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[justicedreadz]

Ok, I'm confused. I have a Hitachi 78 in mode b. It's recognized by Windows. Now when I hit the raw dump command, it asks me to save, but then it says can't read from drive. I have an original 360 game in the drive and it won't dump the original firmware. What am I missing? I've flashed a 78 before without a hitch. Any help is much appreciated.

[podger]

You sound like you know what you are doing,

So I'm not sure this will be much help for you!

I've seen a similar situation once before. In the end they guessed that the drive was most likely a 79 with a 78 label on it....

They were going to remove the flash chip and read externally just to verify, but I never saw the final outcome...

[justicedreadz]

That would suck if thats the case. Get this, It's a system that was sent back to MS for repair and this is what he got back.

[podger]

You should be able to tell by looking in the device manager, the last 2 digits should be the version....

[justicedreadz]

I'll have him bring it back tomorrow and let you know. Thanks for the help on this.

[arkhane]

i have the same problem i have confirmed that its a 0078fk but cant raw dump or classic dump i get cannot read from this drive

[podger]

Are you using a Via 6421, other do work and other definately don't like SIL & Promise chipsets... The Via 6421 is by far the most supported...

[OggyUK]

Nforce FTW - lol Ive fell in love with it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

Does anyone know if a passkey will work on a 78? Might be worth installing one.

[slimgrip]

QUOTE(podger @ Feb 17 2008, 01:48 AM)

I've seen a similar situation once before. In the end they guessed that the drive was most likely a 79 with a 78 label on it....  

I think that was a drive I was working on your thinking of.
It wouldnt go into modeb on either of my VIA chipsets 6421 or 8237, it would go into modeb on my SIL chipset but SIL isnt toolbox compatible.
Tried hotswapping etc to no joy.

This drive sounds like the laser could be goosed does it play games OK?
Try putting the FW board into any other hitachi & attempting the dump again. If a 78 wont read a disc it wont dump/write.

[podger]

Have you tried other sata cables either shorter or longer....

Oggy, can't imagine a passkey being of any use with a 78... a 79 will go into mode b if it's key is all 0x74.. so the bonus feature probably locks onto the read cycles from the flash just before the key is to be read and forces 0x74 over it which would put the drive in Mode B....

The 0x78 would have to be exactly the same to work...... Although I could be wrong... Maybe someone should try it.

[OggyUK]

If its back from MS + if the drive had been replaced, it will be a 79 not a 78.

This is why I thought of tehe passkey, Ive had MS28's with 25 stickers before etc.

This post has been edited by OggyUK: Apr 12 2008, 06:12 PM

[podger]

So they flash the firmware as part of the service

[OggyUK]

No, it will be a 79 there- not update, a physical 79 drive.

The last '78 Ive seen was in a Nov 07 Premium, never back from MS since the turn of the year

[arkhane]

yes i just got it back its say 0078fk on it and it read as a 0078fk but its a 79?

[OggyUK]

If you get it in modeb - what does it show as in Device Manager?