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lite-on firmware confusion
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cziembo
Junior Member
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5. October 2006 @ 16:01 |
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boy, am I confused. I have two computers with different DVD burners. I successfully updated one of them, has a TSST TS-552B. However, I cannot seem to find updated firmware for my Lite-on SHW-160P6S with firmware version PGS1. I went to a commone website and it lists the burner I have, but I see nothing about or similar to version PGS1. as follows:
Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:47 am Liteon SHW-160P6S
LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S - PS04, PS05, PS08, PS09, PS0A, PS0B
Use LtnRPC to reset or disable the Region Counter. Click Disable and your drive will be region free!
RPC-2
My SHW-160P6S is shown, but what relevance is PS04, etc? I suspect there is NO updated firmware. Is this correct or am I not going to the right place or just totally confused?
Any help anyone can give re: firmware updates would be welcome.
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AfterDawn Addict
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6. October 2006 @ 08:19 |
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Ok a breif intro to firmware incase you didn't know...
RPC1 Firmware is to make your drive region free, along with other things which need to be done, found here...
Originally posted by Cd Freaks Website:
As a lot of people don't seem to be aware, patching your drive with a region free firmware is only half the trick to be completely region free.
For there exists other region counters WITHIN the software (OS, players...) that need to be bypassed.
There are actually up to 3 region protections on a system:
- 1 in the DVD drive
- 1 in the Operating System (windows) - More info on Windows region management.
- 1 in the software player (eg. WinDVD, PowerDVD...)
When you flash your drive with a region free firmware (RPC-1), you remove the region counter from the drive itself completely, but with this counter gone, the software counters kick in to replace the one from the DVD drive. This means that you still have these other 2 to defeat!!!.
An alternate region free solution that is available for some drives is known as an "Autoreset" firmware: Instead of removing the counter from the drive completely, the counter simply resets itself to an unlocked state when the computer is restarted. This way, the drive appears as region protected (RPC-2) but the counter can be changed indefinitely. Creating autoreset patches is slightly more difficult for the patcher, but makes the life of the user easier because DVD Genie and Region Killer are not required as they are for RPC-1 firmwares.
On the other hand, it's easy for software manufacturers to detect autoreset firmwares, and if they decide to do so, you will still need a software patch in the long run. This is why RPC-1 firmwares are seen by most as the long term solution.
So, unless a program like DISCInfo or Drive Region Info (see the Utilities section on the Homepage) tells you that your drive is still protected or you used an autoreset firmware, your drive IS region free, and any region counters that you still see come from software region settings.
To bypass that, you need to use programs such as DVD Genie or DVD Region Killer (the later is highly recommanded).
Note: Currently, the only software region free solution when using WinDVD Platinum to play DVD's is WinDVD Tweaker Pro ($18.00 US)
RPC2 Firmware
This is normal firmware that just upgrades your drive to read the latest disk codes, therefore avoiding errors like dvd's not being recognised...
As for your firmware, the last listed on The Firmware Page is allways the newest, some manufacturers just like to use lettersrather than numbers... So PS0B shoudl be what you want...
Get back to me..
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7. October 2006 @ 10:14 |
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Was the burners in your computer when you bought it? If so, you probably have the firmware of the computer company, and not the burner company. In that case, you'll need to upgrade the firmware, from the computer's website.
In other words, if you have an HP computer with a LiteOn burner, with HP firmware for the burner, and you flash the firmware to LiteOn's firmware, you'll void your warranty. If warranty is out, don't worry about it. Flash to LiteOn's firmware, if you can find and get it.
Something to think about.............
Good luck!
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