LG Renesas Firmware Utility Mac/Linux/Windows

chef · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:16 am

frijj_2000 wrote:

Ok, I've downloaded the MSCE thing, and added the original file via the load button. Stuck now.

The MCSE usage, which seems to be your problem at this point, is exlpained on the MCSE site aswell............

calimba · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:27 am **Posts:** 5

i have a problem

Code:

D:\flasher>flasher -D
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility

AVAILABLE DRIVES AND IDs:
Drive ID: 1 Name: DVDRAM GH20NS10
Drive ID: 2 Name: DVD-RAM GH22NS30

D:\flasher>flasher -d 1 -m main_firmware.bin
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_drive: Opening Drive: 1.
cmd_dumpmain: Starting dumping process
get_firminfo_drive: failed to find pattern
cmd_dumpmain: failed to get firmware info

thank you very much

Puma · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:49 pm

calimba wrote:

i have a problem

Code:

D:\flasher>flasher -D
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility

AVAILABLE DRIVES AND IDs:
Drive ID: 1 Name: DVDRAM GH20NS10
Drive ID: 2 Name: DVD-RAM GH22NS30

D:\flasher>flasher -d 1 -m main_firmware.bin
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_drive: Opening Drive: 1.
cmd_dumpmain: Starting dumping process
get_firminfo_drive: failed to find pattern
cmd_dumpmain: failed to get firmware info

thank you very much

would imagine this mean's the utility doesn't support the drive. as its not a Renesas chipset

calimba · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:27 am **Posts:** 5

calimba wrote:

i have a problem

Code:

D:\flasher>flasher -D
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility

AVAILABLE DRIVES AND IDs:
Drive ID: 1 Name: DVDRAM GH20NS10
Drive ID: 2 Name: DVD-RAM GH22NS30

D:\flasher>flasher -d 1 -m main_firmware.bin
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_drive: Opening Drive: 1.
cmd_dumpmain: Starting dumping process
get_firminfo_drive: failed to find pattern
cmd_dumpmain: failed to get firmware info

thank you very much

LG GH20LS10/GH20NS10 (Renesas R8J32030HFPV)

thank you very much

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

I went and checked the EL01 update for your drive and the headers are the same that my code looks for. So your drive is supported.

Only thing I can think of that might be the problem is that maybe your tried to flash your drive with out rebooting and then tried dumping it.
or maybe there is something up with the controller card of yours.

If you think its none of the above you will have to explain why and not just say its not.

also please post DiscInfo of your drive.

If we don't figure out a way to get it working with just that then I will make a special build designed to dump the entire memory of your drive to a file and I will have you upload it so I can see what it is sending back to the program and what is up.

calimba · **Joined:** Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:27 am **Posts:** 5

DISCInfo Summary

Code:

DISCINFO VERSION   : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR             : HL-DT-ST
MODEL              : DVDRAM GH20NS10 
REVISION           : EL01
VENDOR SPECIFIC    : §
LOADING MECHANISM  : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER      : <CENSORED>
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE        : 2048KB
INTERFACE          : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME        : YES
STATUS             : Set
USER CHANGES       : 4
VENDOR CHANGES     : 4
CURRENT REGION     : 1
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 : 48
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 48

My motherboard is a Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe

thank you for the quick answer

Big Pope · **Joined:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:02 am **Posts:** 2

Hi,

Quote:

1) Download the LG Windows Flasher. <---- It means "gh22np20_2.00.exe" is LG Wndows Flasher?
2) Patch the LG Windows Flasher. <------ How to patch it?
3) Extract the Firmware from the flasher. the EXE must be in the same directory as the flasher program of mine. <--- It means -r to extract the firmware?
4) Dump the main and the core firmware from your drive.
5) Flash the patched firmware to the drive. there might be a core and a main one also.
6) Totally turn off your computer and then turn it back on.

I have tried in Windows XP and got failed messages as following.

D:\GH22NP20>flasher -r gh22np20_2.00.exe
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_ripexe: Starting firmware ripping process
firm_ripexe: Unknown encryption type
cmd_ripexe: Failed firmware ripping process

D:\GH22NP20>

Anyone can help?

cvs · **Posted:** Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:59 pm

Big Pope wrote:

Hi,

I have tried in Windows XP and got failed messages as following.

D:\GH22NP20>flasher -r gh22np20_2.00.exe
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_ripexe: Starting firmware ripping process
firm_ripexe: Unknown encryption type
cmd_ripexe: Failed firmware ripping process

D:\GH22NP20>

Anyone can help?

GH22NP/LP20 drives have a Panasonic chipset, so you can't use the Renesas Flasher utility with these drives.
Use ala42's MCSE instead and follow steps 2-6 from your post. Those steps will become obvious once you load the firmware up in MCSE and read the messages given by the program.

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

I added a list of known support and not supported drives. the list is probably no complete but it took a while to create what is there. I might update it more a little later.

cvs · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:36 pm

devilsclaw wrote:

I added a list of known support and not supported drives. the list is probably no complete but it took a while to create what is there. I might update it more a little later.

I can give you a hand on this one ...

You can also add the following Renesas based drives to the supported list:

CA10N
CH10LS20
CT10N
CT10L
GBW-T10N
GE20NU11
GH22NS51
GH22LS51
GH40N
GH41N
GP08NU10
GP08LU10
GS21N
GS22N
GS23N
GSA-4080N, GCA-4080N, GMA-4080N, GWA-4080N
GSA-4082N, GMA-4082N, GWA-4082N
GSA-4083N
GSA-4084N
GSA-T10N
GSA-T20L
GSA-T30L
GSA-T40N
GSA-T40L
GSA-T50F
GSA-U10N
GSA-U21N
GT20N
GT20L
GU10N
GX10N
GX15N
UH10LS20
WH10LS30

That should do the trick quite nicely for the time being :lol:

chef · **Posted:** Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:26 pm

cvs,

you are a very knowledgeable man.

Nice to have you here! =D>

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

thanks cvs. I updated the list with your list and I created a php script to auto sort and format the list for me so it will be easy to update if any one finds more.

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

Added the sort script to the main post it also supports downloading its self. Thanks for all the help everyone.

rhaffy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi,

I have a Lenovo T400 with a "Serial Ultrabay Slim DVD Burner" (Lenovo "alik701") running Win7 x86.

I searched and read quite a lot and found that the best way to patch my drive is to apply the rpc2 auto reset fix (with MCSE).
Now, I tried finding on the web the appropriate firmware. I didn't find it. The ones I tried do not recognize my drive when trying to patch (GSA-U10N isn't the same model...)

So I was left with LG Renesas Firmware Utility.
I managed to dump the Main and the Core successfully but couldn't patch the Main FW.
I got the following error:

Code:

C:\Users\rhaffy\Downloads\flasher>flasher.exe -D
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
drives_available: Cannot open device h.

AVAILABLE DRIVES AND IDs:
Drive ID: 1 Name: DVDRAM GU10N

C:\Users\rhaffy\Downloads\flasher>flasher.exe -d 1 -f GU10N_main_fw.bin
Devilsclaw's LG Renesas Drive Utility
cmd_drive: Opening Drive: 1.
cmd_flashfirm: Flashing process started

firm_flasher: Drive should be flashing its light.
firm_flasher: This indicates its flashing its self.
firm_flasher: This can take a while, Please be patiant.
firm_flasher: Failed to write at 0x000D8000
firm_flasher: your drive should still be fine.
cmd_flashfirm: Flashing process failed

I've suspended BitLocker, suspended my AV, tried it in safe mode - result is the same.
I tried flashing the exact same Main firmware I dumped.

Information I took out of the Main file:
m045.07.29.02a DVDRAM RU2N2 Copyright (c) 2007,2008,Hitachi-LG Data Storage,Inc.

DiscInfo summary:

Code:

DISCINFO VERSION   : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR             : HL-DT-ST
MODEL              : DVDRAM GU10N    
REVISION           : MX05
LOADING MECHANISM  : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER      : M16A2K12340
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE        : 1024KB
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 : 24
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

Please assist

rhaffy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 6

I see that my post was moved by an admin - fair enough.
I was asking for help with the flasher application, though a firmware package for my model would do nicely

Any input would be appreciated, thanks.

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

Yeah I need to find out why my flasher is not working for flashing some drives.. please post your firmwares you managed to dump. both the core and main.

chef · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:42 am

rhaffy wrote:

I see that my post was moved by an admin - fair enough.
I was asking for help with the flasher application, though a firmware package for my model would do nicely

Any input would be appreciated, thanks.

Moved by an mod or admin, the outcome is the same.

Your request is suited best here in this thread.

Just team up with devilsclaw to fix the issues.

rhaffy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 6

devilsclaw - dumped and uploaded - http://www.mediafire.com/?uy5lxc2tpiejtbc

[_chef_] - You're right - thank you.

chef · **Posted:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:12 am

No problem, hopefully your issue can be fixed.

rhaffy · **Joined:** Sun Oct 17, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 6

Well, today I was PM'ed with a RPC2 AutoReset patched firmware.

I suggest adding it to the DB, I uploaded it to:
<LINK REMOVED>

Thanks!

Edit: link removed as requested.

Puma · **Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:25 am

rhaffy wrote:

Well, today I was PM'ed with a RPC2 AutoReset patched firmware.

I suggest adding it to the DB, I uploaded it to:
http://www.mediafire.com/?6luhpuu76udjwzu

Thanks!

if this was from ala, then it is not for posting on the forum. please removethe link if so.

APE992 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:58 pm **Posts:** 2

I must applaud the efforts for the creation of this tool, it works splendidly aside from one small issue I am having.

I have an LG GT20L DVD+DL drive in my laptop, rebadged HP with no retail firmware available for download. I can dump it just fine with flasher both core and main and edit the firmware to remove riplock just fine. But when I go to flash it does the song and dance but errors out as it can't write the firmware and fails. I don't have the exact error message on hand but it spits out an address where it can't begin writing to if it'll help, I can grab a readout if necessary.

I'd be tempted to say the firmware was written to a damn ROM chip but I've never heard of that happening before.

The message reads the same as rhaffy's with a minor diff to the address iirc.

EDIT:

The firmware of the drive untouched (main and core) as well as the patched version I was attempting to flash is attached to this post.

admin:- No MCSE patched firmware should be posted

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

I really don't know why it won't flash certain drives. the old ones has a soft reset that I removed from the code because it caused problems with some drives but maybe I need to add a flag that turns it on.

devilsclaw · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2002 6:08 am **Posts:** 331

I'm currently working on a hooking tool for flashing tools that will work on 32bit and 64bit systems.. the spi tool that used to do it does not work on 64bit.. once I get that done I will be able to fully find out.

APE992 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:58 pm **Posts:** 2

Still, I can dump the drive and obtain the firmware which is lightyears beyond where I was before I found your util.

I got what I needed though and thought you'd like feedback on the tool. The drive doesn't even eject while flashing.

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