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@[_chef_]

Thanks for the info!

Ah talk about coincidence, I'm interested in the K05 to replace my current UJ830S (DAMN THOSE MATSHITA DRIVES! ).
How do you like the "slot in" disc loading feature, is it fast?
What exactly is MCE Tech? The only place i found those drives at a reasonable price is eBay (90US$+Shipping).



Actually it's written on the drive itself. But don't bother taking yours out to check, I'm pretty sure it's a Master/Inverse CSEL one because the RPC1 flash from the DB is based on Pioneer's official fw for Inverse CSEL drives.
(Btw, there is no official Pioneer fw for the CSEL version of the drive, yet)
See you!

TSR

Hey, no one's all that fond of Matshit drives, right? *grin*

The "slot in" loading isn't all that fast, but tolerable. No faster than
the SR8176 found in old TiBooks, but it's OK for me.
One thing you need to be cautious; the position of the slot in the K05 was
slightly different compared to the Uj825, and realigning was needed before
fixing the [*Profanity*].



MCE tech is a Macintosh specific peripheral supplier. The K05 from them
cost considerably more than what you paid, but I was speculating that
there might be some software patches for the OSX, that MCE supplied
with their drives. Later, I found out that K05 was supported by OSX without
any extra software

Be seeing you!

_________________
LasVegas

-- There are 10 kinds of people in this world

So Sorry i've got a pb with DVRFlash 2.2 and the fifrmware 110D pionner


i've got a 107 pioneer and a 110D but after flashing the 110D

i cant find the 110D .....it diappeared...

i've got this message :

Last login: Sat Nov 12 10:33:28 on console
/Users/juliussh/Desktop/DVRFlash_v2/mac/DVRFlash; Welcome to Darwin!
exit
[Ordinateur-de-julius-shark:~] juliussh% /Users/juliussh/Desktop/DVRFlash_v2/mac/DVRFlash; exit

DVRFlash v2.2 : Pioneer DVR firmware flasher
by Agent Smith, et al., November 2005

Commandline:
/Users/juliussh/Desktop/DVRFlash_v2/mac/DVRFlash

Device parameter was not given, detecting all DVR drives:

Device : A:
Vendor : PIONEER
Model : DVD-RW DVR-107D
Revision : 1.18

Status : RPC-2 (region locked)
Region : 2
Changes : 3 region changes remaining
4 vendor resets remaining
state is 'Region set'


Now run DVRFlash again, from the command prompt, using
one of the device(s) listed above as first parameter

Press the Return key to exit

If you mis-flashed the Pioneer DVR-110, it would have been placed into "Failsafe" mode. This will not appear properly on a Macintosh. It requires reflashing from a PC. If this is a USB drive, it can be done from VirtualPC.

If the drive is simply in "Kernel Mode" it will reappear if you fully shutdown the Mac and drive before restarting.

thanks, i'll try to reflash it in a PC, which version of flasher you suggest ?

Sorry to bump in here.

You should use the latest, DVRFlash 2.2.

So sorry it still doesn't work ....

Since i tried the first flash with my mac the 110D doesn't flash the front LED ....

I tried on a PC (Intel, win2000)
when i tried to prompt the DVRFlash noting more.....

It just says the firmware is : 0000 ans couldn't replace it ...

i can give you a copy of this if it can help .....


Please can you make a "how to" for dummies ?

Probably again the nasty IAA...

Can you boot into REAL DOS like using a floppydisk & DOS disk for booting? That way you could use the DOS DVRFlash version to eliminate IAA interfering the flashing process.

Thanks .... can you tell me were i an find a dos floppy image on the Net ? I just have win2K, or how i can boot on dos.... thanks ....


Is it normal that the front LED of the 110D is not any more flashing at boot ?

dos floppy

http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/dvd-boot.exe

Be sure to download the DOS version of DVRFlash and install all the files into a folder on your hard drive before booting the floppy. Read the instructions that come with the DOS version.

Thanks for the boot img...

So....
I downloaded the flasher from here : http://lasvegas.rpc1.org/... dos
I downloaded the firmware from here : http://gradius.rpc1.org/.... for 110D

then i copy the flasher (DVRFlash) on the hard drive (where?) on the desktop ? .
Put the firmware into the same place (gradius)

shut off the PC, then boot on the floppy made from the image disk

launch on DOS the flasher exe ...

is that exact ?

Copy both the flasher and firmwares (extracted) into the same drive or better folder (eg. C:\flash) and restart using the floppydisk with the bootable DOS disk.
Because NTFSDOs is on it, yo can access NTFS partitions (your hdd) afterwards, cd into the folder with the flasher & firmware and try to flash the drive.

PS: Don't forget to read the README for the DOS version because you have to run tools prior to DVRFlash, eg. adddev.

I tried to..... but i'm a "stupid mac user"..... so can you tell me how to boot on a floppy....
On PC i was used to shut off the PC, insert a boot floppy, an boot... the was on the ploppy .... or ... something seemed to be changed ....
I made a copy from your image disk... no problem with it...
Thanks a lot

Hm, you said "stupid".

OK, a 3.5" floppydrive is in the computer, correct?!
Either you need to change the boot startup sequence for drives in the BIOS or you can press F2 or similar to force booting from the floppydrive first if that is supported by your BIOS.

1) Place the "dos" folder into the main C: drive's directory.

2) Put both firmware into that same folder.

3) boot the floppy (as explained above) and select CD Support.

4) To switch to the dos folder on the hard drive, enter:

5) Install ASPI.SYS:

6) Enter the command to determine the drive letter:

7) Enter the command to flash the drive (replace X: with the drive letter):

8) Verify the successful flash with:

That should do it! BTW: If the firmware names differ from the above, (they shouldn't), use the names of the firmware you have.

Hello....
I tried to boot on the PC with the floppy .... un succesfully.....
(F1---->F12, alt esc del, alt esc S, alt esc supp....,and so on) ...no response.... just boot on W2K....
I'll try another (older) PC..... next W.E ..... a friend have one PIII

Thanks a lot for your help ..... "je l'aurais......"

More informations this evening ..... on W XP

I tried the flasher on an other computer(Acer Veriton 3300D, PIV) ..... no more succes ... but i got print screen.....
first i activate DVRFlash without command lines it says then :$
Information : pionerrDVD-RW DVR-110
Firmware Rev : 0000
Firmaware Date : 05/02/04
Manufacturer PIONEER
!Drive is in kernel mode!

Then i tried a flash as you said ...
It was un succesfull and at the end it said :
Couln not send the Flash command < Sense: 04 4C 01>



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Is this done in REAL DOS?

Are you installing this drive inside the PC or is it in a Firewire enclosure? If the later, there might be a problem with the bridge chipset to the drive.

Hello,

For "chief" that was not on real DOS but on Win XP "Pro", it was impossible for me to boot on in real DOS with the PC i have, but next W.E a friend will borrow me an "old" PC.... i'll try to do so....

For "LasVegas" Yes, i connected the DVR110 into the PC, on a IDE port, there where an other DVD writer (Philips) which works fine...I just remove the Philips and place the Pioneer DVR110 in the same slot.... I tried in "Slave" mode, "master and "cable select" .. I'd got three times the same answer ....

Please try in REAL DOS, in w32 environment you'll always end up with the same error...

A command prompt in windows is not suitable to get into REAL DOS.

It's recommended to jumper the 110 as MASTER (it is by default) and connect it on an 80wire IDE cable to the internal IDE controller.

Hello...Yesss.... i finally find a PC i can boot on it with dos.....

But it says it can't find NTFS.... then i can't use DVRFlash any more.... it's a great progress for me ... how can i use NTFS ????

Thanks...