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hi, just bought asrock ion 330 and it came with a slimtype dvd+-RW drive from plds. is it possible to make it region free? think some of dell's laptop uses this drive too. thanks

the following are the detail
DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : Slimtype
MODEL : DVD A DS8A3S
REVISION : HA24
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 2009/02/17 19:44
LOADING MECHANISM : Popup
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 2
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 3
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 8
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

have you tried LtnRPC too see if that will remove the region lock?

the LtnRPC mention this in the query box
"052400 INVALID FIELD IN CDB
RPC maybe disabled."

it say maybe only. is there anyway to confirm that it's already region free? i'm using win xp

run discinfo and post its output here, make sure no region blocking software is running

ah, it mention no lock detected. so i guess it's region free. thanks a lot

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : Slimtype
MODEL : DVD A DS8A3S
REVISION : HA24
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 2009/02/17 19:44
LOADING MECHANISM : Popup
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : NO
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 8
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

indeed, happy watching

I also have an ASRock ION 330 but i am less lucky :

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : Slimtype
MODEL : DVD A DS8A3S
REVISION : HA24
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 2009/02/17 19:44
LOADING MECHANISM : Popup
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Not Set
USER CHANGES : 5
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : Not set
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 63

have you used LtnRPC?

Hello Hi all.
I need for PLDS ds-8a3s the original firmware revision HA24 do you have it ?
Thank you in advance.

I have try disc info but no result for ds-8a3s.

What does "no results" mean?

Can you see the drive in the BIOS at least??

Hi [_chef_], I have a DS-8A3S with original firmware HA24. I did not burn DVD+R DL. So I have update the firmware with version HP53.
I don't have resolved my problem ..and I would come back to HA 24. Is there anybody who have the original firmware HA24 ?

Ah well, you have used a wrong firmware update it seems.

Hopefully some other user can chip in and help you to get the HA24 back.

Hi!

I'm Zoli from Hungary, and have also an emachines Acer E-525 with the sama DVD-CD-RW combo. It is not so a first class DVD writer, I had to refresh the Firmware too many times, because it became some mistakes, I don't know why....

I had found earlier the HA28 Firmware, but I have it deleted, and now I looked for it a long time, because it seems, the search engines are under destriction or so...

At all, I found it now again, and I'm happy now!

I will give You a Link, where I upéoaded the File, it was on Asustek's website...

Here the link:

http://data.hu/get/2413723/PLDS_DS-8A3S_HA28.zip.html

Hope, Your Drive will work again too!
Zoltán, Zoli from Hungary

Thanks for the upload, hopefully it can help someone.

Hi Chef!

My Problem wasn't that, what I meaned, my DVD Drive hadn't the Firmware Rev. 28, it had Rev. 17., and it works not perfect. I will say, sometimes it recognises a DVD+/-RW sometimes not, and I don't know how to fix this problem. I've looked inside my Laptop, the DVD Drive is a Phillips & Lite-on #PLD-DS-8A3L(B), Model: DS-8A3S19C, with Firmware rev.HA17. It's right with the Rev.HA28?

Best Regards.)

Hi All!

I've just readed at Microsoft's TechNet Site, that at flashing a Firmware must be a CD or a DVD Disc in the drive!!!

All Best!

Where have you read that?

I don't know any flasher/update instruction that gives that advice!