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Hi there.

I'm trying to run the RPC-1 patcher application for the Matshita UJ-857D SuperDrive (which has been already been discussed at great length in this forum) to make my drive region-free.

I downloaded ben11's patched firmware to match my drive's specs (UJ-857D-KCVB.zip), but when I run the patcher application, I hear my drive "wake up," then the application simply crashes without beginning any processes:

"The application SuperDrive Update 2.1 quit unexpectedly. Mac OS X and other applications are not affected. Click Reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more details or send a report to Apple."

I see in the crash log something about "Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)" and "Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000023," but I don't know what to make of this information.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Is this patcher app incompatible with my version of OS X (10.4.11)? Do I need to disable AirPort or Bluetooth before running the app?

Thanks for any advice. I'm very excited to get this patch to work.

--DAN

SYSTEM SPECS:
MacBook Pro 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB 667 MHz RAM
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger)

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

CRASH LOG:
Date/Time: 2008-04-16 12:12:30.003 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.11 (Build 8S2167)
Report Version: 4

Command: SuperDrive Update 2.1
Path: /Users/gree0466/Desktop/UJ-857D KCVB region free firmware/Update KCVB to region free.app/Contents/MacOS/SuperDrive Update 2.1
Parent: WindowServer [60]

Version: 2.1.0 (2.1.0)
Build Version: 5
Project Name: DriveUpdater
Source Version: 10018

PID: 269
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000023

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x90a594c0 objc_msgSend + 16
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x9287137d -[NSBundle classNamed:] + 52
2 com.apple.Stapler 0x00003511 0x1000 + 9489
3 com.apple.Stapler 0x000037cc 0x1000 + 10188
4 com.apple.Stapler 0x00003f61 0x1000 + 12129
5 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f0237 _nsnote_callback + 230
6 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x908563ce __CFXNotificationPost + 345
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9084db49 _CFXNotificationPostNotification + 600
8 com.apple.Foundation 0x927e87c8 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 121
9 com.apple.Foundation 0x927ef769 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:] + 55
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x93278b16 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 124
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x93278a00 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 67
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x932784fd -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpen:] + 273
13 com.apple.AppKit 0x932780c8 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 96
14 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f5f21 -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 447
15 com.apple.Foundation 0x927f5d4b _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 91
16 com.apple.AE 0x915236c5 aeDispatchAppleEvent(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*, unsigned long, unsigned char*) + 147
17 com.apple.AE 0x915235f6 dispatchEventAndSendReply(AEDesc const*, AEDesc*) + 44
18 com.apple.AE 0x915234c2 aeProcessAppleEvent + 190
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92df3084 AEProcessAppleEvent + 37
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x932762bd _DPSNextEvent + 1044
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x93275cd7 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326fa64 -[NSApplication run] + 512
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x932639c0 NSApplicationMain + 573
24 com.apple.Stapler 0x0000234a 0x1000 + 4938
25 com.apple.Stapler 0x00002265 0x1000 + 4709

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000003 ebx: 0x927e2d78 ecx: 0x90aab920 edx: 0x00000001
edi: 0x003a6ad0 esi: 0xbfffeb58 ebp: 0xbfffef58 esp: 0xbfffeb28
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010202 eip: 0x90a594c0 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037

Binary Images Description:
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Isn't that the cause?

I suppose it is. Sorry, I didn't know if SuperDrive Update 2.1 (basis of ben11's patcher app) came before 10.4.11 or not.

I will try installing an earlier version of Tiger on an external drive and running the patcher app from there, as suggested in another thread.

Thanks, [_chef_].

--DAN

Could you please link me to instructions of how to install an earlier version of Tiger on external drive, and run patch from there? I searched and can't find the relevant thread.

I have same mBpro and when I run the flash for free region it does nothing. I do not want to double click it too many times. Is there something that is suppose to happen on screen?

M

It should be available here in the MAC section, AFAIK.

Really nothing?

There should be some kind of error at least...