Comments on: Obtaining EEprom Bios Firmware For Deadflashed LG GDR8163B DVD-ROM Drive

By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:21:55 +0000

In reply to Michael.

Yes of course!, if you still need it I can give it to you through and with the help of Jestine to share contact information.

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 13 May 2022 12:41:56 +0000

Great article, this is exactly what I am looking for. I am in need of this firmware file could you possibly make it available for download.

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By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:06:11 +0000

In reply to Waleed Rishmawi.

Very much informative lesson well learnt.

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By: ulises aguilar

ulises aguilar — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 21:09:25 +0000

grate information sir

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By: Lynn Blakely

Lynn Blakely — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:12:51 +0000

Albert that was a very detailed explanation of a rather challenging repair process. Your experience has taught you well. It is interesting to me as I have only replaced an e prom in only one panasonic vcr to make it operational again.

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By: Carlo Alberto Birocco

Carlo Alberto Birocco — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 10:43:25 +0000

Impressive job! Congratulations for Your skills!
Cheers

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 05:00:58 +0000

In reply to Anwar Y Shiekh.

Thanks Anwar! Hope the article helped you to fix any of your devices too.

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 08:48:31 +0000

In reply to Paul.

Thank you Paul. I sure will try to maintain this level of experience in future article(s).

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 23:00:33 +0000

In reply to Yogesh Panchal.

I believe it does and probably also with external adapter boards.
But the eeproms used here were just 5V. And if not mostly just 3.3V.
The in the article mentioned wider pins DIP TSOP adapter board was originally intended for the RT809H NAND programmer where it fits in its wider and larger programmer socket. And the RT809H surely is a multi programming voltage programmer. Also with special adapter boards if needed.

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By: Albert van Bemmelen

Albert van Bemmelen — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 22:47:19 +0000

In reply to Mihai.

That is true Mihai. Of course I already tried that. Sadly just extracting all files won't help because as said the file we need is sort of invisible packed with a bootloader so it kind of autoflashes the eeprom. And we do not know the address where this loaderprogram stops and our wanted eeprom data starts. Therefore we need that exact bin/hex file to program our eeprom externally in a (universal) programmer. And LG probably doesn't care about restoring old dvd-rom drives and instead of giving good service rather just sells new drives.

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