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[-HaXoR-tha-360-]

Has anyone figured out how to get the Hitachi into MODEB without
removing R214 off the controller board??

My experiments have lead me to believe that the MODEB is achieved
by shorting the (Tray_Status) line to ground. But instead of a direct
short they are shorting to ground through a 10K resistor or a voltage
divider bridge tied to ground??

I read on another website that you don't want to short the (Tray_Status)
line to ground when R214 is in place because you risk frying the controller
chip. TX says they are able to do it with their connectivity kit without
removing anything off the controller board. So how are they doing it??

I myself was able to finally detect my Hitachi Drive in Windows by
removing R214 off the DVD controller board and then shorting the
(Tray_Status) line to ground. After I did this, I was able to dump
my firmware with the `memdump_win' program.

But to do anything else like dumping the DVD to a file, is impossible
because the R214 is removed and that logic line is floating around and
you can't get utilities like WxRipper to stop the drive or anything else.

I even by mistake connected the drive back to the 360 without the R214
in place and tried to run a game and it gave me all kinds of weird shit..
The screen would say reading the disc when the tray was ejected.. If
I manually pushed in the tray, it would close and then seconds later,
eject the tray again... Putting the R214 back in place returned the
functionality back to normal..

I'm going to play with it later aafter work and try the 10K resistor to
ground without removing R214 and see what happens... Hopefully, I
wont fry the controller chip...

-Haxor-tha-360-

[Kafluke]

ummmm .....


what?

[Da Mafia]

Well probutus' Slax live-cd is the easiest way to get the drive into modeB but if you have native sata or dont have a SATA-PATA converter like me it wont work but Probutus is working on that now.

[-HaXoR-tha-360-]

QUOTE(Da Mafia @ May 25 2006, 10:52 AM)

Well probutus' Slax live-cd is the easiest way to get the drive into modeB but if you have native sata or dont have a SATA-PATA converter like me it wont work but Probutus is working on that now.

well I've got Native SATA (NFORCE4) and the drive gets detected but will not be recognized by Windows x64 unless I do the hardware hack with the shorting of the (Tray_Status) line.

I tried multiple times with the SLAX CD with booting up with it and then resetting and still Windows would not recognize the drive. Even if I powered on the 360 with the Eject line grounded and booted with the SLAX and resetting..

I think it's because anytime you reset the PC with Native SATA, it also resets the state of whatever is connected to it..

-Haxor-tha-360-

[Da Mafia]

QUOTE(-HaXoR-tha-360- @ May 25 2006, 05:06 PM)

well I've got Native SATA (NFORCE4) and the drive gets detected but will not be recognized by Windows x64 unless I do the hardware hack with the shorting of the (Tray_Status) line.

I tried multiple times with the SLAX CD with booting up with it and then resetting and still Windows would not recognize the drive. Even if I powered on the 360 with the Eject line grounded and booted with the SLAX and resetting..

I think it's because anytime you reset the PC with Native SATA, it also resets the state of whatever is connected to it..

-Haxor-tha-360-

I have the same problem mate, the Slax Live-CD only works if the drive is connected to IDE or with PCI Sata cards. Like I said Probutus is working on a new Live-CD to work with native sata. I just Grounded my tray_staus for like a second on power up.