lite-on.......It could be looking up.....

[Jman 31]

i'm wondering what kinda solder gun is needed ?

how much does one cost ?

and also this rs adapter ? can u buy it in stores ?



anyway good luck guys, can't wait to see some pics and a good how-to.

Yeah as cofree said "a soldering iron"! A soldering gun is big and bulky and is shaped like a gun, where an iron looks more like a skinny hair curler. Just thought I would clarify that for those without much soldering experience.

[cyantific]

You should only need about 15w soldering gun

You don't want to burn off any traces

If you're in the states, check out Radio Shack

I buy all my soldering equipment there

[aasgaurd]

hi i found this on ebay would this be any good

This RS232 module is designed with 6-PIN header, it can be plugged into a breadboard directly.

It provides RX/TX, and DSR/DTR or CTS/RTS handshaking signals in TTL level.

It can be configured as a null modem without handshaking, or with DSR/DTR or with CTS/RTS handshaking.

It has standard DB9 female connector, and can be connected to PC with a straight 9-PIN serial cable.

It is build with MAX3232, it supports 3.3V operation in high speed.

It supports Microchip PICs, Basic Stamps, ATMEL MCUs and ARMs.

Header Pinout: VCC , GND , TX , RX , CTS/DSR , DTS/DTR。

also where can i get the 9 pin serial cable from

[MsK]

hi i found this on ebay would this be any good

This RS232 module is designed with 6-PIN header, it can be plugged into a breadboard directly.

It provides RX/TX, and DSR/DTR or CTS/RTS handshaking signals in TTL level.

It can be configured as a null modem without handshaking, or with DSR/DTR or with CTS/RTS handshaking.

It has standard DB9 female connector, and can be connected to PC with a straight 9-PIN serial cable.

It is build with MAX3232, it supports 3.3V operation in high speed.

It supports Microchip PICs, Basic Stamps, ATMEL MCUs and ARMs.

Header Pinout: VCC , GND , TX , RX , CTS/DSR , DTS/DTR。

also where can i get the 9 pin serial cable from

looks ok 2 me

[sadalius]

Agreed. Looks good. As for the serial cable, you should be able to find some on ebay, locally, if your in the states, Radio Shack should be able to hook you up with that as well.

[aasguard]

thanks again but im in the uk so i will have a look on ebay also in a few computer shops would you think pc world would have them ??

[MsK]

thanks again but im in the uk so i will have a look on ebay also in a few computer shops would you think pc world would have them ??

standard serial cables can be obtained from maplins / pcworld etc. infact any self respecting pc supplier will have the cable

The rs232 adapters are not on the shelf tho... specialist suppliers or ebay is the route for those

[aasgaurd]

ok thanks again i have had a look on line but i was wondering if its male to male or male to female or female to female cable i will need im not sure what ones to get sorry about all the questions

[NeoRio]

Sorry if I'm interrupting the flow of this "steaming hot thread", but with all this "soldering" talk, are we actually discussing how to extract the key of the LiteOn drive?--and thus spoof it to a BenQ drive--and then flash it with BenQ iXtreme FW? If that's what's being discussed I'll pay closer attention to all the back and forth. (But I imagine we're still hoping for a software flash option on this drive?)

[Digital Menace]

yeah man soul heaven updated his drive switcher, so now if you can solder and get the key from the lite on you can spoof in a benq or sammy or whatever an play backups.

although i'm sure the lite-on will get it's own ixtreme soon too.

[CoFree]

but with all this "soldering" talk, are we actually discussing how to extract the key of the LiteOn drive

that is right.
i think this would be considered a sofware flash.
you have to use the com port on your computer with a max3232 adapter.
there is some basic soldering that has to be done,but there is no mod chip or hard ware that has to be used to dump the key and spoof info.
here is a working thread
read over it.It goes into thing in detail.
Just dont post questions in it.
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