Topic: Via Vt6421l Cant Get It To Flash (Read 169 times)

jabski · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2006, 03:37:00 PM »

QUOTE(purepwnage12560 @ Oct 11 2006, 10:30 PM)

keeps saying no drive detected

Have you tried turning on the power to the drive at different times ??

purepwnage12560 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:13:00 PM »

purepwnage12560 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2006, 04:43:00 PM »

it dont even let me choose i choose the one sata port closest to me it goes straight to the flash command the ef00 a0 where its going to flash then if i use the other sata port closest to pc it goes no drive detected.

Penfoldian · « **Reply #18 on:** October 11, 2006, 05:16:00 PM »

You have to the 10sec trick with the MS28's

purepwnage12560 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 11, 2006, 06:57:00 PM »

got it to work finally went into my bios set it from P-ata+s-ata and then went to my onboard settings and disabled everything it then gave me the 3rd option which said XTREME Pri master i selected that (dont know why it didnt say my PCI Sata card name) then turned off waited 10 seconds turned on and it read orig firmware and then repeated it and it flashed it

Dexter Harvey · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2006, 10:20:00 PM »

100% foolproof method of flashing the MS28

Sata Hardware: Any VIA 6421 Sata Card
MTKFLASH Version: http://rapidshare.de...ASHvia.zip.html

Turn off the Xbox 360 and PC.
Connect the SATA cable from the MS28 drive to the Internal port on the VIA Sata card.
Connect a PC CD or DVD drive on the VIA Sata card IDE channel (must use MTK chipset - most do - NOT Pioneer tho - all Liteon work)
Power up the Samsung 360 DVD - count to 10
Turn on the PC and boot from floppy.
Type this command: mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin and hit enter
It should display your ports. Do NOT select anything, just leave it at the "menu"
Turn off the power to the Samsung 360 DVD
Now, select port 1 , even though the Samsung 360 DVD power is now off.
It will "pause" when you select that port
I counted to 12-15, then turned on the power to the Samsung 360 DVD
It will start reading automatically.

Once youve read the FW we suggest using Xtreme v3.3 (simply put the orig.bin in the same dir as Xtreme v3.3 and run Make X33.bin. Then put the newly created X33.bin onto your floppy)

Follow the same procedure above for flashing except the command line is

mtkflash r /m x33.bin

just a note you need via183c mtkflash... works like a champ...

boot with floppy that has the above mtk flash on it and a dos bootable
at a:\ type mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin
hit #3 for sata chip card
let it backup
when finished boot to windows

also download xtreme 33 extract it and copy of your orig.bin to same directory
run make x33.bin and then get the x33.bin file and copy to floppy

boot back to dos
and then type mtkflash w /m /sata orig.bin
and watch it upload your firmware

Just get latest drivers and mtk183c_VIA and all will be fine.

Just remember these steps.

1.Leave 360 off until you get to the comand prompt.
2.Turn 360 on.
3 type mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin turn 360 off. Then press enter.
4.Count to 10.
5 Turn 360 on.
6 Watch it read.
7 Check in hex editor that file created is correct.
8 Copy 4000-4200/4400 whatever you prefer from the orig.bin
9 Open xtreme32 or xtreme33 and replace/over write the section 4000-4200/4400 in the xtreme firmware with what you took from the orig.bin.
10.save the file as hacked.bin or xtreme.bin
11.Reboot Pc and leave 360 off until cmd prompt again.
12.Turn 360 on.
13. Type mtkflash w /m /sata xtreme.bin turn 360 off. Then press enter.
14. Count to 10
15 Turn 360 on
16 Watch it flash 4 sections.
When complete Disconnect pc test 360.

If it fails reading or writing just try again its all a matter of timing.

-FourDoor- · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2006, 12:52:00 AM »

QUOTE

Connect a PC CD or DVD drive on the VIA Sata card IDE channel (must use MTK chipset - most do - NOT Pioneer tho - all Liteon work)

Is this step really necessary? Do I need to have some sort of drive attached to the VT6421L's IDE connection for the 10second trick to work on the MS28s?

purepwnage12560 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2006, 07:00:00 AM »

yea i want to know the same thing some people say you need to have a IDE cd or dvd drive hooked on the IDE of it and others say you dont, so which one is it you do or dont?

also that mtkflash file above when i unzip it the file only has 1 which is MTKFLASHVIA dont i need a mtkflash.typ as well?

Dexter Harvey · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2006, 08:46:00 AM »

QUOTE(purepwnage12560 @ Oct 12 2006, 09:07 AM)

yea i want to know the same thing some people say you need to have a IDE cd or dvd drive hooked on the IDE of it and others say you dont, so which one is it you do or dont?

also that mtkflash file above when i unzip it the file only has 1 which is MTKFLASHVIA dont i need a mtkflash.typ as well?

http://rapidshare.de...3c_VIA.rar.html

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