Cyber Militia

My old LG DVD burner died (after an honourable 3 year long service), and I bought a new one – Sony DRU-880S.

Now the first thing I wanted to do was upgrade the firmware to the “latest” (read, “patched”) version.
I go to Sony website, and sure enough, the device isn’t even listed there.

About 10 searches and a couple of online translations later I learned (on a Korean website no less) that the DRU-880S is just the retail packaged clone of Sony Optiarc AD-7260S.

Now, the AD-7260S is a OEM drive that’s been around longer, consequently finding a firmware for it is a whole lot easier.

You can find the Official 1.01 firmware for AD-7260S here.
And the patched firmwares (RPC-1, bitsetting etc.) here.

*IMPORTANT* EDIT –
Applying the firmware ROMs listed above will rename your drive to “AD-7260S”
If you’d rather keep the original name, use one of the firmware ROMs listed below –

Original DUS-880S v1.60 firmware ROM
RPC-1 patched DRU-880S v1.60 firmware ROM (I’ve personally tested this one, works great)

(don’t remember where I found these, sorry if I didn’t give credit where due)

Note: Use NECWinFlash to flash one of the firmware ROMs listed above onto your drive.

p.s. – As is customary, I must disclaim any and all responsibility for whatever damage you may cause/suffer by following the advice posted here. You know how it is.