The Firmware Page

Hello,

reading through various post in this forum, I'm getting quite confused by the amount of infos and their various "directions". Not to mention that I'm not a geek...

So here is my question:

I want to reset the firmware of my GDR 8162 B. This is what I've done so far:
Download firmware upgrade from the TDB (GDR8162B.ZIP).
Copy the file L015RPC1.exe to a fomated diskette

A) Is this the correct file for my configuration (see below)
B) Is the following process to reset the firmware correct ?
Re-start the pc with the floppy in A:\ drive (with Bios changed to check first the floppy), at the A:\ prompt, type L015rpc1.exe
C) Looking at the forums, I've seen sometimes that you should add a
number to specify master/slave number. Do I need to do this ? If yes, what number do I have to type or where can i find this information ?
D) In some topics, I saw that you should disconnect the other DVD drive to avoid any confusion, should I (at least for safety reasons) ?

Since it seems that changing the firmware might crash both dvd, I rather ask the question before doing it... I don't want to be stuck afterwards... Many thanks in advance for your help

Good4u_good4me

P.s. Here are the infos from "DVD disk infos":

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.5.5.9
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : DVD-ROM GDR8162B
REVISION : 0015
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 0BLDA 03/04/14
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 256KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 3
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 2
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 : NO
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : NO
CAN WRITE CDRW : NO
CAN TEST WRITE : NO
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : NO
CAN READ DVD+R : YES


DISCINFO VERSION : 1.5.5.9
VENDOR : PLEXTOR
MODEL : DVDR PX-716A
REVISION : 1.08
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 05/30/05 14:00
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER : 609898
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 8192KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : NO
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : YES
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 : NO
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 40
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 48

yes you have the right instructions, the tdb firmware executables are self contained flashers with firmware,no additional flashing software is required, so basically load the pc into a real dos environment and input at a A: prompt what you mentioned, this should flash the Lg drive ok, no ide channel numbers required

Dear PumaUK,

thanks for your reply. Just to let you know that everything worked like a charm ! All set now to region free !

Thanks again !

Good4U

P.S. and note for the non geek like me, just one little thing... Under the XP environment, and when rebooting you should insert a bootable diskette first (press F12 to get there), then at the a prompt, switch to the other one where you have put L015rpc1.exe file, then run it...

pleased everything went ok, yes xp you need a boot disc to get to a real dos environment first before the flash can take place, happy burning

Hi
I have DVD-ROM HL-DT-ST GDR8162B 0018.

Does it mean that I need to use C018RPC1.EXE to make RPC-1?

Regards, Kay

Everything worked fine!

yes. TDB's note