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Hi,

I wanna LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4163B firmware in Bin format------------as I wanna make my drive region free but the firmware I'm having is .exe file. Also, if possible please suggest a Firmware flashing software---bcause I m trying with MTKflash.

I hv gone thru all post but could'nt fnd ni info rgrdin LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4163B firmware or compatible flashing tool---------------

I am novice in this

rgrds

rocky

You first want to follow our request rules, otherwise this thread gets deleted.

I apologize

I hv read the following rules pertaining to my issue.



I hv earlier

1) browsed your forum
2) accessed a link for downloading the firmware as well as flashing tools

Problem: The firmware downloaded for my DVD writer has a .exe file and no Auto reset and no Bin file.

I tried to use the command for extracting the current Firmware .exe to .bin format. But no sucess.

Actually I could not locate any accurate info regarding LG drives.

Even the website which had posted about Flashing tools had mentioned about all drives except LG.

So, the only option left for me is to try all the flashing tools at my own risk, which I am ready to take. But all of these are wanting me to provide firmware in Bin format.

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Earlier I tried to use search engine in your forum to get the info about LG drive since there is no accurate info that is the reason why I have posted this request.------ I had no other option.

I am trying to find some info about how to convert exe to bin even from other forums but that too it is of Liteon drives.

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I hv tried following the process of flashing even from safe mode but of no use.

The conclusion that I arrived was that either Mtkflash does not supports LG drives or I have to any how find Bin format of LG firmware.
I apologize.

Please use Discinfo and post the summary output here.

What is the problem with the .exe file you have?
Why do you think you would need an bin file??

DiscInfo:-

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : DVDRAM GSA-4163B
REVISION : A106
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER : K0B53OL2012
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 4
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 1
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 40
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 40

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I have got

GSA4163A105.exe

as the firmware update file

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I am using

Mtkflash.exe

v1.09 for flashing my LG DVD RW

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My LG DVD RW is connected to Secondary Master.

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I am using the following command to backup my firmware

MTKFLASH 3 R /B LG.BIN

it hanges with no result.

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Now if I had GSA4163A105.bin file instead of GSA4163A105.exe file then I could have used any of the flashing tools mentioned on your forum.

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Problem is that neither can I backup my firmware to create a bin file of it nor can I use exe file of the firmware update to flash my LG DVD RW because the flashing tools only support Bin file.

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So I came to a conclusion that either try to find .bin file of my LG DVD RW Firmware or find exact Flashing software that can flash LG drives.

There are lot of info available on Web but most of them are for Samsung, Sony, Liteon etc.. except LG.

If it is possible pls help me out. In meanwhile I am trying other alternatives like converting exe to bin using other tools, if they are sucessful I promise to post it on your forum so that it can help even those people who own LG drives.

rgrds.
rocky

MTKFlash is not for your drive, and will not work, you cannot backup LG firmware from the drive, you need to use one from TDB's

http://tdb.rpc1.org/#GSA4163B

Also the firmware on your drive is already NEWER than the 105 you wanna update with.

Firmware flashers

NEC ND-1100A (ND-1000A,ND-1300A)
Version 1.03 for DOS. We strongly recommend that you use DOS as a flashing environment. While it might be more difficult, it is much cleaner and safer.

NEC ND-5100A (ND-5500A)
Version 1.03 for DOS.

NEC ND-2500A (ND-2100A,ND-2300A,ND-2510A)
Version 1.01 for DOS.

NEC ND-6100A (ND-6500A,ND-6450A)
Version 1.00 for DOS.

NEC ND-3500A (ND-3100A,ND-3450A)
Version 1.00 for DOS.

NEC ND-3520A
Version 0.01 Beta for DOS.

BENQ/PHILIPS CVT
Version 1.01 for DOS.

Tried all of them------------ no result

I hv heard of LG flash utility

something called Je4.exe----------Is it true?

Does the file size of the firmware bin file shows as zero bytes after when it is backed up?


rgrds
rocky

thnx.

but I hv already downloaded and installed the firmware but the flashing tools are not working.

rgrds,
rocky

these are no good, what are doing? on the dangerous bros site there is A106 RPC1, download it and run it, that makes the drive, region free, there is no LG flash utility for the 4163 other than the official one.

Why do you insist on this bin theory?

My LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4163B has crashed and now it is not accepting A106 Windows (RPC1 and Auto-Reset) firmware------but I really never cared of this LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4163B as I wanted to discard it. So I wanted to use it like a dummy for practicing how to flash dvd drives.

My main intention was to flash LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4167B drive.
So as per the help give my you, I hd downloaded DL13 Windows (RPC1 and Auto-Reset) firmware.

Thnx to you. I was sucessful in flashing LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4167B drive. Now it is has bcom region free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Procedure for flashing any LG drives.
a) Dwnd the firmware from http://tdb.rpc1.org/. Note the firmware should contain Auto-Reset as well as RPC1 executable files
b) run Auto-Reset executable file. After finishing it will reboot PC.
c) run RPC1 executable files. After finishing it will reboot PC.
d) Chk 4rm DiscInfo and you find that your drive has become region free.

Thanks a lot to [_chef_] and Puma

However, I am posting the summary of my second LG dvd Rw which as being flashed sucessfully. Can you pls confirm What is "VENDOR SPECIFIC : peed:Font.[*profanity*]EASTEUROP"

Is this or will this give any error while using any region free drives or will it spoil my DVD RW drive?

Is it normal or some abnormal activity.

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : DVDRAM GSA-4167B
REVISION : DL13
VENDOR SPECIFIC : peed:Font.[*profanity*]EASTEUROP
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER : 7FEDE4685742
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : NO
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 48
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 48

rgrds
rocky

hi,

I was even able to recover my LG DVD RW 4163B drive also,

I again flashed it using older firmware and it was done.

Caution:- If any drive is being flashed to become region free and again a new vesion of firmware is being installed then the region free is lost unless the new version contains both Auto-Reset and RPC1.

In my case the LG DVD RW 4163B detected only A01 and stops functioning with A06. I hope this might be useful for those who want to flash LG dvd drives.

rgrds,
rocky

you flashed an oem firmware to the drive, which are usually vendor specific, for a specific manufacturer drive, like this LG is, don't worry about, the firmware works fine

Thnx

Can you tell me how to i post my disc info??Where to see that?

Just use the Discinfo tool by Hijacker and the post its output here.
http://hijacker.rpc1.org/discinfo/

OK...theres my LG gsa properties...


DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : DVDRAM GSA-4163B
REVISION : A105
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER : ---
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 3
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 2
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 63
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 18



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Now what is wrong here can some1 know?What to do to could burn DVD DL discs Maxell,Verbatim and Mediarange??

An update for your burner is here:
http://files.rpc1.org/index.php?act=view&id=1072





Didn't I already tell you in the other thread?
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=46980