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Hi,

I want to install Windows 7 64 bit. But can i use my VIA card and portio under 64bit? So:

1. Is there a VIA 6421 driver for Windows 7 64 bit? I know that there are drivers for Windows Vista 64 bit, but does these work with Windows 7?
2. Is there a PortIO version for 64 bit (for Lite-On dump)?

And if someone thinks i should not do it, why not?

Thanks!

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ElNin0 VIP   Posted at 2009-11-04 15:06:39 GMT (7 hr)
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   This tutorial shows users how to modify their Xbox 360's firmware using Windows 7 x64. This guide has been confirmed using a BenQ and a Samsung. Hitachi's have been confirmed to not work with this and Lite-ons are posted in another thread.

NOTE: This tutorial can work on any operating system but I labeled it specifically for Windows 7 x64 due to the fact everyone is upgrading to it and everyone is saying it's not possible. I will note where you can skip if you have a different operating system.

Requirements:
A confirmed drive that works with this: BenQ or Samsung
-If you have a liteon, you can follow this tutorial (1.6 only, so far)
VIA Sata Card with Chipset 6421 (bought cheap on eBay)
Sata cable - to connect your 360 drive to your VIA chip
x360 Opening Tool - Not needed but makes life much easier
Dosflash v1.8 & Jungleflasher v0.1.67
iXtreme Firmware

Removing your VIA card's Drivers
You can first try to skip this part but if you can't get your computer to read your 360 drive, then come back and follow these steps.
1. Disable your VIA card using your Device Manager.
2. Go to C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers and rename "viamraid.sys" or "vsmraid.sys" to "viamraid.sys1" or "vsmraid.sys1" so your computer can't recognize them.
3. Re-enable your VIA card.
4. Shut down your PC.

Getting this all to work
Through my experiences, I've noticed I've had to do something that I would have thought didn't matter, but I proved myself wrong today. Make sure you unplug any SATA DVD drive that you may have hooked up to your PC. Even though you may have disabled it (or DosFlash disables it) in the device manager, for some reason my PC couldn't detect my 360 until I actually unplugged the SATA cable.

Getting DosFlash 1.8 drivers to work on Windows 7 x64 (or any other 64bit OS; 32bit can skip this step):

1. Inside the DosFlash download folder, you should see a program called dseo13b. Right-click and "Run as Administrator".
2. Keep clicking "Next" and/or "Accept" until you get to this screen:


3. Like the picture above, click "Enable Test Mode", then click next. A pop up will appear, click OK:


4. Then click "Sign a System File" and click next:


5. There is no browse button so go to the folder (outside the program) and navigate to where the dosflash folder is. Copy the directory over and then you'll have to type "\portio64.sys" at the end of it. Should look similar to this:



6. Now you'll have to restart your computer. When you reboot, you should see this in your bottom right hand corner:

If you do then you are good to go on to the next steps. You can now shut down your computer again.

Reading your Xbox 360 Drive
1. Connect your 360 to your Sata port on your computer, or if you are using a VIA card it should be placed in this slot:

Start up the computer. Once your OS fully loads, you can turn on your 360.

2. Go to your DosFlash64 folder, right click the DosFlash64 file, run as administrator.
You will more than likely see this if you have a BenQ:


Or this if you have a Samsung:

I don't know what you will see for Hitachi or Lite-on.

3. Once it finds the drive you should see this:


4. Click "Read Flash". Save it somewhere safe labeled as "orig.bin" (no quotes of course). I would back this up on an external, flash drive and email it to yourself. This is what you'll use if you mess this up (unlikely if you know how to read).

Writing the Modded Firmware to your 360 Drive
1. Take your downloaded modded firmware (that you got from xbins), and copy + paste it into the "...\JungleFlasher v0.1.66 Beta\firmware" folder.
2. Go to your "JungleFlasher v0.1.66 Beta" folder, right click "JungleFlasher" and "Run as Administrator".
3. Click "Open Source Firmware" and navigate to your "orig.bin" you just saved.
4. It will ask if you want to auto-load [Your drive name here]. Click "Yes". It should look similar to this:


5. You should see this now:

Make sure the top key matches the bottom key. Mine ends in BCD as you can see from the above image.

6. Click "Save to File" (bottom right). Find a place to save it. I don't change the name of the file that automatically appears.


7. Click the drop down menu and choose "Erase" and then click the button at the bottom to erase your drive.


8. Click the drop down menu and choose "Write" and click the "Write Flash" button at the bottom.


9. Navigate to where your modded firmware was saved to when you used JF, choose it and click Open.


10. It will begin writing your flash. It will go through a number of banks and you can view it on the bottom of the program.


11. A message will pop up saying you've successfully flashed your drive, click OK.

LASTLY, you can now go back into dseo13b and disable testing mode (same way you enabled it).

CONGRATS. You've just finished modding your drive using Windows 7 x64!!!! From here, I like to shut down my computer, then turn off the 360. Disconnect your 360 from the computer, plug your 360's SATA back in, then go test it out to make sure it works before you go putting the case back together.

Thanks to PipSqueek for finding this & AzzidReign for the write up

I know this can be done offline in DOS but for first timers if you come across problems it can be annoying having to log back on all the time to ask questions if there's a problem.

Last edited by ElNin0 at 2009-11-04 15:07:10 GMT

Well here are all the instructions and I hope it works out for you. Good luck