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[jsonfield]

I'm reluctant to attempt the 2wire trick - so risky.

1. I'm using this card..
(VIA VT6421A)(This has the esata[External-sata] on the back so i use the inside sata port)
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

I updated the drivers. I even updated my 2 year old pc's bios. I wander if I need a newer pc. Would my laptop work?

I don't get an "exclamation mark" next to my "via sata" device until i try and read the dvd-drive in windows(slax don't work but i try to read it anyway). I read the tuts and did exactly as directed.

2. My slax problem. I burned slax2.1 to dvd. With everything hooked up correctly. Slax boots up (seems to be working fine) and stops for 2min then continues and stops at "Looking for usb devices" and does not continue.(I waited 10min for it to do something).

I want to flash a few drives but i cant even get this one to work right. This is only a difficult mod if something goes wrong and then its painful.

I have the usb to ide and sata hdd cable if that can help me in anyway.

I need this fixed in the next day so i will be working on a fix in all my spare time.

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Im going to switch my card around to another port. If that dont work i guess im just going to order a Connectivity Kit(didn't want to us any extra stuff but i guess its the safest way?)

This post has been edited by jsonfield: Jan 24 2007, 07:38 AM

[HackMy360]

Have you tried the first slax I also had problems with slax 2.1 try 2.0 and burn it on a cd
as an iso. do not extract the files and try it again it should work. What drive are you going to flash?
Do not try the 2 wire trick before trying other ways first or else you may end up with a bricked drive and a useless 360. Also turn PC on first then power up the xbox 5 secs. before it starts the boot from the cd and make sure that you have raid set as ide in the bios.

[jsonfield]

Its the Hitach 59DJ Drive

I alway turned on the xbox first then the pc. I will try it the other way.

When i boot to bios - I don't see anything relating to Raid anywhere. I disabled usb to see if that will get my passed the slax freeze. I will burn a new copy on cd.

Thanks

This post has been edited by jsonfield: Jan 24 2007, 07:55 AM

[jsonfield]

The slax 2.0 works great, but i still can't get the drive into modeb.

If i check device manager with the xbox360 dvd drive disconnected i have no issues(!) in device manager. If I connect the drive after a failed attempt at getting the drive into modeb from slax i get [error (10)] and a yellow ! next to "SCSI and RAID controllers" " VIA VT6421 RAID controller". Error 10 means the drivers need updated. That makes no sense because i updated the drivers. http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/via_raid_v530c.zip

The 360 drive will not show up in Winxp though. I'm guessing because its not in modeb. Some people had said even if the lights don't blink it may still be in mode be so i tried it anyway but its a no-go.

Humm.. what to try now.. ( i guess ill watch the textbook tut video again, see if i missed something)

This post has been edited by jsonfield: Jan 24 2007, 08:41 AM

[caster420]

I have had a v59 with these same issues.  For one, i dont normally use slax but i tried it on this one and couldnt force it into modeB with it.  I ended up using the two wire method to do so.  Then, when booting into windows, it would either freeze, not see the drive at all, or give me a device error, not responding correctly.  I tried plugging the sata from the drive into my pc sata at several different boot locations, after boot, ejecting tray during boot, etc... with no luck.  I ended up using a silicon image chipset to flash the drive.

Caster.

[jsonfield]

I've tried everything. Its not going into modeb at all.

I do have another pc i could try it on, but I would use the same sata card so I dont know if it would help.

 This is horrible. I thought I had everything to make this work. I was told this sata card could flash all the drives.

[teagster]

I have the same problem with my 59dj and via 6421 with windows xp. I started using the two wire trick ,but drive still won`t show up in windows.  After several hours of different boot sequences and what not, I give up . I ordered a sil 3112 yesterday . I hope that works.

[Teamxbox]

I have this problem too. The 59dj wont show in my pc. I'm working on figuring this out.

This post has been edited by Teamxbox: Jan 25 2007, 04:23 AM

[jsonfield]

Man its frustrating. Im going to try another pc(one that is a bit newer - im desperate to make this work).

I'm starting to think the sata card is bad. I would have never ordered it if i new the connection on the back was weird(esata).

I really dont have time to wait for a new sata card to show up but Im willing to do whatever it take to make this work. Thanks for the tips.

[manh]

I am trying to do the SLAX CD trick.

my methods:
-connect the 360 to the SATA port of my motherboard
-Turn my 360 on
-Turn my computer on, then it boots into the SLAX CD
-all the text start scrolling and it just stops at this text "Disabling IRQ #10". it will just keeps on sitting there and will not do anything.

Does anyone know what is wrong and how to get by this?

[HackMy360]

Usually the people having slax to work are the ones using add on cards because they don't have the ability to change from RAID to IDE. If slax is not compatible with the chipset it will not work. I first tried putting my hitachi 47D into modeb using a Sil3112 add on pci card and it would not work. The only way I got mines to work
was to use a Via chipset already built into the motherboard as it gives me the option in the bios to change from raid to ide then slax boots right up and drive goes into modeb. As for the lights flashing, sometimes they would sometimes they wouldn't the only way to know is to push the eject button and it should open on the second push. If it opens on the first then its not in modeb.


Now you have everything connected right so try it like this.

1st. power up PC
2nd leave 360 off
3rd. After the boot sequence begins detecting hard drives, cd-roms, etc power up xbox
4th. windows will try and boot up slax and hopefully get you into modeb

Try the first slax
As for disabling IRQ error go into the bios and try to manually disable IRQ 10

[manh]

I used the above method of turing the 360 after when the computer is detecting hardware, which then drive is in modeB (I can see it saying its in modeB thanks to Kev) but it just sit in the Disabling IRQ#10

how do I disable IRQ#10?

This post has been edited by manh: Jan 25 2007, 08:18 AM

[manh]

disregard my last post, I figured it out, flashed the drive and everything is working now.
Thanks

[jsonfield]

omg im so glad to have this working!!!

My problem was my old pc. I used my newer pc and it worked great. I guess this means if you having trouble reading the dvd drive in your pc try a newer one.

THanks for the help and tips everyone. Thanks Jason @ TeamXbox for the im help.

[mcshazzo]

Back when i purchased my 360 in october i got a 59dj. I had a via 8237 onboard sata. I put it into IDE mode. popped the 360 drive into the computer and used the slax method. My windows xp sat at loading screen for a while so i just ejected the xbox dvd drive and my windows booted up instantly. The drive was detected in windows and installed no problem automatically. and i just ran the flash. EZ