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[stubyles]

QUOTE(Iriez @ Oct 30 2007, 05:42 PM)

It has to be in relation to your hardware mod. Also, there is no 'incompatible' hardware (atleast, its pretty tough with that list of supported models in dosflash readme). Once you've successfuly cut those traces, ANY of the sata controllers listed in the dosflash readme will work on it, as its just like querying any sata flashrom (there is no benq/ms28 protection). So, i would have to say your doing something incorrectly.

But it reads the orig fw in xp and dos with any of the methods listed.
The hardware I used with the cut traces and switch wouldn't work with dosflash either.
My nforce4 reads fine with onboard or VT6421A but at the point of erasing it says "Erasing..." but does nothing then quits to the prompt saying "Wrong drive status".
Has anyone else reported successful write with the 62430CR?

[Rizight1]

QUOTE(stubyles @ Oct 30 2007, 02:02 PM)

But it reads the orig fw in xp and dos with any of the methods listed.
The hardware I used with the cut traces and switch wouldn't work with dosflash either.
My nforce4 reads fine with onboard or VT6421A but at the point of erasing it says "Erasing..." but does nothing then quits to the prompt saying "Wrong drive status".
Has anyone else reported successful write with the 62430CR?

Getting same message here, "Wrong Drive Status" on reads/writes/erases DOS or Windows

Drive was read using a VIA card on a Asus ICH5 mobo.  Read completed, as well as, the erase.  For some reason the user reflashed the orig.bin back without realizing the orig.bin was not complete or corrupt since Toolbox 4.5 says it's invalid.  Looking at the orig.bin with a hex editor, though, shows the key @ C030.  

Any way to salvage this and would cutting the traces be of any help to reflashing this drive?  Could the key be used to spoof a different drive in this box?  Thanks in advanced.

[dvandriesen]

thanks for all the help C4eva this worked great flashed my first benq and it went great when i was actually typing the right codes everyone remember to put the 0 at the end didnt work for me if not

[ovsims]

QUOTE(Iriez @ Oct 28 2007, 02:53 AM)

Here is a video tutorial for those who do not wish to read video tutorial

What happened to the original video. This you tube Video is out of sync and you can barely see the screen. I didn't finish downloading the original but the part I got to see was in sync and you could see what was happening on the screen. Plus the you tube isn't the whole video. is there a way to get the old video file that show the process from beginning to end. that's what I need I'm such a noob at this.

[kain]

which firmware is better to use fast or Quiet

[Murc]

QUOTE(kain @ Oct 30 2007, 05:00 PM)

which firmware is better to use fast or Quiet

A little reading would have told you that th "quiet" version has a bug in it...which pretty much makes it the same as the fast version.

So do th "fast" version.

[dvandriesen]

I did the whole mod without the video like irez i believe it was that said it if you read the readme in the dosflash and some of the comments people have been leaving its fairly easy i had a little tutorial written up but i think there are some on here that cover it pretty well no need for another. thanks again c4eva great work as alwaysa

[michaelboord]

Yup,

Works nicely.. Thanks C4Eva...

Flashed with a 6421...

Had to drop to DOS to do it, and erase first otherwise I had lotsa write errors
and error 65.

But after first erasing it works like a charm..


Props to C4eva and dosflash      

[Iriez]

QUOTE(stubyles @ Oct 30 2007, 01:02 PM)

Has anyone else reported successful write with the 62430CR?

Yes.

QUOTE(Rizight1 @ Oct 30 2007, 02:36 PM)

Getting same message here, "Wrong Drive Status" on reads/writes/erases DOS or Windows

Drive was read using a VIA card on a Asus ICH5 mobo.  Read completed, as well as, the erase.  For some reason the user reflashed the orig.bin back without realizing the orig.bin was not complete or corrupt since Toolbox 4.5 says it's invalid.  Looking at the orig.bin with a hex editor, though, shows the key @ C030.  

Any way to salvage this and would cutting the traces be of any help to reflashing this drive?  Could the key be used to spoof a different drive in this box?  Thanks in advanced.

FwToolbox is not complete, and i would not recommend it in any way shape or form for benq yet. If the drive is not recognized, then its 'partially' bricked. A user was able to fix his bricked benq by cutting the traces and wiring the switch. That will put it in recovery mode and you will be able to reflash.

QUOTE(ovsims @ Oct 30 2007, 03:57 PM)

What happened to the original video. This you tube Video is out of sync and you can barely see the screen. I didn't finish downloading the original but the part I got to see was in sync and you could see what was happening on the screen. Plus the you tube isn't the whole video. is there a way to get the old video file that show the process from beginning to end. that's what I need I'm such a noob at this.

Dont know what happened with it. Dont get your hopes up. Start reading? There's plenty of tutorials.

[stubyles]

QUOTE(Iriez @ Oct 30 2007, 05:42 PM)

It has to be in relation to your hardware mod. Also, there is no 'incompatible' hardware (atleast, its pretty tough with that list of supported models in dosflash readme). Once you've successfuly cut those traces, ANY of the sata controllers listed in the dosflash readme will work on it, as its just like querying any sata flashrom (there is no benq/ms28 protection). So, i would have to say your doing something incorrectly.

Iriez you are correct, as you guys usually are!
Just rechecked the links on the traces and one had worked loose (my crap soldering).
Resoldered it, ran dosflash auto on it with my nforce 4 onboard, it erased, flashed first time.
Just had a little go on my backup of Stuntman... Superb!!

Much respect to all you guys, you make my sons lives much richer!

[lllN30lll]

it's taken me about 5 hours but i've eventually dumped the firmware.

i've put the orig.bin in the Iextreme's Quiet folder and ran Make iXtreme firmware.cmd

but it says:-

The system cannot execute the specified program.

***********************************************
BenQ iXtreme v1.1 firmware created: benq-ix.bin
***********************************************

Press any key to continue . . .


it creates a file called benq-ix.bin but when i look at it with Firmware toolbox 4.0 the keys 77777777777777777777

where am I going wrong and how can I fix it?

cheers

PS i'm using XP

[lllN30lll]

sorted, turned out that the Benq firmware I downloaded from usenet was partially corrupt, the FIRMTOOL.EXE was fubared.

flashed and finished

[g4r3thuk]

Just flashed my benq using this firmware and it was a success,  I followed the noobs pdf guide and was using a Nvidia MCP61 Serial ATA Controller and a usb pendrive using DosFlash 16.

Thanks

[just4747]

I followed the noob pdf guide too..having trouble..i think..

It seemed to Read in DOS perfect..rebooted, made the iXtreme FW from the orig.bin, copied that to my DOS boot disc...rebooted and did the command for erasing, worked fine, rebooted both systems and did the command for writing the new benq-ix FW to the benQ..once again, seemed to work fine! i shut down and reconnecting the drive to the xbox SATA, and booted it.
I ran an original game first, worked fine..then tried both of my backups I have burned to DVD+R DLs, which are Gears of War and BioShock. The drive just kept trying to read Gears of War forever, making the oddest noises, I had to eject it, it sounded a little crazy. Then BioShock took a little bit to load and eventually just said it was a Mixed Media Disc and couldn't do anything with it on the Xbox, so ejected that. What happened? It had to have flashed cause I did everything right and it all worked with no errors, and it still plays my originals. I believe the backups I have are patched correctly but not sure, how can I find out if they are patched while they are in burned disc form like this? I don't really know how else to test this as I have no other backups right now. Any ideas? Thanks a lot guys

-I used my Dell Dimension 2350
-SY-VIA-150 SATA PCI card from Newegg.com
-Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV/E processor on the motherboard (don't know what ICH it is?)
-Loaded provided Drivers for the SATA card that it came with and disabled the SCSI/RAID Host Controller On-board even though it has no Sata on-board.

Any help, I'm desperate, I've read all tuts and all posts EVERYWHERE and searched too..no idea anymore. I can send my orig and iX FWs if anyone needs it to try and help me. Thank you again

This post has been edited by just4747: Nov 1 2007, 03:36 AM

[Iriez]

QUOTE(just4747 @ Oct 31 2007, 09:20 PM)

I followed the noob pdf guide too..having trouble..i think..

It seemed to Read in DOS perfect..rebooted, made the iXtreme FW from the orig.bin, copied that to my DOS boot disc...rebooted and did the command for erasing, worked fine, rebooted both systems and did the command for writing the new benq-ix FW to the benQ..once again, seemed to work fine! i shut down and reconnecting the drive to the xbox SATA, and booted it.
I ran an original game first, worked fine..then tried both of my backups I have burned to DVD+R DLs, which are Gears of War and BioShock. The drive just kept trying to read Gears of War forever, making the oddest noises, I had to eject it, it sounded a little crazy. Then BioShock took a little bit to load and eventually just said it was a Mixed Media Disc and couldn't do anything with it on the Xbox, so ejected that. What happened? It had to have flashed cause I did everything right and it all worked with no errors, and it still plays my originals. I believe the backups I have are patched correctly but not sure, how can I find out if they are patched while they are in burned disc form like this? I don't really know how else to test this as I have no other backups right now. Any ideas? Thanks a lot guys

-I used my Dell Dimension 2350
-SY-VIA-150 SATA PCI card from Newegg.com
-Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV/E processor on the motherboard (don't know what ICH it is?)
-Loaded provided Drivers for the SATA card that it came with and disabled the SCSI/RAID Host Controller On-board even though it has no Sata on-board.

Any help, I'm desperate, I've read all tuts and all posts EVERYWHERE and searched too..no idea anymore. I can send my orig and iX FWs if anyone needs it to try and help me. Thank you again

First things first. Check the image of your backed up game with xdvdmulleter to confirm that you have correctly extracted the neccesary stealth files (DMI/PFI/SS). If you have verified those true, then we'll worry about taking a look at your original.