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[clixo]

QUOTE(podger @ Mar 14 2008, 05:07 PM)

It could be 2 things..

1. That the eject is damaged... You say you tried several other cables and even another console... The Damage may be inside the drive...... Have you tried powering on the console with a game disk in the drive (tray closed so no going into Mode B )...

2. A bad flash, but this seems unlikely, unless some how, that only some of the code got corrupted but left the mode-B part intact..... IF it is, the surest way to fix it is to remove the flash and program it externally....

You could try the following..... Get a virgin 47 flash from the Modfreakz site...  Open it in firmware toolbox and paste in your key.... go thorugh the motions to flash it and see if there are any differences.... It's quite possible the orig.bin you have is not quite as orig as you think...

2. tried the virgin firm, added the key ... flashed ... still a no go ( with toolbox. )
 flashed once again with flashix .... also a no go


tomorow i will risk tyo make this ... i will swapp the "board " that do not opens with one that fully works in this drive and see what appens .....

[clixo]

ok, so today i swapped the board of the Hlg with one other that was ok ... te result is Ok , so it seams that the drive is bad flashed. is there any way of completely flash the drive in the pc or do i need to use an externel programer to make it ?

[podger]

With the Hitachi the only way is the external programmer.... If you don't have one, you can usually just send the PCB away to get done... There is no exopy on a 47 so it's easy to remove the flash, with little chance of damaging the PCB..

[GreatBarrier86]

QUOTE(clixo @ Mar 15 2008, 09:52 AM)

small update
the drive if conected with open tray to the 360 , now closes the tray and spins the disk and plays it .... i am stil unable to open the tray in the 360. if reeboted with tha game in tray nothing happens , the disc do not even spin. any thoughts ? ideas or just give up and send it to an external reprogramer ?

 

I'm going to throw my 2 cents in here if you don't mind.

 

Clixo, do u have the drive key? i assume you do. you might be better off buying a new drive off of ebay and using that one instead. I suggest a Benq or a Samsung ms28. If you ever plan on doing future updates, the Hitachis can be really annoying. I had one, and replaced it with a ms28.

 

http://search.ebay.c...l?s...oo=2=

 

Here. Try that. If you ask me, it might be almost as expensive to have someone program it, and in this case, u get a working drive that is easier to modify

[podger]

that's good advice, it would a real shame to send the drive off, pay and then brick it all over again, seeing as your have no idea how it got bricked in the first place....

[clixo]

hi
this Hlg board is already in the mail to a good freind of mine that will reflash it for free .., after i get it back , i think only next week i will post back the results
in the mean time , i already have an replacement ms 25 to that 360 , thanks for all the time spent tring to help me .