Seeing As The 0225 'pro Kit' Is No Longer Being Manufactured., I figured this could help some..... Options

[OggyUK]

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.

[CeNTauR2]

Hi Oggy,

I tried this 3 weeks ago already. I took a MTK 1339E chip and swapped it into a 0225 board.
As the 1339E has an external SPI flash, I wired it to the same spot the TX SPI WP board goes
to with the four quicksolder connectors.

Well, the drive gives me status 0x72 when sending a Phat Intro Device. But it won't recognize
the SPI correctly.

But, I think this will be the way to go if no other solution comes up. You can salvage these MTK
chips easily from different common PC DVD ROMs.

I will try connecting a TX SPI board from one of my pro kits tomorrow to see if this SPI will
be recognized

[zyo]

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]

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]

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

[uN0pEn]

CeNTauR2, This might help. Pinout by MODFREAKZ

[OggyUK]

Wp# is 36

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

[CeNTauR2]

Using one of the Team Xecuter SPI Addon boards from the Pro Modder Kits works like a charm.
So, the chips in the Pro Kits are simply 1339E.

BTW: you can use external Winbond and MX SPI chips on the addon boards, both work.

[OggyUK]

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]

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=