Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N - Club CDFreaks

krisgnair · 07-01-2006

Can anyone guide me to update the firmware of GWA-4082N

Its very urgent please help

*_chef_* · 07-01-2006

Only if you give us more info because this is an very often rebadged slimtype burner!!

maria1984 · 21-03-2006

my pc shows my harddrive as

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N

i am also desperate to update driver/firmware

what other info do you need chef?

kind regards

*_chef_* · 21-03-2006

More info, especially the used firmware.

Could you please use Discinfo and post the summary output here?
http://hijacker.rpc1.com/discinfo/

brewmanz · 30-03-2006

Well, my discinfo (for HP Compaq nx6125, and , oh yeah, M$ WMP nicely changed my region WITHOUT ASKING!) is:
DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6
VENDOR : HL-DT-ST
MODEL : DVD-RW GWA-4082N
REVISION : CC15
VENDOR SPECIFIC :
LOADING MECHANISM : Tray
SERIAL NUMBER : C3AF7634846C
NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256
BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB
INTERFACE : ATAPI
RPC2 SCHEME : YES
STATUS : Set
USER CHANGES : 4
VENDOR CHANGES : 4
CURRENT REGION : 1
ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES
COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO
DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO
READ UPC CODE : YES
MULTISESSION READ : YES
MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES
MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES
READ ISRC CODE : YES
READ BAD CODE : NO
BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES
MT. RAINIER : NO
CAN READ CDR : YES
CAN READ CDRW : YES
CAN READ CDRM2 : YES
CAN WRITE CDR : YES
CAN WRITE CDRW : YES
CAN TEST WRITE : YES
CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES
CAN READ DVD-R : YES
CAN READ DVD-RW : YES
CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES
CAN READ DVD+R : YES
CAN READ DVD+RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES
CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO
CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES
CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES
MAX CDR READ SPEED : 24
MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

*_chef_* · 30-03-2006

The region were not changed, but only set once to region 1.

However, maybe someone should edit out the serial no?!?

Not seen a fw for this drive, surely you have to ask HP/Compaq.

brewmanz · 30-03-2006

> The region were not changed, but only set once to region 1.

Brand new computer, and WinDVD wouldn't play a DVD (region 1 not set and asked if I wanted to change). Then tried with WMP. It played it, no questions asked. Then tried with WinDVD. That would now play it too. WMP silently set the region to 1 without asking me. With stealthware like that (and I travel & live a lot between regions 2 and 4, with 1 thrown in every now and again, so have quite a collection of DVDs from different regions), I really would like to be able to reset the firmware like I did with my old Presario 900 (set up a boot CD to do it). These blinkered copyright people completely ignore those of us who actually live and work in different regions. Am I supposed to buy a bunch of DVD drives for my computer and swap them as I play DVDs bought as I travel around? Or will they exchange the DVDs for me as I cross region boundaries?

Brewmanz

*pinto2* · 30-03-2006

off topic

Quote:

Originally Posted by _chef_

However, maybe someone should edit out the serial no?!?

Is this a big deal.

Than, why not "edit" where you can do it yourself first.

*_chef_* · 30-03-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinto2

off topic
Is this a big deal.

Than, why not "edit" where you can do it yourself first.

His post was already made 3 hours ago...

SkeanDu · 04-04-2006

Hi,
I've been trawling the net looking for a firmware upgrade for this too. Has anyone had any luck?

I'm pulling my hair out here!!

josh0076 · 14-02-2007

can i get the driver please

*_chef_* · 14-02-2007

Firmware is no driver.

Drivers come with the OS.

mikekoi · 21-03-2008

[quote=maria1984;1341216]my pc shows my harddrive as

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N

i am also desperate to update driver/firmware

what other info do you need chef?

kind regards[Maria, it is not your hard drive it is your DVD R/W Drive, Drivers available from Windows. Go to My Computer/Properties/Device Manager/HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N ATA Device. Right Click and select "Update Driver Software]

mikekoi · 21-03-2008

Good Luck

*_chef_* · 23-03-2008

It is important to know the actual exact firmware on the drive and also the OEM of the Laptop.

CROSSflashing slimtype drives is an extremely risky thing!!!

NeoAkS007 · 25-06-2008

Look out for "LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4082N (GWA/GMA/GCA)" section at:
http://tdb.rpc1.org/

I too own Compaq nx6125 notebook which has same Slimdrive. My drive also had Firmware version CC15 as you have. I successfully crossflashed firmware with version CU01 and tried other versions on that page. CU01 gave my drive capability to write DVD-R DL but it removed the capability to read DVD-RAM . You may try those firmware and in case you need to revert back the original firmware just flash it with CC15 version. But be sure of what you are doing before flashing and it's on your own risk

. Try to flash with auto versions and in case you want to remove region coding you may flash with RPC I version (Both AUTO Reset and RPC I versions are in zip package, which can be downloaded from the above mentioned website).

Also have a look on
http://www.cdfreaks.com/hardware/pro...GWA-4082N.html
to know which firmware revisions work best for the drive.

Same firmware updates applies to GMA-4082N, GSA-4082N and GWA-4082N versions as basically they belong to same family:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f91/what-di...models-165006/

07-01-2006	#1 (permalink)
krisgnair New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3	Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Can anyone guide me to update the firmware of GWA-4082N Its very urgent please help

07-01-2006	#2 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Only if you give us more info because this is an very often rebadged slimtype burner!! __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

21-03-2006	#3 (permalink)
maria1984 New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 21	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N my pc shows my harddrive as HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N i am also desperate to update driver/firmware what other info do you need chef? kind regards

21-03-2006	#4 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N More info, especially the used firmware. Could you please use Discinfo and post the summary output here? http://hijacker.rpc1.com/discinfo/ __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

30-03-2006	#5 (permalink)
brewmanz New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Well, my discinfo (for HP Compaq nx6125, and , oh yeah, M$ WMP nicely changed my region WITHOUT ASKING!) is: DISCINFO VERSION : 1.6.1.6 VENDOR : HL-DT-ST MODEL : DVD-RW GWA-4082N REVISION : CC15 VENDOR SPECIFIC : LOADING MECHANISM : Tray SERIAL NUMBER : C3AF7634846C NUMBER VOL. LEVELS : 256 BUFFER SIZE : 2048KB INTERFACE : ATAPI RPC2 SCHEME : YES STATUS : Set USER CHANGES : 4 VENDOR CHANGES : 4 CURRENT REGION : 1 ANALOG AUDIO PLAY : YES COMPOSITE OUTPUT : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT1 : NO DIGITAL PORT-PORT2 : NO READ UPC CODE : YES MULTISESSION READ : YES MODE 2 FORM 1 : YES MODE 2 FORM 2 : YES READ ISRC CODE : YES READ BAD CODE : NO BUFFER UNDER-RUN : YES MT. RAINIER : NO CAN READ CDR : YES CAN READ CDRW : YES CAN READ CDRM2 : YES CAN WRITE CDR : YES CAN WRITE CDRW : YES CAN TEST WRITE : YES CAN READ DVD-ROM : YES CAN READ DVD-R : YES CAN READ DVD-RW : YES CAN READ DVD-RAM : YES CAN READ DVD+R : YES CAN READ DVD+RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-R : YES CAN WRITE DVD-RW : YES CAN WRITE DVD-RAM : NO CAN WRITE DVD+R : YES CAN WRITE DVD+RW : YES MAX CDR READ SPEED : 24 MAX CDR WRITE SPEED: 24

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30-03-2006	#6 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N The region were not changed, but only set once to region 1. However, maybe someone should edit out the serial no?!? Not seen a fw for this drive, surely you have to ask HP/Compaq. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

30-03-2006	#7 (permalink)
brewmanz New on Forum Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N > The region were not changed, but only set once to region 1. Brand new computer, and WinDVD wouldn't play a DVD (region 1 not set and asked if I wanted to change). Then tried with WMP. It played it, no questions asked. Then tried with WinDVD. That would now play it too. WMP silently set the region to 1 without asking me. With stealthware like that (and I travel & live a lot between regions 2 and 4, with 1 thrown in every now and again, so have quite a collection of DVDs from different regions), I really would like to be able to reset the firmware like I did with my old Presario 900 (set up a boot CD to do it). These blinkered copyright people completely ignore those of us who actually live and work in different regions. Am I supposed to buy a bunch of DVD drives for my computer and swap them as I play DVDs bought as I travel around? Or will they exchange the DVDs for me as I cross region boundaries? Brewmanz

04-04-2006	#10 (permalink)
SkeanDu New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Hi, I've been trawling the net looking for a firmware upgrade for this too. Has anyone had any luck? I'm pulling my hair out here!!

14-02-2007	#11 (permalink)
josh0076 New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N can i get the driver please

14-02-2007	#12 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Firmware is no driver. Drivers come with the OS. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

21-03-2008	#13 (permalink)
mikekoi New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N [quote=maria1984;1341216]my pc shows my harddrive as HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N i am also desperate to update driver/firmware what other info do you need chef? kind regards[Maria, it is not your hard drive it is your DVD R/W Drive, Drivers available from Windows. Go to My Computer/Properties/Device Manager/HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082N ATA Device. Right Click and select "Update Driver Software]

21-03-2008	#14 (permalink)
mikekoi New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Good Luck

23-03-2008	#15 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,168	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N It is important to know the actual exact firmware on the drive and also the OEM of the Laptop. CROSSflashing slimtype drives is an extremely risky thing!!! __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

25-06-2008	#16 (permalink)
NeoAkS007 New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3	Re: Needs Firmware for GWA-4082N Look out for "LG HL-DT-ST GSA-4082N (GWA/GMA/GCA)" section at: http://tdb.rpc1.org/ I too own Compaq nx6125 notebook which has same Slimdrive. My drive also had Firmware version CC15 as you have. I successfully crossflashed firmware with version CU01 and tried other versions on that page. CU01 gave my drive capability to write DVD-R DL but it removed the capability to read DVD-RAM . You may try those firmware and in case you need to revert back the original firmware just flash it with CC15 version. But be sure of what you are doing before flashing and it's on your own risk . Try to flash with auto versions and in case you want to remove region coding you may flash with RPC I version (Both AUTO Reset and RPC I versions are in zip package, which can be downloaded from the above mentioned website). Also have a look on http://www.cdfreaks.com/hardware/pro...GWA-4082N.html to know which firmware revisions work best for the drive. Same firmware updates applies to GMA-4082N, GSA-4082N and GWA-4082N versions as basically they belong to same family: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f91/what-di...models-165006/ Last edited by NeoAkS007; 25-06-2008 at 14:02.

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