Bevo
Nah
+718|6780|Austin, Texas
This stuff is so over my head it's not even funny.

I have a bluray drive on my laptop, Optiarc BC-5600S. I was told that I needed to get a firmware upgrade to play some blu-ray DVDs on my laptop (some movies like pineapple express or watchmen don't work, whereas adventureland would). I went to the wonderful google machine and I got a lot of confusing feedback.

Now I went http://www.sony-optiarc.eu/supportservi … 5600s.html here to try and get firmware 1.03, ignored all the "check your version" stuff and just tried to run the EXE. It tells me it's incompatible and to check with the manufacturer to get a firmware upgrade between the two.

I then go to dell to see what they have, and I have 3 options of firmware to choose. 10AB, 107B, and 108B. When I try out the 10AB one, it tells me my current version is 107B. This is all gibberish to me. What do I do here? Halp!
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6966|67.222.138.85
soooo...why don't you try 108B?
Bevo
Nah
+718|6780|Austin, Texas

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

soooo...why don't you try 108B?
I dont know if thats the same version or a different version or model or i have no idea. I don't want to fuck stuff up here 'cause I read you can damage your drive if you flash it with the wrong stuff.
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6966|67.222.138.85
If it says your current "version" is x then I would assume they are all different versions of firmware for the same drive?
Bevo
Nah
+718|6780|Austin, Texas
Probably, but what's 10AB? Is it just hexicode?

Last edited by Bevo (2010-02-06 20:35:09)

Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6966|67.222.138.85
I would guess arbitrary proprietary before hex.
Bevo
Nah
+718|6780|Austin, Texas
Okay so I did that, and now I have no way of finding out if it worked because I don't have cyberlink power dvd anymore since the reformat. It doesn't appear to be on any of the CDs that came with my laptop either. FFFF.
Bevo
Nah
+718|6780|Austin, Texas
Got cyberlink from the dell sight, updated it....

still doesn't work. thinking about retrying that sony link for the 1.03 firmware after updating to 10AB (whatever the fuck that means.).

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