Yamaha releases new firmware version for CRW-F1 drive

Although Yamaha has quit the CD-RW drive business,
Bartez and cerealk_2002 both informed us that
Yamaha hasn't stopped improving their drives via firmware upgrades. On the
Yamaha website we can find
firmware 1.0g for the Yamaha CRW-F1 drive:

What's new in 1.0g: Added support for following Ultra Speed CD-RW discs for 24x writing.Infodisc (24x), Ritek (24x)

Downloads to this latest firmware version can be found via this link. If you need help with upgrading the firmware of your
drive or when you have other CD-RW hardware related questions, you're welcome to
use our Recording Hardware Forum.

Source: Yamaha