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Don`t know whether this is the right place or not...here come the question anyway.

I have purchased a DVD ROM Drive for my PC and want to make it region free. I`ve downloaded a couple zip files, supposed to be some firmware files.

What shall I do next? There weren`t much instruction (readme file) attached to it.

The DVD Drive is Sony DDU1621

Many thanks

Did you get an MPEG-2 card with the DVD-ROM drive?

Nope...why? Does that matter?

No. I am running a Sony DVD-ROM with a MPEG-2 card and I use particular software to switch the region code.

It won`t work with software operated DVD-ROM`s.

Oh...I see! Just checked my graphic card and it`s indeed a MPEG-2 card.

May I ask which particular software do you use to switch the region code and how to do it? I hope it`s freeware!

Many thanks in advance

You`ll need to flash the bios of the DVD rom with the firmware you downloaded, try here http://www.firmware.fr.st/ and make sure you have the *exact* firmware for your drive. I have done it myself on three drives without problem but it could be a risky procedure, I can`t give exact details on how it is done because it varies from drive to drive but it usually involves working in Dos.
If you are using a software player like Power DVD / WinDVD you`ll also need DVD Genie http://www.inmatrix.com to change the region of your player (freeware).

"Zone Selector" is freeware, you select the zone before you start (any number of times). Awesome :D

http://www.ddigest.com/dvd/downloads/zone_selector.html

Or the home site

http://www.hplus.hu/zs/

Or do a web search for Zone Selector.