5005 firmware

[garretrevels]

i just got my liteon 5005
i am looking to get the right firmware for it
the word on the street is their are hacked versions
that get rid of the macro protection


what is the best firmware fo rthis machine

thanks

[solidsnake]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=251321

guitarman can help you out with that if he shows up, theres a link to his hacked firmware site on that page I linked.
But what I did was download whatever firmware I needed from the official www.liteonit.com website, you have to input your serial number and date of manufacture and it will give you the firmware you need. then on guitarmans page, theres a program that automatically hacks it for you.

[SCDVD]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=251321

guitarman can help you out with that if he shows up, theres a link to his hacked firmware site on that page I linked.
But what I did was download whatever firmware I needed from the official www.liteonit.com website, you have to input your serial number and date of manufacture and it will give you the firmware you need. then on guitarmans page, theres a program that automatically hacks it for you.

I installed this on my 5005 and it works great. It gets rid of Microvision and also adds a 3-hour recording mode which is nice to have also.

[garretrevels]

thanks!!!

im about to try it

but at the liteon website i got a

system firmware update
&
drive firmware update

do i run the 2 of them through guitarmans hacker

or do i even install both?

thanks again

[SCDVD]

thanks!!!

im about to try it

but at the liteon website i got a

system firmware update
&
drive firmware update

do i run the 2 of them through guitarmans hacker

or do i even install both?

thanks again

Make sure you are on the correct part of LiteOn's site. You are looking for the 5005 firmware. It's this that you run through the hacker software. It will then store the hacked version in a directory underneath the one where you have the orginal file. Be carful to use the one that has been hacked, not the original.

[garretrevels]

http://www.liteonit.com/DC/english/download/download1.asp

here is where i went

it has 2 firmware updates a system update and a drive update

which one do i use
i assume its the system one
but im not sure

[SCDVD]

There is only one file to download. You select the one at the bottom based on your serial number structure. It will be like only one of the choices that you see. At the next screen after you click on the one that matches your serial number structure, you will be asked to enter the serial number before the download starts.

[garretrevels]

yeah i know but i do put in my sn it takes me to a page with the .zip files

here



Download WinRAR 3.42 Download WinZIP 9.0

After download the firmware from our web site, please use CD burnning software to make the update disc.
Also refer to the demonstration links below.

1. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the tray after power on. Place the disc contains
the update image on the tray and press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray.

2. After system mounts the disc and the update image can be recognized by system.
You will see the dialog as blow.



3. Press ENTER. System will start to update the system firmware. Or you can move the focus to "Cancel" and press ENTER to cancel the update process. If you choose to cancel the update process, system will tray out automatically.

4. After update process is completed, system will tray and you will see the message as blow. Please remove the disc on the tray and power off the system.



Please download this file for system update: LNFA1098.ES5.0102.184x.zip

After system firmware upgrade (if any), please download this file for drive firmware update: LNFA1000.E30.0102.184x.zip

Please note that update system firmware should be done first before you update drive firmware.
This is to prevent some drive update issues.




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[garretrevels]

i just did the system one (i hope thats right)
it worked fine thanks guys!!

[solidsnake]

I got two files as well, in fact I asked a long time ago which one to install or whatever somewhere on these boards, I'll look later tonight. But from what I remember, the system update is the only one that was hackable. Use the program on guitarmans that hacks it automatically, install the hacked system update, be sure to remember to use the hacked one, it will be saved somewhere on your harddrive. Then after you install that into your dvd recorder, install the official drive firmware. It wont overwrite your new hacked features or anything.

[garretrevels]

thanks