However, i have gotten to the stage where i need to extract the keys in order to re-flash it with LT 3.0
I read somewhere (Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=_R...&v=CrEPoewkCs4) that if you have a drive that is flashed with 1.5 and higher that you can extract the keys without the fancy tools using just a sata cable, is this correct?
Statement from the youtube video:
"LiteOn Drives Currently Modded with iXtreme 1.5+ can be dumped just by using SATA"
AFAIK, only the 8 series Lite-On drives can have their keys extracted without a probe, if they haven't been upgraded to 02510C.
Do you not have a backup of the firmware from the first time it was flashed? If you do, you can just use that as your source firmware and you won't need to extract the key using a probe.