A few more firmwares

Liggy 2012-09-03 06:14:09 UTC #1

I just provided another bunch of firmware updates. Probably not too many to follow.

The following firmwares have been uploaded

Optiarc AD-5280S firmware 1.01 including Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch - now compatible with newer generation drives
Optiarc AD-5280S firmware 1.Z6 including Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch - only compatible with -CB drives (mainly used for duplicator devices)
Optiarc AD-5280S firmware 1.Z7 including Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch - only compatible with -CB drives (mainly used for duplicator devices)
Optiarc AD-7280S firmware 1.60 (Sony OEM) including Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch
Optiarc AD-7710H firmware 1.V0 including Riplock, Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch
Optiarc AD-7740H firmware 1.S0 including Riplock, Bitsetting, RPC1 and Auto-Reset patch

Also there is a flasher executable from Optiarc that should be compatible with most of their drives. Just in case you want to have an alternative to Binflash.

vroom 2012-09-03 07:15:01 UTC #2

Great work Liggy.
Maybe it’s time to get a x28xS drive as spare to my 7200A.

Liggy 2012-09-03 10:47:59 UTC #3

Got my AD-7280S on Saturday and burn quality is miles away from my AD-7201S

Even my LiteOn iHBS112 seems to be doing a better job

vroom 2012-09-03 12:50:06 UTC #4

OK, how about CD-R scanning? is it any good on that part?

Liggy 2012-09-04 02:08:15 UTC #5

Not tested that one yet.

Currently back to using the AD-7201S as burner and the ND-3540A as scanner

billme 2012-09-04 11:39:09 UTC #6

Wow. I love my AD-7280s with CMC Mag E01 at 8x. I get 50 to 60 total failures.

Liggy 2012-09-04 14:39:23 UTC #7

I’m only using MCC004 for quite a while. Tried burning them at 8x and 12x.

Could be that the error rates are lower, when scanned on a LiteOn drive. But with my NEC ND-3540A and even on the AD-7280S itself, error rates are much higher compared to the AD-7201S.

billme 2012-09-04 16:51:57 UTC #8

I do scan with iHAS-324. Checked the last disk I burned (a full Disk) and it was a worse than usual 118 total PIF. But you inspired me to dig out my Sony DRU-V204A and I burned the same movie using the same media and got 131 total PIF. So they are close.

negritude 2012-09-16 23:00:42 UTC #9

[QUOTE=Liggy;2653182]Got my AD-7280S on Saturday and burn quality is miles away from my AD-7201S
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Have you tried the AD-5280S-CB-PLUS or AD-5280S-CB-ROBOT, yet?

Liggy 2012-09-17 01:36:30 UTC #10

Nope. But I could try crossflashing to one of these drives. However I don’t think that this will change burn quality.

Mangix 2012-09-27 19:20:06 UTC #11

i got an AD-7740H but the firmware version according to nero infotool is 1.X0. Is it safe to flash 1.S0?

here’s a firmware dump: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/102011983/1.X0.bin

Liggy 2012-09-28 05:56:40 UTC #12

As long as Binflash doesn’t refuse flashing, it should be quite safe to update with 1.S0. I’ll try to do some patching during the following weekend again, so maybe I manage to release patched 1.X0 versions until Monday.

Mangix 2012-10-07 09:52:01 UTC #13

any progress on this?

Liggy 2012-10-08 00:09:47 UTC #14

Unfortunately not. Cannot give an estimated date, but rest assured that I will work on these firmwares.

deanwitty 2012-10-16 22:29:14 UTC #15

[QUOTE=negritude;2654950]Have you tried the AD-5280S-CB-PLUS or AD-5280S-CB-ROBOT, yet?[/QUOTE]

I have. Waiting for ala42 to let me do some strat swapping and try to fix it. Not in the AD-720X ballpark yet. Not even in the same town :(.