At the end of last year (2007), I purchased a new HP Compaq desktop, which naturally enough came with a DVD writer - the HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H60L (R90A).

As usual with DVD drives, this one allows one to change the region setting a handful of times and then becomes permanent (allegedly).

With my old desktop, the drive was a really common generic model and I had no trouble finding a firmware patch that allowed the settings to be changed in perpetuity.

This does not appear to be the case with the GSA-H60L. There's nothing on the LG site and most of the normal patch resources don't appear to have grappled with this one yet.

Has anybody got any suggestions about a version of firmware from any other LG drive that might do the trick.

Or, as I work in development, does anybody know how to get hold of the specifications for writing the firmware myself.

Hi and Welcome!

it seems as if you could apply an RPC2 auto-reset patch to your drive:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f91/mediaco...riters-133858/
Of course, you need the firmware at first. Only source is HP, since this is a plain OEM drive with no support from LG at all.

Edit Also found this feature of MCSE:
Michael