Need some help with my Lite-On flashing

[therune]

Hey guys, I've been trying to flash my Lite-On drive for most of the day but I keep hitting a roadblock with DVDkey32. I it always gives me an empty key. Not sure if it's my RS232 card or the nforce SATA on my motherboard that's causing this :/. I tried jungleflasher first but it couldn't see my drive. Here's a picture of my dvd-rom (one of the cables came off after I moved it) and the RS232 card. To connect the R707 points I used a conductive ink pen and I'm pretty sure the two points are connected. I'm also using two old CD-Rom audio cables for the connection between the rom and the serial cable board.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Rune



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[dalecheesy]

It looks like you're proficient in soldering (if thats solder in your images and not conductive ink?)so i'd either solder the 707 points (as i wouldnt trust the conductive pens) or bridge the points with a metal clip . But be very very careful not to touch the adjoining points as this could arc out the drive. I'm pretty sure its possible to also use a diy probe with your arrangement but i think i read you need to splice it into one of your wires and solder it somewhere onto the r232 or something.

[therune]

Soldering wires I can do, but not sure how to go about connecting those points. I saw something about using a screw driver to connect them but it's probably a pain. How would I go about connecting those points?

[dalecheesy]

Any small thin metallic implement will do. You need steady hands though. Its just a matter of placing it so the 2 707 points are bridged but it would probably be a lot safer to just use a bit wire and solder them as theres no chance of you hitting an adjoining point that way.

[therune]

Alright, I'll give that a shot . Thanks for your quick responses!

[dalecheesy]

No problem. Let us know how you get on and fingers crossed. (unless you decide to use a screwdriver or something then uncross them as you'll need them to keep it steady)