so i just got a new SH-D163C ... yes thats the correct numbers on the drive i have.. and i need to flash it with kreon firmware.. my problem is that there is no firmware for the drive on xbins.. just a and b.. NOW.. i was told that my 163C is just the 163B according to ebay where i got it.. .said this:
CHANGE PRODUCT NAME D163B -> D163C(JAN.25.2010)
if thats true then my firmware is indeed on xbins..but i tried that and still i cannot get the drive flashed.. any ideas on how to manually flash the drive? any help would be greatly apprecieted.. thanks in advance guys
Quote: Hello, I received my sh-d163b in the mail today. I was planning on flashing it with the Kreon firmware. So, I ran the sfdnwin.exe, chose my sh-d163b, chose the SH-D163B_SB01_KREON_V100.BIN firmware file, and, to my surprise, it gave me an error message! It said, "This Firmware is not compatible with the selected drive." I then realized that it was sb01, and mine was sb03. So, is there any way to either downgrade my firmware to make it compatible, use this firmware anyway, or find a Kreon firmware compatible with my version of this drive? Thanks in advance.
Also, you should be aware that Kreon backups are not the safest compared to the alternative ripping method, a 360 DVD drive flashed with 0800 firmware. Kreon does not detect the correct angles in SS while 0800 does.
However, I don't think 0800 is compatible with your current drive. If you plan on ever playing on Live with those backups, I would get another DVD ripping drive... one that supports 0800.
Then again, you could always rip with the Kreon drive and then just patch the SSv2 file using ABGX for extra security.
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yea i got a 120 elite thats got the lite on drive in it.. me and my buddy flashed it but really he did al lthe work.. i have a bit of know how but not enough lol.. im not a online gamer.. if i wanted to tho i would stealth it using abgx or something.. i always try and stealth any game that i have or get online but for the heck of it... ill check out the thread and see if it helps.. i just dont know the correct way to flash the drive.. it shows up in jungle flasher but when i go to select the firmware it says that i have the wrong firmware selected for flashing this drive?? go fig.. anyways ill post back if i get it :) thanks for the help
