Topic: Info & How To: Avoid/fix E66 Issues With Fall Dash Update (Read 763 times)

biga55 · « **Reply #45 on:** October 31, 2006, 04:41:00 PM »

I have a Hitachi with the old firmware (xtreme 1.1), the one that takes a while to load the games.

I bet I'll get the error if I update, as I've already read some others had errors with the old firmware.

purepwnage12560 · « **Reply #46 on:** October 31, 2006, 04:46:00 PM »

just got a new xbox 360 (hitachi drive) did not open it has original everythig applied update it rebooted and BAM E71 is the error im getting

antz1970 · « **Reply #47 on:** October 31, 2006, 04:53:00 PM »

a m8s ms28 flashed with v3.2 , after update error66 , refleshed with 4.2a and all is well

OriginalCompGeek · « **Reply #48 on:** October 31, 2006, 04:59:00 PM »

QUOTE(Dravor @ Oct 31 2006, 07:05 PM)

I'm willing to be a reflash of the dvd drive firmware causes something to clear in cmos on the board? It would almost make sense, sometime goes wrong with the update, something isn't cleared, and the firmware flash on the dvd drive simply causes the board to reset.

Now what really sucks is those with stock boxes who get these errors have to send them back in. Ouch.

Not quite, a good number of people still get the error when they flash back to original, and then back to modded firmware.

jxoxn21 · « **Reply #49 on:** October 31, 2006, 05:31:00 PM »

QUOTE(TigerHawk @ Oct 31 2006, 06:12 PM)

Originally MS25 Samsung Drive, flashed with 4.1A by way of Make41A.bat
System works after updating. NTSC

If it means anything, I unplugged my network cable immediately after it restarted and the startup animation stuttered. I wasn't able to recreate this stutter by restarting. Maybe random but it might be significant.

I just got home and updated:

Hitachi 47dj
xtreme 2.2

Updated, automatically restarted. I put in my backup of import tuner challenge. it started reading the cd, about 2 seconds later it studdered and the beginning animation studdered. I was unable to duplicate the error a second time. Not sure if this is relevent but i see other people are having the same issue. MY 2 CENTS

OriginalCompGeek · « **Reply #50 on:** October 31, 2006, 05:43:00 PM »

The stuttering only happens on the first boot up after the update. Seems like it's just the update being applied, it doesn't sound like something to worry about.

OriginalCompGeek · « **Reply #51 on:** October 31, 2006, 06:13:00 PM »

It does not appear to be effective to flash back to orig.bin, almost every instance of flashing back to orig.bin first causes E66 when Xtreme installed later.

Maybe the new update checks to see if the firmware is readable to begin with, and if that changes gives you the error? Kinda' goin' out on a limb, but it's possible.

port443 · « **Reply #52 on:** October 31, 2006, 08:11:00 PM »

Have an Original or backup game disc in the drive then do the update. 100% no error 66

Done on multiple Xbox 360 configs. All 100%.......

boofie75 · « **Reply #53 on:** October 31, 2006, 09:46:00 PM »

I've got a 25, unplugged DVD drive, updated, no prob, bob. Everything's still AOK.

TheDarkLord · « **Reply #54 on:** October 31, 2006, 09:49:00 PM »

QUOTE(smash_linux @ Oct 31 2006, 01:33 PM)

I think this is right for now, anyone can prove that this is wrong?

- MS25 : ORIGINAL OK
- MS25 : 3.0 OK
- MS25 : 3.1 OK
- MS25 : 3.2 OK
- MS25 : 3.3 OK
- MS25 : 4.0a/b OK
- MS25 : 4.1a/b ERR66
- MS25 : 4.2a/b OK

- MS28 : ORIGINAL OK
- MS28 : 3.0 ERR66
- MS28 : 3.0 ERR66
- MS28 : 3.1 ERR66
- MS28 : 3.2 ERR66
- MS28 : 3.3 ERR66
- MS28 : 4.0a/b ERR66
- MS28 : 4.1a/b OK
- MS28 : 4.2a/b OK

Well I have a TS MS28 with the 3.2 hacked firmware and it works fine, no error, no problems, everithing is fine.

jayb082 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 31, 2006, 10:52:00 PM »

Xbox: 12-16-05

Drive: Toshiba-Samsung

Firmware: Xtreme 3.0

SUCCESS! Updated perfectly fine, everything works like before!

Monty1157 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 01, 2006, 01:24:00 AM »

MS-25 drive with Xtreme4.2a installed here. Once I got the Xbox update, it went straight to an E66 error. Soo....Onto the firmware reflash:

Original: Worked every time.
4.2a: E66
4.1a: E66
4.0a: E66
3.3: Working.

Don't ask me why it didn't like the stealthed firmware. But for whatever reason it just got plain upset. Booting with the drive plugged into the PC sata port did not cause an error, so it's deffo something to do with the drive in one way or another. I did try flashing the original firmware onto the drive, letting the 360 boot a couple of times, just in case M$ decided to play around with the original flash, re-read it from the drive, and re-patched this new original onto the above firmware. All met with the same results. Oh yeah, and I tried both KDX and X360SAM for patching in the keys. I did not try to manually patch the key. May attempt that with the latest firmware when I have a better day than yesterday. Getting it working was the up point for me last night.

If it could have went wrong, it did...... *sigh*

360newbie360 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 01, 2006, 02:41:00 AM »

I got xtreme 4.0 and a MS28..
Have not updated yet..
Can someone confirm that updating without the DVD drive connected works?
If not I think it's better to wait for a while...

CreisoN · « **Reply #58 on:** November 01, 2006, 03:59:00 AM »

UPDATE 100% NO PROBLEM MY:
XBOX360 USA NTSC
Hitachi-LG 46D
FW-Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_3_Stealth_Rev2
PS:EVERYTHING VERY NORMAL UPDATE NICE AND CLEAR 100%
NEW DASH ALL WORKING GOOD
ON LIVE
GAMES EVERYTING TESTED

====================================================================

Obveron · « **Reply #59 on:** November 01, 2006, 04:42:00 AM »

If the 3.x firmware is based on ms25 firmware, and the ms28 and ms25 are the same hardware...
Why does the ms25 work with 3.x firmware but ms28 doesnt?
Is it because the key is different?
Has anyone succesfully got a ms28 to work with a 3.x firmware (maybe with a different hex editing procedure)?
I know the solution is to update to 4.2, I'm just looking for speculation as to why the error.

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