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[forseamail]

I use Google search that artical and follow these step but in vain

it seems my computer cannot detect dvd-rom again and again

I cannot find anywhere to open the "sata card's bios" to close raid mode
i guess my card is always in raid mode

My motherboard dont have any sata options either  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[ShMaCk2004]

i found the video tut but its no good to me...its too blurry to read...
i need a typed tut.

[shiz]

bad flash recovery (keep in mind you need a VIA chiset for this to work. You either need the VT6421 Raid card, or a VIA chipset Mobo):

1. Keeping the 360 drive unpowered boot to dos using usb stick or floppy created with Xtreme Boot Maker (make sure you check the two boxes, and you chose CUSTOM MTK flash/Detect I/O). .
2. Once you get a dos prompt, power up 360 drive.
3. type Samread 1234567 12345 (the numbers should match you 360 serial)
4. once you're prompted with a list of ports to read from, cut the power to the 360dvd drive, DO NOT MAKE YOUR SELECTION UNTILL YOU POWERED DOWN THE DRIVE.
5. Make your port selection (if you have the VIA card is should appear in the list as VIA 6421 or Xtreme Primary/Secondary Master/Slave).
6. Once youve made your selection, it should hang. At this point, count to 15 (this timing you'll have to play with untill you get the optimal time interval that works best with your setup. For me 15 is right on the money). At 15, power up the DVD drive, and if the timing is right and youve selected the right port from the list, it should start reading the firmware off the drive.
7. Once the reading is done, powercycle dvd drive and your PC.
8. Repeat steps 2 to 7 for the Flashing part. However, at step 3, you should type Samhack instead of Samread, followed by the same number sequence you used for the SamRead command.

Notes: If the reading part fails, 360Sam will tell you so (read the screen), but it has already created a folder using the number sequence you entered for the samread command. Youll have to either delete that folder or rename it to something else (or use a different number sequence each time), or 360Sam will complain the next time you input the Samread command.

This post has been edited by shiz: Dec 16 2006, 03:38 PM

[ShMaCk2004]

QUOTE(shiz @ Dec 16 2006, 03:05 PM)

bad flash recovery (keep in mind you need a VIA chiset for this to work. You either need the VT6421 Raid card, or a VIA chipset Mobo):

1. Keeping the 360 drive unpowered boot to dos using usb stick or floppy created with Xtreme Boot Maker (make sure you check the two boxes, and you chose CUSTOM MTK flash/Detect I/O). .
2. Once you get a dos prompt, power up 360 drive.
3. type Samread 1234567 12345 (the numbers should match you 360 serial)
4. once you're prompted with a list of ports to read from, cut the power to the 360dvd drive, DO NOT MAKE YOUR SELECTION UNTILL YOU POWERED DOWN THE DRIVE.
5. Make your port selection (if you have the VIA card is should appear in the list as VIA 6421 or Xtreme Primary/Secondary Master/Slave).
6. Once youve made your selection, it should hang. At this point, count to 15 (this timing you'll have to play with untill you get the optimal time interval that works best with your setup. For me 15 is right on the money). At 15, power up the DVD drive, and if the timing is right and youve selected the right port from the list, it should start reading the firmware off the drive.
7. Once the reading is done, powercycle dvd drive and your PC.
8. Repeat steps 2 to 7 for the Flashing part. However, at step 3, you should type Samhack instead of Samread, followed by the same number sequence you used for the SamRead command.

Notes: If the reading part fails, 360Sam will tell you so (read the screen), but it has already created a folder using the number sequence you entered for the samread command. Youll have to either delete that folder or rename it to something else (or use a different number sequence each time), or 360Sam will complain the next time you input the Samread command.

all i get is this

Port: d000, Master/Slave: a0
i hit "esc" and get
Status = 51, should be 70

[noki]

QUOTE(ShMaCk2004 @ Dec 16 2006, 07:05 PM)

all i get is this

Port: d000, Master/Slave: a0
i hit "esc" and get
Status = 51, should be 70

I kept getting that with Samsung drives until i used a shorter sata cable.
Initialy i was using the one that came with the sata card but always got no drive detected. After a lot of reading found someone suggest shorter cable so switched to the one that came with the xecuter connectivity kit (about 6 inches long) and bingo my via sata chipset appeared as an option when i ran mtkflash.
I have done a bit of testing and found that it would work with any of the following
mtkflash r /m orig.bin
mtkflash r /sata orig.bin
mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin

It would only work with the sata connector facing the front of the pc though. the other two connectors failed to work.

For power i used the connectivity kit powered by a spare molex connector in the pc. This made connection and flashing very easy.
It works great for the MS28s as well as i just use the power switch on the connectivity kit to power down the drive after typing the mtkflash command before selecting the drive and then count to 10 and then switch it back on and the flashing begins.

The connectivity kit has been a great piece of kit and makes it much simpler.

[shiz]

yep agreed. The connectivity kit works great, and im using it exactly as you described with no problems