Samsung DVD-ROM, It has locked to R2, How do I make it code free?

JohnS · 01-07-2001, 5:15 PM

this http://www.firmware.fr.st/ is the place to get frimware upgrades to unlock DVD rom drives but i think you may be out of luck as not all of the Samsung drives have been sorted yet

**Phil Hinton** · 01-07-2001, 11:28 PM

Well not being very computer literate i didnt realise that i could only change the code on the region setting 4 times and now the thing has locked on R2.

So looking around i downloaded DVD Genie to no avail, the thing needs the firmware changed. I thought i had found what was needed to change the firmware, but after downloading i had no idea how to implement it.

Any one had any similar problems and can advise. The DVD-ROM is a Samsung SD612 with firmware st04.

Any help is welcomed.

Cheers
Phil.

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Gary Lightfoot · 02-07-2001, 6:15 PM

I've seen DVD roms going for £38 now, so you could just buy another one (if you've got the room/connections to do it) and have two DVDs in your PC - one for R1, and the other for R2.

I've seen this set-up, and it works. I can find the guy who sis this if you want to see how he did it, and if there were any problems.

Gary.