*updated

Since the announcement of C4Evas iXtreme Burner Max FW I thought I would start a thread about the re-badged iHASx24 B drives.

Less popular drives may have a better chance of still being revision B, rather than C too.


Confirmed iHASx24 B re-badges
(thanks to Exobex for 1270i and PX-L890SA)

Asus

DRW-24B3LT (newer drives may be C revision?, unconfirmed)
DRW-24B3ST (newer drives may be C revision?, unconfirmed)
DRW-24B1LT (A and C revisions also exist)
DRW-24B1ST (A and C revisions also exist)

Easy way to tell DRW-24B1ST/LT drives apart:
Stock firmware 1.03 = A
Stock firmware 1.04 = B
Stock firmware 1.05 = C

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)

DVD 1270i [HP DVD1270d=MTK (confirmed) both A and B versions exist (confirmed), HP DVD1270r= NEC Y series (confirmed)
DVD 1260i [HP DVD1260t=MTK B version (confirmed) A version (unconfirmed) HP DVD1260r = NEC Y series (confirmed)

Lite-On

iHAS 122 (A revision also exists, C revision unconfirmed)
iHAS 322 (A revision also exists, C revision unconfirmed)

Lite-On OEM (found in Dell/Emachines PCs, and maybe other OEM PCs?)
Thanks to Nitroxeno and Takashi for these

PLDS DH-16ABS/ PLDS DH-16ABSH11B

PLEXTOR

PX-L890SA (confirmed)

Teac

DV-W524GS (A version also exists, newer may be C revision?, unconfirmed)


Possible? (Unconfirmed) iHASx24 B re-badges


MSI

DH-24AS (A and C revisions may also exist)

Memorex

MRX-550L (A revision known to exist, newer may be B and/or C?)


Crossflashing any re-badged iHASx24 B to Lite-On firmware (Thanks to Spark for procedure) (Thanks to Exobex for additional info)

Utilities and Lite-On iHASx24 B firmware can be found here:
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/

Flash version based on your drives feature set

iHAS124 = baseline model
iHAS224 = 124 + LightScribe
iHAS324 = 124 + SmartErase
iHAS424 = 124 + LightScribe + SmartErase (or = 224 + SmartErase)
iHAS524 = 124 + LabelTag + SmartErase
iHAS624 = 124 + LabelTag + LightScribe + SmartErase (or = 524 + LightScribe)

SmartErase should work on any drive, ex. if you have iHAS124 drive, iHAS324 firmware should work.

Also some have reported success crossflashing non LabelTag drives with LabelTag firmware and using LabelTag, YMMV

Process is:

1. Launch EEPROM utility and backup EEPROM.
2. Launch Firmware utility and Read Flash.

With the above steps, these dumps will be needed if you ever need to return the drive to stock for warranted repair etc so it's a good idea to make 2 dumps just to be sure.

3. Launch Firmware Utility and make sure Update Boot Code is checked (optional, but recommended)
4. Flash the drive using the Firmware utility selecting the exe file. (note: unscrabbled c0deguys firmware is required)
5. Run the EEPROM utility and launch the Convert option. This will finalize the cross flash process.
6. Once this has completed successfully, power cycle the drive.
7. The drive will now be recognized as an iHASx24 B model and the process is now complete.

Once the drive is cross flashed with c0deguys firmware, you should be able to use official Lite-On firmware updates if you wish

crossflashed my ASUS DRW-24B1ST manufactured february 2010 to ihas324 and it ended up being chipset A

They didn't start making them with the B chips until last Summer, something which has been widely documented over the last 24 hours or so.

cool that should make it easier for people to know then

Hi i have a question.

Some people have stated DVR-219LBK is also compatible?

I have tried it but get an error saying ERROR READING EEEPROM FROM THE DRIVE?

Also the flash utility shows status 8002 and i cant backup or read?

I take it this drive is not compatible after all?

so anyone did cross flash the Asus DRW-24B3ST??
and can confirm that it is stable

I been running a crossflashed drive for a year but mine is a -A drive but the modifed firmware from codeguy makes it burn alot better.

thanx
but what i mean is what is the difference between the Asus DRW-24B3ST and the Liteon 524 B (in the hardware)
and after cross flashing is it the same (in software) or the liteon would do better?

It appears that although this drive does use the same iHASx24 B chipset the drive itself is a unique Pioneer/QSI design and thus cannot be cross flashed. Sorry. See here(end of post) and here (version 1.2.0.9 changelog) for more info.





Hardware should be identical, and as for the firmware, one firmware may do better or worse than another, due to mediaID strategy differences/compatibility, check over at Myce if you want to know more.

For those interested in cross flashing here's an updated listed of drives that are known be compatible with iHASx24 B firmware, click for sources. (thanks go to Exobex)

ASUS
DRW-24B3LT (confirmed)
DRW-24B3ST (confirmed)
DRW-24B1LT (confirmed newer drives are B chipset, older may be A chipset)
DRW-24B1ST (confirmed newer drives are B chipset, older may be A chipset)

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)
DVD 1270i B (confirmed)

PLEXTOR
PL-L890SA (confirmed)

Edit: ignore my first post regarding the corresponding ASUS iHASx24 B drives I was under the impression LabelTag required extra hardware this simply isn't true sorry about that. With that said if you want the most feature rich firmware for a iHASx24 B drive, the iHAS524 B (non LightScribe model) or iHAS624 B (LightScribe model) would be the best firmware.

Another model

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)
DVD 1260i B (confirmed) there may also be older A model (unconfirmed)

I have ASUS 24B1ST Manufactured Date: September 2010, I xflashed it iHAS124B burn some disc they all played in my console...I'm not sure if the is a "A" or "B" I opened it to see the chip sets it desn't look like a MediaTek...no label what type of chip.

If the drive was flashed successfully to iHAS124B firmware, the drive is definitely a B chipset drive.

Agreed, it won't let you flash it with the B firmware otherwise.

Thanks guys...If anyone close to Fry's Electronics they have bunch of these drive ASUS 24B1ST un-boxed for $22.99

i don't know if all the newer DRW-24B1ST's are gauranteed B chipsets, i just picked this one up from my local canadacomputers.com dated August 2011.......unless you guys meant newer than the past 3 months? or does the 'a' after the part number NOT mean chipset a?

That's a B. The A on the drive label is actually insignificant but got me at first too. I know because I have that exact same drive at home and picked it up from the same supplier.

oh yeah? i had a feeling, that's why i still bought it. thanks man!

so, just to clarify for anyone else looking, where the hell is this hidden 'b' that i'm missing? because on the top label, it says "model number: drw-24b1st a" and nothing else? but then on the bottom label, it says drw-24b1st a/BLK/B/AS

is it that 'b' ?

It's because it uses an ASUS model naming convention and not the Liteon one, it's the same drive though.

Just my though on the "hidden B" its possible that the B is for the factory where the drive is actually made.

Hi,
im thinking in picking up this drive:

http://www.fnac.pt/Asus-DVD-RW-Interno-24B...p;Nu=2&Fr=2

Can some one guide me to the cross flashing tutorial? And where can I download the c4eva firmwares?
Thanks

Fuckinghell....

Thanks for copying my post into this and correcting the Yamaha stuff. I guess we need more than just the same chip on the board! It's quite tricky to find them, looking for MT1839LN turns up loads of LiteOn hits, excluding Liteon and Lite-On finds some but will then miss out any posts that identify drives as LiteOn clones!

By the way, there was a typo in my Plextor one, it's a PX-L not a PL-L. Some good pics inside one here, why can't other online stores give this much detail?

after 2 days, i finally successfully crossflash my plextor px-l890sa. at first i kept getting write error and wouldnt write to the drive at all. i then found a 24x B Series recover flasher (ATAPI.iHAS124_B.AL0L.stock.ppf) and it flashed it to a ihas124. from there i wasnt getting any errors anymore with flashing it to the fw i wanted. so i flashed it with ihas424 and used eeprom utility after and clicked on covert drive and powered off/on after its done.

now i have a working plextor px-l890sa crossflash to liteon ihas424b. hopefully everything will be ok once c4e fw comes out

If you now crossflash to IHAS624B you'll enable LabelTag as well (burn logos and stuff on the data side of the disc if you have the space). If you're gonna crossflash, may as well crossflash it to the max

Sorryy... for posting a question.

i think i will try that then

It's on page one of this topic. You've already found it. Hence Spark's earlier response.


Nowhere. They haven't been released yet. Once they're released there will be two announcements on the front page of Xbox-Scene. One will be for the new firmware, the other will be for a new JungleFlasher to go with it.

Thank you. I've been reading since and found that info.

If that documentation which surfaced yesterday is correct then it is actually flashed through the normal MyCE tools for Liteon which we have already been using to crossflash these drives etc. Makes a bit more sense that way though if you ask me, I was never really sure why Jungleflasher would be required for this sort of task.

The only difference I've noticed is the first stage which seems to prep the drive for the iXtreme flash and requires an additional reboot, not sure what that's about to be honest.

Does anyone know for sure if all the Asus DRW-24B3ST are B chipset versions? I have two available at a local store with april 2011 manufacturing date.
Should I buy ?

Yes, they are, I have one myself, and just flashed the new Max FW today and works great

I have the "ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS" revision. Manufactured in April 2010.

From what I've read on another forum, I need to have the "....A/BLK/B/AS" version for this to work.

So I'm out of luck with version right?

How can I plug the dvdrw drive to my laptop? I do have a eSATA port.

Thanks

I'm going to buy an asus DRW-24B3ST tomorrow, but what firmware utility are you talking about? and where's the unscrabbled c0deguys firmware?

It´s all explained here:
Click here

Do we know something about the pionner 112D? thats the drive i have and found no info. thanks.

Bought today the DRW-24B3ST and cross flashed to a ihas524B with success with an USB to serial ata device.

I'm at work and unable to test any burn. I'll try later and post.
It went pretty smooth.

Burned Batman Arkham City at 4X on Verbatim, flawlessly. Installed game and played some 10min. No errors.

Fucking lol'd

Also, still waiting for my ihascheeseburger

iv got an hp 557s mfd in apr 10.will that work????????????

I'm not sure how critical it is, but I always select the "update bootcode" option when crossflashing, I think it's mentioned on MyCE.
Also, I do the EEPROM convert after the crossflash but BEFORE power-cycling the drive.

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I got this on Monday and is a B drive, cross flashed to 624, and then BurnerMax, and it is working perfectly. Lightscribe functions, labeltag, working great. No errors in imgburn, and games are installing to the XBOX hard drive without errors.

Was cheaper last week, so was shipping, so people are buying them, LOL

HP DVD Writer 1260r (ImgBurn showing 1260r MH22 and Nero CD-DVD speed showing 1260r VMH22) not supported. I tried EEPROM_Utility_6.2.0 to backup my eeprom and getting "Error reading EEPROM from drive!"

some days ago i too was looking for crossflasheble drives and found this list
http://ixtreme.se/ixtreme_burner_max.html

Yes there may well be more of these clone drives, maybe more people will come forward with info.

I'll ask steveo to fix the Plextor model name thanks.



More than likely, easiest way to tell seems to be stock firmware 1.03 = A 1.04 = B



no...



Yes your right, the drive will still identify as the original model in some programs if the bootcode isn't updated, although this shouldn't effect performance

and yes power cycling doesn't seem to make a difference before EEPROM convert

Interesting, Edit: Sounds like you may have a Y series NEC drive, see if BinFlash will recognize the drive
http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/



Plextor PX-880SA = A chipset (see HERE)
Teac W524GS = A chipset (see below)
Sony Optiarc AD-724xS/AD-726xS= Y chipset

and the Pioneer/QSI models are unique, look at my earlier post for more info

There may be a B chipset version of the Teac W524GS in the wild, but I couldn't find any info confirming this,
the same goes for the Dell PLDS DH 16AAS (OEM drive) only found info on A chipset drive.

i have a pioneer dvr-s18l series any word on these?

seems not all HP drives are MTK based (thanks heartshacker)

updated table (click for myce sources)

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)
DVD 1270i [HP DVD1270d=MTK (confirmed) both A and B models exist (confirmed), HP DVD1270r= NEC Y series (confirmed)
DVD 1260i [HP DVD1260t=MTK B version (confirmed) A version (unconfirmed) HP DVD1260r = NEC Y series (confirmed)



Uses MTK A chipset, but like the DVR-S19L it is based off a QSI drive (QSI DDW-241S clone in this case) which is a unique design and cannot be crossflashed

ok thanks,i also have ihas524-a blj2,these also cannot be crossflashed right