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 Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:11 am |
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The UJ-85J FBZ8 patch seems to work fine on my Santarosa MBP.
After reboot DVDInfo-X reports RPC-1.
Strangely the drive initially appears to be set to Region 1 after applying the patch. DVD-Player failed to change the region to 2 after inserting a Region 2 disc. I had to delete com.apple.DVDPlayer.plist to make DVDPlayer accept the region change.
RegionX 1.1.3 resets the count properly.
I didn't try burning any discs yet but if I encounter anything weird I'll report.
Thanks a LOT ben11!!!
cheers
peter
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:58 am |
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ben11 wrote: http://rapidshare.com/files/58881913/UJ-85J-FCQ5.zip.html
Hello Ben11,
Just wanted to let you know I noticed the above firmware. It's the one I was waiting on for my iMac, so I was glad to see it come available. Thank you so much for your effort.
Installed no problem on my system, so now I have 3 machines all with the firmwares you patched.
So far so good, will do further tests by using the drive in various ways to see that it works fine. Will post further updates.
Thanks once again.
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:55 pm |
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my drive is no region free!! thanks!!
DVD Info X v1.0.2, by xvi ( xvi@rpc1.org)
WARNING --- DVD Info X will only list DVD drives that have some WRITE
capabilities, like combos, DVD-R, DVD-RW, etc...
DVD-ROM-only drives will NOT be listed.
WARNING --- You also must eject any inserted medium to list the drive.
Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-846
Firmware: FA0G
RPC-1 (region free)
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:26 pm |
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Location: .de #...still playing LLAMATRON! # sprite killing around level 138 and higher....
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Uncle Bob wrote: my drive is no region free!! thanks!! DVD Info X v1.0.2, by xvi ( xvi@rpc1.org) WARNING --- DVD Info X will only list DVD drives that have some WRITE capabilities, like combos, DVD-R, DVD-RW, etc... DVD-ROM-only drives will NOT be listed. WARNING --- You also must eject any inserted medium to list the drive. Vendor: MATSHITA Model: DVD-R UJ-846 Firmware: FA0G RPC-1 (region free)
This misses a "w".
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I am looking for DVD-R for Authoring DVD-R (A) & HD-DVD media, any size, any brand. Please pm me if you can help. 
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:02 pm |
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ben11 wrote: Hello, I have a number of patched Apple firmwares for Matshita drives: UJ-825 firmware revision "DAM5" UJ-835E firmware revision "GAND" UJ-835F firmware revision "GEND" UJ-835F firmware revision "GFND" UJ-835F firmware revision "GGND" as used in various PPC macs. The only difference between the patched and the normal firmware are changes for RPC1 (region free) operation. I've previously posted some other patches for the UJ-857/857D (revisions HAEA, HBEA, KBVB, KCVB), usually used in the Intel based Macbooks, in the thread http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=38176Download links: http://rapidshare.com/files/51214875/UJ ... 5.zip.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/51215806/UJ ... D.zip.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/51216440/UJ ... D.zip.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/51216900/UJ ... D.zip.htmlhttp://rapidshare.com/files/51217422/UJ ... D.zip.htmlThe zip archives contain a "README!" and two updater applications. One to flash the patched and another that can restore the original firmware to the drive. Usual caution about firmware updates: They do have the capacity to go wrong and leave your drive useless. Use at your own risk! In addition the above are new and due to lack of the exact hardware to test all cases I have not been able to exercise each one. Having said that I do believe they are fine. I'm not connected with rpc1.org itself, I'm only a regular forum user who had success in patching the drive in my own Mac and learned a certain amount of details of the Matshita firmware in the process. I think it would be helpful for the community if anyone who does try these would consider posting some feedback. hi ben11,
flashing the drive worked smoothly, dvd-player does work on a region-free basis now.
my specs :
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E
Firmware Revision: ZA0E.
this is the first time in this post that this specific drive on a macbook pro santa rosa 2,2 ghz (july 2007) has been reported as successfully flashed.
thanks a lot, ben11 !
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:34 pm |
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A million thanks ben11
Code: Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-85J
Firmware: FCQA
RPC-1 (region free)
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:22 am |
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After waiting a few weeks, I have finally flashed the DVD reader on my MacBook Pro, and DVD Info X says that it has worked.
As a foreign language teacher who regularly uses DVDs from regions 1 and 2, having a region-free computer is an ENORMOUS benefit to both me and my students!
Please accept my deepest gratitude Ben 11! And thanks also to everyone who contributes to making this site indispensable!
Quote: DVD Info X v1.0.2, by xvi ( xvi@rpc1.org) Vendor: MATSHITA Model: DVD-R UJ-857E Firmware: ZA0E RPC-1 (region free)
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:51 am |
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Hi all I have a
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-833S 1.51 61204MKMEEC05008749
Drive (Hardware) Region: 2
It is the default OEM drive in Panasonic Let's Note CF-Y7 laptops.
If there is any way I can provide a firmware dump to the good chaps who have been modding the firmware, please let me know.
Thanks
George
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:27 pm |
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Hi ben11,
You work is sheer genius.
My MBP 15 in. w/ UJ-857D and KCV9 firmware is now Region-free!
First I had to run SuperDriveFWUpdate ver. 2.1 (and hold my breath that Apple wouldn't break something). This updated my firmware up to KCVB. From here, I used your region-free firmware updater and DVD Info X now reports that I am the newest member of the RPC-1 community!
Region X now works, and the burner still burns.
You rule!
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:39 am |
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hi ben11 and guy's.
i cant seem to download any of the firmwares from rapidshare.
how do you guys download firmware from rapidshare?
thanks n regards
Cash.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:07 am |
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cashkey wrote: hi ben11 and guy's.
i cant seem to download any of the firmwares from rapidshare.
how do you guys download firmware from rapidshare?
thanks n regards
Cash.
I tried it and it works fine for me.
Read http://rapidshare.com/en/faq.html
If you still not able to download the firmware from RS let me know which version you need...
Backfire
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:32 am |
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hi backfire,
thanks for helping me out on this.
i have a UJ-85J-FMOS firmware drive on my imac.
i have tried a couple of times to try to download the firmware from rapidshare but to no avail.
do hope you can help me.
regards
Cash.
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:36 am |
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cashkey wrote: hi backfire,
thanks for helping me out on this.
i have a UJ-85J-FMOS firmware drive on my imac.
i have tried a couple of times to try to download the firmware from rapidshare but to no avail.
do hope you can help me.
regards
Cash.
Hi cashkey,
Try this one, it should work 
http://www.macbook-fr.com/IMG/zip/UJ-85J-FM0S.zip
regards
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:52 am |
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oh my gosh!
thanks for all your support guys.
lightning fast, i must say!
i just downloaded the firmware with the link given.
thanks once again
keep it up and cheer's!
regards
Cash.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:55 pm |
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Hello, all!
Darnest thing... Upgrade utility doesn't work on Leopard 
Was trying to flash my MacBook (Pro) Core2Duo with Matsushita UJ-857E Superdrive ZA0E.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:07 pm |
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I have exactly the same problem on my iMac with Leopard installed and a UJ-85J FM0S drive.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:31 am |
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I am new to MAC  Is there a way to boot from Tiger CD and run update in Tiger environment?
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:07 am |
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Location: .de #...still playing LLAMATRON! # sprite killing around level 138 and higher....
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id64 wrote: I am new to MAC Is there a way to boot from Tiger CD and run update in Tiger environment? Nope, you cannot flash a drive you have booted from...
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I am looking for DVD-R for Authoring DVD-R (A) & HD-DVD media, any size, any brand. Please pm me if you can help.
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:04 pm |
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[_chef_] wrote: id64 wrote: I am new to MAC Is there a way to boot from Tiger CD and run update in Tiger environment? Nope, you cannot flash a drive you have booted from... I guess it will be possible i I boot from external HDD to Tiger and then flash drive from there
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:23 pm |
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id64 wrote: [_chef_] wrote: id64 wrote: I am new to MAC Is there a way to boot from Tiger CD and run update in Tiger environment? Nope, you cannot flash a drive you have booted from... I guess it will be possible i I boot from external HDD to Tiger and then flash drive from there yes it will.
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:18 am |
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hi there everyone!
I've downloaded the HAEA patch for the UJ857 and applied it. My region was previously set to Region 1.
I've tried Region X, and it says "settings are corrupted or in a newer format".
When I insert a region 4 DVD, DVD player tells me I gotta change the region code in order to play it. I choose to change it, and it says it was changed successfully. However, it latter says that there's no support for such media.
I eject the dvd and insert it again, and it again asks me if i want to change to region 4!
DVDinfo x says the drive is RPC1, but is this a media-related issue or something went wrong?
Cheers,
Francis
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:14 am |
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What computer are you using.? Did you use the newest Region X for Intel if needed?
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:37 pm |
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pasjk wrote: What computer are you using.? Did you use the newest Region X for Intel if needed?
I have a MacBook Pro (15, 1.83, core duo). My Region X is 1.1.3.
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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:45 pm |
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I wish I had found this earlier - now running Leopard and it's not working. Is there any chance a Leopard update will come soon........?
Or are there ways to go around this the Leopard issue? - I need to unlock a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J Fav1 drive.
Thanks for your help!!
Mark
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