The Firmware Page

I have a DRU-510A that is displaying an incorrect name string in the bios and windows. As such the official firmware upgrade wont flash the drive.. the usual "No Updatable drive exists".

Can someone point me in the direction of a copy of the latest upgrade with the hack to allow deployment onto any drive?

I downloaded Visual Studio 6 to look for a decompiler to change the name string myself but i really haven't got a clue where to start.

PS, i've tried the U14->510 version but i think its looking specifically for a U14 rather than removing the name check.

Thanks in advance,

Luke

Not sure that's practical, the flasher has to search for something. Use hijacker's DiscInfo and post the results (File, Save), it might be possible to alter the flasher to look for that.
http://hijacker.rpc1.org/discinfo/

Brother Vlad

Thanks for the help...

this is the result, i think its a really upset drive, but i want to try reflashing just incase.

http://skullforce.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/badsony.hif

or here


It was this kind of comment ->
Sony DRU-500A 2.0f updater:
1) go to offset 1B6C and change byte 74 to EB
2) go to offset 1B8B and change byte 74 to EB
3) go to offset 1BAB and change byte 74 to EB

In this thread http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=1 ... ght=offset

That made me think changing 3 bytes values... well that cant be programing in a new name string... it must just be changing the state of the 'if' condition.. ie continue with program IF name 1 and 2 are the same or not.

Any further thoughts Brother Vlad?

Give this a try...
DRU-510A 1.1a for SONY BOOT DRU-510A
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_file.php?site=tdb1&file=BOOT510A.ZIP

Brother Vlad

Well good news so far, it recognised the drive and successfully flashed it, its reading discs too. I need to get some more DVDr media to test it and i'll report the results.

but for now...


BRILLIANT!

Thanks very much, its brought it back to life and now there is a little hope.

PS: Now that its running fine as a sony DRU-510a, what other mods are available? RPC0 or Ripping adjusters etc?

No...

hello
while im burning a data disk at nero
using media type : memorex 4x dvd-r
the led keeps flashing
and the eject button is not functioning
i thought it is only a minor problem
when i tried searching they say my firmware crash??
they say it is a bug on the oldfirmware?
and im still waiting for sony's reply hope they would replace it
i didnt update my firmware when i bought it

LED flashes maybe because the source cannot supply the data fast enough.
What do you expect from using the eject button while burning??

sory some mistake on my explanation
after burning
and the led keeps flashing and the eject button is no longer functioning
when i search about it.. they say my firmware crash?
even without doing something.. thats my last activity burning a dvd-r memorex 4x

I'm 90% sure this will cure your problem. I've personally rescued 32 drives in this way.

go into windows and run the patch.

i have not seen it hurt even 1 drive. Brother Vlad has done a brilliant job with this patch. Thanks again.

i have no written about 30 dvds without problem.

wow
thanks thanks

wow it worked
thanks dangerous brothers,dhc,skullface

pleased to hear it mate.

i had this for about 6 months without problems.
i have used it alot but now it will only burn at 2x.
when i insert a 4x disc it, won't recognize 4x media. any kind that i put in the tray.

and it burns cd's at like 12x.

any suggestions.
dma is ok.

any suggestions?
i could send it back to them is still underwarranty and i have the receipt.
but i want to try and fix it if i can.

Looking for the patch (BOOT510A.ZIP) discibed above. Link doesn't seem to work.

Link does work FINE.
You maybe have a firewall/http referrer conflict. Fix this and it will work properly for you.

Worked perfect after I disabled the firewall. Man can you believe Sony wanted $180 to fix it?

Thanks all

Ma, they are greedy!

Glad you didn't do that.

hi, im new and i have a problem:
i have Sony DRU 510A and i have the same problem with skullface but in my case, my firmware is new 1.1a and i cant update or change to any below 1.1a. Do you guys have a sugestion?
when i check on the device manager it says boot dru 510a and the led keeps flashing all the time and the eject button is not function.
thx for the help

Doesn't the provided solution work?

Brother Vlad

i cant replace the old one because right now the firmware is 1.1a and it says no update, so probably i have to wait until the new update or someone has a solution for this problem.
thx

The boot code from the 1.1a firmware reports as SONY BOOT DRU-510A 0.7f, as described earlier. If yours is different you'll need to post the summary (File, Save) from DiscInfo. http://hijacker.rpc1.org/discinfo/

What exactly did you flash this drive with to get it into this situation?

Brother Vlad

Hi,

I've exactly the same problem and Disc Info show the same information : Firmware version : 07f, Vendor Spec : Apr 04 2003. So I try to use your patch but when I start it, it's only show : No Updatable drive exists.

Hum... of course there is no Sony drive because the firmware is out of control ! So, how can I force the Drive Firmware Updater software to show my Sony DRU-510A ??

It's seem to be very strange because it's the same problem posted here but no one has this problem ?

Thank you for your assistance.

Ok, sorry everybody. Through all the links in this topic, I've downloaded the original firmware software but not the BOOT510A !! With this one, it works fine... Thanks to The Dangerous Brothers.