Sony DRU-840A crossflash to Samsung SH-S203B and Samsung SH-S223F

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Samsung Writer Discuss, Sony DRU-840A crossflash to Samsung SH-S203B and Samsung SH-S223F at CD and DVD Writers forum; Driven by the recent accidental crossflashes of 20A3S to 20A3P, that still left the drive detectable by Windows, I decided to try the DRU-840A to Samsung SH-S203B crossflash. Unfortunately the drive only worked until the next system reset. On the SiI0680 card it disappeared from Windows and when connected to

C0deKing (Senior Administrator): Posts: 11,400; Posted: 16-05-2008

Driven by the recent accidental crossflashes of 20A3S to 20A3P, that still left the drive detectable by Windows, I decided to try the DRU-840A to Samsung SH-S203B crossflash.

Unfortunately the drive only worked until the next system reset. On the SiI0680 card it disappeared from Windows and when connected to one of the standard IDE ports the system hung looking for a raid drive.

S203B: FAILED AFTER RESET! DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

And in case you're worried, the drive is back happily running as a DRU-840A again.

The flash to SH-S223F just left the drive in DRU-840A boot mode and was able to be flashed back to SS01.

S223F: FAILED TO LEAVE BOOT MODE

Anyway attached is the first and only burn using stock S203B SB04 in the DRU-840A.

DRU-840A SS01 burn of the same media here:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/2031661-post165.html

Ignore the PIF difference, as these Prodisc MCC004s produce these random PIF clusters, which vary from disc to disc.

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Last edited by C0deKing; 16-05-2008 at 07:48.

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mciahel (Senior Moderator): Posts: 12,644; Posted: 16-05-2008

Hi,

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Originally Posted by C0deKing

Driven by the recent accidental crossflashes of 20A3S to 20A3P, that still left the drive detectable by Windows, I decided to try the DRU-840A to Samsung SH-S203B crossflash.

Crazy

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Unfortunately the drive only worked until the next system reset.

So you kept the sfdnwin window open?

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And in case you're worried, the drive is back happily running as a DRU-840A again.

How did you get the unit back to life? I killed a SH-W163A by flashing P-ATA drive firmware

cheers, Michael

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C0deKing (Senior Administrator): Posts: 11,400; Posted: 16-05-2008

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Originally Posted by mciahel

Hi,Crazy

So you kept the sfdnwin window open?

You can close this by using Task Manager and ending the process tree.

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[B]How did you get the unit back to life? I killed a SH-W163A by flashing P-ATA drive firmware

The same way I got the SS01 firmware and recovered my 182D, by using Kanalratte's magic.

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