1.Z1 72xx series modified firmware
1.Z1 AD-72xx series firmwares.
- Drive list
AD-7200A
AD-7200S
AD-7203A
AD-7203S
Please make sure you pick the exact firmware for your drive.
You can download the firmware from our page
May 30, 2008
May 18, 2008
New firmwares available
The following Firmwares have just been added to our site:
- Optiarc AD-5170A Firmware 1.14
- Optiarc AD-5170S Firmware 1.13
- Optiarc AD-5200A Firmware 1.05
- Optiarc AD-7170A Firmware 1.05
- Optiarc AD-7170S Firmware 1.03
- Optiarc AD-7173A Firmware 1.04
- Optiarc AD-7173S Firmware 1.03
- Optiarc AD-7200A Firmware 1.06
- Optiarc AD-7200S Firmware 1.06
- Optiarc AD-7201A Firmware 1.06
- Optiarc AD-7201S Firmware 1.06
- Optiarc AD-7203A Firmware 1.06
- Optiarc AD-7203S Firmware 1.06
All firmwares are available in unmodified versions and with bitsetting and RPC1 patches.
The only firmware that has been tested so far is the AD-7173A firmware with bitsetting and RPC1 patch. In order to flash an AD-5170A, AD-7170A or AD-7173A on an SI-0680 controller in Windows, I found a way to force a device to PIO mode which is required for the afore mentioned drives. There is a registry setting that allows changing the max. allowed IDE mode for a device attached to the SI0680. It is located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PnP680\ProblemDevices. Here you can add a string value (type REG_SZ) with the name of your drive and the value “MaxMode = PIO-3″. In order to add these values, you can use one of the following commands:
For the AD-5170A:
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PnP680\ProblemDevices /v "Optiarc DVD RW AD-5170A" /t REG_SZ /d "MaxMode = PIO-3"
For the AD-7170A:
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PnP680\ProblemDevices /v "Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A" /t REG_SZ /d "MaxMode = PIO-3"
For the AD-7173A:
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PnP680\ProblemDevices /v "Optiarc DVD RW AD-7173A" /t REG_SZ /d "MaxMode = PIO-3"
After adding the registry entry you will have to reboot. If none of the devices attached to the controller is used you can also remove and re-detect the controller in device manager. If you finished flashing, you should remove this registry entry again and reboot your machine.