Update - This Tutorial will work if you need to upgrade to iXtreme 1.6 Firmware.

For help on this tutorial, please post questions in this thread.

So you already have iXtreme firmware 1.5 on your Liteon drive, and need to update to 1.51? Its not that hard. I did it the night iXtreme 1.51 was released, and it was a pretty easy process. I updated my Liteon DG-162s drive without issues.

First I recommend download and reading through this PDF - Jungle Flasher 1.51 Tutorial

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For this, I still used the CK3 Connectivity kit, which in my opinion, makes it easier for connecting it to the computer, getting the key, etc. However, for updating from 1.5 to 1.51, you don't need a connectivity kit at all, just an FYI.

If you are using the VIA 6421 card, make sure you remove the drives first. If you don't have a VIA card, no worries. Most new SATA chip sets work fine. Okay, lets do that. Right Click My Computer, select properties, then click on the Hardware tab.

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Click on Device Manager and scroll down to SCSI and Raid Controller, click the + sign to expand the list. Right click on your VIA card, and click Disable. When prompted with a yes/no message, click yes to disable it.

Now you have to remove the driver viamraid.sys, which is found in C:windowssystem32drivers. When you find it, just right click, and delete the file. After you delete it, go back to the device manager, and right click your via card, and enable it. Next, reboot your pc.

After you have rebooted, go ahead an install the PortIO32 drivers. Just click on PortIO32.exe, which is in the same folder as JungleFlasher ( if you havent already downloaded [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

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Now you can go ahead, and hook up your drive, making sure the drive its turned off when you connect it to your pc. Theirs no need to have your PC turned off when you plugin in the SATA cable to your drive.

Once you have everything hooked up, the first thing is to power on the drive, open the tray, then turn off the power. Next you want to push the drive tray in, half way, then power the drive back on.

Now you can go ahead, and open up JungleFlasher. When youre at the main screen, click on the DVDKey 32. Find the correct I/O Port. It should be listed as PLDS DG-16D2S. Just in case your PC freezes during the Erase process, write down with I/O Port your drive is connected to.

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Just press Dummy from iXtreme button, and save as prompted. JungleFlasher will prompt you if you want to auto-load the firmware. Make sure your liteon firmware for the drive is placed in the folder firmware, which is found in the JunfleFlasher folder.

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Click yes to auto load the firmware. Make sure that everything looks good, that both the source, and target keys are the same.

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When done, click the button, Save to File.

Now, the next phase is to erase the drive. Make sure that youve completed all the steps above, youve read over the PDF Tutorial, and feel comfortable proceeding.

During the erase process, if for some reason your PC freezes, dont worry, youll still be able to continue flashing your drive after you reboot.

Now as long as you havent quit or closed JungleFlasher after you got your key, you should be good to go. If you did, make sure you have the correct I/O Port listed. Again, it should be shown as PLDS DG-16D2S. Now, lets proceed. In JungleFlasher, click on the MTK Flash 32 tab, then click on the Lite-On erase button. Dont be scared, do it

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When prompted to continue, click yes. Youll now be presented with another warning message. Its telling you, that after its been erased, you need to power off then on, in a quick cession.

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When you see the following status as shown below, go ahead and power cycle your drive. If for any reason during the erase process, your computer freezes and you start splurring kuss words, no worry, just go ahead an reboot your pc.

Now your drive is erased, you should be able to see that it is shown under Drive Properties as Drive in Vendor Mode

Oh, if you had to re-boot your pc, lets get you caught up. Go ahead, open JungleFlasher and go to the MTK 32 tab. When there, make sure you drive is powered on, and select the correct I/O Port. It wont say it found anything, so I hope you wrote down what I/O Port you were in. If you didnt, just go through each one following the next step.

On the right hand of the screen, there is a Flashing Task section, click on Intro / Devide ID. This will load your erased drive. It took me about 20 minutes after I had to reboot my pc due to it freezing. Just click that button.

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Also, since you had to reboot your pc, youre going to have to go back to the FirmwareTool 32 tab, load the dummy file, and create your hacked firmware again like in the steps above.

Now youre all caught up, lets write to the drive.

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When the process is complete, click the Outro / ATA Reset button, which will then reset your drive, and display its properties. To tell you the truth, I dont think I clicked that button, and mine still worked fine. But for sakes of sanity, click it to be safe.