Making Matshita DVD-writers region free running Windows

chef · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:37 am

ufoall wrote:

is anyone there to solve my problem..

if i insert dvd orange light blink and later orange light stays on...dvd drive shows on my computer but doest read.. and if i try to boot from dvd rom.. it doesnt read goes back to hd...

Then why didnt you answer my questions?

ala42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:32 pm

AnyDVD does not work with RPC2 Matshita firmwares.

chef · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2010 7:59 am

AFAIK, there are a few matshita drives that indeed work with AnyDVD, contrary the the well-spread knowledge that AnyDVD etc. always refuses to do so.

But probably that is all well OT here.

scritch · **Joined:** Sun Feb 24, 2002 9:24 am **Posts:** 8

The model number makes me think it's a Matshita, but the MatshitaWinDump utility complains stating it doesn't look like one and doesn't proceed. The support site is here but there is no drive firmware available: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=au&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=4207217#N3883

DiscInfo output is:

DISCINFO VERSION : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR : hp
MODEL : DVD RAM UJ897
REVISION : 1.00
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 910290000000
LOADING MECHANISM : Caddy
SERIAL NUMBER : (*removed*)
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 1024KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Not Set
USER CHANGES : 5
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : Not Set
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : YES
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 BAR CODE : YES
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 : 24
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

Any chance of making this region free?

Regards,
Shane.

ala42 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:51 pm

Post the MatshitaWinDump screen output.

Searching-44 · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2010 6:53 pm **Posts:** 1

Hi,
I read a post half a year ago where someone asked "any chance for UJ-2xx Blu-ray drives support?". I wanted to ask if there is any chance today?
I have a Sony Vaio Laptop (VPCF11C5E); OS Windwos 7 Pro and MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.10. My Region code is 2 and I have 0 changes left :oops:

Thanks for any help.
Florian

chef · **Posted:** Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:02 pm

Searching-44 wrote:

Hi,
I read a post half a year ago where someone asked "any chance for UJ-2xx Blu-ray drives support?". I wanted to ask if there is any chance today?
I have a Sony Vaio Laptop (VPCF11C5E); OS Windwos 7 Pro and MATSHITA BD-MLT UJ240AS 1.10. My Region code is 2 and I have 0 changes left :oops:

Thanks for any help.
Florian

Then why didnt you read that this is the wrong section for such questions anyway?
It already were pointed out! IF there were, ala42 would have already posted that info...
It's nothing else than wrong thread posting....

scritch · **Joined:** Sun Feb 24, 2002 9:24 am **Posts:** 8

ala42 wrote:

Post the MatshitaWinDump screen output.

Here it is - not much info:

Code:

Windows dumper for Matshita DVD drives V1.01 by ala42, based on ben11's dump_matshita

Enter the drive letter of the Matshita drive to backup the firmware: F
You have selected the source drive F


dump_matshita V 0.1
Selected drive hp      DVD RAM UJ897   1.00 does not appear to be a Matshita device

Press any key to continue . . .

Regards,
Shane.

ala42 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:57 pm

It has all info I need. The tool searches of the "Matshita" string in the drive id, you drive has "hp" in the drive id. I will send you a modified version later.

scritch · **Joined:** Sun Feb 24, 2002 9:24 am **Posts:** 8

ala42 wrote:

It has all info I need. The tool searches of the "Matshita" string in the drive id, you drive has "hp" in the drive id. I will send you a modified version later.

I just wanted to say thanks for the modified version which worked perfectly. My HP Envy 14 (with beats audio) now has a region free RPC1 DVD drive.

If anyone else has the same laptop & needs it msg me or ala42 for the modified MatshitaWinDump tool.

Regards,
Shane.

fauxeuro · **Joined:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:14 am **Posts:** 3

Lenovo X301. Vista Ultimate.
Matshita DVDRAM UJ-844.

Flashing hangs indefinitely with pegged HD indicator.

I let it run for 8+ hours overnight. No progress.

UAC disabled. Tried in Safe Mode as well, same result.

Dump looks fine:

Code:

Windows dumper for Matshita DVD drives V1.01 by ala42, based on ben11's dump_mat
shita

Enter the drive letter of the Matshita drive to backup the firmware: d
You have selected the source drive d


dump_matshita V 0.1
Appear to have a matshita device MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-844  RC02
dump 1
change_vendor_mode: rc 0  tries 1
dump 2
dump 3
dump 4
Reading a portion of the memory of the drive, assuming 32 bit address space
Finished reading firmware dump from drive
change_vendor_mode: rc 0  tries 1
converted firmware to flashable file MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-844__RC02.dat
converted RPC1 firmware to flashable file MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-844__RC02_RPC1.dat

Press any key to continue . . .

Flashing hangs:

Code:

Windows flasher for Matshita DVD drives V1.01 by ala42, based on ben11's simple_flash                                                                                                                                 

You have selected the file "C:\MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-844__RC02.dat"
to be flashed to your Matshita drive.

Enter the drive letter of the Matshita drive to be flashed: d

You have selected the target drive d

simple_flash V 1.01 compiled at Feb  6 2010 19:09:54

Selected firmware: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-844  RC02
Selected device:   MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-844  RC02

Continue? y
Firmware update running, do not interrupt ...

Any ideas?

jeffro0625 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:23 pm **Posts:** 1

I can't figure this out....

Puma · **Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:57 pm

Quote:

UAC disabled. Tried in Safe Mode as well, same result

try enabled. also run as administrator. make sure there is no disc in the drive. This also applies to jeffro0625

fauxeuro · **Joined:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:14 am **Posts:** 3

Puma wrote:

Quote:

UAC disabled...

try enabled. also run as administrator. make sure there is no disc in the drive.

(No disc in drive.)

UAC enabled caused following results:

1) Run as administrator > MatshitaWinDump.bat continually showed an error that dump_matshita.exe could not be found (it is in the directory for sure). I had to run a cmd window as administrator, cd to the directory with the bat + exe files, and then invoke the bat by command line.

2) The flash hung for 2-3 minutes, then failed as below:

Code:

Windows flasher for Matshita DVD drives V1.01 by ala42, based on ben11's simple_
flash

You have selected the file
   "C:\Users\...\Desktop\MatshitaWinDump_1.02\MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ-844__
RC02_RPC1.dat"
to be flashed to your Matshita drive.

Enter the drive letter of the Matshita drive to be flashed: d
You have selected the target drive d

simple_flash V 1.01 compiled at Feb  6 2010 19:09:54
Selected firmware: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-844  RC02
Selected device:   MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-844  RC02
Continue? y
Firmware update running, do not interrupt ...// sptxSay.DeviceIoControl: x45D (1
117) The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.
// sptxSay x 0 0 8030 E (ioctl status length senseLength)
sp_write returned -1

Press any key to continue . . .

Puma · **Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:18 pm

some members are reporting they had to do the following:-

Switching from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS and then using Hiren's BootCD to dump & flash the firmwares.

are you using a 64bit windows?

jeewan · **Joined:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:07 pm **Posts:** 1

Hi I have sony vaio laptop with matshita bd-mlt uj 220 drive is there any way i can make it multi regional, it is killing me theres so many dvds i have that i cant watch!!!!! your help will be much appriciated. You can send a responce to my email: if need be.

Kidest regrads

Jeewan

Puma · **Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:43 pm

jeewan wrote:

Hi I have sony vaio laptop with matshita bd-mlt uj 220 drive is there any way i can make it multi regional, it is killing me theres so many dvds i have that i cant watch!!!!! your help will be much appriciated. You can send a responce to my email: if need be.

Kidest regrads

Jeewan

read the first post

fauxeuro · **Joined:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:14 am **Posts:** 3

Puma wrote:

some members are reporting they had to do the following:-

Switching from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS and then using Hiren's BootCD to dump & flash the firmwares.

are you using a 64bit windows?

x86.

Can try BIOS trick later, if you think it's relevant.

chef · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:09 am

jeewan wrote:

Hi I have sony vaio laptop with matshita bd-mlt uj 220 drive is there any way i can make it multi regional, it is killing me theres so many dvds i have that i cant watch!!!!! your help will be much appriciated. You can send a responce to my email: if need be.

Kidest regrads

Jeewan

Right on what Puma said. READ the first post carefully! :!:

Puma · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 11:08 am

fauxeuro wrote:

Puma wrote:

some members are reporting they had to do the following:-

Switching from AHCI to IDE in the BIOS and then using Hiren's BootCD to dump & flash the firmwares.

are you using a 64bit windows?

x86.

Can try BIOS trick later, if you think it's relevant.

it depends on the motherboard. Some machines can change and have no issues. Some will refuse to boot. If you get that, just changed it back or try the bootCD.

chef · **Posted:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:28 pm

And even some motherboard BIOS' allow changing specific SATA controller connectors to AHCI or IDE mode...

dearboy15 · **Joined:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:25 am **Posts:** 1

I just want to say thank you so much. Now my device is region free.

visualwave · **Joined:** Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:27 am **Posts:** 4

Firmware request:
DISCINFO VERSION : 1.7.0 BETA.12
VENDOR : MATSHITA
MODEL : BD-RE UJ235A
REVISION : 1.10
VENDOR SPECIFIC : 09063000
LOADING MECHANISM : Caddy
SERIAL NUMBER : HH69
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 8192KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Permanent
USER CHANGES : 0
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 2
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : YES
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 BAR CODE : YES
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 : 8
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 8

the system info is Here:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name VOYAGER
System Manufacturer Alienware
System Model M17x
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q9300 @ 2.53GHz, 2534 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Alienware A02, 8/21/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name Voyager\Sean
Time Zone W. Europe Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.75 GB
Available Physical Memory 3.27 GB
Total Virtual Memory 15.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 9.21 GB
Page File Space 7.75 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

and the windump file is attached.

Further since I am a programmer / engineer (electrical) I would like to participate if I could in doing some of the firmware upgrades etc. I would need details and links to toolsets. I do know assembler as well as C and other language etc. If I could get advice I would like to help. I really dislike having region control it is a real pain in the a***.

I had to use rar file format since i could not get a zip file to be under 2 MB sorry. winRar is free and there is a mac version as well that is free

I tried to upload the dat file and I get this Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached.

so if you have somewhere I can upload this to let me know
Thank you

visualwave · **Joined:** Fri Dec 24, 2010 6:27 am **Posts:** 4

Also if we had a better place to upload the dat files to that would be great since the BB says it has exceeded the quota. Also if you have source code for the utils and how to go about making the dumper/ flasher I could maybe get my firmware to flash on my own. question is where do they hide the region encoding etc. I have some idea on where to search for that but it would be help ful if I built on work already done :-)

chef · **Posted:** Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:12 am

Could you please upload the mentioned stuff to a free hoster like mediafire and post the links here?

Thanks!

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