Guide: Possible work-around to revive a dead Lite-on Burner
Hi Guys
After a bit of research, I have found what may be a possible work-around if ever a firmware upgrade goes horribly pear shaped on your Lite-on burner.
#Please note: this process only works with Lite-on and Lite-on manufactured (OEM) drives and other drives featuring a MediaTek chipset. Overclock3d accepts no responsibility or warranty on this-use at your own risk. But if your firmware upgrade went South anyway, what have you got to lose?
Step 1.
Download mtkflash 1.83c from http://dhc014.rpc1.org/howto.htm#Download as well as the correct firmware for your drive.
The firmware should be a binary (BIN) file. You can find them at http://dhc014.rpc1.org/indexOEM.htm. Next, create a bootable floppy disk and copy these two files into the root directory.
Step 2.
Reboot your PC from the floppy disk and type "mtkflash # w /b /m firmware.bin" where #
'1' if the drive is Primary Master,
'2' if the drive is Primary Slave,
'3' if the drive is Secondary Master, or
'4' if the drive is Secondary Slave
It's essential to make sure that you have got this right, as choosing the wrong number could damage your PC's hard drive. In addition, firmware.bin must be replaced by the filename of the binary firmware file you downloaded for your drive. You may find that this may 'wake the dead drive up', but not get the motors or drive tray activated. If this is the case with your drive, there is an extra step, started by rebooting your PC back to Windows.
Step 3.
Download the Windows executable version of that same firmware and run it (try www.rpc1.org if you can't find it anywhere else). Follow the prompts and reboot again once the firmware flashing has completed. After rebooting, the drive should reactivate and work as before.
PV :wavey:
Some of the information for this guidewas gleaned from www.rpc1.org
Hi Guys
After a bit of research, I have found what may be a possible work-around if ever a firmware upgrade goes horribly pear shaped on your Lite-on burner.
#Please note: this process only works with Lite-on and Lite-on manufactured (OEM) drives and other drives featuring a MediaTek chipset. Overclock3d accepts no responsibility or warranty on this-use at your own risk. But if your firmware upgrade went South anyway, what have you got to lose?
Step 1.
Download mtkflash 1.83c from http://dhc014.rpc1.org/howto.htm#Download as well as the correct firmware for your drive.
The firmware should be a binary (BIN) file. You can find them at http://dhc014.rpc1.org/indexOEM.htm. Next, create a bootable floppy disk and copy these two files into the root directory.
Step 2.
Reboot your PC from the floppy disk and type "mtkflash # w /b /m firmware.bin" where #
'1' if the drive is Primary Master,
'2' if the drive is Primary Slave,
'3' if the drive is Secondary Master, or
'4' if the drive is Secondary Slave
It's essential to make sure that you have got this right, as choosing the wrong number could damage your PC's hard drive. In addition, firmware.bin must be replaced by the filename of the binary firmware file you downloaded for your drive. You may find that this may 'wake the dead drive up', but not get the motors or drive tray activated. If this is the case with your drive, there is an extra step, started by rebooting your PC back to Windows.
Step 3.
Download the Windows executable version of that same firmware and run it (try www.rpc1.org if you can't find it anywhere else). Follow the prompts and reboot again once the firmware flashing has completed. After rebooting, the drive should reactivate and work as before.
PV :wavey:
Some of the information for this guidewas gleaned from www.rpc1.org
