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[obiwankenobi]

Dear hitachi specialists,
dear GaryOpa

i REALLY need your help, because I have no more plan what else I could do....

I have a XBox360 with a GDR-3120L Hitachi-LG Drive. The label says: 0059 DJ ... another label says: JUNE 2006

I have tried nearly everything....at least I had bricked my drive and purchased the so called Chillifix-Chip.
As of right now (after soldering the chip), after a power-on on the Box the 59DJ is in Mode-B (the green LED in the middle is flashing).
I can see the drive in Windows XP (File-Explorer) and in the Hardware-Manager. When I put in a video I can see the files in Windows File-Explorer. SO FAR SO GOOD..... BUT here comes the bad:

When I try to  RESTORE the original firmware to the drive, this job is interrupting with an error message.
When I try to FLASH a new firmware, this job is even interrupting with an error message.

Most of the time the error-message is one like this:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RESTORE.bat
   +--------------------------------------+
   ¦                                      ¦
   ¦ C4EVA: iXtreme v1.4 MultiSpeed       ¦
   ¦ HITACHI ALL VERSIONS 8in1            ¦
   ¦                                      ¦
   ¦                                      ¦
   ¦ Restores your x360 drive to ORIGINAL ¦
   ¦                                      ¦
   +--------------------------------------+

   What is the Hitachi drive letter?
   F
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RESTORING DRIVE F:\ HITACHI V.59b FIRMWARE..

Restoring 00/11 sector 90033000 (UnStealth)..
---------- RES.BIN
---------- RES.BIN
---------- RES.BIN

ERROR: Hitachi DVD drive is NOT restoring..

WARNING: One of FOUR4 things could be wrong

#1: Shut-down all your back-ground programs
#2: Windows is in-compatible, try SAFE MODE
#3: Your DVD drive is not a working version
#4: Start mode B with DVD disk in the drive
===========================================

ARE YOU SURE DRIVE "F" IS THE HITACHI DRIVE

   What is the Hitachi drive letter?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You (all) can see what I've tried here:. The password is: 4gulli

Please excuse that the documents are in german.....i thought, that I could get help in a german board, but...... helpless answers like "I had no problems flashing a Hitachi...." are worthless.

Maybe one of you or GaryOpa himself can help me out of this trouble !?!?!?
I would be very very very thankful !!!!!

Cu later (hopefully)
obiwankenobi

This post has been edited by obiwankenobi: Mar 24 2008, 09:30 PM

[JUANVAN]

Well did you try any of the 4 things it said to?
*Just wondering - check them off the list ya know

[obiwankenobi]

#1: Shut-down all your back-ground programs
All background programs were closed/cancelled

#2: Windows is in-compatible, try SAFE MODE
errors even occuring in SAFE MODE. I don't believe that Windows XP is incompatible...

#3: Your DVD drive is not a working version
the drive was definitely working BEFORE first attempt to flash

#4: Start mode B with DVD disk in the drive
when powering on the xbox the tray opens itself due to soldered Chilifix-Chip. As I wrote before, my drive WAS bricked. With this Chilifix-Chip I can flash again........IF I COULD.
The drive is immediately in Mode-B ... even without a DVD inside

This post has been edited by obiwankenobi: Mar 24 2008, 10:41 PM

[OggyUK]

Shorten the directory down, try the root of C:

I have my Hitachi Flash files in:

C:/Hitachi/ix/

Or

C:/Hitachi/X/

[flash360]

Try flashing it using the bat files without a disc in the drive.

[obiwankenobi]

QUOTE

Shorten the directory down, try the root of C:
I have my Hitachi Flash files in:

C:/Hitachi/ix/
Or
C:/Hitachi/X/

I dont believe that this is the reason for this problem...but I will try it.
The path (at the time of my attempt) was: C:\iXtreme-HitachiAll-RTMv3

QUOTE

Try flashing it using the bat files without a disc in the drive.

I tried it all the time without a disc.... it seems to be absolutely the same problem as mentioned here
Assembly date pre (and after ?) June 2006 -> no problems with flashing
Assembly date exactly June 2006 -> ONLY problems with flashing

garyopa wrote a long time ago:
Look for the label :PASS5X then add the following two lines:
chop now.bin 256000
chop mod.bin 256000
Just before the compare QFC line......

BUT....where should these changes be applied within RESTORE.BAT ??
There are A LOT of lines starting with "qfc ......"




This post has been edited by obiwankenobi: Mar 25 2008, 10:51 AM

[obiwankenobi]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)  I don't know why I can't edit my own post.....so sorry for writing another one....  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

As suggested by garyopa:

Look for the label :PASS5X then add the following two lines:
chop now.bin 258048
chop mod.bin 258048
Just before the compare QFC line......

but (!!!) there are a lot of "qfc ......." under :FLASH5X or :RETRY5X

I've found under :FLASH5X the following lines:
chop custom.bin 16384
chop check.bin 16384

Are these 2 lines correct ?

In another post I found again 2 other values (instead of 258048):
chop now.bin 256000
chop mod.bin 256000


What are the absolutely correct values

[OggyUK]

Im not sure of your full directory.

My restore.bat is in

CODE

C:/Hitachi/ix/restore.bat

Just wanna clarify yours isnt in

CODE

C:\iXtreme-HitachiAll-RTMv3\Another Folder\AnotherFolder\restore.bat

Its been a long while since I first encountered that issue you are having.

Even try removing the 'special' characters - keep the directory as simple and short as possible, Im sure this was my problem (although my drive wasnt bricked)

This post has been edited by OggyUK: Mar 25 2008, 06:10 PM

[obiwankenobi]

QUOTE(OggyUK @ Mar 25 2008, 06:10 PM)

Im not sure of your full directory.

My restore.bat is in

CODE

C:/Hitachi/ix/restore.bat

My Restore.bat is now in C:\hitachi and the problem IS STILL happening...


I love answers like "Try flashing it using the bat files without a disc in the drive.".... what do you mean what I'm doing If the drive is in Mode-B, the tray is open !! So this answer wasn't much helpful.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Was nobody able to read these informations ?
As suggested by garyopa:

Look for the label :PASS5X then add the following two lines:
chop now.bin 258048
chop mod.bin 258048
Just before the compare QFC line......

but (!!!) there are a lot of "qfc ......." under :FLASH5X or :RETRY5X

I've found under :FLASH5X the following lines:
chop custom.bin 16384
chop check.bin 16384

Are these 2 lines correct ?

In another post I found again 2 other values (instead of 258048):
chop now.bin 256000
chop mod.bin 256000

What are the absolutely correct values


You guys are "really very helpful" if one needs "really help"....   (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleeping.gif)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleeping.gif)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleeping.gif)

This post has been edited by obiwankenobi: Mar 27 2008, 12:15 PM

[OggyUK]

Well, you will find you can trick the drive into staying closed.

You need to do this on the Hitachi 78's

Sorry though, I cant thing of much else to help.

[Biaz]

obiwankenobi, I've had kinda det same problem.

My solution:
Download Toolbox
Go to Tools -> Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only) -> Differential Flash (Pick the one you want) -> Check the "Use Classic Mode" -> Click "Read and detect differences" -> then important: choose the flash59 programmer, NOT the internal programmer -> Flash!

At least, this did the trick for me, when anything else refused to flash the drive. Let me know how it works out.

[obiwankenobi]

Hi Biaz,

many thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately it was also without success....here is what I've done (step by step):

- started Windows XP in Safe Mode, logged on as Adminstrator
    drive appears in Hardware-Manager and in Windows Exploer (as drive G:); green LED in the middle of the
    power-switch is flashing; no disc in the drive
- started c:\xbox\360FwTb.exe             Comment: it is v4.6
- opened Original-Firmware-File                             saved a few weeks ago
- selected "Tools/Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)/Differential Flash (RESTORE)
- enabled "Use Classic Mode to Read Differences (only v59 and lower)
- clicked on Button "Read and Detect Differences"
     Program shows me then:
     Flash this sectors: 9003E000, 9002E000, 90026000
- selected "59flash.exe" in Dropdown-Field above
- clicked on Button "Start Flashing"
     The following messages appeared after ~ 10 seconds:
     Confirmation: Verify Step failed for sector 3E000. Do you want to retry ? Y/N
- selected 'Y' two times ... the same message appeared.
- selected 'N'
      like a endless loop the messages appeared for sectors 2E000 and 26000.
      answered each message with 'N'
- answered the last message with 'N'. After that there comes up a new message-window:
      Run-time error '70'. Permission denied.
- selected 'OK' in that windows and the program closed itself.

After rebooting the PC I tried then a Differential Flash (PARTIAL) with iXtreme 1.4 firmware. All messages came again with the
same error-messages but other sector adresses:
90003000, 90006000,9000A000, 9001C000, 90026000, 90027000, 9002E000, 90034000, 90035000 and 9003E000.

After the last message-window again: Run-time error '70'. Permission denied. 'OK'. Program closes itself.

I think this drive is really horrible and my nigtmare for the next 100 years !!

This post has been edited by obiwankenobi: Mar 27 2008, 10:10 PM

[OggyUK]

Maybe its just easier and stress free to replace the drive mate.

[obiwankenobi]

...is it possible to "rescue" this drive by entering the following in a CMD-Window:

MTKFLASH W /SATA /M original.bin



Or is this ONLY for SAMSUNG-drives ?

[OggyUK]

Only samsungs, Hitachi's are not mtk based.