Topic: Benq Flash\reading Chipset Problem. Please Help. (Read 43 times)

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **on:** October 04, 2007, 03:33:00 PM »

Hello, I have the Benq Drive for my xbox 360 and i just got the ixtreme frim for it but i ran into a problem.

I have a Hp pavilion a1340n PC and i have flashed both Hitachi and Samsung MS28 drives and had no problem.

I put the little switch to the points that i was supposed to and i tryed both soldering places. (one on back and one under white stuff) But when I go eather into the dosflash (floppy) version and desktop program version, it gives me a err of "Unknown Chip Set." I bought a VIA RAID for my ms 28 drive and it worked but this drive wont work for nothing.

When im in the desktop program it finds it and it even makes the "Read Flash" button highlighted, But when i press i get the Unknown flash chip err. Is there a way to make it compatible with my computer?

PLEASE HELP,
THANK YOU.

Bahnzo · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2007, 04:50:00 PM »

Make your cuts across the traces a bit deeper. Seems a lot of people I read about with a problem of the benq not dumping...it's fixed by cutting a little deeper.

edit:

Also, make sure you have the switch in the correct position. Took me a couple tries to figure out which was on and off. After that, dumped 5 times no problem.

This post has been edited by Bahnzo: Oct 4 2007, 11:51 PM

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2007, 05:35:00 PM »

What chip is the actual f\w stored on so i know not to damage it so if i do mess up the green card i can put the f\w on a new drive.

is it this on in the center of the picture?
(IMG:http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t178/duckmansweb/Benq.jpg)

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2007, 08:54:00 PM »

Anyone?

Ranger72 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2007, 09:15:00 PM »

If I read your first post right you say you have ixtreme you are trying to flash to your benQ? lol sorry that is not possible since there is not hacked firmware yet available for the benq.

So then I am assuming you are trying to extract the firmware from your BenQ so you can spoof a Samaung to work in your BenQ 360 right?

The VIA chipset I use to flash Samsung drives does not work when I extract firmware from BenQ drives. But it works like a charm in my Intel chipset PC.

Using my VIA one I get the same error you get. Use a different SATA chipset and it should work fine if you cut the traces right and using the one off switch the right way. Also you can use an ohm meter to make sure the traces are cut all the way.

This post has been edited by Ranger72: Oct 8 2007, 04:16 AM

africamagical · « **Reply #5 on:** October 08, 2007, 09:15:00 AM »

in my intel one i had a hell of a time, finally got it after 10 mins of timing the wire trick differently,
the ich5 always makes flashing fun.

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:46:00 AM »

yeah idk y i but it like that. But i got the stuff to spoof my Samsung drives. But what i really want to know now is how to get a replacement MX chip.

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2007, 06:58:00 PM »

Is it posible to recover my xbox, The mx chip in the dvd drive got a leg broke off.
The f\w was never read so i dont have the key.

caster420 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2007, 07:14:00 PM »

QUOTE(xXBigDaddyXx18 @ Oct 10 2007, 08:58 PM)

Is it posible to recover my xbox, The mx chip in the dvd drive got a leg broke off.
The f\w was never read so i dont have the key.

Your only choice is to used a dremel (or another method) to expose where the leg was and solder a wire to connect it to the appropriated pad on the pcb. If you're not comfortable, and before you mess it up more, you might want to send it out to someone.

As for the replacement MX chip, you can find them online. You can probably get a sample from somewhere if you're lucky. I had a friend who works for an manufacturer order me a few, since i broke a leg off of mine as well (removed it a few too many times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ).

Caster.

This post has been edited by caster420: Oct 11 2007, 02:15 AM

syntaxerror329 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2007, 11:25:00 PM »

I am having trouble reading my benq drive as well. I am at expert level for soldering so its nothing to do with my switch install and trace cut is mint. I have not done much troubleshooting yet on my attempts to read thru SATA but i was wondering if it is the small 8 pin MX chip that holds the DVD key and is it possible to read this chip with a eprom programmer if i carefully remove it from the PCB ?

Any tutorials or links that show how this is done would be great.

I recently recovered the key from a dead 0079FL for someone and it was a breeze to just read the damn chip directly and not mess around.

caster420 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2007, 11:33:00 PM »

QUOTE(syntaxerror329 @ Oct 11 2007, 01:25 AM)

the small 8 pin MX chip that holds the DVD key and is it possible to read this chip with a eprom programmer if i carefully remove it from the PCB ?

It sure is. It just needs to support the MX25, which is 5V. They're quite expensive to buy but if you have on available to you, and are good at soldering, it should be a breeze.

Caster.

xXBigDaddyXx18 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2007, 04:05:00 PM »

Yo thanks Caster, I will try that, but just one thing.
If i heat the chip to attach a wire to the remaing piece of leg, will the soilder spred in to the chip, welding it solid. (messing it up?)

Thanks

This post has been edited by xXBigDaddyXx18: Oct 11 2007, 11:06 PM

ajadedego · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2007, 09:44:00 AM »

hey guys, im kinda having the same problem. When i goto read the drive and flip te switch it says something like "no atapi devices found" any thoughts how to get around this??

psxpirate1 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2007, 01:58:00 AM »

I'm having the exact same problem. Any ideas out there?

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