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[ribuck07]

Hi all,

My Samsung MS28 died on my box and i bought a new MS28 to replce it. I though i would just be able to swap the drives but apparently not.

I have a copy of the original MS28 firware from the bricked drive but no Key, not sure if this can be obtained from the original  firmware orig.bin

I have read the tutorial on replacing the MS28, but i am a bit confused. I'm assuming that i need to spoof the drive but am unsure which firmware to use. Do i use the firware from my original bricked drive or do i extract the firmware from the new drive.

Summary

1) I am right in assuming i will need to spoof the drive ?

2) Do i use original firmware from bricked drive or extract firmware from new drive and use that.

3) If i do not know the key from the original drive, can it be extracted from the original drive firmware bin file ?


Many thanks,
Rich.

[sosotiit]

no need to spoof it is the same model
in short: just put the orig.bin of your first drive in the Ixtreme directory and choose make fw,
then to flash use mtkflash w /m /sata name.bin.

more info: just use the update procedure (steps 9 to 21) but use the orig.bin of your first drive (the one that match with your mothereboard)
Ref: MS25/28 Flashing/Updating Tutorial

-soso

This post has been edited by sosotiit: Jun 13 2007, 11:51 PM

[ribuck07]

Hi ok i understand the steps now to replace my drive. Can i just double check something about flashing.

I'm used to using the my the extreme usb boot method of flashing which uses the samread/samhack commands, which normally needs you to put your serial number in before flashing.

i.e. samhack 1234567 12345 which then calls mtkflash command.


If i manually run the mtkflash w /m /sata name.bin command with my newly created iextreme 1.2 bin file do i need to specify the serial number somehow ?

[sosotiit]

no you do not need the serial then

-soso

[ribuck07]

sorry to be a pain, i'm just a bit nervous of knacking this new drive.

so basically i have my new ms28 replacement drive,  i download ixtreme 1.2 and extract it to my hard disk. I then copy my original bin file into the same folder.

I run the Ixtreme make firware file which should show show success the drive key and drive model.

It then generates the ix12.bin file, which i rename to hacked.bin

I then copy the hacked bin to my usb boot disk, boot form the usb and then use the following command

mtkflash w /m /sata hacked.bin

when the menu appears to select option for extreme, i power down the box for 10 secs, power it up again and then it should tell me that all 4 banks flashed successfully.

reboot xbox and the job is done.

[ribuck07]

Can anyone explain what the heck is going on with my xbox, i'm starting to get really frustrated. I followed all of the steps from the guide on the forum. i created the extreme 1.2 firmware and got a green sucessful but during the creation of the firmware.

so i just flashed my new drive with the extreme firmware, all banks 100% successful, i had the video unplugged and now my new bloody drive has got the same E65 error, please can someone please explain what the hell just happened.

This post has been edited by ribuck07: Jun 16 2007, 03:16 PM

[sosotiit]

QUOTE(ribuck07 @ Jun 16 2007, 09:09 AM)

sorry to be a pain, i'm just a bit nervous of knacking this new drive.


when the menu appears to select option for extreme, i power down the box, then select the port and wait for 10 secs, power it up again and then it should tell me that all 4 banks flashed successfully.

reboot xbox and the job is done.

This post has been edited by sosotiit: Jun 16 2007, 03:16 PM

[ribuck07]

Sosotiit,

Not sure what your last quote was referring too, was the process i followed not correct ?

I'm sure i had done everythingpropelry and now i have another bricked drive with the dreaded E65 error.