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[MANUELXZ]

Did you have any firmtool errors when you ran the 'Make iXtreme firmware' command?  Is this using originals or backups?

Caster.
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well i tryed both of them , and no , i dont get any errors when i run make ixtreme firmware

thank's for the help

[Stupido]

Thanks alot for the fw, I've flashed my benq for about 4 hours ago, with the "fast" fw and it worked for me the first time.
Once again thanks

[bucko]

Nice, time to get a cheap Arcade pack for backups?

[missingdata]

Hi, just a quick question.

If I have a BenQ drive, how do I spoof it into a Samsung drive and use it on my samsung 360?

Do I use my original samsung orig.bin and place it under BenQ firmware folder and run "make  iXtreme Firmware.cmd"

Then from there just flash the benq-ix.bin file onto my 360?

Thanks for the help.

And thank you C4eva for the firmware!!

This post has been edited by missingdata: Oct 28 2007, 02:48 PM

[tmi51384]

QUOTE(missingdata @ Oct 28 2007, 09:32 AM)

Hi, just a quick question.

If I have a BenQ drive, how do I spoof it into a Samsung drive and use it on my samsung 360?

Do I use my original samsung orig.bin and place it under BenQ firmware folder and run "make  iXtreme Firmware.cmd"

Then from there just flash the benq-ix.bin file onto my 360?

Thanks for the help.

And thank you C4eva for the firmware!!

missingdata - Use FWTB 4.5
You have a benq that you want spoofed as a sammy, correct?
Extract firmware from both drives
Open TB 4.5, open the sammy Firm, Copy the key
Open the Benq Firm and insert the key
Now under 'tools --> spoof firmware' select the model of sammy you have ms25/ms28
Hit 'apply spoof'
You're done, now flash the newly patched spoofed SAMMY firmware to your BENQ
Enjoy!

This post has been edited by tmi51384: Oct 28 2007, 03:00 PM

[syntaxerror329]

QUOTE(caster420 @ Oct 28 2007, 05:52 AM)

The benq iXtreme fw doesnt have a serial at all.  That information, along with the key, has been FF'd out.  So, you're essentially just providing the firmware with a correct response incase it was for some reason requested.

Caster.

Do other drive models have embedded serial numbers? This is the first i have heard of this.

So if i understand correctly there is a SATA command that could be sent to "GET SERIAL #" and the benq has a string in its flash it will send as a response?

If benq is only drive to have this s/n then wouldn't it be bad if my benq spoofed as a 0079 responded to a "GET SERIAL #" command?

[DeMoN_DARREN]

QUOTE(bucko @ Oct 28 2007, 03:06 PM)

Nice, time to get a cheap Arcade pack for backups?

Already done  

A user has already asked for details on what the MFR dates for Arcade pal BenQ's are;

MFR; 2007 - 09 - 02
Lot; 0736
Team; FDOU

[Be_Vigilant]

Many MANY thanks to C4EVA, Schrtom and Caster420  

I flashed my Benq drive and it worked first time no messing around.

For peeps interested here is my setup and what I did as it differed a little from the readme....

my mobo is a Abit IN9 32X-MAX WiFi nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Mobo Specs

I connected the benq drive to my Mobo SATA port.
Turned on the 360
Turned on my PC
Let Windows Vista bootup normally
Set dosflash32 to run in Win XP SP2 compat mode
Ran dosflas32
The window came up saying if you wanna resend the mtk vendor intro cmd. I pressed Yes
I turned off the 360
Waited 2 seconds
Turned on the 360
dosflash32 now came up
I read the FW and saved it as orig.bin
Opened the orig.bin and with a couple of tools made sure it was read OK
I then ran the orig.bin through fast firmtool
Switched back to the still running dosflash32
Selected write FW

Boom

Thats it all working 100% vista flash :-)

[missingdata]

QUOTE(tmi51384 @ Oct 28 2007, 06:59 AM)

missingdata - Use FWTB 4.5
You have a benq that you want spoofed as a sammy, correct?
Extract firmware from both drives
Open TB 4.5, open the sammy Firm, Copy the key
Open the Benq Firm and insert the key
Now under 'tools --> spoof firmware' select the model of sammy you have ms25/ms28
Hit 'apply spoof'
You're done, now flash the newly patched spoofed SAMMY firmware to your BENQ
Enjoy!

Thanks for the quick answer. But I have a problem, whenever I open my sammy firmware using FWTB, I would get the following error "Run-time error '6': Overflow" How do I fix this problem?


Thanks

[m3kal]

Sorted i had the file name wrong    worked a treat. Thanks for all advice and info & a BIG thanks to the guys who made it possible. WELL DONE my elite is sweet  

[caster420]

QUOTE(missingdata @ Oct 28 2007, 10:27 AM)

Thanks for the quick answer. But I have a problem, whenever I open my sammy firmware using FWTB, I would get the following error "Run-time error '6': Overflow" How do I fix this problem?


Thanks

Try using firmtool with your samsung orig.bin and the BenQ iXtreme v1.1 bin.  I wrote support for spoofing benq firmware, so it should work fine.  You will get an error stating that the drive serial is invalid if you dont use an original benq firmware first, as i stated for v79's above.

QUOTE(syntaxerror329 @ Oct 28 2007, 10:14 AM)

Do other drive models have embedded serial numbers? This is the first i have heard of this.

So if i understand correctly there is a SATA command that could be sent to "GET SERIAL #" and the benq has a string in its flash it will send as a response?

If benq is only drive to have this s/n then wouldn't it be bad if my benq spoofed as a 0079 responded to a "GET SERIAL #" command?

 

Hitachi's have a unique hitachi player serial and i'm not sure if it is static or not.  Since we dont flash that sectors on a hitachi, it is never changed.  A samsung doesnt have anything that i know of.  

So yes, if they issued the command to your 'spoofed Hitachi' and it responded, they'd know that it was a spoofed drive.  This isnt the only inquiry command that is unique to this drive, as they are all different.  This is why there has always been a warning about using spoofed drives.  

QUOTE(straps @ Oct 28 2007, 04:15 AM)

I read on casters post that firmware toolbox should not be used. Should i reflash with a firmware made using firmtool?

As far as i know, 360 firmware toolbox does not copy your drive serial number from your original firmware to your hacked benq firmware.  The iXtreme benq firmware has that section 'FF'd out, so if inquired, your drive iwll give an invalid response.  Open your the hacked firmware you created with a hex editor and goto offset $FF00.  If $FF00-FFFF is full of 'FF's,  and is missing the string, 'Wisely Loves Lan', then it was not copied.

Caster.

[missingdata]

QUOTE(caster420 @ Oct 28 2007, 07:42 AM)

Try using firmtool with your samsung orig.bin and the BenQ iXtreme v1.1 bin.  I wrote support for spoofing benq firmware, so it should work fine.  You will get an error stating that the drive serial is invalid if you dont use an original benq firmware first, as i stated for v79's above.

Caster.

Hello Caster first off thanks for the quick reply. I got that error when I open my samsung orig.bin file same as BenQ ix1.1.bin. Don't know what I did wrong.

Thanks

[caster420]

QUOTE(missingdata @ Oct 28 2007, 10:45 AM)

Hello Caster first off thanks for the quick reply. I got that error when I open my samsung orig.bin file same as BenQ ix1.1.bin. Don't know what I did wrong.

Thanks

You will get this error:

"Benq Serial not Valid, $FF00-FFFF, missing 'Wisely Loves Lan'."

As i have stated above, this is because there is no valid serial in the benq iXtreme.  If you're spoofing to a samsung, this information should not be requested from the drive.  However, if you want your firmware to respond as close to what it should, you should do the following.

Dump your benq first.  Use your benq orig.bin with firmtool and the hacked firmware to copy your serial number.  THen use firmtool again with yoru samsung orig.bin and the hacked firmware to copy your key and version strings.

If you want, you can flash it as is, and it should work.  Whether you do the above is up to you.

Caster.

[missingdata]

QUOTE(caster420 @ Oct 28 2007, 07:49 AM)

You will get this error:

"Benq Serial not Valid, $FF00-FFFF, missing 'Wisely Loves Lan'."

As i have stated above, this is because there is no valid serial in the benq iXtreme.  If you're spoofing to a samsung, this information should not be requested from the drive.  However, if you want your firmware to respond as close to what it should, you should do the following.

Dump your benq first.  Use your benq orig.bin with firmtool and the hacked firmware to copy your serial number.  THen use firmtool again with yoru samsung orig.bin and the hacked firmware to copy your key and version strings.

If you want, you can flash it as is, and it should work.  Whether you do the above is up to you.

Caster.

Caster, I am sorry, I am just confuse... I am getting "Run-time error '6': Overflow" error not "Benq Serial not Valid, $FF00-FFFF, missing 'Wisely Loves Lan'."

I am sorry if I have done anything stuipd.

[caster420]

QUOTE(missingdata @ Oct 28 2007, 10:56 AM)

Caster, I am sorry, I am just confuse... I am getting "Run-time error '6': Overflow" error not "Benq Serial not Valid, $FF00-FFFF, missing 'Wisely Loves Lan'."

I am sorry if I have done anything stuipd.

Yes, with 360 Firmware Toolbox, right? I said try using firmtool instead of 360 Firmware Toolbox.

Caster.