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Bitsetting tool for Lite-On drives and regionfreeing tool!!!

Postby OC-Freak on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:07 am

Someone heared your wishes and I've found a few new utilities for you! :D :bigsmile: :cool:

First the bitsetting program: Download it here.

Requirements: Lite-On DVD-Writer (unsure if the LDW-401S is supported yet - will probably be in next firmware release) with the latest firmware. Personally I've tested it with LDW-411S with FS0G.

Note: For now it only work as it should with DVD+R discs and not with DVD+RW discs - this may be fixed later.

This is how it look (push the query button to see current settings):

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Click Change and choose DVD-ROM from the dropdown menu:

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If everything goes well you should see this:

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And then this:

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Now I just let the program run in the background and start my favourite burning software: Nero - and writes the disc.....

After the disc is written this is the results:

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And another test with DVDinfoPRO:

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Tested in various drives and it's detected as DVD-ROM by all of them!!!

ENJOY!! Guess this is one of the first dual format drives to allow bitsetting - and without any firmware hacks etc!! Just a little program........
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Postby OC-Freak on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:08 am

And then we have the Region freeing utility: Download here

Shold work with all Lite-On manufactured drives.

This is how it looks:

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Select your Lite-On drive in the dropdown menu.

Query: shows the current state of the drive - my picture shows what information a regionfree drive should show.
Disable: Makes your drive regionfree.
Enable: Makes your drive RPC2 (not regionfree)
You could also reset both user and vendor counters as well as changing the region.

ENJOY!!! :cool:
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Postby OC-Freak on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:10 am

And finally rdgrimes found a newer K-Probe version than the one that we have been using: Version 1.1.28.

Read more and download in the Kprobe thread.

Only minor fixes - that concerned the read speed test and write speed test.
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Postby dodecahedron on Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:09 am

very nice!
another reason to buy LiteOn drives :D

is LtnRPC for DVD writers only or for DVD-ROM drives too?

if they're for DVD-ROMs too, what's the difference between this and the older tools on digi's page?
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Postby Ian on Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:36 pm

Are these the utilities NicW has supposedly been working on?
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Postby rdgrimes on Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:52 pm

Ian wrote:Are these the utilities NicW has supposedly been working on?

NO.

The RPC should should work on any LiteOn drive, and possibly some others too.
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Postby dodecahedron on Sun Dec 28, 2003 1:48 pm

rdgrimes wrote:The RPC should should work on any LiteOn drive, and possibly some others too.

non LiteOn DVD-ROM drives that use the same chipset as LiteOn DVD-ROMs do?
would that be MediaTek?
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Postby rdgrimes on Sun Dec 28, 2003 2:13 pm

dodecahedron wrote:
rdgrimes wrote:The RPC should should work on any LiteOn drive, and possibly some others too.

non LiteOn DVD-ROM drives that use the same chipset as LiteOn DVD-ROMs do?
would that be MediaTek?

Trial and error, suggest those with non-LiteOn drives try it out.
Doesn't work on my Pioneer 106D.
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Postby tool fan on Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:08 pm

the region free tool works but booktype setting tool gives me a failed to query and failed to set error's.... btw, I have the 811S with the HSOE firmware.
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Postby Dartman on Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:15 pm

The region code tool Nicw made only works with true LiteOn drives, some of the OEM drives are using different firmware or something and supposedly it killed a few so he pulled it to be safe and fix it later. I used his tool on my true 811 and it worked fine and still works fine but non true drives might not be so lucky.
And hey thanks RD for sharing the Joy, I knew there were more reasons I bought a 811 then I would know at the time. :wink:
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Postby OC-Freak on Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:21 pm

1: You MUST have the newest firmware for the bitsetting tool to work!!!

2: ltnRPC should work with all Lite-On manufactured drives, both DVD-ROM's and DVD-Writers. Should work with OEM's as well.

Do not work with non-liteon drives.

Tested with and found to not work with:

Pioneer DVR-106
LG GSA-4040B
BTC DRW-1004IM (this one is mediatek based)
Plextor PX-708A

So it seems to be Lite-On only.
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Postby tool fan on Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:29 pm

I figured I needed the latest firmware, now if I get a working download link.
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Postby aviationwiz on Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:32 pm

tool fan wrote:I figured I needed the latest firmware, now if I get a working download link.


http://www.firmware-flash.com
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Postby dodecahedron on Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:30 pm

i presume that if LtnRPC works with a drive, querying it will give:

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on my Toshiba SD-M1712 (with hacked J004 firmware) i get 052000 INVALID COMMAND OPERATION CODE. i take this to mean it doesn't work with my Toshiba.

another one for the sad "doesn't work" list. :(
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Postby dhc014 on Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:54 pm

It will definately not work on any drives that were not manufactured by Lite-ON. It also may not work on certain older model DVD-ROM's, and with older firmwares for some drives.
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Postby Ian on Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:56 pm

rdgrimes wrote:
Ian wrote:Are these the utilities NicW has supposedly been working on?

NO.


So who wrote these? Karr?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:17 am

Wow! too cool!

Thanks for the new toys OC-Freak! :D

Is there any possability of DVD-R having a similar function?
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Postby rdgrimes on Mon Dec 29, 2003 12:58 am

Supposedly, it is not possible to set book type on DVD-R/RW.
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Postby dodecahedron on Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:17 am

Ian wrote:
rdgrimes wrote:
Ian wrote:Are these the utilities NicW has supposedly been working on?

NO.


So who wrote these? Karr?

they do look a little like KProbe and MInfo, anyway used the same graphics library.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Dec 29, 2003 3:26 am

I think it would probably be best if we do not ask these questions, but instead keep a respectful silence in hopes that these wonderful presents keep arriving. We all remember what happened with our last batch of presents right? :wink:

Thank you "mysterious author" !!! :D
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Postby Alejandra on Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:20 pm

rdgrimes wrote:Doesn't work on my Pioneer 106D.



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Postby dhc014 on Mon Dec 29, 2003 5:06 pm

dolphinius_rex wrote:I think it would probably be best if we do not ask these questions, but instead keep a respectful silence in hopes that these wonderful presents keep arriving. We all remember what happened with our last batch of presents right? :wink:

Thank you "mysterious author" !!! :D


Well said. Thanks to the author(s). :)
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Postby Ian on Mon Dec 29, 2003 8:33 pm

Well, I'd like to thank this mysterious author for these great utils. Lite-On would be smart to reward such a person for these sorts of things and include them with their drives.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:38 am

That book type setting tool should be a huge marketing tool for LiteON... and it probably WOULD be, if there was anyone with more then 2 brain cells in their marketing department.
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Postby BGPGuy on Tue Dec 30, 2003 11:14 am

The first link appears to be down. :cry:
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