In the past there have been many users who have had problems when it comes to flashing their drive under Windows (Drive-bricking, Windows freezes, etc.) so I have decided to program a DOS-based tool that automatically does the following:
- - Copying of the DVD-Drive Firmware
- - Spoofing/patching of the Firmware
- - Flashing the DVD-Drive with iXtreme
The Tool: XFlasher completes the entire Flash-Procedure. For this the original firmware as well as the the files iXtreme.bin, org.bin, key.bin, identify.bin, inquiry.bin or dummy.bin are placed in separate folders.
Note: Not all of the files mentioned above are created for every drive model. DVD drives from Lite-On, BenQ, and Samsung/Toshiba are supported. It is not possible to flash Hi-tachi drives under DOS at the moment, if this should change in the future then newer versions of Xflasher will most probably be released with the added support.
Essential Hardware
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1) A PC with SATA and COM Ports (a COM port is only necessary for Lite-On 74850C drives).
A PCI-SATA card also does the trick. Boards with VIA or INTEL chipsets are recommended
2) A USB-Boot-Stick with DOS and the content from the XFlasher 360 file
3) iXtreme firmware for Lite-On 74850C (ixLitV1.bin), Lite-On 83850c (ixLitV2.bin), BenQ- (ixBenQ.bin) and
Samsung/Toshiba (ixSam.bin) drives (gets copied to the firmware folder)
4) A RS232 converter for the Lite-On 74850C drive (i.e. 360 Xtractor Tool)
INSTALLATION:
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Warning: This will completely format your USB-drive!!!
1) Open the files "Install and format USB.bat" and select the drive letter of your USB-drive.
All required files will be copied to your USB-drive, this will make it bootable.
2) Boot your PC from the USB-drive.
History:
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ver 0.8
- Lite-On Lite-On 83850c support added
- directory structure changed
- added free-dos instead ms-dos
- updated english and german
- removed french support
- using DosFlash v1.8 for flashing
- using Firmtool v1.4 and liteTool 0.2 for spoofing/key-changing
- added support for Floppy-Disk
(now you can copy 1. hacked firmware file on disk)
- firmware filenames can be changed in "settings.ini"
ver 0.78
- iXtreme 1.6 repack
- changed firmware filenames
ver 0.77
- Bug fixing
- Fix for read DVD-Key
- Fix for erase BenQ and Samsung DVD-Rom
- Updated english and german How 2
ver 0.75
- Added option for read the DVD-Key several times
- Fix for read Samsung/BenQ DVD-ROM
- Added USB-formatting tool with DOS
- Added language menu at 1st start
- Added english language
- Added english How to
- Added french language
- Added french How to
- Bug fixing
- Fix for show correct ANSI-Fonts (German: like ‰ and ¸) under Dos
ver 0.71
- Open beta release
- Bug fixing
- Added logfile
ver 0.5
- Bug fixing
- Added Menu
- Added Flashing routines
ver 0.1
- Initial release
Thanks goes to:
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- c4eva for the iXtreme Firmware
- Geremia, Modfreakz and Kai Schtrom for DosFlash
- Caster420 for FirmTool
- Klutsh for liteTool
- hitman43, Arakon and MountieXXL for the translations and beta testing
And all i forgot
by Trancy.