Print

[DV8ORMODS]

you need to backup your fw and then flash the 0800 then windows will detect your drive not any other way

[bonevichio]

You are using instructions to flash the hitachi drive as compared to the toshiba-samsung drive.  You should read the dvd tech forums on how to flash.  Basically in a nutshell -

boot to dos
backup original fw using mtkflash
insert key into modified fw
copy modified fw to drive

Your drive will now show up in windows.

[jiggysmb]

I dont think the TS uses modeB

[bonevichio]

Dude, chill out - you can do it!  Just have some patience.  I'm pretty sure your mobo has the Sil3112 chipset.  This chipset will not work.  You will need to buy a pci sata card (usually $40 or less).

Checkout the pinned topic: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=513518

working sata-pci cards.  You can find a compatible pci sata card within the list.  After you install you can hex edit your mtkflash file and get your backups workings.

Someone wrote:

QUOTE(XboxPlaya128 @ May 24 2006, 02:14 AM)

My card is the link below:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16815124022

These are the drivers I used:

http://www.viaarena....mp;SubCatID=117

This is the edited MTKFLASH that I used:

http://rapidshare.de...ASHvia.zip.html

I think this is the cheapest way to get it working if you don't have a motherboard that works!

My burner is the MD-16xdvd9-8x from www.mdmm.com

Looks like this is a cheap and simple option.

You can find out how to hex edit your mtkflash by reading: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=514126

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 6 2006, 01:49 PM)

    I'M LOSING IT!! Just great!! ok I have read everywhere this chipset isn't supported and everyone is crying (like me) about it. I can find a lot of places that tell which PCI cards dont work, but no one says which ones do...so anybody know which &#(&#(& (&#^(!#& $)!*&$ DAMN PCI cards work and where to get them?  

READ MY POST RIGHT ABOVE THIS ONE YOU JUST POSTED>

HAVE at least SOME patience.

QUOTE(XboxPlaya128 @ May 24 2006, 02:14 AM)

My card is the link below:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16815124022

These are the drivers I used:

http://www.viaarena....mp;SubCatID=117

This is the edited MTKFLASH that I used:

http://rapidshare.de...ASHvia.zip.html

I think this is the cheapest way to get it working if you don't have a motherboard that works!

My burner is the MD-16xdvd9-8x from www.mdmm.com

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 6 2006, 01:54 PM)

Hey Bill for some reason ur post came up right before mine..but its not my mobo it is the pci card and maybe my   anger and frustration is making me   blind, but I don't know where this working pci card list is you were talking about.

The complete list of mobos/cards that work:
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=513518

Cheap card that works: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16815124022

Edited mtkflash file for the card from newegg: http://rapidshare.de...ASHvia.zip.html

[BPCERVANTES]

ok well I had to buy that card off ebay, where soomeone got to bend me over with shipping cost $15 to ship a $7 pci card...JEEEESUUUUUSSSS MAN I think it was less to have my couch shipped from Italy.

Now I'll wait a week for it to get here just so it can malfunction or something of the sort...I know my positive energy is lacking, but this has just been a bad experience.

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 6 2006, 02:33 PM)

I know my positive energy is lacking, but this has just been a bad experience.

Understood...hang in there.  Once you get your card in PM me - I can help you out in getting your mtkflash file hex-edited for the card.

Once you have the card installed - you will need to open msinfo32.exe - under storage -> scsi controllers.  You can take a screenshot of the details of the card.  I can help you hex-edit the file for your particular controller.

QUOTE(Grim187 @ May 20 2006, 04:05 PM)

Editing MTKFlash to Work With Your SATA Chipset
3 Step Guide to Get Your Drive Recognized
Stuff you will need
HEX Editor (Hex Workshop is Recommended)
SATA Controller Card or an Onboard SATA Controller (Should tell you in your mobo/computer specs/manual)
If you do not have a SATA Controller You can most likely find one at your local Computer store or online (pricewatch, ebay, etc. Stay Away from Silicon Image Chipset's sil3112 and sil3114 as they do not work.)
1. Finding out What SATA Chipset You Have
If you have a SATA Controller Card it should say on the Box, In the Manual or on The Chip itself, If you have a Onboard Check your mobo/Computer Manufacturers Website

Example:
Onboard:  VIA KM400 / 8237 = VIA 8237 SATA Chipset
SATA Controller Card: VIA 6421
2. Finding The Correct Values
Install your SATA Controller's Driver (If it isn't Already Installed).

You will need to Open up MSInfo32.exe (Start>Run, Type "MSinfo32.exe" w/o Quotes, Press OK), with MSinfo open (Should Look Something Like This) Click the + next to "Components", Click the + next to "Storage" Now Click on SCSI You Should See Something That looks Like This

Name   Serial ATA Controller
Manufacturer
Status   OK
PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_2211&DEV_4433&SUBSYS_31491106&REV_80\3&61AAA01&0&78
I/O Port   0x00006655-0x00006662
I/O Port   0x00000000-0x00000003
I/O Port   0x00008877-0x00008884
I/O Port   0x00000000-0x00000003
I/O Port   0x00000000-0x0000000F
I/O Port   0x00000000-0x000000FF
IRQ Channel   IRQ 20
Driver   c:\windows\system32\drivers\driver.sys (5.1.2600.201, 74.63 KB (76,416 bytes), 5/15/2006 7:00 AM)

All of that Should Look Different in Your Info, Next to Name it Should Say Something About "Serial ATA" if it Doesn't Try Scrolling Down and/or Make Sure Your in the Right Place,
What You Are looking For in This is 8bytes (16 Numbers/Letters) That MTKFlash Can Identify Your Chipset with, The First 4bytes are Found in The "PNP Device ID" (2 Numbers/Letters = one byte)

PNP Device ID   PCI\VEN_2211&DEV_4433&SUBSYS_31491106&REV_80\3&61AAA01&0&78

So From This Example Your Line So Far Should be 11223344 (Need it Explained Better? Click Here)
The Next 4Bytes are Found in 2 Different Lines of "I/O Port" Hex Values, You Want to Identify The 2 Lines That Have a 7Byte Difference, Extract the Last 4 Digits of the First Section of Numbers/Letters from Them and Swap the 2 Bytes (As You did with The "PNP Device ID" Line)

I/O Port   0x00006655-0x00006662
I/O Port   0x00008877-0x00008884

This is Only Known to Work if You Use The 2 "I/O Port" lines With a Difference of 7 in Order (as Shown Above), As They are Values for The Primary Master and Slave SATA Device,
So in this Example Your line Should be 55667788 (Need it Explained Better? Click Here),
Put Together The 4bytes of Hex (8 Numbers/Letters) That You Have From The "PNP Device ID" Line and the 4 You have from The "I/O Port" Lines and You Have The Values You Need to Insert in to Your MTKFlash.exe File.
3. Injecting Chipset's Hex Values

Now Open up MTKFlash.exe in Your Hex Editor (Hex Workshop: Right Click on the file and Click "Hex Edit using Hex Workshop"), Your Hex Editor Should have a Goto Function (Hex Workshop: Ctrl+g (If your Hex Editing Program doesn't have this Function Scroll to the Bottom and look for Chipset Names) Open it and put in B370 in Hex, Make Sure You have it "Start at the Beginning" of the file, Once here you should See in the Text part, The Names of ChipSets ICH5,VIA8237,NV NForce3,ect. (Should Look Something Like This),
If Your Chipset is in Here that's Good You can compare the Actual Hex Value's to the ones "On File" and if There not the Same Change What you Need to, The Info for a Chipset is 1byte (2 00's(In Hex) Before the Name of That Chipset (in TXT),If Your Chipset is Not Here You Can Just Edit one That is (I do Not Recommend Creating a New one), For Example Say i Have a VIA8237 Chipset These are The Values That i Would Edit (Don't Edit the 00 in RED)

To Conclude the Example's in Step 2 (Don't Edit The Selected 00's)
I know there's still a lot of people having trouble getting mtkflash to recognize there 360 drive, although this is not a tutorial on getting your drive recognized I am here to help so for all of you guys still having trouble try these steps:

1.Unplug Sata Cable

2.Boot to dos

3.Boot to dash

4.Connect Sata Cable

5.Run "MTKFlash r /m /sata orig.bin" (if your chipset info shows up here Select it, if it doesnt continue with 6 and 7)

6.Hit ESC

7.Run "MTKFlash r /m sata orig.bin"

make sure to only select the name of your chipset(or the one that you edited the values in under), if it doesnt show up the 2x then try another 3x, if it still hasn't shown up then you need to go back to editing mtkflash(try editing in "F001 7001" as the last 4 digits)

Also I Recommend using a Newer (Brand New is the Best) Floppy disk as you will be writing your firmware on to it and will need it to be error free and i suggest that you only write to your drive from your hdd not a floppy (you want the lease amount of errors when writing back)
1. put the file you want to write and your edited MTKFlash in the main Dir of your hdd (usaly C:\)

2.1. If you have a Fat Partition: Run dos, at the A:\ Prompt type "C:\" (with out quotes) and you should now have a C:\ prompt

2.2 if you have a NTFS Partition: Download NTFS Dos <download link>, extract all the files from the zip file to the floppy, boot in to dos, type "ntfsdos" (without quotes) and hit enter, it will run and mount your hdd (usaly D:) then type in the drive letter (Example: D:\) and hit enter,

3. now Run MTKFlash and Flash your TS Drives Firmware
Credits:
Geremia (XBH)
Everyone at XS and XBH
A Special Thanks to Commodore4Eva
If you Have Any Qwestions/Comments Feal Free To Email me [email protected]

[Havok]

Before you come back screaming that you bricked you xbox360 and need a new one.  I really sugguest you read and understand everything a bit more.

These mods are not difficult but you really have to be educated so you don't screw things up.

Most of your frustration so far could have been avoided with a little education.

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(Havok @ Jul 6 2006, 02:42 PM)

Before you come back screaming that you bricked you xbox360 and need a new one.  I really sugguest you read and understand everything a bit more.

These mods are not difficult but you really have to be educated so you don't screw things up.

Most of your frustration so far could have been avoided with a little education.

Great words of wisdom!

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 6 2006, 03:13 PM)

Now I gotta go kick some kids out of the bed make, get them clean, fix them a little paper bag lunch, give them $5.32 each totaling $10.64 combined (all the cash I have on me until I return this sata card to frys), Then kich their asses out in the street and tell them to find their real Daddy.

You have at least given me a good laugh - I feel for you.

Try getting some weed and roll up a fatty - that should help.

[ColKurtz]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 6 2006, 08:57 PM)

I must say in my defense I did "ejumicate" myself, read everything 5 times got the frikn Xbox apart then the problems started.

Dude, not to pile on... but if you "read everything 5 times", why did you try to boot slax and put your Samsung  in mode b?  It may sound condescending, but my $399 advice is to stop what you're doing and make sure but understand what you're doing in each step of the process and why BEFORE you mod.

QUOTE

so while I wait to play all these damn backups I've been burning can anyone tell me if Full Auto has to be burned on a dual layer even thogh it fits on a single layer?

Ignoring the issue of how it is you're making backups without a flashed XBOX drive... the dual layer requirement isn't strictly about data but rather where the SS resides.  

QUOTE

After 11 hours of frustration my girlfriend is crying over something I wasn't paying attention to because i was focused into this project, got in a fight ... these damn kids keep bangin on my door saying I'm their daddy when I've thrown everything I possibly could at them and their still there and if this new card doesn't work I'll throw that next...and my life goes on..

My unsolicited advice is that you have someone mod your box for you.  Based on almost every single one of your posts in this thread, you come across as being a little to wound up and impatient to deal with the many problems that modding can bring with it.

[BPCERVANTES]

OK let me get somthing straight.. I'm not new to this I have been modding Xboxs and PS2s for years...I can solder either one with almost any chip blind folded. Yes I did read everything but if you actually pay attention to my posts more of the frustration was due to bad peices and running back and forth to frys standing in 30-40 minute lines not to mention it was 110 degrees. After nothing worked the first time I started mixing instructions up Due to reading things in other forums and following links, I tried multiple things.
To top things off I come here and the search is down, so I can't look for this problem I'm having, I finally after years of comming here have to register because i have a question that can't be answered and the drickin registration form keeps hangin and freezing. Took 5 times of registering to finally get in here to make a post.
The next day I try again Just to discover the chipset on the new sata card is the wrong one...GREAT!! no where in the read me file or any of the other links that I followed mention which chipset you need, they make it seem like any card or sata connection will do. It's not until a problem occurs that you start to look for solutions, so like most people I use the readme file along with whatever else instruction wise info I have to do the mod. Not to mention that the behind the scene drama of fighting with my girlfriend while doing this didn't help.
So after some help from this post I am now awaiting for the delivery of my newly purchased sata non raid card to start again.

All in all It was just a bad day for trying to mod the 360...The title should have really been "Please save my girlfriend" By the way look for us on Springer, she will be confesing who my kids real father is.


On the other note, I don't know how it is I have all these 360 back ups, but since they are here i might as well burn them....Wouldn't you?

So as a summary for anyone else reading this...
Bad equipment + 110degrees + dealing with long lines + finding out your kids belong to the milkman = a bad day to mod
now I'm ok, things are cool, and I'm back to my normal super cool self.

By the way BILL, look for a PM after I get this card.

[bonevichio]

QUOTE(BPCERVANTES @ Jul 7 2006, 02:19 PM)

On the other note, I don't know how it is I have all these 360 back ups, but since they are here i might as well burn them....Wouldn't you?

By the way BILL, look for a PM after I get this card.

You probably won't be able to PM me after your account is banned for mentioning piracy.

[bonevichio]

u getz the card yet?