go to the following address for the hardware upgrade:

####://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_modifications_ricoh_7063a.shtml

after you do the hardware part, see what the firmware version is. if it's not 1.2, go to this address for the 7083A 1.2 firmware fix:

####://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/


glad I caught the mistake in the last paragraph, it now shows correctly 7083A.