Thread: Liteon DG-16D5S Unlocked PCB

I understand that people think that TX might be holding out on a unlock method for the 1175 drive, but as long as people are able to play backups and the replacement PCB isn't ridiculously priced i think we should all just be happy. I mean if u want to play backups buying a replacement pcb will just be the price you have to pay.

Originally Posted by iHAS

I understand that people think that TX might be holding out on a unlock method for the 1175 drive, but as long as people are able to play backups and the replacement PCB isn't ridiculously priced i think we should all just be happy. I mean if u want to play backups buying a replacement pcb will just be the price you have to pay.

Im glad to pay for an unlocked PCB! It may be a lil more expensive but it make flashing slims super easy!

spi isnt locked,
reports of spi been locked are incorrect.
vendor mode is the problem,1175 fw prevents vendor mode without this
you cannot write to the drive,
key without rgh is possible so the obvious answer is dump the key/ofw
write to new writeable replacement pcb,
maybe other options may become available in the future, never say never.

Originally Posted by boneym

spi isnt locked,
reports of spi been locked are incorrect.
vendor mode is the problem,1175 fw prevents vendor mode without this
you cannot write to the drive,
key without rgh is possible so the obvious answer is dump the key/ofw
write to new writeable replacement pcb,
maybe other options may become available in the future, never say never.

How do you know this information?

From what I've been told, the chip is a write-once type of flash, so once written at the factory, it cannot be erased/rewritten, hence the need for a replacement pcb. I'd have assumed the answer to this would be a bypass to a custom chip, but maybe thats not practical/economically viable.