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Old Posted: 07-04-2008
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Hi,
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Lots of testing to do, but things are taking shape for the 18x drives.
Nice.
I would also include Sony DRU-830A firmwares (they have different bit setting behaviour if I remember correctly, also they are UDMA 4) and the TS-H652D/M KC* series. The latter, since these are the only recent firmwares that don't have the Lead-In problem the 18x drives (inluding Sony) suffer from.

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Thanks Michael. H652 seems to work OK. Only planning to support the bitsetting patches, for 18x drives, at this time. Does the 830A require the bitsetting patch?
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Old Posted: 08-04-2008
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Lots of testing to do, but things are taking shape for the 18x drives.
Oooo...there's hope still for my lovely SH-S182D too then
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Old Posted: 08-04-2008
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Thanks Michael. H652 seems to work OK. Only planning to support the bitsetting patches, for 18x drives, at this time. Does the 830A require the bitsetting patch?
If I remember correctly, then the Sony firmware has Auto-Bitsetting for +R/+R DL, not sure about +RW. I'll have to crossflash the drive to check (at least for the SL variants)

EDIT: I remembered wrong. The Sony firmware also needs software support for bitsetting, just like the Samsungs. No auto-bitsetting!

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Old Posted: 09-04-2008
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A quick visit to congrat and thank C0deking for the video riplock patch.

Considering the 203B must be among the 3-4 best existing readers of bad or damaged discs out there, it's really convenient that it can now also be a fast ripper!
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Add my thanks, too. A 15% improvement in speed.

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Forgot to add my thanks, sorry. Thank you very much.
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Hi,If I remember correctly, then the Sony firmware has Auto-Bitsetting for +R/+R DL, not sure about +RW. I'll have to crossflash the drive to check (at least for the SL variants)

EDIT: I remembered wrong. The Sony firmware also needs software support for bitsetting, just like the Samsungs. No auto-bitsetting!

Michael

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Thanks again Michael.

The Patch Utility will support the Sony 830A:
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Old Posted: 10-04-2008
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I still have a patch protection issue with the 18x firmware but I'm confident I can defeat it. One 182D dead, one to go. Hopefully Kanalratte's magic can help me to restore the dead one, so I can keep working in the dangerous areas, knowing it can be revived.

However, I'm away for a while, so there may be a few weeks delay before the version supporting the 18x drives can be released.
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Old Posted: 10-04-2008
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First I hope you get your 182 back, it's a good drive. It takes whatever time it takes, just know that your work is appreciated.
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Nice work C0deking. So I assume this patcher can be used for newer firmwares in the future without having to release new versions of FB/FR firmwares for individual models?

I am using a 203D retail, already flashed with SB00-fb+fr firmware previously. So can I just download the stock firmware, patch with this utility and reflash the drive?
Old Posted: 11-04-2008
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Thanks for everyones kind words in this thread. Always appreciated.

I'm very confident that with Kanalratte's help, my drive will become a zombie drive, as he calls it (restored from the dead).

Bloodlust, I have done my best to make the patches auto adjust to new firmware releases. Four out of the five possible patches worked with the new 22x firmwares, even though I'd never seem this firmware until recently but I will try to continue to check the patches as new firmware comes out, just in case it could cause a drive to have a problem.

However, there is always a risk and that is why there is the warning message at the time of saving. If anyone is worried, then they can post here and see if someone else has already tried the patches with the same model and version. I hope others will reply to these requests and put the person, trying the patch for the first time, at ease.

At this time I would be very surprised if any 202/203/204 firmware currently available, would have an issue.

And yes to your other question about patching the stock version to get the same FB + FR firmware and whatever else you want.
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Old Posted: 11-04-2008
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System used, AMD Athlon 64 x 2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 2.40 GHz 2 GBs RAM. Flashed back to stock SB03 for the first rip & burn, then used the patch utility to fully patch the SH-S203b used. Same disc used 8016 MBs when ripped & after Dvd Shrink 4463 MBs as an ISO.

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Test #1, (rip)

DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
Operation Started!
Source Device: [3:6:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB03 (stock) (F:) (SCSI)
Source Media Type: DVD-ROM
Destination Folder: D:\FF7AC1\
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:14:52
Average Read Rate: 9,202 KB/s (6.6x) - Maximum Read Rate: 16,820 KB/s (12.1x)


Test #1 (burn)

ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started!
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
Operation Started!
Source File: D:\FF7AC1\FF7AC1.ISO
Source File Size: 4,681,371,648 bytes
Source File Volume Identifier: FF7AC1
Destination Device: [3:6:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB03 (stock) (F:) (SCSI)
Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TTH02) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
Write Speed: 12x
OPC: Yes
BURN-Proof: Enabled
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:26
Average Write Rate: 11,344 KB/s (8.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,587 KB/s (12.0x)
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:10
Average Verify Rate: 12,355 KB/s (8.9x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 22,449 KB/s (16.2x)


Test #2 (rip)

DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
Operation Started!
Source Device: [3:6:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB03 (fully patched) (F:) (SCSI)
Source Media Type: DVD-ROM
Destination Folder: D:\FF7AC2\
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:42
Average Read Rate: 11,693 KB/s (8.4x) - Maximum Read Rate: 16,820 KB/s (12.1x)


Test #2 (burn)

ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started!
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
Operation Started!
Source File: D:\FF7AC2\FF7AC2.ISO
Source File Size: 4,681,402,368 bytes
Source File Volume Identifier: FF7AC2
Destination Device: [3:6:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB03 (fully patched) (F:) (SCSI)
Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TTH02) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
Write Speed: 12x
OPC: Yes
BURN-Proof: Enabled
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:03
Average Write Rate: 14,153 KB/s (10.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,856 KB/s (12.2x)
Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:05:50
Average Verify Rate: 13,099 KB/s (9.5x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 24,812 KB/s (17.9x)
Old Posted: 14-04-2008
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hey,

thanks for this util. i have an sh-s203p, does that also have riplock? if so, will this util work on its firmware too?
Old Posted: 14-04-2008
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Hi and Welcome!

since the 203P is a 203D plus Lightscribe, anything regarding the 203D is also applicable to your 203P.

Michael
Old Posted: 14-04-2008
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Can someone guide me on how to patch firmware using the all in one update from samsung? The only thing it extracts is the autorun.bin. Thanks.
Old Posted: 14-04-2008
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Can someone guide me on how to patch firmware using the all in one update from samsung? The only thing it extracts is the autorun.bin. Thanks.
What program did you use to extract the firmware file from the .exe? I used 7Zip myself, and it worked just fine.
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Old Posted: 14-04-2008
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Can someone guide me on how to patch firmware using the all in one update from samsung? The only thing it extracts is the autorun.bin. Thanks.
Autorun.bin is the extracted firmware. Copy it elsewhere, rename as you like and patch then.
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Hi and Welcome!

since the 203P is a 203D plus Lightscribe, anything regarding the 203D is also applicable to your 203P.

Michael

hi pal,

thanks for the info. i tried the patched firmware with a burned-by-myself dvdvideo, the results (first one is an mcse rpc1 fw, 2nd is mcse rcp1 + riplock) follow:

Code:
I 18:30:27 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 18:30:27 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Szervizcsomag 2)
I 18:30:28 Initialising SPTI...
I 18:30:28 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 18:30:28 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD-RAM/±RW!
I 18:30:46 Operation Started!
I 18:30:46 Source Device: [0:1:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203P SB00 (E:) (ATA)
I 18:30:46 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AE1)
I 18:30:46 Source Media Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
I 18:30:46 Source Media Copyright Protection System Type: None
I 18:30:46 Source Media Implementation Identifier: AHEAD  Nero
I 18:30:46 Destination Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\viktor\Asztal\
I 18:30:46 File Splitting: By File
I 18:30:46 Detect Mastering Errors: No
I 18:30:46 Multi Angle Processing: No
I 18:30:47 Remove Macrovision Protection: Yes
I 18:30:47 Stream Processing: No
I 18:30:47 Copying VIDEO_TS.IFO... (LBA: 277 - 279) - KEY: N/A
I 18:30:47 Copying VIDEO_TS.BUP... (LBA: 280 - 282) - KEY: N/A
I 18:30:47 Copying VTS_01_0.IFO... (LBA: 283 - 316) - KEY: N/A
I 18:30:47 Copying VTS_01_1.VOB... (LBA: 317 - 524603) - KEY: N/A
I 18:32:21 Copying VTS_01_2.VOB... (LBA: 524604 - 1048890) - KEY: N/A
I 18:33:35 Copying VTS_01_3.VOB... (LBA: 1048891 - 1331078) - KEY: N/A
I 18:34:08 Copying VTS_01_0.BUP... (LBA: 1331079 - 1331112) - KEY: N/A
I 18:34:08 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:22
I 18:34:08 Average Read Rate: 13 176 KB/s (9.5x) - Maximum Read Rate: 17 844 KB/s (12.9x)
Code:
I 18:40:08 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 started!
I 18:40:08 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Szervizcsomag 2)
I 18:40:08 Initialising SPTI...
I 18:40:08 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 18:40:08 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD-RAM/±RW!
I 18:40:18 Operation Started!
I 18:40:18 Source Device: [0:1:0] TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203P SB00 (E:) (ATA)
I 18:40:18 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: CMC MAG. AE1)
I 18:40:18 Source Media Region Code: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
I 18:40:18 Source Media Copyright Protection System Type: None
I 18:40:18 Source Media Implementation Identifier: AHEAD  Nero
I 18:40:18 Destination Folder: C:\Documents and Settings\viktor\Asztal\
I 18:40:18 File Splitting: By File
I 18:40:18 Detect Mastering Errors: No
I 18:40:18 Multi Angle Processing: No
I 18:40:18 Remove Macrovision Protection: Yes
I 18:40:18 Stream Processing: No
I 18:40:18 Copying VIDEO_TS.IFO... (LBA: 277 - 279) - KEY: N/A
I 18:40:18 Copying VIDEO_TS.BUP... (LBA: 280 - 282) - KEY: N/A
I 18:40:18 Copying VTS_01_0.IFO... (LBA: 283 - 316) - KEY: N/A
I 18:40:19 Copying VTS_01_1.VOB... (LBA: 317 - 524603) - KEY: N/A
I 18:41:53 Copying VTS_01_2.VOB... (LBA: 524604 - 1048890) - KEY: N/A
I 18:43:04 Copying VTS_01_3.VOB... (LBA: 1048891 - 1331078) - KEY: N/A
I 18:43:38 Copying VTS_01_0.BUP... (LBA: 1331079 - 1331112) - KEY: N/A
I 18:43:38 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:19
I 18:43:38 Average Read Rate: 13 375 KB/s (9.7x) - Maximum Read Rate: 17 975 KB/s (13.0x)
does this riplock apply to genuine dvds only?

anyway, i'm wondering about the sense of this riplock stuff. could unlocking it damage the drive? if it's not the case, then why do manufacturers put this stuff in firmwares?

i read somewhere that the reason for such speed limitations is (may be) that the drive would be too loud, which could be annoying especially when playing a dvd movie for example. is this the answer?
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does this riplock apply to genuine dvds only?
According to COdeKing, it applied to DVDs with region code.

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anyway, i'm wondering about the sense of this riplock stuff. could unlocking it damage the drive?
No.

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read somewhere that the reason for such speed limitations is (may be) that the drive would be too loud, which could be annoying especially when playing a dvd movie for example. is this the answer?
Movies play at 1x, but I suppose the drive could be spinning faster all the time. The drive might slow down after a time (but it may not either).

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According to COdeKing, it applied to DVDs with region code.

No.

Movies play at 1x, but I suppose the drive could be spinning faster all the time. The drive might slow down after a time (but it may not either).

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thanks for your response. about the possibility of damage caused by too high speed: i remember those times when cd drives reached the 50x speed. and then they stopped increasing those numbers coz faster drives would crash cds put into them.

yet, i'm aware of cases when even these 50x drives crashed some weaker-than-average cds and of course the drive became unusable after the accident. and it's not urban legend, it happened to my friends

so i'm not fully convinced by your 'No' that this speed unleash is 100% secure

to make it clear: is it about enabling the drive to read region-locked dvds at the same speed it reads region-free discs? if so, then... i'm convinced
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I wouldnt count on results with those media.......
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Thanks for the new toy COdeKing, looking forward to getting all my 182's tweaked.
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I wouldnt count on results with those media.......

even so, i'm curious whether my assumptions are correct or not
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thanks for your response. about the possibility of damage caused by too high speed: i remember those times when cd drives reached the 50x speed. and then they stopped increasing those numbers coz faster drives would crash cds put into them.

yet, i'm aware of cases when even these 50x drives crashed some weaker-than-average cds and of course the drive became unusable after the accident. and it's not urban legend, it happened to my friends

so i'm not fully convinced by your 'No' that this speed unleash is 100% secure

to make it clear: is it about enabling the drive to read region-locked dvds at the same speed it reads region-free discs? if so, then... i'm convinced
You should be convinced then. It goes no faster than 12x on a region locked DVD - what happens is that it doesn't take its time reading the first 200Mb or so of a VOB before deciding it can rev up to the rated speed and slow down again at the end of a VOB.

There's also a single layer fast read capability in the patch. This speeds things up from 16x to 18x. Perhaps the (relatively slight) increase in read speed isn't worth it for you for SL discs.

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