@SuperK, Alrighty, guess I'm picking up bread crumbs for this one.. Once the drive is flashed to iXtreme 1.6, will I need to do the soldering and cutting of traces to flash the new iXtreme LT when it comes out or will JF/DosFlash be able to erase/write (with updated versions of the programs)?  As always, thanks in advance for the response

I guess my question from a few posts back becomes this: Will JungleFlasher be able to "Erase/Write" the Lite-ON 83580c v2 in the next update, because it recognizes it as an unknown chip or whatever..

I read the orig.bin off the drive, but didn't flash it, I took all the solder connections apart and bridged the cut traces..  It plays originals again, but I can't flash the new firmware

Shall I wait for the new JF/DosFlash, or do I HAVE to solder it back up?

@SuperK

I have the orig.bin (the dump, I loaded it as target, got the drive key, made a dummy.bin and loaded that into Source to make the ix1.6_liteon835.bin have my key in it, I have that already..

I thought you only needed the solder/trace cutting for the key..  You can't write the ix1.6_liteon835.bin to the drive with it being unsoldered?  In "normal" mode (if you will)

Because DosFlash and JF say they don't recognize the chipset..

Wait..  in order to flash it, do you need to keep it soldered?

Awww cause that would reallyyy really suck..

This works great!  Now, is there any reason I should not trust this key?  Or be cautious before erasing the firmware?  Thanks in advance!

Hey guys, I have a Lite-ON 83850c v2 and have already done all the soldering and have set up a switch with a 22 Ohm resistor..  I can get DosFlash to work and run with a 72 status, but the read either hangs at Bank 0 or Bank 1..

Somethings wrong..

My setup:  VIA VT6421 RAID Controller [installed/uninstalled]
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DosFlash64 (portio64.sys)
Xecuter CK3 Pro Powering the Drive

Any other information I'm happy to help..

Thanks in advance guys
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Alright anything I try I'll post back for my progress..

I've tried Standard (Xecuter CK3 Pro) - Reading Bank 0..Reading Bank 1 [HANG]
I've tried Mode B (Xecuter CK3 Pro) - Reading Bank 0 [HANG]
I've tried Xbox for power source - Reading Bank 0 [HANG]

This is all of course using MRA's Method
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I got a dump!  "Reading finished! DataSum: E98D"

What I did:
After switching to position 2, I waited 8 seconds (figuring the drive had to refresh) and I got a dump..

Now.... How are you suppose to validate this dump?
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I dumped it 4 times in a row and got the same DataSum each time..  Using HexCmp I hex compared each one and got no differences..

Now, the tricky part I guess, finding the key, and importing that key into an iXtreme 1.6 83850c firmware, right?