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Hi

I am trying to fix my MacBook Pro DVD player as it has locked after 5 zone changes.

Drive details are HL-DT-ST GSA-S10N
Operating system is Mac OS X Version 10.5.8

Details in system profiler are below:

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:
Firmware Revision: BP10
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: CD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

Wasn't sure how to get the output information as discinfo only seems to be for a Windows OS? Hope this information is enough. If anyone can help with the firmware I need it would be much appreciated

Cheers

Kat Wilkins

http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=category&id=1778

patch it within a windows environment with MCSE, and flash to your drive, should reset the counter, and act as an autoreset firmware

Hi there!
My lack of knowledge about computing is pretty serious . Anyway....I am not sure about what RPC 1 firmware download. I have already installed Region X. Here are my Mac specs:

Model Name: MacBook, Mac OS X Version 10.5
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB31.008E.B01

Could you please give me any advise in order to unlock my dvd player?
I have tried VLC like 3 times and it is not working.

Sorry for my English, I am from Spain.
Cheers.

Eva.

what firmware have you on the drive?

Is that what you need? Sorry for not being more helpful...


MATSHITA CD-RW CW-8221:

Firmware Revision: GA0K
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media:
Type: DVD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

Thank you so much...

Also found:

Battery Information:

Model Information:

Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500

Cheers!

so this is nothing to do with the thread title, you have no GSA-S10N? seems odd in a dual core mac that you have this Combo drive, this will be moved if query is not as the title thread

I guess that the GSA-S10N is the slot where you put your CD/DVD. I do have this slot, for sure, on the right hand side of my macbook.

What do I have to do next, please?

thanks in advance.

no GSA-S10N is the model of your drive, your details are for a combo drive that you provided.

hey, posters will probably chuck a fit.
But I am using a :
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.27f2
Serial Number (system): W88282QNYJY
Hardware UUID: 95D8CE64-E82E-51B4-83D4-B03D59A846F4
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled





with a

HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N:
Firmware Revision: AP12
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: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

and all the firmware solutions i have come across have been EXE. files.
However I am running a Mac without parallels, bootcamp etc.
is there anyway of still sucessfully flashing my drive??
i reallly just wanna watch my dexter, how i met your mother, entourage and mad men dvds =[

you can dump and flash the firmware within the mac.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46137

but you still need a windows environment to patch it to RPC1, with MCSE.