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Vrtclhykr

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Fw Read?
« on: December 28, 2006, 07:21:00 AM »

Okay.  I just built a new computer and put in a VT6421L SATA card.  I have the 520c drivers installed and I am trying to read a MS25 drive.  I first tried a simple mtkflash routine from cdrom using original mtkflash then the first edited mtkflashvia, and the second edited mtkflashvia.  I then tried hex editing myself.  When I boot NTS4DOS all the steps go fine and I am able to run mtkflash from C: drive.  The problem is that it does not continue and show my SATA controller as suggested.
 It says "PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0"

So I figured it was a boot from cd issue so used xtreme bootmaker to create a booting usb drive with 5.1b fw
When I type "samread xxserialxxxxx" it says "directory already exists then displays the same "PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0" message.
I tried then putting in the serial without the space and it prompted me to input the serial with the space in it.  I do and it says PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0" message again and sits there doing nothing.
So I rebooted PC, explored the usbkey but there is no orig.bin on the drive.

So here I am.  I am assuming that the controller card is not being seen but at this point I am at a loss as what to try.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

This post has been edited by Vrtclhykr: Dec 28 2006, 03:35 PM
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Vrtclhykr

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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2006, 05:14:00 PM »

for anybody interested the problem for me turned out to be the external plug on the SATA controller card.  As soon as I used the SATA plug on the inside of the machine for the Via card all worked perfect.  No need to unplug any onboard IDE or SATA plugs.
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vinomarky

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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2006, 11:14:00 PM »

QUOTE(Vrtclhykr @ Dec 31 2006, 01:21 AM) View Post

for anybody interested the problem for me turned out to be the external plug on the SATA controller card.  As soon as I used the SATA plug on the inside of the machine for the Via card all worked perfect.  No need to unplug any onboard IDE or SATA plugs.



Ahh - good catch
Yes, that has been reported a few times already, but always good to get a reminder
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