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[Gazcoigne]

congratulations guys top job!! nice teamwork and thinking outside the box.

with your permission i would like to add this to my tutorial, and try to get it pinned as this will be essential reading for many 360 users.

kick ass!!

[langnao]

QUOTE(Gazcoigne @ Nov 29 2006, 09:26 PM)

congratulations guys top job!! nice teamwork and thinking outside the box.

with your permission i would like to add this to my tutorial, and try to get it pinned as this will be essential reading for many 360 users.

kick ass!!

That will be great help to those who swapped their drives. I m sure myfranco will be glad that his detailed steps be included in a full tutorial.

You will probably have to take care of 4 combinations, samsung - samsung, samsung - hitachi, hitachi - samsung & hitachi - hitachi

[Gazcoigne]

QUOTE(langnao @ Nov 29 2006, 01:52 PM)

That will be great help to those who swapped their drives. I m sure myfranco will be glad that his detailed steps be included in a full tutorial.

You will probably have to take care of 4 combinations, samsung - samsung, samsung - hitachi, hitachi - samsung & hitachi - hitachi

yeah my original tutorial covers the method of inserting the key into a hitachi, as that was the only tut that was missing when i wrote it. since then there has been a lot of stuff happening in the 360 scene with the fall update etc so now i think i will simply extend the tutorial to cover the whole process of replacing any type drive in the console. i will begin work on it v soon all being well.

[langnao]

QUOTE(Gazcoigne @ Nov 30 2006, 12:15 AM)

yeah my original tutorial covers the method of inserting the key into a hitachi, as that was the only tut that was missing when i wrote it. since then there has been a lot of stuff happening in the 360 scene with the fall update etc so now i think i will simply extend the tutorial to cover the whole process of replacing any type drive in the console. i will begin work on it v soon all being well.

I m waiting for the reply of LEXS from another thread http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=567148

Apparantly, his firmware is a bit "weird" compared to the rest on the drive model portion. If this was indeed his original dump, then the changing of the drive model will not be purely on a specific address but more on finding the correct string and replace it. This will impact your tutorial ...

[langnao]

Okay, LEXS confirmed he had fixed his problem following the steps. The issue of the drive model appearing at "different" hex address was due to the fact that his hex editor padded some extra hex codes and thus messed up the whole address space where the drive model appeared.

Anyway, this confirm the steps drafted by myfranco and thus it is safe to include into the Gazcoigne's tutorial.

[myfranco]

@Gazcoigne if you want to add to your tutorial ,it will be a great idea.However, if you want a full tutorial with easy step by step explanation and pictures , i am in. Just tell me how you want to do it.
Langnao we don't see each other that much since we fixed the problem and started playing games  

[langnao]

QUOTE(myfranco @ Nov 30 2006, 11:29 AM)

@Gazcoigne if you want to add to your tutorial ,it will be a great idea.However, if you want a full tutorial with easy step by step explanation and pictures , i am in. Just tell me how you want to do it.
Langnao we don't see each other that much since we fixed the problem and started playing games  

Yah, not to mention work commitment, etc. But still check the forum regularly but after sometime you will notice things start to be repetitive. Looking for more 'unusual' stuff ...

[Papique]

Well, let me see if I understood it right...
My Hitachi 47DJ died, so I bought an Samsung MS25 TS-H943... To get it running in my Xbox I must flash it with my Hitachi Original firmware, and then, to don't get E66, I must do this:

copy 0x202e - 0x204d from Hitachi 47DJ to Samsung 0x202e - 0x204d
copy 0x20b6 - 0x20d5 from Hitachi 47DJ to Samsung 0x20b8 - 0x20d7

That's correctly?

Thanks!

Ps: which lines of my Hitachi I must copy to insert the key in the MS25? (It's 4000-4200?)

[langnao]

QUOTE(Papique @ Dec 4 2006, 11:48 PM)

Well, let me see if I understood it right...
My Hitachi 47DJ died, so I bought an Samsung MS25 TS-H943... To get it running in my Xbox I must flash it with my Hitachi Original firmware, and then, to don't get E66, I must do this:

copy 0x202e - 0x204d from Hitachi 47DJ to Samsung 0x202e - 0x204d
copy 0x20b6 - 0x20d5 from Hitachi 47DJ to Samsung 0x20b8 - 0x20d7

That's correctly?

Thanks!

Ps: which lines of my Hitachi I must copy to insert the key in the MS25? (It's 4000-4200?)

If your original drive is hitach 47DJ and your replacement drive is samsung MS25, you just have to use the firmware package 'xtreme 42 Update' and run either 'Make X42a.bin Report as HT47' (for 42a) or 'Make X42b.bin Report as HT47' (for 42b) to allow the samsung drive reports its model as hitachi 47. It is very much easier ...

The Make link requires 'orig.bin' to be present and this orig.bin must contain the correct key. Since the samsung is your replacement drive, you must dump out the firmware then inject the key from hitach (which is your original drive) into the firmware and save as 'orig.bin'. After that, run the respective 'Make' link that I had mentioned above.

[Papique]

I think that can solve my problem! It's correctly, my driver was an Hitachi 47DJ, and I change it to a Samsung MS25 TS-H943! I'll try to do it and later I post the result! Thank you very much !

One last question that I forgot to ask: If I do that, and install Extreme V4.2b, can I use xbox live or not? There are any firmware that I can use to don't get E66 in Xbox Live with my swapped MS25? Thanks!

[holyniht]

excellent tute, but im stuck, im trying to create the step2.bin. I opened step1.bin in 360firmware toolbox saved it as un encreypted, ive over written the mentioned address and my file is always one kb larger thus, it wont reopen in 360toolbox. im using the xvi32 hex editor and its in overwrite mode. ive even typed each bit manually and i always get a larger file. can anyone help?

[holyniht]

QUOTE(holyniht @ Dec 5 2006, 05:10 AM)

excellent tute, but im stuck, im trying to create the step2.bin. I opened step1.bin in 360firmware toolbox saved it as un encreypted, ive over written the mentioned address and my file is always one kb larger thus, it wont reopen in 360toolbox. im using the xvi32 hex editor and its in overwrite mode. ive even typed each bit manually and i always get a larger file. can anyone help?

**Edit**
Found out the problem, xvi32 for sum reason was padding the file. used another hex editor and i got it all 2 work on one go. now my hitachi 47 works on a ms25 mobo. much credit to all that worked hard on this. you guys are geniueses.

[langnao]

QUOTE(holyniht @ Dec 5 2006, 06:10 PM)

excellent tute, but im stuck, im trying to create the step2.bin. I opened step1.bin in 360firmware toolbox saved it as un encreypted, ive over written the mentioned address and my file is always one kb larger thus, it wont reopen in 360toolbox. im using the xvi32 hex editor and its in overwrite mode. ive even typed each bit manually and i always get a larger file. can anyone help?

 U just rename your original.bin to step2.bin and then use your hex editor edit accordingly and save it.

[droideka]

Hello, i hope someone can help me as i am very confused right now.

i had a 47dj(wich died, not bricked) and now i bought a new 46 with my key allready injected(the guy just did that to me), but im worried am i going to get the error 66(he says i wont)?

If i do can please someone, and i would be very thankful, please tell me what are the steps to change a 46 to appear as a 47 and then flash it with garyopas package?

Ive read almost all the thread but nothing appeard for this particular case... i have the skill to flash a drive without hassel but this is a bit too much for me...

drive is in original state with my key injected

Please, please can anybody help?

[langnao]

QUOTE(droideka @ Dec 5 2006, 09:33 PM)

Hello, i hope someone can help me as i am very confused right now.

i had a 47dj(wich died, not bricked) and now i bought a new 46 with my key allready injected(the guy just did that to me), but im worried am i going to get the error 66(he says i wont)?

If i do can please someone, and i would be very thankful, please tell me what are the steps to change a 46 to appear as a 47 and then flash it with garyopas package?

Ive read almost all the thread but nothing appeard for this particular case... i have the skill to flash a drive without hassel but this is a bit too much for me...

drive is in original state with my key injected

Please, please can anybody help?

The steps are already here in this thread. Just some modification at the editing of the firmware part. Instead of editing the firmware to show the model as MS28, just edit it to reflect as 47 which is easier since it is just drive model change. Of course the flashing part has to be done using 46Flash.exe instead. It was mentioned in the steps ...

A reminder to those who had done the firmware modification especially for hitachi drive. For garyopa next xtreme firmware releases, you can't just run the restore.bat and flash with the new firmware. You had change the drive model and thus the script will use the 'wrong' flashing executable. You can either, undo the drive model changed or modify the restore and flashing script. Do take note of this issue ...