New Method - Xecuter LT Switch – Easy Switch For Liteon 94850, 83850 and 93450 DVD Drives

From team-xecuter.com:

Note: Looks like we're getting somewhere. Sucks that a soldering iron is still required.

 

u beat me to it,yea still looks like you have to cut,i was gonna order one so i can flash some of those other lite ons,but the looks of it,it stays on there since you have to sodder

 

finally! I know how to use a solder and all but dealing with the old way scared the crap out of me (plus my wife said NO DONT YOU DARE, LOL). This is much more simple! BUYING IT!

EDIT: BTW, THANK YOU EBextreme for this post and letting some of us that didn't know...know

 

my wife tells me the same crap dont you dare lol,but i wouldnt go with this just yet only if your gonna flash your drives for your self,still waiting for a new method so i can flash customers i know who have the new lite ons

 

LOL...yea....makes us wonder why we got married right? LOL anyway, I am just flashing for myself. Not making any plans to do this as a service (maybe as a favor to friends and fam but nothing more and they will have to buy their own gear).

Went to their site and there is no tutorial for this yet but they said its cut and solder (very simple). Tutorial is coming soon though. Going to wait for tut.

Also, apparently there is something similar like this already out in germany and in russia. It claims no solder is needed. But to do a transaction in russia... feel very uncomfortable about that.

EDIT: I THINK you can use a wick to desolder it for other drive use

 

Yes I seen the russian one looks really taky but I wouldn't deal with them just gotta wait for another good method!

 

i got one of these, and im sure i can de-solder it pretty easy.

 

jezz... im WAYYYYYYY behind in all this soldering business... I should of stayed in Devry...LOL (Note: EXPENSIVE SCHOOL!)

 

so is this the LT firmware that everyone is waiting for? you have to solder it on?

 

no this isnt firmware,just a tool so you wont be cutting or soddering but u still need to do some

 

its for dumping Liteon key and flashing. It has nothing to do with the ixtreme LT (lite touch) firmware.

If you look closely in the pic, there are cuts...we might have to cut.

 

yea, just waiting for a site in the US to have these. not going to have these shipped across the pond.

 

lol why would you pay for this cheap piece of PCB when you still need to solder and cut traces? It makes the job no easier! Don't buy it, really. It's a waste of time, especially at 8$ a pop! Do it yourself, it's not that hard anyways

Regards

budro

 

Whatever tickles your fancy dude at $8 what have you got to loose I bought a couple

 

That's what I was thinking. The only people that would need this is people who cannot solder... and you still have to solder to use this. The only real reason why you would need it is if you're not confident risking $200.