DVD Region Code fails - Club CDFreaks

huck_99 · 27-11-2002

We have a 6 month old IBM ThinkPad T22. The DVD player worked originally, but now it won't. I have tried several brands of DVD Players with several DVD's, notably PowerDVD and Easy-DVD-Player.

PowerDVD gives me an error 89030000 and Easy-DVD-Player tells me that the DVD's region code is incompatible with this DVD. Both are set to 1.

The DVD-ROM is a Hitachi GD-S200.

I'm no hacker, nor have I ever even burned a CD or DVD on this computer.

I can play an audio CD on this device with no problem, so I know it sees it.

I have upgraded the computer to the latest version of BIOS.

I can't update the firmware on the drive itself because the only update I can find requires you to create a bootable floppy to patch the DVD firmware. This is impossible on my laptop since it only has one bay. I could boot the floppy, but there'd be no DVD to apply the patch too.

Any help or even wildass ideas would be appreciated.

**ChickenMan** · 01-12-2002

If you have WIN98 or ME on your Laptop, boot to the DOS prompt with NOTHING loaded in (rename config.sys and autoexec.bat files) then thats the same as using a boot disk, run the update firmware files from the C:\ drive.

27-11-2002	#1 (permalink)
huck_99 New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: California Posts: 1	DVD Region Code fails <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> We have a 6 month old IBM ThinkPad T22. The DVD player worked originally, but now it won't. I have tried several brands of DVD Players with several DVD's, notably PowerDVD and Easy-DVD-Player. PowerDVD gives me an error 89030000 and Easy-DVD-Player tells me that the DVD's region code is incompatible with this DVD. Both are set to 1. The DVD-ROM is a Hitachi GD-S200. I'm no hacker, nor have I ever even burned a CD or DVD on this computer. I can play an audio CD on this device with no problem, so I know it sees it. I have upgraded the computer to the latest version of BIOS. I can't update the firmware on the drive itself because the only update I can find requires you to create a bootable floppy to patch the DVD firmware. This is impossible on my laptop since it only has one bay. I could boot the floppy, but there'd be no DVD to apply the patch too. Any help or even wildass ideas would be appreciated.

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01-12-2002	#2 (permalink)
ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,632	If you have WIN98 or ME on your Laptop, boot to the DOS prompt with NOTHING loaded in (rename config.sys and autoexec.bat files) then thats the same as using a boot disk, run the update firmware files from the C:\ drive.