CD-RW/DVD-ROM/Combo drives

I currently recommend Starting with a slightly older version, 1.55. If you have problems then give the latest version, 1.80.1, a try. Also try moving the drive around on your IDE channels, Secondary Slave seems to work best, especially with really old versions and fairly old hardware.

DVD Writers

Use at least mtkflash 1.69

If nothing seems to work, then double check that your drive is compatible with mtkflash, or try flashing the drive in another computer.

Download mtkflash-jeśli masz problemy ze ściągnięciem kliknij tu:

wersja 1.55   -1.69   -1.80.1

1. Create a boot disk or a boot CD. Or download one from >NIL's PioneerDVD Page

2. Download a version of mtkflash from below (See Recommended Version)

3. Extract mtkflash to an easy to access directory such as "C:\firm"

4. Restart your computer with your boot disk/CD in the proper drive and navigate to your folder with mtkflash, "C:\firm". Only minimal boot is necessary, you do not need to boot with CD-ROM support as you will not be reading any discs with the drive. Most boot disks will not allow support for Hard Drives partitioned with NTFS.

5. Type the command now to backup your firmware: "mtkflash # r /b /m filename.bin"

   You must replace '#' with one of the following:

1. '1' if the drive is Primary Master,

2. '2' if the drive is Primary Slave,

3. '3' if the drive is Secondary Master, or

4. '4' if the drive is Secondary Slave

1. Create a boot disk or a boot CD. Or download one from >NIL's PioneerDVD Page

2. Download a version of mtkflash from below (See Recommended Version)

3. Extract mtkflash to an easy to access directory such as "C:\firm"

4. Restart your computer with your boot disk/CD in the proper drive and navigate to your folder with mtkflash, "C:\firm". Only minimal boot is necessary, you do not need to boot with CD-ROM support as you will not be reading any discs with the drive. Most boot disks will not allow support for Hard Drives partitioned with NTFS.

5. Type the command now to backup your firmware: "mtkflash # w /b filename.bin"

   You must replace '#' with one of the following:

1. '1' if the drive is Primary Master,

2. '2' if the drive is Primary Slave,

3. '3' if the drive is Secondary Master, or

4. '4' if the drive is Secondary Slave

- 1.09

- 1.10

- 1.11

- 1.19

- 1.21

- 1.24

- 1.25

- 1.30a

- 1.30

- 1.38

- 1.46

- 1.48

- 1.51

- 1.55

- 1.61

- 1.62

- 1.69

- May be the first version to work with some DVD RW drives

- New Flash Download Time feature

- 1.80

- Fixes some bugs that previous versions may have had with DVD RW drives.

- 1.80.1

- Notice that the default mode is now binary instead of hex. The '/b' flag is not necessary with this version! "mtkflash # r filename.bin" should be sufficient.