Results & Discussion: Liggy & Dee's Optiarc AD-7200A/S AD-7201A/S AD-7203A/S 1.Z3 Modified Firmware

NEC / Optiarc Writer Discuss, Liggy & Dee's Optiarc AD-7200A/S AD-7201A/S AD-7203A/S 1.Z3 Modified Firmware at CD and DVD Writers forum; Do you really need a better firmware than the 1.z.2 or the 1.09? I am very happy with thew stock firmware, i dont think that there is much to be done for this drives. __________________ You put me down, For the very last time, I hit the floor, But I

Old Posted: 27-02-2009
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Do you really need a better firmware than the 1.z.2 or the 1.09?
I am very happy with thew stock firmware, i dont think that there is much to be done for this drives.
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Old Posted: 28-02-2009
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My question was which of the 3 firmwares is the better one at this moment: Z2 (which I am using right now), the Z3 (which has some problems I understand) or the stock 1.09 (which is newer than z2 and z3).
Old Posted: 28-02-2009
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my vote is going to the stock one, unless you want some overspeed on your media, then you will have to go with the 1.z2.
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Old Posted: 28-02-2009
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Okay, thanks, just flashed it with 1.09TB
Old Posted: 03-03-2009
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Old Posted: 13-06-2009
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I just got a new drive, an AD-7200A, April 2009 build, that came with 1.09. I tried to flash to 1.Z3 and I got the following error:

The firmware file expects a different bootcode on your drive. You are not allowed to continue. Found 0x3134 - expected 0x3132.

Thoughts?

I also tried using 1.05BT, which is older still, but the one I use with my other AD-7200, and I got the same error.
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After upgrading to 1.09, 7200A became unable to do Disc Quality Test, whatever software I try. I reflashed it to 1.Z3, but it doesn't work either.

What could happen? Thats my only drive installed so I'd like check my burns somehow.
Old Posted: 14-06-2009
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I just got a new drive, an AD-7200A, April 2009 build, that came with 1.09. I tried to flash to 1.Z3 and I got the following error:

The firmware file expects a different bootcode on your drive. You are not allowed to continue. Found 0x3134 - expected 0x3132.

Thoughts?

I also tried using 1.05BT, which is older still, but the one I use with my other AD-7200, and I got the same error.
Your drive is equipped with bootcode version 14 while most older drives have version 12. Each bootcode will need its own firmware and 1.Z3 only contains a patched file for bootcode 12. Right now only firmware 1.09 or newer will work with your drive.
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Old Posted: 14-06-2009
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Thanks... but disappointing as that limits my options.

I don't suppose you can extract the bootcode from an older drive and flash it to a newer one -- that is, replace v 14 with v 12 so it would work with older firmwares?
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Optiarc AD-7203S, Liggy's 1.09 BT RPC1 fw
25 cake Verbatim's DVD+R 4.7Gb 16x, taiwan, MCC 004 @ 12x
scanned on same 7203S drive












I'm very noob but i dont think these scans look too good... any idea why, and how can i improve?
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Old Posted: 14-06-2009
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Hi Notepad and welcome to cdfreaks.

While that may not be the best burn ever displayed, it's by no means a bad burn. In fact it's pretty good, which is reflected by the quality score of 95 out of 100. Don't forget that PIF result is ECC 8, whereas the LiteOn uses ECC 1.

Even Verbatim media can be quite variable these days but they're still one of the more reliable media producers.

BTW, you will get a better display result on the forum if you save your screen captures in PNG format.
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Hi Notepad and welcome to cdfreaks.

While that may not be the best burn ever displayed, it's by no means a bad burn. In fact it's pretty good, which is reflected by the quality score of 95 out of 100. Don't forget that PIF result is ECC 8, whereas the LiteOn uses ECC 1.

Even Verbatim media can be quite variable these days but they're still one of the more reliable media producers.

BTW, you will get a better display result on the forum if you save your screen captures in PNG format.
thx!
so by your post i supose i just got my hands on a average verbatim cake, i was wondering which media works best on these recorders... problem is that living in portugal i pretty much only get a chance on grabbin the most usual media, tyudens etc are extremely hard to get so i really can compare them other than with pricos, memorex sony etc.. which media would u recomend me to keep my eyes open to when using this FW?
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question i just got a IBM and it had a 7200S in it so i looked up all the stuff and find that.

found on the web 1.09 bt is from 2008-02-28

my unit had : 1.d3 on it i backed it up : BACKUP HERE it has BT for DVD+R DL anyone know when this came out ? is it newer then 1.09 ? i think 1.0A is newest

now i was looking at : SONY OPTIARC SITE and it says that AD-7200 S-ATA Version 1.0A is the newest Released: 28.01.2009 ( what is this about i tested it and it does not flash )
Old Posted: 15-06-2009
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It looks like 1.D3 is dated 2008/09/05.

Check out this site for everything you need to flash 1.0A:
http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/
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It looks like 1.D3 is dated 2008/09/05.

Check out this site for everything you need to flash 1.0A:
http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/
i dont see 1.0A on http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7200A/
the sony web site is in exe and says its not supported for some reason
Old Posted: 15-06-2009
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You can still use Binflash to flash your drive with 1.0A
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Your drive is equipped with bootcode version 14 while most older drives have version 12. Each bootcode will need its own firmware and 1.Z3 only contains a patched file for bootcode 12. Right now only firmware 1.09 or newer will work with your drive.
This week i bought an AD-7200A , with 1.06 firmware.
I upgraded it to Liggy's 1.09 , then tried Dee's 1.z3 with no succes, cause of boot code 14.
But i was able to back to backup of original 1.06
Also when i run MCSE , it asked to switch to boot code 14 , and i have to click "YES" , or MCSE will not take effects.

But my problem with this drive is that CD-R scan sux a$$ vs. my Liteon combo.
Old Posted: 20-11-2009
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I know it's not important, but if Dee ever gets around to doing 1.Z4 it would be nice if she could add overspeeding for some older media like RICOHJPN R01, or would the easier way to do that be to just strat swap R02 or R03 for R01?
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MCC003 is a good generic swap.
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Old Posted: 21-11-2009
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OK, I'll try that next. Here is RICOHJPNR01@RICOHJPNR03 at 8x with Liggy's 1.09bt:
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OK, I'll try that next. Here is RICOHJPNR01@RICOHJPNR03 at 8x with Liggy's 1.09bt:
There is not a lot wrong with that strategy, it looks very nice to me.
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