Auf der Suche nach neuester Firmware für meinen Brenner bin auf verschiedene Websites (es finden sich bestimmt noch wesentlich mehr als hier angeführt) gestoßen, die gecrackte Updates für Firmware offerieren, davon auffällig viele für NEC-Laufwerke, die wesentlich mehr aus einem Brenner rausholen sollen als die Original-Firmware der Brenner-Hersteller.
 
Ich hatte selbst mal ein Problem mit dem (Origanal-) Update eines SCSI-Brenners von Yamaha, bekam dann aber von der Firma umgehend ein Neugerät zugeschickt
 
Wer dazu bereit ist, ein solches Risko einzugehen ...
kann doch dabei m.E. nicht nur der Brenner Schaden nehmen bzw. dabei ganz  über den Jordan gehen; auch jegliche Garantieansprüche gegenüber dem Hersteller gehen verloren!  
 
Ich selbst würde NIE jemandem dazu raten geschweige denn selbst derlei Firmware verwenden (Ausnahme: Firmware vom eigenen Hersteller nicht mehr erhältlich); aber vielleicht gibt es Kenner aus der Szene, die dafür gute Gründe haben und sie auch hier mal näher erläutern wollen.
 
Wohlgemerkt, nachstehende Sites sind nur informationshalber aufgeführt; jeglicher Gebrauch erfolgt auf eigene Gefahr und eigenes Risiko!
 
DVD-RW/+RW/RAM Firmware - Brenner unterschiedlicher Hersteller http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php
On this page you will find every firmware available for optical drives like DVD-RW/DVD-ROM/CD-RW/CD-ROM. To find firmwares for your drive use the Download firmware or Download search links at the left. To access the forum click the forums link on top of this page. Please use search before you post questions.
DVD Region+CSS Free enables you to watch & copy any region-coded/CSS-encrypted/ARccOS-protected DVDs on any (including RPC-2) DVD drives without flashing firmware. DVDFab Platinum (DVD copy software) removes all the DVD protections too, and copy any DVD in perfect quality. Both software is safe and easy to use. Download a FREE trial!
 
 
Modified NEC DVD Burner firmwares:
Liggy's and Dee's NEC page http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/
Hello visitor,
on these pages you will find some of our modified NEC DVD Burner firmwares as well as some tools for these drives, documentation or links to other sites that might be of interest for you. Firmware patches can include Riplock, RPC1 and Booktype modifications or speed ups for some media.
If you want to be informed about what we are working on at the moment, you might want to check for updates in Liggy's and Dee's blog.
Please do not link directly to our files. There is a protection against crosslinking and the URLs may change too. You also might have to disable download accelerator software as these programs can cause problems when downloading from our site. We do not believe in spoiling your browsing experience by using Popup adverts, we therefore do not use any popup adverts on this site.
Best regards,
Liggy and Dee
 
 
Firmware für nahezu alle Fabrikate
The Dangerous Brothers Present....  http://tdb.rpc1.org/
Downloading from this site
The files on this site should download correctly and are not available via email. They have been compressed with original PKWare tools, and are therefore Standard PKZIP files.
Download problems and corrupt zip file issues usually occur because you are reaching or downloading the offsite page.
Our server requires that your browser sends "referrer" information correctly. The probable cause for this to be missing is the configuration of your software firewall, which is blocking this information and breaking the internet. If you correctly configure the firewall, or disable it, this problem will be resolved.
Check your HTTP_REFERER, it should be http://tdb.rpc1.org/
If you get the offsite page or "phpBB : Critical Error - Could not connect to the database" you have a referer problem, do not email about this. Another possible cause is the browser, or download manager, try a different browser. These measures are in place to limit bandwidth theft, direct linking and broken download managers.
 
 
 
Firmware für NEC  http://www.herrie.org/
Unfortunately currently the downloads are not available due to server problems at www.rpc1.org! The problems will be resolved within the next (few) day(s). I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
FAQ Updated!   Today I added a few new parts to the FAQ of my website, making it more complete again. Still a few items are missing which will be added soon!  
The following FAQ's are now available:
 -Upgrading Drive?  
-OEM Drives
New website online!  
Today I finalized most of the work on the new layout of my website! It is written in good old simple HTML with CSS.
The new purpose of the website will be to serve you with as much information as possible regarding the NEC (and it OEM's) DVD+/-R(W) drives. Just like with the old portal, based on PHPNuke. Due to the frequent security issues with PHPNuke I decided not to use it anymore.
The FAQ is not yet fully completed, but it will be updated in the near future.