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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 5:02 am |
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Hi
Have a external Mac Super drive that I want to flash:
HL-DT-ST
Firmware - RP09
RPC-02
DVDRW GX30N
But doesn't seem to be available so looking for suggestions on what current external DVD drives that suit a mac can be flashed before buying something new.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:16 am |
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headoffice wrote: Hi
Have a external Mac Super drive that I want to flash:
HL-DT-ST
Firmware - RP09
RPC-02
DVDRW GX30N
But doesn't seem to be available so looking for suggestions on what current external DVD drives that suit a mac can be flashed before buying something new. ...then why dont you do it? The questions is, WHY do you want to flash it anyway?
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I am looking for DVD-R for Authoring DVD-R (A) & HD-DVD media, any size, any brand. Please pm me if you can help. 
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:22 am |
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The reason I need to flash the drive is because I travel for work so have DVDs from Australia, UK, US etc.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:17 pm |
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headoffice wrote: The reason I need to flash the drive is because I travel for work so have DVDs from Australia, UK, US etc. Why cant you say that in the first post??
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.:The rpc1.org FAQ:. Please read & follow our firmware request rules precisely! .:The DiscInfo tool:.
I am looking for DVD-R for Authoring DVD-R (A) & HD-DVD media, any size, any brand. Please pm me if you can help.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:23 pm |
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Didn't realise that the reason why was so important as thought the technical details were more important.
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 pm |
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headoffice wrote: HL-DT-ST
Firmware - RP09
RPC-02
DVDRW GX30N
The drive uses a Panasonic chipset I believe ( viewtopic.php?f=30&t=47350), so given that there have been no firmware releases for this drive in more than a year now, I would not put much hope into a region free solution any time soon, unless a firmware is released sometime soon (which based on past history I doubt). Try using AnyDVD or similar if you want to watch multi-region discs.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 am |
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Thanks Yeah though that might be the case.
Any other Externals that can be flashed?
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:52 am |
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There is still the manual dumping for this drive if needed but if there is a released firmware then there is no need.
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:26 pm |
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devilsclaw wrote: There is still the manual dumping for this drive if needed but if there is a released firmware then there is no need. Unfortunately there are no firmware releases at all for this drive... Assuming that the raw dump option will work for this drive, would it be possible to build a header for it given that there aren't any GX3xN firmwares available for comparison purposes?
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Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:39 pm |
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yes it would be possible.
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 1:42 am |
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headoffice, if you're still watching this thread, it should be possible to create a raw firmware dump using DevilsClaw's Renesas Flasher ( viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46137) by running it with this special command line: flasher -d <drive id> -l firmware.bin 1 80000000 00200000 where <drive id> should be replaced by your actual Drive ID number. Once a firmware dump is available, that would open the door for a RPC patch for your drive.
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:46 pm |
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I just tried what you suggested, cvs, but I didn't get a firmware.bin file.
Error Result:
cmd_drive: Opening Drive: 1.
cmd_dumploc: Starting dumping process
firm_dumper: Failed to read from drive. Will write what we got so far
cmd_dumploc: Failed to dump location
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