locked dvd-rom

I have a mate that has had his DVD-rom locked to region 1 movies after playing more than 5 times, is there a way to unlock it again and get it back to region 4, he has a samsung sd-616

He has formatted his pc twice and still no go, can it be unlocked again?

Dark Sith
 
The lock is in the DRIVE, not the PC

Not sure if RPC-1 (non-regioned) firmware hacks will work on an already locked drive
http://www.firmware.fr.st

Browse around, or join and ask - there are SEVERAL SD616 versions, so be sure to identify in more detail.

If non-regioned, you need a software solution or WINDOWS will lock it - try DVD Region killer from ELBY (free)
 
hey, nice that you bring this topic up. completely forgot about firmware updating. now I went to that site, and guess what, new hacked firmware for my toshi dvd was there, updated and works fine :).

any rpc 2 drive can be hacked to become rpc1. you just need hacked firmware. I already updated my tosh three times, and all dvds play fine (hollywood plus is cracked through software, dvd drive through firmware update)
 
This site
_www.videolan.org
has utilities which (I'm not sure) may allow playing regardless of region - they're really meant for LAN streaming tasks though

The other "don't care about regionlock" tool - at www.dvdidle.com
... well, I'd sooner do some tinkering than pay $39.99
 
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