Flashing a Lite-On without CK3 or connectivity kit: is it possible?

Originally Posted by tnynyn

Dont think so..

BTW I built my own kit from radio shack:

(1) NPN Transistor - $.99
(1) pack of 10k Resistor - $.99
(1) pack of 1k Resistor - $.99
(1) Thread needle - free
(1) Db9 Female connector - free (chopped up a serial cable i had laying around)
(1) Instructions from xbox-scene - free
(1) modded lite-on drive - priceless

anyways all you need is to power your drive after the aquired part. you can use the xbox360, but I bought the xbox connector v2 for ~$18 on ebay (I got paranoid after hearing about MS being able to detect if you power your drive using the xbox)

Hi, can you link us to the instructions on xbox-scene? It seems none of us can find it. I'm interested in doing this. Also would you mind giving a little bit more insight on this process?

Originally Posted by Funkwheat

Hi, can you link us to the instructions on xbox-scene? It seems none of us can find it. I'm interested in doing this. Also would you mind giving a little bit more insight on this process?

I belive he is reffering to this.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=668247

I made my no solder usb liteon from the shematics .

Regards

polosolo

That's great, thanks! Did you buy your transistor, or harvest it from something else? I want to make sure it is the right kind...

Originally Posted by Funkwheat

That's great, thanks! Did you buy your transistor, or harvest it from something else? I want to make sure it is the right kind...

A more detailed Tut.

http://xbox-experts.com/e/tutorial.php?n=flashyourliteonf

Maplins m8

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32952&&source=14&doy=21m1

Trransistor
BC546 N57AC x1 = £0.12p

  http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=2162

Resistors
Min Res 10k M10K x1 = £0.15p
Min Res 1k M1K x1 = £0.15p = Total 42p to flash ur liteon .
You can salvage the other basic parts .

You could go the fully monty and splash out another £1.20 or so and grab a D-sub 9pin female but That`s stretching it .

I have tested mine in hyperterminal setting (com1 ,9600,8,none,1,none) and it works nps with loopback .
To test , bridge points 2+3 on serial com ,whatever you type on keyboard will show in hyper.
5v test, NO bridge, use spear probe on 5v source and watch all them funny characters appear in hyper = working .

I have every confidence this will extract and flash ,when I find the time that is .

Just make sure you connect the transistor correct .eg:C=live B=Spear E=GND and have a read GOOD READ
of that thread for a better understanding before you Apply this method .

Note the points on the Transistor via the .pdf ,As this is where most peeps
go wrong.


Probs to Author: yaywoop for this ingenious gizzmo .

Regards

polosolo

Originally Posted by polosolo

A more detailed Tut.

http://xbox-experts.com/e/tutorial.php?n=flashyourliteonf

Maplins m8

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=32952&&source=14&doy=21m1

Trransistor
BC546 N57AC x1 = £0.12p

  http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=2162

Resistors
Min Res 10k M10K x1 = £0.15p
Min Res 1k M1K x1 = £0.15p = Total 42p to flash ur liteon .
You can salvage the other basic parts .

You could go the fully monty and splash out another £1.20 or so and grab a D-sub 9pin female but That`s stretching it .

I have tested mine in hyperterminal setting (com1 ,9600,8,none,1,none) and it works nps with loopback .
To test , bridge points 2+3 on serial com ,whatever you type on keyboard will show in hyper.
5v test, NO bridge, use spear probe on 5v source and watch all them funny characters appear in hyper = working .

I have every confidence this will extract and flash ,when I find the time that is .

Just make sure you connect the transistor correct .eg:C=live B=Spear E=GND and have a read GOOD READ
of that thread for a better understanding before you Apply this method .


Probs to Author: yaywoop for this ingenious gizzmo .

Regards

polosolo

Thanks for this. Really handy.

Thanks to both of you! This is great info, and I look forward to giving this a shot tonight or this weekend if I don't get a chance.

FYI, I built that device yesterday and was able to extract my key and flash my Lite-On succesfully! (For free, and without waiting for parts!)

I had a few resistors kickin around, and I used a transistor that I tore out of an old broken power supply in my basement. I also already had a female DB9 from an old project, and used a multimeter probe as the "probe/spear"

The device took about ten minutes to make, and cost me 0 dollars. I may take some photos of this lovely ghetto macgyver contraption later on. =P

If anyone with any very basic electronic skills is interested in flashing their liteon, I highly recommend it!

i have bought this kit here!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Connectivity-Kit...item35a2fdbb74

and the usb connection doesn't work. My pc doesn't even regorgnise it.
I want to flash a lite on drive and have made a self made neadle like this:



but i have no com port to use for the key extraction what does i need now?

nothing work's that i tryed to extract the damn key!

you need to have a connection for the rs232 on the rear of your pc.the connection at the side where you got the power into the kit i think that is a connection for the rs232 i think.

the lite does not have support on it for usb where the ck3 pro has a small usb port onboard for a usb lead.but,the ck3 pro has a rs232 connection on it to wire it to the rs232 on the rear of the pc.so now you need a connection for that wire to the pc.
http://www.modchip.ca/store/files/images/t_16570.jpg

if you dont have that wire you dont have the full kit.

ok thanks saleem i see what im going to do!