How to dump your CDROM BIOS (Firmware)

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Post by Xrider » June 12th, 2021, 5:14 pm

Charles MacDonald wrote: May 31st, 2014, 10:38 am If you are using a TTL RS-232 to USB converter (e.g. DLP-USB232R, FTDI UM232H, etc. which appears as a virtual COM port) to dump the CD BIOS, I've developed a command-line program that uploads the dumping program and saves the results. The source code and a Windows binary are available here:

http://cgfm2.emuviews.com/new/pcd-05302014.zip

I've tried to make it easy to use at every step, so troubleshooting problems should be simple.

For dumping I did some things slightly differently; I connected 7.5V to pin 31 and 3.5V to pin 17 using a 10K-ohm resistor in series to limit current into these pins, instead of a direct connection. It's not strictly necessary however. Also on this particular PU-8 board there is a 4.7K ohm pull-up resistor to 3.6V on pin 31 on the component side of the board that should be removed when dumping. On the solder side it can be seen as a via prior to the test point.

For the RS-232 to USB converters mentioned, what worked for me was to configure them as being bus-powered (using 5V from the USB cable), and connecting the VCCIO pin to the PSX 3.6V supply and the ground pins to the PSX ground. There are probably other ways to power the converters that work as well.
Hello,

Someone have this software ? the link is dead.
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Post by Shadow » July 28th, 2021, 4:36 pm

You'll have to contact the original author somehow to get a copy.
I think this is his new site: http://www.techno-junk.org/
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Post by MottZilla » May 1st, 2022, 5:52 am

I can confirm that SC430911PB is vC1 24 Jul 1995. I've been trying to find a unit with the earlier vC1 and I came across this unit and read the part number as it wasn't working. When I saw a table on the 1st page with this part number I did my best to get the system working and when it did I ran my own program that pulled the date and version.

The console it came from had a Sony refurbished sticker on it and it was a model SCPH-1001. It was a PU-8 motherboard. I didn't take any pictures though sorry.

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Post by locarno » July 4th, 2022, 9:29 am

It is possible to dump SCPH-102 CDROM BIOS? 102 models use different controller and that's why nobody dumped it?

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Post by nocash » January 10th, 2023, 1:57 am

Added two more chips to the list of still undumped firmware versions:
"424694 185" spotted on this DTL-H1202 photo: https://i.imgur.io/izRBiEN.jpg
"SC430952PC, G65C? 265?" spotted on this SCPH-103 photo:

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