Topic: Seeing As The 0225 'pro Kit' Is No Longer Being Manufactured. (Read 91 times)

OggyUK · « **on:** July 16, 2011, 12:22:00 PM »

Well, as it's now sold out and some might not want to pay £40/$60 for a PCB, this "may" be a cheaper alternative.

I don't know where is good to source parts, or how viable, I haven't researched it, I don't really care.

However;

I'm almost certain the MTK found in the liteon etdu108 (£17.50 delivered from some webstores) and an MXIC from a dead BenQ or other source (can't be too expensive)

Replace the MTK (no epoxy on the liteon etdu108)

Wire in the Flash chip externally -

Sadly, I don't know the pins the spi is tied to internally so it can be replicated externally ,maybe someone with the PCB or who has decapped it / knows can tell you

You should then have made your own "pro kit"

Again, I haven't tried it, but the "new" JF (v185, currently unreleased) should be able to WP it.

If you need to write to it again, just disconnect the WP pin.

zyo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2011, 04:10:00 PM »

I guess crossflashing (which is quite common on liteon/mtk dvd drives) might be the way to go once those PCB boards are exhausted.

boneym · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »

QUOTE(zyo @ Jul 18 2011, 11:10 PM)

I guess crossflashing (which is quite common on liteon/mtk dvd drives) might be the way to go once those PCB boards are exhausted.

crossflashing with what exactly?
The only drives/pcbs compatible are 9504/0272,
which are becoming very hard to find, certainly not available in mass numbers, and could be locked by ms,
IF ms choose to send the lock command.

OggyUK · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2011, 04:45:00 PM »

Wiring in the external flash works, I just cant tell you the pins used to do so.

uN0pEn · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2011, 10:32:00 PM »

CeNTauR2, This might help. Pinout by MODFREAKZ

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OggyUK · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2011, 11:17:00 PM »

Wp# is 36

Vcc is 73 I think, just woke up.but I also think that pin (or whatever vcc is) is shared.

OggyUK · « **Reply #6 on:** July 27, 2011, 02:55:00 PM »

You think i didnt know that alreqdy?

It was my 1339 that booted the first 0225 backup

The liteon mentioned above shoild.reveal what pins it needs tied to. again, i really dont care.

CeNTauR2 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 27, 2011, 03:04:00 PM »

Hi Oggy ,

well, it doesn't come as big a suprise that you already know this.

Just a shame that all my pro kits seem to be faulty. When soldering in one of the
pro kit MTKs I just get status 0x80. When replacing with a 1339E or the original 1335WE
again I get 0x72 again.

So clearly the pro kits seem to be faulty or is there any kind of trick to them=

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