BQFlasher - Club CDFreaks

*Quikee* · 22-09-2005

Hello everyone.

I've written a flasher for BenQ/Philips drives - BQFlasher. With BQFlasher it is possible to flash the drive with .EXE firmwares so there is no need for .CVT firmwares anymore.

CAUTION - Use at your own risk!!

The flasher works great for me but there is no way of knowing how it will behave in a different computer setup (shouldn't cause troubles unless ASPI is screwed). Flashing with this program is therefore dangerous.

Successfully (cross)flashed:
BenQ 1620 B7W9 -> Philips DVDR1640P P3.6 (using Adaptec ASPI)
Philips DVDR1640P P3.6 -> BenQ 1620 B7W9 (using Adaptec ASPI)

BenQ 1640 BSLB -> BenQ 1640 BSKB (using Adaptec ASPI)
BenQ 1640 BSKB -> BenQ 1640 BSLB (using Adaptec ASPI)

Using Nero ASPI:
BenQ 1620 B7W9 <-> Philips DVDR1640P P3.7
BenQ 1640 BSRB <-> Philips DVDR1648P1 P2.4 <-> Sony DRU-810A 1.0d **
BenQ 1650 BCIC <-> Philips DVDR1660P1 P1.6
BenQ 1655 BCIB <-> Philips DVDR1668P1 P1.6
BenQ 1655 BCIB <-> BenQ 1650 BCIC (no lightscribe support)

**Sony 810A-R users, please see this post and this thread!!!
Some people successfully crossflash Sony 810A-R to BenQ 1650 but be careful !!

DOWNLOAD:
You can get BQFlasher here (rar) or here (zip).

Important!!
You will need Nero WNASPI32.DLL in the same folder with BQFlasher.

COMMAND LINE SWITCHES:
BQFlasher version 0.7.0 and up supports command line switches which disables checks. With this switches you can force to flash even if the drive is not normally detected.

The command line switched are:
/showAllDrives - shows all drives in the system
/disableDriveChecking - disables checking if the flashed drive supports BenQ commands...

TODO:

Support for other OS when I have time

HOW TO:

A guide by our member zebadee: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=171380

schranzi · 22-09-2005

Wow, nice...

Do you have some kinda homepage, where we can follow versions? Like ala42 did w/ it's MCSE e.g.

sj

*Quikee* · 22-09-2005

Hehe I'm too lazy to make a proper one. =) But I'll create one on http://quikee.cdfreaks.com with all my tools.. Today or tomorrow it should be ready.

schranzi · 22-09-2005

Don't hustle....

sj

*eric93se* · 22-09-2005

Quikee, let us know if your flasher will work with the 740 exe (1640>>740)

riggits · 23-09-2005

wow quikee, you are prolific

thanks so very much!!

I'm always cross-flashing my drives, so this is exactly the tool I've been waiting for. It's such a nuisance to hunt down CVT files, and nobody releases the CVT with RPC1 patched, so I end up flashing once with CVT and then once with RPC1. You've made my day, man!

*zebadee* · 23-09-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by eric93se

Quikee, let us know if your flasher will work with the 740 exe (1640>>740)

Hi

No you can't, but it works vice versa. 740 > 1640/164B
When trying to flash back you need WinDWFlash + CVT.(tdb CVT.101rpc1)
As BQFlasher does not recognise Plextor f/w.
Plus 1620 > 1621 > 1620 etc.

Quikee, thanks!

P.S. Used Nero's wnaspi32dll

*crossg* · 23-09-2005

Great Work Quikee!!

**C0deKing** · 23-09-2005

Very nice.

Thanks Quikee

While I have every confidence in Quikee's work, if you can't afford to lose your drive, or you are not familiar with cross flashing, don't use this tool.

Also, you don't need to use this tool unless you are cross flashing. If you are just changing versions, use the BenQ/Philips firmware or for RPC1 the TDB firmware.

*Bob* · 23-09-2005

Another fine tool by our man Quikee. By the way i've got quite nice collection of your tools

Thanx Quikee

mindwarper · 23-09-2005

very useful indeed !!!
saved to my drivers partition to DVD_RW folder immediately...

looking forward to your "homepage" then

Quikee is really a hero... !!!

I personally think one should make this a sticky, just like Quikee's WOPC Tool thread...
Any1 agree ???

*eleewhm* · 23-09-2005

nice work!!!.....

**zevia** · 23-09-2005

Hey Quikee, nice...!

**zevia** · 23-09-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by mindwarper

I personally think one should make this a sticky, just like Quikee's WOPC Tool thread...
Any1 agree ???

We need to clean up the sticky/Read First threads. BenQ has the most, 12 threads.

XND1n01h · 23-09-2005

Good Job Quikee!, I see you're still working your magic

*MacClipper* · 24-09-2005

Heheh, more good stuff for BenQ burners. Wow!

*bichonn* · 24-09-2005

an other tool that has trouble with NVIDIA drivers

*Quikee* · 24-09-2005

Not really... it's not the tools fault if NVidia Drivers and Adaptec ASPI don't like each other.

*zebadee* · 24-09-2005

Hi

Looks like you missed this. Nero dll. Have used this on pc that had Nvidia chipset.

*bichonn* · 24-09-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quikee

Not really... it's not the tools fault if NVidia Drivers and Adaptec ASPI don't like each other.

That's why I don't use adaptec ASPI...
I only have windows STPI and nero ASPI.

*Quikee* · 24-09-2005

Use Nero ASPI then. =P

*bichonn* · 24-09-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by zebadee

Hi

Looks like you missed this. Nero dll. Have used this on pc that had Nvidia chipset.

Yep it works great with nero aspi...
Thanks Quikee!

*jamescooley1* · 24-09-2005

Quikee thanks for all the cool tools this one is great but I have a question for you or anyone that can answer this question, okay I flashed 1640 to 164B befb fw with Qflash no problem! but my max burning speed with TYG02 is 8x tried with 1394 firewire with pl 3507 chip and most recent fw and also tried internal ide cable with the same problem 8x max, overspeed is engaged,aspi is fine, wopc I was able to turn off but I tried qscan and got error message this is not supported by fw anyone know a solution to this problem or did I do something wrong

*Qyngali* · 24-09-2005

the qscan portion of qsuite doesn't work with BEFB unfortunately. They'll fix it with Qsuite 2.01(?) hopefully.

*jamescooley1* · 24-09-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qyngali

the qscan portion of qsuite doesn't work with BEFB unfortunately. They'll fix it with Qsuite 2.01(?) hopefully.

thanks Qyngali have you heard of any overspeeding issues?

22-09-2005	#1 (permalink)
Quikee Author of NecDump Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 2,775	BQFlasher <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> Hello everyone. I've written a flasher for BenQ/Philips drives - BQFlasher. With BQFlasher it is possible to flash the drive with .EXE firmwares so there is no need for .CVT firmwares anymore. CAUTION - Use at your own risk!! The flasher works great for me but there is no way of knowing how it will behave in a different computer setup (shouldn't cause troubles unless ASPI is screwed). Flashing with this program is therefore dangerous. Successfully (cross)flashed: BenQ 1620 B7W9 -> Philips DVDR1640P P3.6 (using Adaptec ASPI) Philips DVDR1640P P3.6 -> BenQ 1620 B7W9 (using Adaptec ASPI) BenQ 1640 BSLB -> BenQ 1640 BSKB (using Adaptec ASPI) BenQ 1640 BSKB -> BenQ 1640 BSLB (using Adaptec ASPI) Using Nero ASPI: BenQ 1620 B7W9 <-> Philips DVDR1640P P3.7 BenQ 1640 BSRB <-> Philips DVDR1648P1 P2.4 <-> Sony DRU-810A 1.0d BenQ 1650 BCIC <-> Philips DVDR1660P1 P1.6 BenQ 1655 BCIB <-> Philips DVDR1668P1 P1.6 BenQ 1655 BCIB <-> BenQ 1650 BCIC (no lightscribe support) Sony 810A-R users, please see this post and this thread!!! Some people successfully crossflash Sony 810A-R to BenQ 1650 but be careful !! DOWNLOAD: You can get BQFlasher here (rar) or here (zip). Important!! You will need Nero WNASPI32.DLL in the same folder with BQFlasher. COMMAND LINE SWITCHES: BQFlasher version 0.7.0 and up supports command line switches which disables checks. With this switches you can force to flash even if the drive is not normally detected. The command line switched are: /showAllDrives - shows all drives in the system /disableDriveChecking - disables checking if the flashed drive supports BenQ commands... TODO: Support for other OS when I have time HOW TO: A guide by our member zebadee: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=171380 __________________ NecDump, WOPC Tool, BQFlasher 0.7.2 (+source), DVDScanner, DVDWrite,... Last edited by zevia; 14-02-2007 at 21:50.

22-09-2005	#2 (permalink)
schranzi CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 69	Re: BQFlasher Wow, nice... Do you have some kinda homepage, where we can follow versions? Like ala42 did w/ it's MCSE e.g. sj __________________ Samsung SH-203B (SB01) and a Core2Duo machine hostet by Vista64

22-09-2005	#3 (permalink)
Quikee Author of NecDump Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 2,775	Re: BQFlasher Hehe I'm too lazy to make a proper one. =) But I'll create one on http://quikee.cdfreaks.com with all my tools.. Today or tomorrow it should be ready. __________________ NecDump, WOPC Tool, BQFlasher 0.7.2 (+source), DVDScanner, DVDWrite,...

22-09-2005	#4 (permalink)
schranzi CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 69	Re: BQFlasher Don't hustle.... sj __________________ Samsung SH-203B (SB01) and a Core2Duo machine hostet by Vista64

22-09-2005	#5 (permalink)
eric93se CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,589	Re: BQFlasher Quikee, let us know if your flasher will work with the 740 exe (1640>>740)

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23-09-2005	#6 (permalink)
riggits CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 380	Re: BQFlasher wow quikee, you are prolific thanks so very much!! I'm always cross-flashing my drives, so this is exactly the tool I've been waiting for. It's such a nuisance to hunt down CVT files, and nobody releases the CVT with RPC1 patched, so I end up flashing once with CVT and then once with RPC1. You've made my day, man! __________________ Pentium D 930, Abit AW8, 1GB DDR2-5400 4x200GB WD SATA + 1x200GB Samsung SATA2 2x250GB WD SATA, 1x250GB Maxtor SATA 1xBenQ DW1650, 1xBenQ DW1640, 2xDW1620 + 2 good power supplies

23-09-2005	#8 (permalink)
crossg Retired Moderator & Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta. Canada Posts: 4,648	Re: BQFlasher Great Work Quikee!! __________________ My PC Specs. Plextor 760A/716A 1.07/1.10, BenQ DW1655, BCIB, BenQ DW1640 x2, BSLB, Nec 4551A, 1.08. Lite On SHM 165P6S/LH-20A1S, MS0R/9L05. LG GSA H22N/H62N, 1.02/CL01. SH-S203B, SB03. The Forum Rules Click here to join CDFreaks.com.

23-09-2005	#9 (permalink)
C0deKing Advisory Admin Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: In the pack Posts: 9,931	Re: BQFlasher Very nice. Thanks Quikee While I have every confidence in Quikee's work, if you can't afford to lose your drive, or you are not familiar with cross flashing, don't use this tool. Also, you don't need to use this tool unless you are cross flashing. If you are just changing versions, use the BenQ/Philips firmware or for RPC1 the TDB firmware. __________________ http://codeguys.rpc1.org/ LiteOn Tools: EEPROM Utility, Flash Utility, Settings Utility <-- New Samsung Tools: Patch Utility <-- New v3.2.1 LiteOn Patches: Fast Read (FR) \| Fast Burn (FB) \| Enhanced OverSpeed (EOS) \| Enhanced Online HyperTuning (EOHT) BenQ Patches: Fast Burn (FB) \| Enhanced SolidBurn (ESB) Samsung Patches: Fast Read (FR) \| Remove RipLock (RLR) \| Fast Burn (FB) \| Retain book type (BS) \| Default DVD-ROM (ROMD) The man who does things makes mistakes, but he who doesn't makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing. Benjamin Franklin The Forum Rules Click HERE to join cdfreaks.com

23-09-2005	#10 (permalink)
Bob I donated to the Tsunami fund and all I got was this lousy title Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Looking for my zigzags ~ I come from the no place and i go to the no where Posts: 15,428	Re: BQFlasher Another fine tool by our man Quikee. By the way i've got quite nice collection of your tools Thanx Quikee __________________ "You've got a hole in your soul if you don't dig the Blues" .....My New Build is Finished. Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com Formerly rolling56 I'm not responsible for my typing in chat or on the board I have Oldtimers Keith Richards ~ "If You Want The Last Laugh........Join The Rolling Stones"

23-09-2005	#11 (permalink)
mindwarper CD Freaks Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 121	Re: BQFlasher very useful indeed !!! saved to my drivers partition to DVD_RW folder immediately... looking forward to your "homepage" then Quikee is really a hero... !!! I personally think one should make this a sticky, just like Quikee's WOPC Tool thread... Any1 agree ??? __________________ FYI here my PC (an oldish one): ECS K7S5A Pro (SiS 735 Chipset) AMD K7 XP1800+ Palomino 1.533 GHz @ 1.533 GHz (no OC) 1024 MB DDR-RAM PC3200 @ 266 MHz FSB (no OC) 2-2-2-6 Geforce 2 MX-400 AGP graphics card 64MB Primary Master: 160 GB Maxtor HDD (6L160P2 7200 rpm) Primary Slave: 160 GB Maxtor HDD (6L160P2 7200 rpm) Secondary Master: BenQ DW1620 FW B7W9 RPC1 speedpatched replacement drive Secondary Slave: LiteOn LTR-16102B CD-RW FW OS0K

23-09-2005	#12 (permalink)
eleewhm CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,260	Re: BQFlasher nice work!!!..... __________________ 2xBENQ DW1620 BenQ DW1620Pro BenQ DW1625 BenQ DW1640 LG GSA-4163B 2xTDK440N Iomega 4X Super DVD TDK882 NEC2510A 2xTDK1208B TDK 1616DLN i luv my 16x BenQ so Much and luv the new BenQ LightScribe 1625

23-09-2005	#13 (permalink)
zevia Admin & Review Coordinator N.America Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 9,376	Re: BQFlasher Hey Quikee, nice...! __________________ Click here to join CDFreaks.com Join CDFreaks Distributed Computing Team, have fun while helping to save some lives! My review PC & Specs & Media Blu-ray to DVD guide Forum Rules \| Blu-ray UDF Driver BenQ/Philips FAQ and tools: BQFlasher, MCSE, WOPC Tool, WinDWFlash LG GGW-H10N Blu-ray/HD-DVD \| LG GBW-H10N Blu-ray \| Panasonic SW-5582 Blu-ray

23-09-2005	#15 (permalink)
XND1n01h CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 391	Re: BQFlasher Good Job Quikee!, I see you're still working your magic __________________ Windows XP Professional SP2 NEC ND-3500AG (LD v2.TG / QV3ME) NEC ND-3540A (Liggy's 1.01bt / LD v1.W5) LITE-ON SOHW-1693S (KS09) BenQ DD DW1640 (BSLB) LITE-ON DVD-ROM SOHD-16P9S (FS09) Recent PS2 Game: Gran Turismo™4 Gran Turismo™4 DVD-5 RipKit: Sonix v1.01

24-09-2005	#16 (permalink)
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24-09-2005	#18 (permalink)
Quikee Author of NecDump Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 2,775	Re: BQFlasher Not really... it's not the tools fault if NVidia Drivers and Adaptec ASPI don't like each other. __________________ NecDump, WOPC Tool, BQFlasher 0.7.2 (+source), DVDScanner, DVDWrite,...

24-09-2005	#21 (permalink)
Quikee Author of NecDump Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Maribor, Slovenia Posts: 2,775	Re: BQFlasher Use Nero ASPI then. =P __________________ NecDump, WOPC Tool, BQFlasher 0.7.2 (+source), DVDScanner, DVDWrite,...

24-09-2005	#23 (permalink)
jamescooley1 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rock and Roll Capital of Planet Earth-Detroit Mi. Posts: 2,294	Re: BQFlasher Quikee thanks for all the cool tools this one is great but I have a question for you or anyone that can answer this question, okay I flashed 1640 to 164B befb fw with Qflash no problem! but my max burning speed with TYG02 is 8x tried with 1394 firewire with pl 3507 chip and most recent fw and also tried internal ide cable with the same problem 8x max, overspeed is engaged,aspi is fine, wopc I was able to turn off but I tried qscan and got error message this is not supported by fw anyone know a solution to this problem or did I do something wrong

24-09-2005	#24 (permalink)
Qyngali CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: No(r)way Posts: 680	Re: BQFlasher the qscan portion of qsuite doesn't work with BEFB unfortunately. They'll fix it with Qsuite 2.01(?) hopefully.

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