QSI SBW-242

cjb110 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:42 pm **Posts:** 2

Whats the latest firmware for this drive? I have UX08 on mine.

I am having major problems with it reading cdr's, mainly its not reading bin/cue's burnt with fireburner using my main PC's LiteOn drive, the disks are read by the liteon and my pioneer dvd drive fine.

I've tried different speeds and different media but it doesn't seem to make a difference.

Also if there is new firmware, how can I update it? as the laptop has no floppy drive, and I don't have an external one, not sure if it will boot from a usb disk.

Quizo69 · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:38 am **Posts:** 3

Hi,

I have a Dell Inspiron 500m with this drive and it has firmware UD22. However, I noticed that there's a standalone USB 2.0 version of this drive that has a different firmware called U301. Now my Dell's drive can be stopped using the Plugin Device Manager, so I assume it is some sort of USB 2.0 connection itself.

Perhaps the D in UD22 stands for Dell's firmware revision. I'm in the same boat as you regarding no floppy, I have emailed Etna since he/she appears to know something about QSI drives, but I haven't received a response as yet. I wasn't able to use MTKFlash to grab the firmware either, but there is firmware listed for the external SBW-242 family here:

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=1679

Hopefully there isn't any real difference in the firmwares between that and the laptop variant, so maybe Etna can mod that firmware or decypher the region coding part which I'm after.

Anyway you could try the firmware above, just notice that it is not specifically designed for your drive. I take no responsibility....

dhc014 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 02, 2001 1:34 am **Posts:** 12030

I encountered an SBW-242 in a Dell Inspiron 8500. I made a 50MB FAT partition and used mtkflash 1.80 to create a backup of the UD22 firmware which I sent to etna. He responded. I don't know that I would risk flashing to U301. I was quite impressed by the drive's performance, actually.

cjb110 · **Joined:** Fri Oct 03, 2003 9:42 pm **Posts:** 2

Thanks for that, I might give it a go:)

The Dangerous Brothers · **Joined:** Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:50 am **Posts:** 2779

An RPC1 patch for the NU/QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242 is available for beta testing. It's based on U301, and contains the Windows flasher and a raw binary suitable for MTKFlash.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site=tdb1&file=SBW242R1.ZIP

dhc014 please send us any other binarys you have and we'll apply the patch.

Brother Vlad

MickeyBo · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:52 pm **Posts:** 5

Hi.
I have tested the RPC1 patch but now Nero Burning ROM did not work with the drive.
So I need the original firmeware to reinstall it.

Thanks for your help.

Michael

The Dangerous Brothers · **Joined:** Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:50 am **Posts:** 2779

MickeyBo wrote:

I have tested the RPC1 patch but now Nero Burning ROM did not work with the drive.
So I need the original firmware to reinstall it.

It's a pity you didn't take the time to make a backup first. What version did you start with? Perhaps Nero doesn't like it reporting as a "NU" drive? Is it a retail version of Nero or an OEM version bundled with the drive?

Brother Vlad

MickeyBo · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:52 pm **Posts:** 5

I'll don't know the version before upgrading.
My notebook is a Yakumo Q7M Mobilium XD from August 2003, it is produced for the german area.
Nero can`t find the drive automaticly.
Nero is an OEM Version and if I make a test for autoconfiguration Nero will only found a very slow cd-rom, at the next start Nero didn't identify my drive. In many other programs the drive is only shown as a cd-rom and not as a dvd/cd-rom.

MickeyBo · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:52 pm **Posts:** 5

In the registry I have found this entry:
IDE\CdRomQSI_CDRW/DVD_SBW-242____________________UK01____\5&30c628f6&0&0.0.0
I'll think the correct firmware version is UK01?

dhc014 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 02, 2001 1:34 am **Posts:** 12030

ugh, it would have been very wise to make a backup before testing a beta firmware... :roll:

Try deleting the Drive's entry in Device Manager and restarting.

MickeyBo · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:52 pm **Posts:** 5

I'll need the old firmware (UK01), after deleting the NU Combo Windows reinstall it after reboot.

The Dangerous Brothers · **Joined:** Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:50 am **Posts:** 2779

The UD22 firmware, with the QSI identifier can be found here
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site=tdb1&file=UD22.ZIP

Contains the original and RPC1 firmware in binary form suitable for MTKFlash 1.80

When using betas, please always make a backup of your current version and send it in if that version is not already available.

Brother Vlad

MickeyBo · **Joined:** Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:52 pm **Posts:** 5

thank you, now the drive works fine again

PantherLima · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:19 am **Posts:** 3

hi guys,

is there now a stable firmware available for the qsi ?

... doesnt sound to be perfect yet ...

my further question: how good is the dell firmware in handling bigger cds ?

i have an acer with this drive, but i can`t burn 90min cds ...

thx in advance for any help

The Dangerous Brothers · **Joined:** Wed Sep 17, 2003 12:50 am **Posts:** 2779

PantherLima wrote:

is there now a stable firmware available for the qsi ?
... doesnt sound to be perfect yet ...

Well the patch is stable, but it really depends what firmware you have now. We certainly can't recommend flashing a NU firmware onto a QSI drive as the burner software might be locked to work with a specific brand. Our desire is for others to do some testing.

So the initial questions would be what firmware do you have, and are you confortable downloading a firmware using MTKFlash?

Brother Vlad

PantherLima · **Joined:** Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:19 am **Posts:** 3

hi

i have no problem with flashing a drive,
...

i don`t know which firmware there is on the drive - its a Acer comp, like i said - because it belongs to a friend of mine ...

but i have a problem with burning 90min cdr`s on it -
and i don`t think the patched firmware cares about that -
the region lock isn`t really bothering me ...

i`ll share the firmware as soon as i get my hands on it ...

Can anybody tell me if the dell firmware is better in handling bigger
cdr`s `??

salute

vdnguyen · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:19 am **Posts:** 2

MickeyBo wrote:

thank you, now the drive works fine again

Hi Mickey ! I use the MTKFlash but it didn't work. I tried to type
MTKflash 1 w 242rdu22.rom at the command promp but the software not recognize the flash firmware

dhc014 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 02, 2001 1:34 am **Posts:** 12030

vdnguyen wrote:

MickeyBo wrote:

thank you, now the drive works fine again

Hi Mickey ! I use the MTKFlash but it didn't work. I tried to type
MTKflash 1 w 242rdu22.rom at the command promp but the software not recognize the flash firmware

You can't use mtkflash from the command prompt in Windows. You must use it in real DOS.

Backup your firmware before you flash and keep this file safe.

Find out your current firmware using DISCInfo.

vdnguyen · **Joined:** Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:19 am **Posts:** 2

dhc014 wrote:

vdnguyen wrote:

MickeyBo wrote:

thank you, now the drive works fine again

Hi Mickey ! I use the MTKFlash but it didn't work. I tried to type
MTKflash 1 w 242rdu22.rom at the command promp but the software not recognize the flash firmware

You can't use mtkflash from the command prompt in Windows. You must use it in real DOS.

Backup your firmware before you flash and keep this file safe.

Find out your current firmware using DISCInfo.

Yes I did. I have bootable disc. All of the operation was done in real DOS mode

DarkBlue · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:20 pm **Posts:** 4

I managed to use MTKFlash 1.80 to extract the backup of QSI SBW-242 RPC2 Firmware, who can I send it to for patching ?
Thanks

Version is UX08

dhc014 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 02, 2001 1:34 am **Posts:** 12030

Please send it to etna, The Dangerous Brothers, and myself.

klarno · **Joined:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:42 pm **Posts:** 1

Hi!

I have just bought a new ASUS L5800c notebook, with qsi sbw-242 internal drive. I use Nero 6 without any problem, but I can't use InCD. It can delete and format UDF cds, but when I try to copy anything to it, it says, there is no enogh place to copy the file.
Does anybody use InCD with this drive? What can be wrong?

DarkBlue · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:20 pm **Posts:** 4

I sent it to Dangerous Brothers...
He patched it and tested it, used DriveInfo to check
It is region-free but now I cannot write to cd-r, it is unable to read CD-RW now

DarkBlue · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:20 pm **Posts:** 4

God I am dead...
Even after flashing back the drive to original firmware, I am unable to write or read CD-R/RW

DarkBlue · **Joined:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:20 pm **Posts:** 4

dhc014

If you a copy of the firmware you can PM me your email

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