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[fiestaxr2]

edimax can you remember what pc motherboard you actually got it working on ?

can anyone please tell me what motherboards work with on the ms28 and sata pci vt6421 card combination ?

thanks

[Dexter Harvey]

QUOTE(fiestaxr2 @ Oct 18 2006, 05:01 PM)

hi guys and gals

i have flashed many xbox 360's until i have come across my first ms28 samsung

i have read the guides on this forum

i have all the necessary bits , pci sata vt6421 card , ide cd/dvd drive on the ide channel of the sata card ( mtk chipset ( samsung 616e )

check for mtk chipset in your cd/dvd drive below

http://forum.cdfreak...;threadid=58518

i have tried the original mtkflash , the one from the link on this page and also i have tried usig the xtreme boot maker with custom mtkflash ( as shown on youtube ) for the vt6421 card

i follow the instructions carefully , power on the 360 , wait then power the pc , but as soon as i type in mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin , my pc goes straight to

Flash Type : SST(SST25VF040)(Serial)
reading.....00%

and then freezes ,

i get no option of choosing which sata option to flash as i hve onboard sata ( sis964 ) and also the sata pci vt6421 card

any help would be more than appreciated

thanks inadvance

Hacking xbox360 firmware on Toshiba/Samsung TSH943



VIDEO shows you how to modify the Samsung drive in an Xbox 360 using the firmware hack.
suggestion burn it dvd+-R whatever watch it in your dvd player while flashing your xbox 360 drive

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VIA VT 6421L PCI SATA Card latest drivers download

For use with the following

VIA VT 6421L PCI SATA Card
VT8251 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller ( VT8251 VT8251 )
VT8237 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller ( VT8237 VT8237 VT8237 VT8237 )
Discrete Serial ATA RAID controllers VT6420/1 ( VT6420 VT6421 VT6420 VT6421 )
VT6410 IDE RAID controller ( VT6410 VT6410 )
CX700 Integrated Serial ATA RAID controller ( CX700 CX700 )

DOWNLOAD

http://www.viaarena...._raid_v530c.zip


Use Xtreme Boot Maker 3.5.
http://www.x-project.../request.php?12

Xtreme Boot Maker is a simple program that will prepare a floppy or USB drive
for use with X360SAM.

- Auto-detects your SATA/RAID controller and hex-edits MTKFlash (if needed)
for your chipset.
- Formats your floppy/usb drive and copies all necessary files over.
- Uses X360SAM 0.4.
- MD5 checker when selecting your firmware lets you know your firmware is legit
- Updateable Firmware definitions.
- Renames the firmware you load to xtreme.bin, uses custom .bat files.
- Will work with all existing Xtreme fw's and future releases. (I Hope)
- Can be used with NTFS cd's, creates a folder on your hdd.

Fixed/Added:
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- Added: Option for MS28 Bad Flash Recovery
- Added: Option to apply Boke's MS28 single device hack


Xtreme Boot Maker v0.3.5


Choose hack firmware that you will flash the drive with

choose custom MTKFlash pick your SATA controller, and
hit Detect ID I/O.
check both boxes for the
MS28 Bad Flash method
Boke's Hexedit.
format and make bootable usb or floppy.

Make sure you connect your xbox 360 sata connection to
the sata port on the via sata card the port towards
your harddrive or toward the front of your case.

Connect a PC CD or DVD drive on the VIA Sata card IDE channel
(must use MTK chipset - most do - NOT Pioneer - all Liteons work)
you must a have media tek optical drive connected
to the SATA cards IDE port for ms28 bad flash
you have to plug a mtk based dvd drive into the
ide port on the sata card.

Boot into DOS with xbox 360 off,
when at command prompt,
turn on 360, type SAMREAD 1234567 12345 (using your
Xbox 360 serial number found on the back of the case near the A/V port).


To follow this through you will need the following...

Extreme boot maker 3.5
Hacked upto date Extreme firmware bin file.
A pc with SATA controller (or a sata card) Preferably Via.
An xbox360
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MAKING AN EXTREME BOOT DISC
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Extreme boot maker prepares a usb or floppy boot disc specifically matching your Sata chipset.

0. Insert floppy or USB drive into pc
1. Run extreme boot maker
2. open hacked firmware bin file
3. tick "use custom mtkflash"
4. select "via" sata controller from drop down menu
5. click "detect ID"
6. Select USB drive, drive letter
7. tick "format and make bootable disk"
hit prepare.

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With ms28 you MUST use /sata switch in MTKflash
The next section can be missed out with ms25 drives.
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Editing files for flashing ms28 on USB stick/Floppy prepared with extreme boot maker
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edit samread
where it says MTkflash r /m
add a space and /sata
save it

edit samhack
where it says MTFlash w /m
add a space and /sata
save it

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Reading and Flashing
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Unplug xbox360's dvd drive sata cable

Disconnect your pc sata harddisc cable and plug in into the xbox360 dvd drive.

Make sure you have a cable to stop "floating ground" going to both pc and 360 chassis.

The Video cable from 360 plugged into tv and 360 power cable plugged in.

NOTE: The following Sections 7 and 9 can be missed out on a ms25 microsoft flashed Toshiba/Samsung TSH943 drive as you don't need to turn the xbox360 on and off.

The following "bad flash recovery method" only works with via sata chipsets and is specifically for Toshiba/Samsung TSH943 with the original MS28 firmware.

*THE READING*

1. Turn on pc first
2. Boot from usb (or floppy) disc made with extreme boot maker
3.Connect 360 SATA Cable and video cable When in Dos switch on xbox360
4. AT PROMPT ENTER samread xxxxxxx xxxxx (xx is your xbox serial number)
5. Hit enter
6. MTKflash will run A list of drives should come up asking you to select drive *DON'T ENTER ANYTHING*
7. TURN OFF XBOX360
8. Select sata card, hit enter and wait 10 seconds
9. TURN ON XBOX360
10. As soon as you turn it on it will start reading the 360 firmware.
11. With 360 on unplug sata cable from back of it
12. Power off PC and then 360.

*THE WRITING OF HACKED FIRMWARE*

0. Plug 360 sata cable back in
1. Turn on pc first
2. Boot from usb (or floppy) disc made with extreme boot maker
3. When in Dos switch on xbox360
4. AT PROMPT ENTER samhack xxxxxxx xxxxx (xx is your xbox serial number)
5. Hit enter
6. MTKflash will run asking you to select drive *DON'T ENTER ANYTHING*
7. TURN OFF XBOX360
8. Select sata card, hit enter and wait 10 seconds
9. TURN ON XBOX360
10. As soon as you turn it on it will start reflashing the 360 firmware.
11. With 360 on unplug sata cable from back of it
12. Power off PC and then 360.

1. Plug xbox360's own sata cable back in.
2. power on xbox360
3. test 360 backup dvd and 360 original dvd
4. put xbox360 back together again.

QUOTE(fiestaxr2 @ Oct 20 2006, 12:15 PM)

if i turn the 360 on at the dos prompt , the PC nakes a loud beep and everything freezes completely

i will have a look at the link you gave me , thanks

Update your computer Bios.

[edimax]

fiestaxr2

The original pc i tried the bad flash recovery on has an ASUS A8N SLI-deluxe motherbard with Nforce 4 chipset all onboard SATA controllers where disabled and one Lite-on drive attached to an IDE channel on motherboard.  With the VIA vt6421 card installed as you said if you turn the 360 on at the DOS prompt with edited MTKflash all you get is a big beep and the system freezes up.

Also as you said when i had the ms28 ( switched on ) attached to the via vt6421 pci card i get an error message at boot "Hardware initiate failed Please check device!!!!!
The Bios does not to be installed.Press (g) to continue!

I then removed the VIA vt6421 card and put it into an old system with a Gigabye GA-7N400 PRO with Nforce 2 chipset diasbled onboard SATA controllers on motherboard.  Attached the Lite-on drive and i then had no problem using the bad flash recovery to read and write firmware.

Hope it helps

Cheers

[DcMaN]

bump to the top could use a 100% solution to this problem as i have encountered it as well

[swiaxy]

Can I use xtreme boot maker to make my drive and boot it on another machine?  I have a board with via 6420 chipset but it isn't running windows.

[flash360]

Congratulations on using the search button, but you do realise you dragged up a 2 year old post dont you.