Only 3 region changes left?! Didn't flash anything!

Hi all!
Title says it all: since I'm experiencing SuperDrive issues (see my topic: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1914325&tstart=0 ), I've tried, so far unsuccessfully, to bring my SD back online. Thought about re-flashing the firmware, so I downloaded a firmware that's supposed to let me read all kinds of DVD, regardless of the region they're designed to. My thinking was, maybe if I flash the firmware, it would bring my drive back to life; I don't much care about reading DVDs from other continents, mind you.
I read on various forums that a small application called DVD InfoX could tell me more about the reading abilities of my DVD drive, so I downloaded it and ran it; aside from the fact that it sends my CPU into overdrive (don't ask why, I dunno), it tells me my DVD drive can only experience three more region changes (before what? it get confiscated...?), out of the authorized four.
How come, since I haven't flashed my firmware yet?

It has nothing to do with the changing the firmware. If you insert a DVD that has a different region code than the MBP is currently set to it will ask if you want to change the region code. If you agree, it is changed and the count is reduced. If it is not currently set to your home region code or the region code that you want to use permanently, I suggest that you insert a DVD for your preferred region and change the MBP to your preferred region. Then never insert a DVD from a different region in the future.

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Just to make sure you're aware, but your next change is your final one.
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and
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964?viewlocale=en_US
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Revision: 16810
Revision: 16810
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-07-03 03:32:49 -0700 (Sat, 03 Jul 2010)
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Changed close event from flash.events.Event.CLOSE to mx.events.CloseEvent.CLOSE. See MXML examples in PopupTest.
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