I flashed every drive expect for the liteon drive. I got the Liteon DG-16D2S. I wanna flash it but i don't feel like spending $40 on a connectivity kit. I heard that you can flash it normally with jungle flasher without any extra hardware, and the only reason for the connectivity kit was to get the key and to identity the drive....but i don't care about that, i just wanna flash the drive. Is it possible without the extra hardware or do you really need it?
Thanks. I googled everything and i cant get a strait answer, so i came here to see if i can get some good help.
You need the Key in order to flash it, it isn't possible to flash any drive and have it work without the original key.... I'd assume you'd know this if you've "flashed every drive" - sorry, not trying to be a d1ck, I'm just saying..
First you need find out the FW verson of the liteon one way to do that is to hook the drive up to your PC (with the tray half open - follow the Jungle flasher pdfhere) and under the DVD32 key tab, it'll tell you the FW.
The FW will determine what you need to do... The 74850C (most common drive) will require the extra hardware - again refer to the jungle flasher guide - it will answer almost any question you have.
If you require hardware (most likely you will - people don't just buy/sell these devices for no reason). Good news is that if you are decent with a soldering iron (or at least not a dumbass) then you can make your own probe for only about $5-$6 for supplies at radio shack - Click Here for the guide - I just did this last night and it works great!
Plus even if you don't care about getting the key and whatnot - you should anyways in case something goes wrong in the future or it might be required someday to update the iXtreme FW - you never know. It's not like it's a big deal either - I keep a archive of every FW from every drive I've ever come across - It's not even being cautious, it's having common sense.
