The Firmware Page

The purpose of this thread is to "collect" requests & more regarding Matshita/Matsushita/Panasonic firmwares/drives, to avoid confusion and prevent wild posting.

Please also note, that we here at RPC1 are not involved in patching these, and we cannot guarantee, that if you post a request or dump from your drive, that it will be done.

Member Ben11 was the patcher, but is not currently around

see viewtopic.php?f=30&t=46116

i don't know how to post a request... but here's my info

Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-857E
Firmware: ZF1E
RPC-2 (region locked)
State is SET
4 vendor resets left
4 region changes left
Region 1

Hello,
I have a thinkpad T60 laptop computer with a Matshita UJ-842 DVD Drive. I found that that there are some mac-firmwares for matshita drives here, but not for the UJ-842. Would it be possible to make an UJ-842 firmware that enables bitsetting on this drive, that works on windows? If needed, I could provide a firmware dump.

you have already posted the same thing here

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=43046&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=125

please do not crosspost, these are for mac , not windows

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-875
Firmware Revision: DA09

. . . standard drive fitted to current Macbook Pro 4.1 [Penryn] 17"

This drive has now become available for purchase from distributors and no longer specifically a Mac item. It also suffers from the wonderful crippleware feature of reading at 2x when you attempt to archive a DVD to hard disk. My engineers and I can probably dump the firmware if it would be helpful.

Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-875S
VENDOR : MATSHITA
MODEL : DVD-RAM UJ-875S
REVISION : 1.00
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 711220000000+0027
LOADING MECHANISM : Caddy
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 4
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 1

nobody working on windows based firmware for these, and the mac development currently is on hold

I keep seeing Matshita SR-8184-B & SR-8186-B slot loading DVD-ROM drives on eBay. I remember that there used to be a RPC1 firmware download available for the Matshita SR-8184-B & possibly the SR-8186-B too. Unfortunately both of these firmware downloads are currently offline. I have encountered one person in the Mac community who even has a iMac DV SE which came with a Matshita SR-8184-B slot loading DVD-ROM drive who would like to flash their drive to RPC1.

Hi,

Firstly, thanks for all the good work done at RPC1.
I am looking for RCP1 for my MacBook G5 bought in August 2008:

Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-867
Revision: HB01
Serial Number: HE3ABAC
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
Low Power Polling: Yes

Best regards.

Hi,
I have a request for a firmware patch for my SuperDrive

MASHITA UJ-846
FAY1/MMC-3

Any possibilities ?
thanks a lot

so... why is ben11 not currently around? just curious

only he can answer this sorry

I have a '12 PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz with 1.25 GBs of RAM running 10.5.4. I would love it if somebody would please patch my Matshita CW-8123 Combo Drive's firmware to RPC1. I know VLC can play DVDs from any region as is but if my understanding of the situation we're currently in is right that's only half the equation.

I would also like to upgrade my '12 PowerBook G4 to a Pioneer DVR-K06 so I can burn DVD-Rs, DVD+Rs, dual layer discs & flash it to RPC1. Currently the download on The Dangerous Brother's site only works with PCs. Does anybody out there have a PowerBook G4 with a Pioneer DVR-K06 with the RPC1 firmware who could dump it for me?

If somebody could do that I could use DVRFlash to make one of those drives RPC1.

This drive is in a PPC MacMini:

Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-845
Firmware: D8PB
RPC-2 (region locked)
State is SET
4 vendor resets left
3 region changes left
Region 4

There's a patch availble for this drive with the DBN9 firmware, but nothing seems to be available for firmware D8BP.

Thanks.

fine you won't want help so removed the firmware update.

Badeendje no crossposting

???? bandeendje, what is your issue, with what i posted?

yeah I have a G4 that I put a sw-9590 into that is set at rpc2. I have looked for any info on a firmware flash for this drive and come up empty. Anyone that can point me in the right direction would be appreciated.
Thanks

This info can help no one, post a diskutil info at least.

Sorry about that here is the info:
MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9590:

Firmware Revision: XXZ7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868:

Firmware Revision: KA14
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No


Stuff isn't playing in VLC properly, so need an RPC1 firmware.

Laptop is a: MacBookPro Intel 2.4 Core2Duo

I'm lucky enough to travel different regions around the world and would like to watch local DVD's. My DVD drive's details are as follows:

Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
Revision: KA14
Serial Number: ########
Native Command Queuing: No
Detachable Drive: No
Power Off: Yes
Async Notification: No

The DVD drive sits in a Macbook Pro 2.53 15.4" which is running OS X 10.5.6.

My question is, is there firmware or software that I could use flush free-up my drive with?

Many thanks

Hi, im not so sure really what to do and where to download, ive been reading to different rpc1 forums already, still i have no clue what to do, i just know in order to unlock my drives region, i need to flash my firmware with the region free one, but at the same time, i know as well if i [*Profanity*] up i will destroy my dvd drive, im a student, and dont have much cash to spare, so this hack is my only way....

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:

Firmware Revision: AP09
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

at the moment, i think this is the info for a request right? and can someone please tell me or at least show me where i can look a simple guide step to step tutorial to do this, im computer literate, but i just wanna be careful, and the right software where can i get this as well? the only software i have is region x and mcse which i know i need an windows environment luckily i have bootcamp

next info:
MBP 15 inches 2.4ghz late 2008 model
leopard 10.5.6

i guess thats it, please help or at least show me the right thread i should look at, thanks!

This is an LG drive and not related to this thread........

Another UJ-868 request for the new MacBook 13".

The firmware dump was posted here:
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=43046&p=219577&hilit=868#p219577

And just for the heck of it:
Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-868
Firmware: KA14
RPC-2 (region locked)
State is SET
4 vendor resets left
4 region changes left
Region 1