Need some help flashing a drive.

[Blane]

I just got and installed a new pioneer dvr-108. I'm trying to flash the drive with the 16x4all_beta1 firmware Using dvr-flash. After entering the the info for the drive in the command line I get "drive not supported by this utility". Is there any other way or app out there to flash this drive. Since it's a new drive maybe there isn't a way yet. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[VIPER_1069]

try DVRFLASH 2.0 get it here make sure as with before you edit the drive letter to your own drive

 

[LTR12101B]

Make sure you have it on a normal system IDE, many flash programs cannot handle alternative controllers - though a Raid controller usually has very poor optical drive compatibility anyway, as do many PCI card controllers.

Make sure that you don't mix 108 and A08XL firmware - the A08XL will probably identify as a 108 so that only one entry is needed in software - but if they play it the same way as with the 107, the XL is different internally, unlike most other OEM/Retail drives with only cosmetic differences if any.

 

[Blane]

YEAHHHHH, That DVRFLASH 2.0 did the job. Thanx Viper and LTR12101B. I have 2 pioneer dvr's and 2 lite-on 52x's on the ide and 2 hdd in raid on a pci card, so the flash worked fine. After I get some zzz's I'll let you guys know if the firmware worked. I got some imation 2x dvdr's laying around somewhere. Thanx again for the help.

 

[VIPER_1069]

@blane dont forget that all important word in the firmware there BETA so you may or may not get good results

 

[Blane]

You're right about that. I got no results at all. After the flash I tried to burn some 2x discs at 16x and the drive froze after the lead in. I had to revert to the original firmware to get it working again.

 

[VIPER_1069]

WELL LEAST you now have a swanky cool purple BEER COASTER lol


and you were brave enough to test a beta firmware

 

[Blane]

I'm either brave or stupid (there's a thin line between the two,lol). I didn't give up and flashed the drive with the newest firmware from pioneer (DVR108_FW110EU). Then re-flashed it with the beta firmware and added the intel application accelerator. After a few reboots (because all 4 drives disappeared from my system) I got it working. Using a RITEKG04 4x I burnt at 4x first, then a try at 12x. Check it out. 7:11 burn time. not bad.

I 16:10:50 DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.1.0 started!
I 16:10:50 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
I 16:10:50 Initialising SPTI...
I 16:10:50 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 16:11:00 Found 2 CD-RWs, 1 DVD-ROM, 1 DVD-RW and 1 DVD±RW!
I 16:11:44 Operation Started!
I 16:11:44 Source File: C:\isos\cons-shaunofthedead.img
I 16:11:44 Source File Sectors: 2,284,830 (MODE1/2048)
I 16:11:44 Source File Size: 4,679,331,840 bytes
I 16:11:44 Destination Device: [2:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.06 (G (ATAPI)
I 16:11:44 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKG04) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
I 16:11:44 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888
I 16:11:44 Write Mode: DVD
I 16:11:44 Write Speed: 4x
I 16:11:44 Test Mode: No
I 16:11:44 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 16:11:44 Filling Buffer...
I 16:11:45 Writing LeadIn...
I 16:12:18 Writing Image...
I 16:26:22 Synchronising Cache...
I 16:26:46 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:15:01
I 16:26:46 Average Write Rate: 5,420 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,606 KB/s (4.0x)
I 16:38:05 Operation Started!
I 16:38:05 Source File: C:\isos\aura-f911.img
I 16:38:05 Source File Sectors: 2,182,034 (MODE1/2048)
I 16:38:05 Source File Size: 4,468,805,632 bytes
I 16:38:05 Destination Device: [2:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 1.06 (G (ATAPI)
I 16:38:05 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: RITEKG04) (Speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x)
I 16:38:05 Destination Media Sectors: 2,298,496
I 16:38:05 Write Mode: DVD
I 16:38:05 Write Speed: 12x
I 16:38:05 Test Mode: No
I 16:38:05 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 16:38:06 Filling Buffer...
I 16:38:07 Writing LeadIn...
I 16:38:35 Writing Image...
I 16:44:57 Synchronising Cache...
I 16:45:17 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:11
I 16:45:17 Average Write Rate: 11,454 KB/s (8.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,669 KB/s (12.0x)

 

[PC-GUY]

I'd like to see some error scans on them at 12x.

 

[Blane]

I just did a cdcheck on the disc.

Info
- date: 9/9/2004
- process: Check
- source: D:\
- source volume label: FAHRENHEIT911

Basic statistics
- source bytes read: 4.16 GB (4,468,140,032 bytes)
- time elapsed: 00:19:32
- folders processed: 3
- files processed: 52

Average transfer rates [kB/s]
- overall: 3,721 (25X)
- source read: 3,722 (25X)
- source clean read: 3,735 (25X)

Errors
- errors: 0
- warnings: 0
- other: 0

 

[Blane]

And a disc compare to the img. on the hdd.

Info
- date: 9/9/2004
- process: Compare
- source: D:\
- source volume label: FAHRENHEIT911
- reference: H:\
- reference volume label: FAHRENHEIT911

Basic statistics
- source bytes read: 4.16 GB (4,468,140,032 bytes)
- reference bytes read: 4.16 GB (4,468,140,032 bytes)
- time elapsed: 00:19:32
- folders processed: 3
- files processed: 52

Average transfer rates [kB/s]
- overall: 3,721 (25X)
- source read: 3,768 (25X)
- source clean read: 3,782 (25X)
- reference read: 17,289
- reference clean read: 17,293

Errors
- errors: 0
- warnings: 0
- other: 0

 

[PC-GUY]

Blane what I should have said is K-Prob. By any chance can you check for PI and PIF errors? Thanks

 

[woody]

@Blane.The Intel Application Accelerator is known to cause problems with Dvdr hardware.Removing it sometimes helps.Just something to look at. I should add it to the dvd troubleshooting tutorial.

 

[Blane]

@PC-GUY, I thought that kprobe didn't work with pioneer drives.
@Woody, Yeah my system is messing up a bit. After another burn I'm going to remove it and also go back the the original pioneer firmware.