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    Issue with Zepto DVD Drive

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by FrEeLaNcE79, Nov 15, 2007.

  1. FrEeLaNcE79

    FrEeLaNcE79 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im hoping someone can help, i have just found out that the dvd drive in my zepto 6625wd is region locked and worse still i only have 2 more region changes available before it locks regions completley.

    I get a lot of imported DVD's from eBay so i have a problem....

    Is there any way i can get more region changes or disable this completley?

    i have never had this problem before, i persume the desktop computer this laptop replaced had a multiregion dvd drive.

    Please Help!!

    PB
     
    FrEeLaNcE79, Nov 15, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I think all notebook optical drives come without multi-region capability and will lock up after 5 region changes. There's a site (I thought it was www.rpc1.org, but it's not loading for me) devoted to these issues and region-free firmware for some burners have been published (use at your own risk). If I were in your situation I would get and install a bare Liteon drive and use LtnRPC. The other option is to get region-free DVD player software (use Google).

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Nov 16, 2007
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  3. mufflan

    mufflan Notebook Consultant

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    I believe that VLC is region free ( http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ )
     
    mufflan, Nov 16, 2007
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