liteon 8300 v2 unknown flash chip?

[bsammy]

hey yall, trying to flash this drive, w/ no success. ive tried w/ j/f and iprep, w/ iprep i get unknown flash chip, and w/ j/f when i hit loc 83 tab sais it failed to find. does this drive have to be soldered? thanx in advance

[louisM92]

yeah to flash these drives you need to cut traces and either use a LT switch or a probe v2 to retrieve the key, then you must solder the traces back

[bsammy]

thanx louis09 too bad your in the uk.

[louisM92]

if you want someone else to do your drive and your in the US then contact sadalius im sure he will help you