Hitachi 47d Firmware Verification?

[Baldrick82]

I've recently flashed my Hitachi 47d Drive with the OPA Xtreme v2.1 7in1 Firmware and was wondering if there was any way that I cold test to make sure that the hack has been successful before I start backing up my games, as I'm sure I saw the word 'fail' as the cmd-prompt lines flew by :(

Everything appears to be fine all my original games play but I remember reading that if the update encounters problems it will put the original firmware back on.

I've heard about 'Keygen v0.52' and it sounds like it would do what I want but I thought that I'd check before using it :confused:

Thanx.

[frosty0705]

i quite regularly get a failed somewhere along the way with the hitachis but as long as it tests out 100% at the end then it should be ok. Sometimes i will go back and restore the original firmware then reflash it. usually it shows no fails on the second or third try, but i have found that the fails dont really matter that much to the performance of backed up games as long as they are burnt on decent media with a good writer.

[Baldrick82]

Yeh I got the 100% pass thing at the end.

I'm going to try and make a backup using the Wx360 method. I've got a Pioneer 111D with the 1.19 firmware on it.
So it looks like i'm all good to go.

Thanks Guys :)

[Baldrick82]

Need a little more help guys :(

I was going to try backing up my copy of Ghost Recon to see if the drive flash had been successful, when one of my mates said that he'd do it for me (saves me the effort!!)
I got the backup and the original back yesterday and it doesn’t work. Turns out that my mate has a Samsung 360 and didn't realise that mine was different!

Is there anything that I can do to the Backup that was made for the Samsung to make it work on my Hitachi??
Would copying it using the CloneCD method work, or is there something inherently different about the why the disk is written for a Samsung?

Thanx ;)

[Baldrick82]

He says that it works on his 360.

It was Burned with a NEC burner on Verbatim 2.4x DL.

I've just made a straight copy of the disk using CloneCD to rip, and burned onto Datawrite Titanium DL 2.4x using a Pioneer 111D with 1.19 Firmware (from the Dangerous Brothers)
Getting the same error as before, 'Dirty or Scratched disk.. etc' :confused:

[hanz]

This sounds like a booktype error.

If you have Dvd Decrypter, put your backup in your drive and set the program to ISO read via the Mode option and check for:

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded)

If the booktype says DVD+R DL, then the backup will not work. It has to be DVD-ROM for it to boot.

If the backup was made on a NEC burner, the burner will not set the booktype to DVD-ROM, as you need a separate program to do it, yet with Pioneer A09 and above, it will set the booktype to DVD-ROM automatically when using + DL discs.

[saleem]

hanz pioneer automaticly set dvd-rom,wouldnt even matter if he was copying a game that was set as dvd+rdl.

datawrite titaniums were crap even as dvd-r so the logical assumption is them dvd+rdl are crap!

get verbatim.best disc for hitachi,best disc full stop!

if your in uk then try svp.co.uk they can be delivered royal mail 2 days after you ordered them for just over £17.i used traxdata gold just 2 discs and they boot direct.and i got a 10 pack of tuffdisc today for £15 next day delivery from the svp.there was an unofficial strike last week and into this week so the verbatim i ordered last week wednesday only got here thursday this week.so i ordered tuffdisc cos they was a bit cheaper,thursday like 1am in morn so i had discs and they came today.

i got hitchi 47d flashed with xtreme v1.1 all the games i got boot direct.burned with pioneer 111d firmware 1.19.
:)

[Baldrick82]

Bit Strange-
The Book Type for both the Backups is set to DVD +R DL when read through DVD decrypted.

Would you happen to know how I could solve this??

[saleem]

if that firmware you got is 1.19 then its a load of poop.this pioneer i got was factory.and i reburned tuffdisc backups that were burned on an lg with no booksetting and they reburned on the pioneer with no probs.

i'm sure i've seen in places people saying that these firmwares you can use to,arnt working all the time.try dvdinfopro.install it and make sure you pioneer is selected in the bottom left.all the details for it will popup on the right(you can look there to see if you have got fw1.19)click on the +rw icon on top and then a box opens up in the middle.highlight the dvd-rom radio button and click the box's on the right and you will see it change on the left from dvd+rw to dvd-rom.then close it.the booksetting for the pioneer will be dvd-rom then

then post what happens.in dvdinfopro and what it says your firmware actualy is.

when you reboot your pc you will have to do the settings all again cos it gos back to its default.

are you sure that the game he supplied you is working full stop,never mind how he burned it.and is it the right region.

failing this you got a bad flash.

there is noone out there that can tell me that a game burned dvd+rdl then copied on a pioneer that it dont work cos i did quite a few of them.on the fly with clonecd.and they worked no probs.even if you did it pioneer to read back to same source the one that wasnt bookset is only being read but the pioneer burns it back with dvd-rom setting!

USE CLONECD TO BURN THE IMAGE TO HDD,THEN BURN IT BACK WITH THE PIONEER!SELECT THE .DVD TO BURN
:)

[Baldrick82]

I've attached some screen shots of DVDinfo.

I tried to follow what you said but when I click the +RW button I get the error message that is in the second pic.

I've seen the game running on his machine so I know that it is a working copy.

It sounds like you (saleem) have done exactly what i'm trying to do and it works, which is brilliant news just wich I could work out whats wrong with mine :(

[saleem]

just ditch them titanium discs,i had a load of dvd-r and they dint work,was lucky to get one recognised in my burner.thats why they was free!

thats what i get with the 111d i got here thats because dvdinfopro is trying to set the booksetting to dvd-rom when it is already set.

if you change them and they still dont work after one burn,thats a bad flash.reflash it.i got the 47d orig.bin so if you pm me i can sort it.and try the xtreme v1.1 i did mine with and i guarantee it runs wickedly.direct boot.pm me!

CHECK YOU MESSAGES!
;-)

[Baldrick82]

Thanks guys for all the help, look like I need some different media and possible a new flash for my 360.

I'll get the order for the media in and give it ago when it arrives :D

[saleem]

check your messages again.
:)

[hanz]

[QUOTE=saleem]hanz pioneer automaticly set dvd-rom (I know this and mentioned it in my post. ),wouldnt even matter if he was copying a game that was set as dvd+rdl. Yes, but it would have to be set to DVD-ROM in order to boot on his Hitachi drive.

[hanz]

Bit Strange-
The Book Type for both the Backups is set to DVD +R DL when read through DVD decrypted.

Would you happen to know how I could solve this??


That is why they wont boot. DVD-ROM booktype is needed to work on Hitachi's. Samsungs its okay, due to the latest Fw release that allows non or partial booked typed media.

[saleem]

[QUOTE=saleem]hanz pioneer automaticly set dvd-rom (I know this and mentioned it in my post. ),wouldnt even matter if he was copying a game that was set as dvd+rdl. Yes, but it would have to be set to DVD-ROM in order to boot on his Hitachi drive.

then it gos back again.the pioneer automaticaly sets bisetting of dvd-rom!it does not matter that the disc he's COPYING off is booked marked dvd+rdl!he is taking a copy OFF the dvd+rdl,hes BURNING dvd-rom.its already bookmarked.its them titanium discs.if he burns the dvd+rdl burned ones to image,the image is not bookmarked!its an image,then burns it back with pioneer its set to dvd-rom.

you cant even bookmark pioneer in dvdinfopro,like 1,000's of people will tell you pioneer automaticaly sets the bookmark for dvd+rdl's to dvd-rom.why pioneer would accept the bookmark of dvd-rom in a prog,say like nero i do not know.thats probably just at the prog.but even if the prog wasnt set to dvd-rom it is still going to burn dvd-rom on the pioneer regardless.i burned dvd+rdl bookmarked games to dvd again with pioneer and they worked perfect.

i got factory firmware and i am sure that peoples had probs with that firmware upgrade he's using.but,that might be down to the media again.

why it even shows as a dvd+rdl bisetting in dvddecrypter or whatever i aint got a clue.if the pioneer set dvd-rom regardless it still should show as dvd-rom.like the firmwares screwed.mind you saying that based upon my experiences with titanium dvd-r they are a bag of s**t.some discs wouldnt even be recognised,and crashed during burns or returned cyclic redundancy errors galore.

what i am trying to get at is the point i'm making.

NO MATTER WHAT DVD+RDL ARE BURNED IN THAT PIONEER THEY WILL ALWAYS BURN DVD-ROM.bar there being a media/firmware related problem.
:)