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[gldntch]

Things are much clearer now....  Thanks Datenshiz.

so basically if you are doing this, (anyone can correct me if I'm worng) you need to make sure three things must be right.
1- Power cable to the dvd drive is inserted the correct way.  (If it feels like you need to force it in then you better look again and make sure it's the right way before you fry the drive).

2-  Make sure you use the RX cable and **not the VCC cable.

3- When using the proble or TX, make sure you place it in the correct hole and if not sure get yourself a 10K resister for a fool proof way.

[TheDemonIII]

i really like this idea, surprised it wasn't thought of sooner. i found an old dcu-11 cable from a sony ericsson phone. i plug it in and windows installs the drivers and gives it com3. pinout shows that it does have an rx. i already have yaywoops DYI tool, but i may end up trying this with a liteon soon. good work!

[Datenshiz]

QUOTE(gldntch @ Mar 8 2009, 03:52 AM)

Things are much clearer now....  Thanks Datenshiz.

so basically if you are doing this, (anyone can correct me if I'm worng) you need to make sure three things must be right.
1- Power cable to the dvd drive is inserted the correct way.  (If it feels like you need to force it in then you better look again and make sure it's the right way before you fry the drive).

2-  Make sure you use the RX cable and **not the VCC cable.

3- When using the proble or TX, make sure you place it in the correct hole and if not sure get yourself a 10K resister for a fool proof way.

1. There's a plastic line on the sides of the connector which only fits the dvdpower socket a specific way, its thicker on one side and the paths for these plastic lines are cut out perfectly on the socket. Its possible to force it in if you practically break it. Use a flashlight and study the connector and dvd power socket, it should be very easy to spot and understand.

2. Yes this is correct. VCC contains voltage from the USB port this would be dangerous. Using the wire labeled "TX" would not damage the drive just by touching the hole, but it wont work since the DVD-drive will transmit( TX channel ) the key. And your extractor need to Receive the key ( RX channel ).

3. "probe or tx"? the Probe is a device sold for use with the CK3 kit, its pretty much a needle which i used. just a pointy metal piece to stick down the hole a.k.a "TX" on dvd-drive. You probe the hole with this stick to connect to the TX channel and catch the transmitted key from the dvd-drive.




Btw. Trick to test your extractor connection is to connect its RX and TX together, open up Hyperterminal or Realterm and send a message through the COM device. The message should be looped back to your terminal which indicates a working TX and RX channel. This is a way to detect defect cables and not necessary to perform the flash.

[TheDemonIII]

ive noticed u guys talking about removing the dvd power cable and removing pin 3 like in yaywoops tutorial. i found a much simpler way to keep the drive half-open. while its powered on, if u push it in until the motor starts to pull it from u, and hold onto it, then pull it out and push it in again, it will stay halfway opened. hope this helps anyone who may need it =)

[Datenshiz]

QUOTE(TheDemonIII @ Mar 8 2009, 04:35 AM)

ive noticed u guys talking about removing the dvd power cable and removing pin 3 like in yaywoops tutorial. i found a much simpler way to keep the drive half-open. while its powered on, if u push it in until the motor starts to pull it from u, and hold onto it, then pull it out and push it in again, it will stay halfway opened. hope this helps anyone who may need it =)

Yeah I've read about that method but I've also read that it could damage the drive. whether its true or not i don't know so i just go with the pin3 method, its not hard =)

[gldntch]

Ok, I have been looking hard for this usb cable but I'm still not sure which cable would be the right one.  Can anyone point me in the right direction please.  Is it true that *any DKU-5 cable will work because some of them have six pins and other have like 13 I believe... Can anyone send me a link from maybe ebay showing the right cable.  Thanks in advance..

Also, instead of the needle, can I use the coaxile cable that goes into the tv?  I am pretty sure it would work but I know nothing about electricity so asking for confirmation I guess does not hurt.

Finally, I read the new Jungle Flasher guide and it looks like we may not need the pin3 trick to get dvd drive stuck half way.  What you do is eject the tray and then press the eject button again to close the tray but right away remove the power from the dvd to the mothrboard.  Wait about 10 seconds then plug the power back in and your tray will stay where it was which was probably half way in if you did it correctly.

[icustom]

Would this work?

 http://cgi.ebay.com/...Han...:1|294:50

It came with my Palm, and I have like 3 of those......

To make the probe I stick a needle in the TX point?

(So I take a needle and stick in the tx point on my drive, and on the usb data cable point)??

(Is there any soldering needed for making the probe)?

LMK!


EDIT: http://pinouts.ru/PD...50_pinout.shtml

Thats the "Layout"!

[seamonkeydo12]

does any one have the ca-45...i bought one and im having a hard time identifying which cable is rx; there are three cable connected to the circuit board.

Is there any way to test which cable is rx?? I just dont want to get the vcc cable and fry my dvd drive

[Gats666]

I was wondering since pinouts.ru says that pin 6 on the pop-port of the adapter is the Rx is it possible to break  the pop port instead and see what wires go where  I haven't received my cable yet so don't know how it looks under the plastic.

[buzz44]

QUOTE(seamonkeydo12 @ Mar 10 2009, 03:29 PM)

does any one have the ca-45...i bought one and im having a hard time identifying which cable is rx; there are three cable connected to the circuit board.

Is there any way to test which cable is rx?? I just dont want to get the vcc cable and fry my dvd drive

http://pinouts.ru/Ce...le_pinout.shtml

CA-42 and CA-45 are the same AFAIK, they just use a different phone plug model. Use the CA-42 diagram. I'll be picking up a CA-45 cable soon and trying this ^^.

Edit:

O yeah btw, I've been reading and it looks like this will only work in Windows XP as there are no drivers for Vista? Anyone found drivers for Vista or got it to work?

What about if I ran XP in VMWare?

[buzz44]

Been searching and it looks like the DKU-5 cable will NOT work in Vista. There are no drivers for it, and it's discontinued in the Nokia PC Suites.

Solution seems to be use an official CA-42 Nokia cable, I'm not sure if an un-official one will work, OR if a CA-45 cable will work, but I think the CA-45 should.

[pion]

anyone else tried this, does it really work?

Regards
pion

[Datenshiz]

Why would i lie? 2 people confirmed it so far.

[pion]

QUOTE(Datenshiz @ Mar 11 2009, 12:56 AM)

Why would i lie? 2 people confirmed it so far.

it just there isnt enough forum talks about it.
anyway i just bought a nokia cable you mention for £2.30.

Cant wait
Thanks Datenshiz

[Datenshiz]

QUOTE(strawsy @ Mar 11 2009, 01:31 AM)

Hey datenshiz can you take a look at this post(it's post #126) and look at the cable I posted. I want to see if that will work as well. Also how do you test the cables in hyperterminal to verify that they are working. This is the only thing holding me back right now.

Is that cable for a calculator? does it have an RX wire? if it does it might work.
To test the RX TX channels on your cable, connect them and then open Realterm, select whatever COM port thats your Extractor and send random text in the terminal. The same line of text should echo back in the terminal. if it does its working fine.