Page 1 of pc dvd hack please?????????????????

hi does anyone know what the best free downloadable region hack for PC is? thanks

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/tools

Try this link and scroll about half way down the list . there is a few .
DVD Genie
DVD Region-Free
Remote selector
Firmware Flash
hope this helps.

thanks a million, i downloaded dvd genie and tried it but it still wont let me play region 1, i did all it said but no joy

Sorry to hear that . I dont know anything else you could try.

Hiya,

The drive is RPC 2 (Region protected.)

You need to change the firmware in your DVD ROM to make it region free.
This has to be done right or else you will damage the drive FOR GOOD.

However, about 98% of the time it works fine with no problems.

Download this programe, http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/dvds/driveinfo22.exe run it and post back everything it say`s.

Then I`ll try to be of further assistance from there.

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Regards, John72.

Hi, you will need to get a firmware upgrade for your dvd-rom drive and you will require DVD Genie to patch your dvd playback software. You have to check your dvd-rom`s make, moel number and firmware version and then dowload the applicable firmware update. To get this update I will refer you to a reply I gave to another thred on this forum. Just follow the links and you should find what you desire.


((((Hi, The reason that the patch asks for a blank floppy is that the upgrade requires the computer to boot from dos to run the patch. When you insert the floppy, follow the instructions to create the disk and then restart your PC with the disk in the floppy drive. You will need to make sure that the PC searches for "a" drive during boot up. This will then flash your DVD-ROM drives firmware chip. IMPORTANT, DO NOT touch ANY of the keyboard keys during the flash procedure, DO NOT switch off or reset the PC either. This will render your drive usless.

DVD Genie will need to be installed and set up for auto insert for you to watch foreign dvd`s, both the patch and DVD Genie are requirments on any PC DVD-ROM. I have carried out these firmware upgrades on dozens of PC`s and I have not had any go wrong, BUT you must understand that there IS a risk involved, that is the reason for all the warnings. One other piece of advice is to ensure you have the VERY latest patch for you model of DVD-ROM drive, check your existing firmware version and then match this to any compatible patch. I have not checked out if this site has patches for PC drives but there are a couple of links below. I hope that this will be of some help. byeee!!!!

http://www.firmware-flash.com/
http://www.rpc1.com/

!!!!!!! There are 10 types of people in the world,those who understand Binary and those who don`t !!!!!!!))))))))

This item was edited on Monday, 2nd June 2003, 16:34