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[reaver11dy]

Ok so I finally got my NME 2.0 chip installed on my Hitachi 79FL. Every time I booted I got E64. I took some time and investigated the problem and found that I installed the power to 12v instead of 5v. So I soldered onto the 5v and It booted up. I then decided to see if my backup game would work. I inserted my game and It loaded and worked perfectly until I got to the menu and it froze. I thought maybe it was just a bad burn. So I restarted the Xbox but my drive wouldn't open and when it booted it gave me the E64 again. I then unhooked both the positive and ground from the dvd drive but I still got the E64. Then I decided to leave the wires on the dvd drive and just take off the connections to the chip, but that didn't help either. I don't understand why it would boot up and play a burned game for 30 seconds if One of the connections were bad. Anyone have any advice? I haven't taken off all the connections on the dvd drive because when I soldered them I put clear epoxy over them to make sure not to break any connections. I have study my solder and haven't seen any bridges or any problems. Is it possible to brick a drive even though I have not changed my firmware?

[cb3dard]

There is no reason to use epoxy on your connections if your solder job is good.  It's probably just a bad solder job somewhere, but there is no way to find that out because you put glue on all your connections.  You should have at least tested it first before doing that.

This is from the NME2 website:

E65 is DVD Firmware Error. This means the Drive doesnt supply a firmware to the Xbox360 at all. Most likely this is because of a short connection to the datalines from the chip to the DVD Drive Board. At first you should desolder the chip completely and see if the Xbox360 works fine again without chip. If it works ok then reinstall the chip and take care of a really good install with no shorts whatsoever. If the Xbox360 still shows the same error after you desoldered the chip then there is most likely still a short connection between some points of the Firmware Flash IC. Clean the solder points with flux and retry from scratch.

And no, you can't brick your hard drive with the NME2.

This post has been edited by cb3dard: Jan 25 2009, 04:12 PM

[linenoise]

The same thing has happened to my Benq drive.  I soldered everything in place cleanly, and received an E65.  I removed all wires, and still receive an E65, and sometimes an E64.  The only thing I can think happened, is that I cut a trace accidently while removing the epoxy, to get to the solder points.  Does anyone have the schematics or pin outs of the Benq drive, so I can check continuity across it?
Or, is it possible, that when I attached the NME2, that I fried the firmware on the drive?
Thanks

[cb3dard]

I don't understand why people use epoxy on a solder point.  There is absolutely no need.  If you're worried about the exposed wire touching something, put a piece of electrical tape over it.  To make things worse, some types of epoxies are conductive, so you're screwing yourself right from the start.  Just read a guide on the internet on how to solder properly if you can't get it to stick.  You can use fiberglass pens and flux, but never ever use epoxy.