peterson
I think I shall stick with my 32X, I dont see the point in spending more money for a little bit extra speed, can u get 40x discs quite easily?

hi m8, which version of the 32x LITEON have you got?
because LTR-32125W-->LTR-48125W is possible using the tutorial explained above.

What`s the rush? :confused:

I am still using my old trusty Liteon 12101B! :)

yeah i'm still using my 24102b which does the job :)