Confirmed... The crossflash worked on my Pioneer DVR-2810 silver. The Writer actually says DVR-212D on top, so right away I knew I could crossflash it.

WG

I have been Googling and searching here for quite awhile now, trying to find out how to crossflash my DVR-212D drive to enable LabelFlash. I've found a few threads/posts here, but whenever I think I'm close they point to a thread at http://forum.rpc1.org/ which only gives me a 'HTTP 404 Not Found' message or a 'We are rebuilding our server' message.

Can anyone please point me to another post/thread/website (that works!) that might have this information, as well as the necessary files? Many thanks!

Welcome to CDF's:

Yes rpc1 is where they are :\ No ETA on when it will be back up from what i have read. Someone maybe will reply to you and upload what you need. I don't have the files you need sorry.

Thanks for the welcome Bob

Yeah, I'm hoping someone can help and point me to the required files. I just used DVRFlash to flash from 212D to 212 as I believe that's the first step (I think!) in then cross-flashing to the A12J firmware that I need to enable LabelFlash.

Update - I killed my 212 last night Was trying different crossflashing files and must have used the wrong one. The drive stopped working and wouldn't even open.

Solution - purchased a 215 today This was much easier crossflashing thanks to the thread on this forum and the person who was hosting the required files, and it's now a 215L with LabelFlash enabled.

That's to bad texx.

Any info aboiut the "dead" 212?

Sign in BIOS etc?

What's the difference between the DVR-212D and the DVR-212?

I believe the 212 is better than the 212D?
As coming to that conclusion as this thread is abotu flashing a 212D to a 212...

Well, just flashed both of my DVR-212D's.

I mean my DVR-212's now

Crossposting is not the right way...

Yet you did the same thing with my other thread.
Posting here, and posting in my question thread...

Implying the same thing.

That i should use the search.


Doesnt that make you the same as me?
Posting in 2 different locations?

May be alternative crossflash to Plextor DVDR PX-810SA (OEM PIONEER DVR-212).DVD-RAM write support too,plus partial support PlaxTools.
The links to files you will need are located here:
http://people.overclockers.ru/CMoon/record4

Thanks for this info, any other benefits to flashing to this firmware instead?

Is it possible after flashing a 212D to a 212 to then flash back to a 212D ?

@ dontasciime,

Yes it is possible but why would you want to?

Suggest thoroughly reviewing this thread in its entirely specifically posting threads #14/15.

Regards,
bjkg

Tried Tdb last night does not work update and burn failed

I wanted to go back to 212D to rule out the new drive being faulty as I flashed it to a plextor first and it writes but fails to verify. I then went from plex to 212 and it writes but fails to verify, On daxon 16x [yeah not the best media]and tygo3 to rule out crappy media (the same disc's wrote with 212 also fail to verify against image using other dvd writers) So disc's did not burn correctly.

So I then flashed to official 212 1.24 firmware and would not even burn to verbatim tygo3 failed within 10 seconds Lol

So I posted here to see if there was a 212D kernel file kicking around, I should have been a bit more specific with my question and I was about to edit my post with "with the given files available at minute" when I saw your reply.

I now have the drive working fully again by using 1.21 firmware as it hates the 1.24 firmware.

Is the kernel file in tdb package if I find a tool to extract the package that is ?

Thanks for the reply

Simple answer.
When you have all files needed and DVRFlash tool you can flash forth and back as much as you like.
A waste of time though, as mentioned by bjkg above. Don't think you or anybody else will find a proper (crossflash) kernel file inthere.
Edit. Added (..)

Wouldn't I need the 212D kernel for that ?

I cannot find it anywhere, I have the 212 kernel but that will not allow to go back to 212D tried it on both 212D Now 212 drives I have.

@ dontasciime,

Why are you jumping through hoops attempting to find a 212D kernel File?

Once again review this “How To: Crossflash 212D to 212” thread in its complete full entirety. When reviewing the thread in its entirety note postings #14/#15/#16/#17 comments. If pursuing posting #15 comments no external kernel file is required as The Dangerous Brothers 212D_115.Exe Flasher file is a fully self-contained Flasher that contains everything necessary for Pioneer DVR-212D v1.15 Firmware flashing. In posting #15 also note the comment concerning Media Code Speed Edit tool “Allow Same To Same Flashing” patching of the Official Pioneer DVR-212D Flasher.

Also note posting #17 comment concerning Firmware write strategies. Running around willy-nilly swapping to various series DVR-212 Firmwares is a total waste of time because the Firmware write strategies between the series DVR-212 same Firmware Numbers are all exactly the same.

If you are jumping through hoops flashing your Pioneer DVR-212D to all imaginable Firmwares just because your Software Program fails to Verify disc writing I would suggest using a diagnostic software program similar to N e r o CD-DVD and/or DVDInfo before assuming a deficiency in your DVR-212D Drive.

Regards,
bjkg

dontasciime, if you can't follow the directions given by bjkg, please give it up and spare everyone's sanity.

Excuse me as this might sound mean. Can either of you actually read.I have already said tried that before posting on here. The Tdb 212d_115 does not flash drive.

And just so you know , when you burn a disc and it completes 100% and then it fails to verify on the drive written and then subsequent burns to various media including quality Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim TY and then you stick the burnt disc's into shall we say another 20 dvd writers and verify the written data against the ISO and it fails on each one then WHAT hardware do you think is responsible.

The drive that wrote the data is the answer therefore in this instance that means the Pioneer 212/D.

Thanks for the input initially and as I previously looked at post 14/15 b4 posting indicated this method should work.
However It does not actually work the drive fails to revert back to a 212D.

Have you tried it recently maybe the file has been changed.

Maybe it's my fault, will try again, but on 2 pio 212D >212 trying to go back to 212D (I only wanted 1 to go back to 212D though but had to try both to see why flasher would not work on seemingly 1 of the drives but it does it on both)

Now if you recall I wrote I wanted to go back to 212D to shall we say it's original hardware/firmware state to rule out some kind of flash fault. Not to use write strategies they are the same even ram write strategies are in the non dvd-ram firmware.

As I said above it might be my fault for not trying to flash the Tdb package on another interface will try that today but please the comments about sanity and verifying comeone.

Eh???
You must be paranoid.