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Hello,

I need the following TSST OEM Firmware for a Slim Notebook Drive of an HP dv7-21xx Series: HP TS-L633N version 0300.

This is in reference to my other post at http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=47088&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=25. I regret the bad behavior in hijacking another thread and creating a new one 2 days later but I think a clean request is a better idea for this very special request.

The background:

I cross-flashed my TS-L633N 0300 with the original Samsung SB-S083N SB02 firmware as outlined in the above mentioned thread. I had some strange write/read faults with DVD media so I thought a lens cleaning and firmware update might be appropriate. I didn't care about my warranty as I thought I am out of it for several months. After all I realized that my drive is really faulty at DVD media. Checking back with HP had shown that there still is warranty left. My fault

So I am now in the problematic position wanting to return a drive with a cross-flashed firmware...

If nobody can provide such a firmware, probably anyone can provide help in editing the SN-S083N_SB02.bin?

I think making the device look like a HP again should help when they only do a quick check, without looking at any probably existing flash count

I located the device and vendor names and the OEM code in the original Samsung firmware at:

The places for the OEM code, the firmware and the drive model name are easily discovered and changed. At least I think that's correct.

What I don't know is
- how to change the text "TSSTcorpCDDVDW" to "hp CDDVDW". Do I need to create leading or trailing spaces before or after "hp"?
- What was the release date for the original firmware (likely stored at 0xC8062 next to the OEM code)?
- How to change the mixed text at 0x3296 and 0x1402E
- If there is any CRC I need to update

I am not capable of disassembling the whole thing as I only have some basic x32 and x64 disassembling knowledge but not for those kind of processors. I don't even know which kind of processor is used in this drive...

I thought of using MediaCodeSpeedEdit (without removing RipLock/Region) after patching the bin with a hex editor as this tool might recalculate any needed CRC correctly.

Attached is the DiscInfo to respect and go conform with board's rules.

Cheers,
Invisible1871

DiscInfo output:

Hi,

despite there seems to be some kind of lack of knowledge here in editing the firmwares (except for the RPC1 and media data), I managed to fix "the problem" on my own.

The previous list of positions is correct.

Tricky were the two sections with mixed text:

This should be correct:

Comparing to other HP TSST firmwares (HH15 and HH18 for TS-L63*) I gathered the info that TSSTcorp is valid for those HP OEM drives too. OEM Code is HM and Firmware should be 0300.

This leads to:

I flashed the firmware with tsdnwin (using -NOCHECK).

TSST WinInquiry now correctly reports:

Fyi MediaCodeSpeedEdit does not update any CRC as I previously guessed - at least not if RPC is unchanged. Binary comparison of manually edited bin and re-saved bin shows no difference.

Now my drive identifies itself as before. I came up with a problem when burned DVD+R are not successfully closed when using Win7 x64 together with iTunes (latest) as this installs the UpperFilter of GearAspiWDM in an older version. I updated the drivers manually after removing the filters. Interestingly enough after re-flashing, cleaning the lens and testing different media everything works fine now.

Hopefully this might be helpful
1) if someone has burning problems when using a TSST slim drive together with a MS x64 OS and iTunes x64
and / or
2) someone flashed a firmware but now needs to adjust the vendor / oem name back to original for obvious reasons.

Cheers,
Invisible1871

Good job and thanks for giving knowledge to others.

Hi,



You're welcome and thank you for giving people a platform for such topics. Keep up your good work!

Cheers,
Invisible1871

Okay, so I came accross this forum looking to upgrade the firmware on my HP CDDVDW TS-L633M drive that is in my HP DV7-2270us notebook. I decided to try these instructions:

1. Go to Samsung and download the SN-S083N SB02 firmware: http://www.samsungodd.com/eng/Firmware/ ... wnload.asp
2. Download the Samsung stand alone flasher: http://www.samsungodd.com/KorLib/File/tsdnwin.exe
3. Download ala42's MCSE: http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/
4. Extract the SN-S083N_SB02.bin firmware file from the Samsung flasher you downloaded by using WinRar/WinZip
5. Load the SN-S083N_SB02.bin file in MCSE, click the RPC1 box and save it as SN-S083N_SB02_speedpatched.bin
6. Start the tsdnwin.exe flasher from a command line with the -nocheck parameter: tsdnwin -nocheck
7. Once the flasher opens, load the speedpached firmware in it and then flash your drive.
8. Reboot when asked and enjoy your new RPC1 drive!

I followed them to the letter. It took the flash okay and it rebooted the computer. After reboot, the drive no longer responds. Windows 7 64bit did recognize it and install drivers upon booting into the desktop, but it still shows as a "HP CDDVDW TS-L633M ATA Device" in Device Manager. It shows as E: drive in Explorer but its a brick at this point.

When I run Win Inquiry on the SAMSUNGODD site it now reports drive as "hp CDDVDW TS-L633M BOOT" and shows version as "BOOT". OEM code remains same as before as "HM" If I try to reflash using samsung's tsdnwin.exe it now reports "can't find suitable drive for F/W".

So I suppose I'm out of luck and need to buy a replacement

Or can it somehow be salvaged? Can anyone help?

hi there - i am having the same issue as Invisible1871 above. I would like to follow his instructions, however, i have no idea what all of that means or what to do to change my drive back to TS-L633N so i can get it repaired under warranty. is anyone out there able to help me?
thanks!
sheri

The procedure is explained very well.

If you dont understand it then please dont even think about trying to follow it or you will brick your drive!!