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snowbeach
22nd January 2003, 02:03
Doom9's article "How to make your DVD-ROM region free" says: "The drive currently has firmware version 1015 so you should download the patched firmware 1015, not any other."

DriveInfo told me that I have a Liteon LTD-163 GH5E. But I am not sure, if it was the firmware GH5E. I went to http://www.firmware.fr.st and downloaded the firmware GH5S, because GH5E was not available anymore, forgetting that I have to use the same firmware! Sh§$ Now I have a drive that is JLMS XJ-HD163 GH5S ! Put a CD, because I do not have a DVD available at the moment, and it works!

My question is: Is it possible to get my old firmware back, the firmware before I patched the drive - something like a reset button - you know what I mean!
Because I found a nice working free utility called RPC Switch 0.6 at http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/dvds/rpcde2.zip , which works really nice with my Liteon drive! So, I do not need a patched firmware anymore! Is it possible that a DVD drive works bad, if you run it with patched firmware? Thanks in advance for your responses!
GiMiC
22nd January 2003, 12:40
You should be able to find the original firmware where you got the new one. Also, when I did that to mine the original firmware was backed up first.
snowbeach
22nd January 2003, 13:27
Where can I find the backup of my original firmware? I use WinXP! I downloaded probably the original firmware GH5E and I wanted to patch the wrong firmware! But the patch told me that it is not possible, because of wrong dvd drive!?? :(
The Edge
22nd January 2003, 13:34
http://www.pchertz.com/driver_php/dvd_liteon.php

Third from the bottom.

Edge
snowbeach
22nd January 2003, 13:46
Thank you! I tried to download the firmware, but the link does not work!
:(
The Edge
22nd January 2003, 14:07
Bit of a bitch to find.
http://forum.firmware-flash.com/dl_firmware.php?download_id=96

"A DOS RPC-1 utility (http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/dvds/R1211.zip) is available. This utility can RESET or turn ON/OFF the RPC mode. When the RPC is turned OFF, the drive will became a RPC-1 drive. (Tested with firmware GH4F, GH4S, GH4W, GH5E )"
A Windows RPC-1 utility (http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/dvds/rpcde2.zip) (version2) is available. This utility can turn ON/OFF the RPC mode. When the RPC is turned OFF, the drive will became a RPC-1 drive.


Good Luck:)

Edge