GUIDE FOR FLASHING FIRMWARE (DVD ROM/CD/Burners)

Seen Quite a few people asking for this lately so decided to post it as a new topic....

In case of DVD Roms use all ur 5 region changing options and only when they r exhausted try for RPC1 firmware flash.

Do such things when its absolutely needed

Drives compatible with MtkWinFlash/Mtkflash.. Mediatek chipset
SONY
LITEON
LG
SAMSUNG
there r more but these Drives r common in INDIA

here is the link to mtkwinflash

Code:

http://home.t-online.de/home/theo-pia/Downloads/MtkWinFlash.ace

PROCEDURE FOR WINDOWS

Make sure the drive is empty(no media is present) bfore flashing...

1# Run MtkwinFlash
2# U can use the ATAPI mode or the IDE mode. If u are sure as to the
where u Drive to be flashed is use the IDE mode..Else I wud recommend using the ATAPI mode...

ATAPI MODE

here simply select the Target drive and source firmware file and FLASH the Drive

IDE MODE(USE THIS METHOD WITH CAUTION)

IDE port 1 = Primary Master (Generally HDD)
IDE port 2 = Primary Slave
IDE port 3 = Secondary Master (generally Burner)
IDE port 4 = Secondary slave (generally CDROM/DVDROM)

Here too simply select the target and firmware and flash it

Try and avoid multitasking when doing sensitive things like flashing or best use dos for all ur flashing needs..

PROCEDURE FOR DOS FLASHING

Make sure the drive is empty(no media is present) bfore flashing...

Download MtkFlsh(DOS) from here

Code:

http://www.freewebs.com/izzner/Mtkflash.exe

#1 Rename Mtkflash.exe to Mtkfl.exe
#2 Make a bootable floppy.
#3 Copy mtkfl.exe on to the floppy.
#4 Copy new firmware or modded RP1 firmware onto different good floppy(do this as there might not be space on Win98 floppy if used).
#5 Boot using the Floppy(configure ur bios if required to boot directly to the floppy.DO NOT LOAD ANY CDROM SUPPORT if using WIN98 Boot Disk)

#6 Keep an eye while booting for ur RAM DRiVE and note its Drive letter.

#7 Upon reaching the C:\ prompt ..type "copy A:\mtkfl.exe %RAMD%:\mtkfl.exe

#8 Similarily copy ur new firmware or RPC1 firmware to the ram drive or "%RAMD%"

#9 Now go to ur Ramdrive prompt..(Remember the drive letter I told u to note previously) and type: "mtkfl x w firmwarename.hex" with out the quotes( sustitute .hex with .bin if required and replace "x" with the followin no's
1 for Flashing Primary master
2 for Flashing Primary Slave
3 for Flashing Secondary Master
4 for Flashing Secondary Slave
..genrally optical drives are setup on Secondary channel)

#10 It will take a few secs(abt 10 secs or less) saying....

Quote:

Identifying flash type Updating.... Bank0 Bank1 Bank2 ..... Bank8 Update succesfull please Restart you PC(or somethin like that) Simply Restart.

Congrats u just had a successfull flash.... .

Now the Bad part....
If something goes wrong(UPS failed/Windoz froze etc... then the next Tutotial is for getting ur drive back from the dead.

EDIT: Spellin Mistakes

Source: Digit Forum

Windows Registry

Now I am going to briefly describe how to edit the registry through the Registry files and DOS.

Editing and .reg files
Windows Registry can be edited easily by the registry explorer provided by the Microsoft but the best way to edit registry is by making the registry files or .reg files as they are very helpful when you need to edit registry on some remote system.

SYNTAX:
RegistryEditorVersion (version 6 in Vista and 5 in XP sp2)

[Path of the registry root\key]

“Name of the key (data holder)”=DATATYPE: VALUE


The Header of the file is the Windows Registry Editor version. This is a very important part of a .reg files as it defines the executable limits related to the various Windows version. For example if you have written RegistryEditorVersion6 , then the registry file will not run on Windows XP and other earlier versions of Windows whereas if you write RegistryEditorVersion5 , then the registry file will run smoothly of all the versions of Windows except Windows 95 & 98.

The second line is to specify the path of the root\key. It’s very important to keep in mind that the registry path of different versions of Windows differ from each other and hence you should keep in mind the registry path structure while making the registry file.

The third line holds the name of the key or the data holder inside the “” and the DATAVALUE (binary, string, Dword etc.) followed by the value which is to be assigned to the key. When you are assigning a string value, then it’s not important to specify the data type and directly writing the value inside the “” will do the job. Put a “-“or hyphen after the = to delete the key.

Using the above syntax you can easily create a .reg file. I would suggest you to start playing with them as it would help you to understand editing of registry through registry files and you might learn something new!!!!


Editing and the Command Prompt:
All the windows versions are provided with Command Prompt. Windows Vista and Windows XP, both are provided with 2 command prompts, CMD.EXE and COMMAND.COM. Both are a little bit different from each other (especially version) but both can edit the Windows Registry smoothly.
The best way to learn editing registry through Command prompt is through HELP command.
Open Command Prompt and type:
Reg/?
And you will be presented with the following:
REG Operation [Parameter List]

Operation [ QUERY | ADD | Delete | Copy |
SAVE | LAOD | UNLOAD| RESTORE|
COMPARE | EXPORT | IMPORT | FLAGS ]

Return Code: (Except for REG COMPARE)

0 - Successful
1 – Failed
For help on a specific operation type:

REG OPERATION /?
Examples:
REG ADD
REG COMPARE
REG COPY
REG DELETE
REG EXPORT
REG IMPORT
REG LOAD
REG QUERY
REG RESTORE
REG SAVE
REG UNLOAD
RED FLAGS

While using Command Prompt, you can even edit the registry of a remote system. In this case you will have to include the computer name before the path of the root\key.

SYNTAX: REG QUERY \\computername\pathtosubkey

Editing Registry through Command prompt is a lot difficult and complex and editing through .reg files. The only benefit is that you can use it for troubleshooting your registry or when you have no other means of editing the registry.

According to MICROSOFT, the above registry editing techniques apply to the following windows version:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems
Microsoft Windows XP Professional for Itanium-based systems
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista all version’s