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[telo{+}]

So your not getting a reading....00% its just freezing on Port bla bla bla correct ?

Is the xbox light blinking when you power on ?

[Jer4251]

yep i never get to a % just sits there, my green light all work on the xbox

[gimme]

I had this on a Via onboard on A7V600 motherboard - Just disabled RAID option and all went OK afterwards

[frank3523]

don't wait 10 seconds wait 2 or 3 that worked for me I did get the same problem if i waited 10 seconds
and check your mtkflash for my chipset the via vt6421l xtrem bootmaker missed one byte so I had to manually change it

[Jer4251]

my mtk flash is correct, it shows up in # 3 on my list, the fst 2 are ide ports and the last shows up asvia 8237 pri master, u then turn the 360 off and press 3 and wait a few seconds and get the 00 should be 70 error after i press esc

2 files i downloaded said they were the correct mtkflash for the via8237 but neither of them will pull up my via 8237 when i look for it, only thye mtk flash i have been using for my ms25 drives will let it show up.

anyone else use a dell e510 to do this hack?

[Jer4251]

do i need to rename MTKvia to MTK flash and replace it in my boot disc like that? cause thats what i did. or do i need to leave it MTKvia?

[komushi]

QUOTE(Jer4251 @ Dec 29 2006, 07:49 PM)

do i need to rename MTKvia to MTK flash and replace it in my boot disc like that? cause thats what i did. or do i need to leave it MTKvia?

I did my MS28 yesterday. I had the same msg: 51 should be 70 but in the end it worked. Try creating the mtkflash with Xtreme boot maker 0.3.6.
The steps I did:
1.Turn on xbox360 and have the drive connect to your sata card - mine is VT6421A.
2.Boot from floppy disk or usb
3.Run "mtkflash r /m orig.bin"
4.Before choose the controller turn off xbox360
5.Choose the correct controller
6.Wait about 10 seconds and then turn on xbox360 and then it should begin to read the firmware.

To write the flash is similar.

[Jer4251]

i tried to make mtkflash with bootmaker but it wont show my via 8237 chipset in the bootmaker.  my hdd is sata. and it came in my computer, its internal.

[telo{+}]

Solved my problem.

Jer, this might not help you since your chip is internal. In your case I can only recommend removing all other cards from the pc, and resetting the bios to default.


My problem was that even though I have a Via 6241 card it WILL NOT flash in my PC. PERIOD. My complete pc spec is an Asus P5B-Dlx, C2D E6600, 2GB GSkill HZ DDR2-800, X1900XTX, 2 Hdds in Raid0&1 (but those are unplugged), 650W psu, Pioneer 111-L, pci wifi card, and the via card. It will NOT work.

I took the card down to an older AMD machine (1200Mhz) plugged in the via card, hooked up xbox, had a hell of a time figuring out how to can an older bios like that to detect a usb thumb drive to boot from (Usb dos compatibliy must be on, and boot from usb-fdd) then it worked first time no problems. It was simple to do.


There must be an issue in how certain PCs work with the via card. I think newer is less compatible.

[Jer4251]

sounds like im going to need to find another pc to do the flashing of the ms28 drive.  i can flash my ms25 all day long, must be something with the drive and motherboard combo.  i dont have another pc with the sata ports. looks like i'll try getting one of those sata cards everyone is using and just try every pc i have .

thanks

[vinomarky]

One other possibility that people (including me) seem to forget...... are you using the external or internal SATA connection on your card?

This poster had the same issue, and had success by using the internal port;
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=574493

[Jer4251]

i have a built in internal sata set on my motherboard. one of them is being used by my hdd and the other is open.  should i just try installing an external port in the back of my pc?

[vinomarky]

Sorry - I have not gone through each and every post of this thread.

You did not specify in your original post what card you were flashing with - I had assumed it was the VIA PCI card that is often recommended, in which case there is a SATA port that you can access from outside the case and also some that you can only access from whithin the case. You would need to use the one that can only be accessed from within the case.

If you are using a VIA 6421 SATA onboard motherboard chipset, then this is not relevant, although I would recommend trying to disconnect your hard disk, and plugging your DVD drive in its place

Edit: If you do not have a VIA 6421 chipset (motherboard or PCI), then do yourself a favour and buy one. Dead cheap, and will solve this problem.

This post has been edited by vinomarky: Dec 31 2006, 09:44 AM

[Jer4251]

i've been trying to research my chipset in my dell e510 and i dont know where i came up with the 8237 chipset.  i could swear i had an 8237 chipset, it would show up in dos all the time when i was flashing

but i think i have an intel 945g chipset

now im confused.  

how can i tell for sure what my dam computer has in it?

intel said-
For Windows* XP:
Click the Start button >> click Control Panel >> double-click the System applet >> select the Hardware tab >> click the Device Manager button >> expand the System devices listing.


came up with  these under system devices
Intel® 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E
Intel® 82801GB LPC Interface Controller - 27B8
Intel® 82801GB PCI Express Root Port 27D0
Intel® 82801GB SMBus Controller - 27DA
Intel® 945G/P PCI Express Root port - 2771
Intel® 945G/P Processor to I/O Controller - 2770

does this mean i have an intel 945

[vinomarky]

Open up your computer, and look for the chip beside the SATA connection

It should be written on the chip