Topic: Vad6038 Problems With Switch & Flashing! (Read 82 times)

Megabug · « **on:** May 10, 2008, 05:48:00 AM »

Hi,

I have bought an arcade console and now I am trying to flash the drive. My Problem is, that I can't even read it.

I found a tutorial with adding a Switch to cut the SPI flash Power, and I soldered everything like in the tutorial, but when I switch on my xbox and after a second switch the flash back on, I can't read it.
Dosflash shows only the usual error with this drive when it's not readable...

HW ver: J-DA1A4
FW ver: 64930C

So whats wrong? Chipset is a Intel onboard SATA chipset. I already flashed some ms25 and Hitachi drives with it.

Thanks in advance.

podger · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2008, 06:01:00 AM »

You'll need a Via or nforce4 chipset to do a softflash..

Megabug · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2008, 06:43:00 AM »

Hm? The toturial said only via/nforce when I don't want to cut the wires and add the switch?!

podger · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2008, 07:30:00 AM »

Ok! If you don't mind cutting tracks etc.. then the here's the tutorial...

vad6038.pdf

This post has been edited by podger: May 10 2008, 02:30 PM

Megabug · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2008, 07:22:00 AM »

Yes, but as I already wrote: I have cut the traces and added a switch.

But I still can't read.

podger · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2008, 08:59:00 AM »

Does iPrep say that it is compatible with dosflash

Megabug · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:01:00 PM »

Yes, it even shows the drive, but it shows that it isnt readable. It looks like the drive wont go in recovery mode ?! I have no idea

Antman1 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:04:00 PM »

QUOTE(Megabug @ May 10 2008, 09:37 PM)

Yes, it even shows the drive, but it shows that it isnt readable. It looks like the drive wont go in recovery mode ?! I have no idea

dont use the automated stuff just go to the folder in dos and type "dosflash" and see if it will see and do it from there!

Megabug · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:51:00 PM »

Hi,

I was in DOS and started dosflah16 from there.

Antman1 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2008, 02:52:00 PM »

ok. but you didnt use the iprep thing though right? you went to the tools dir and typed dosflash and it would not see it?

Megabug · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:33:00 PM »

Yes...

Well, it sees the drive, but not the flash. Thats my problem.

podger · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2008, 05:42:00 PM »

Are you sure you have the on/off positons correct....

This post has been edited by podger: May 11 2008, 12:58 AM

Megabug · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2008, 05:18:00 AM »

Yes I am.

podger · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2008, 05:35:00 AM »

Make sure all other devices are removed, odd's and hdd's...

After that the concept is pretty simple....

You turn on the benq with power removed from the spi so that the drive doesn't see it at power on and immediately goes into bad flash mode. 1 second later you turn on the switch to apply power to the spi so that it is actually there to be seen...

run dosflash and it should work!!

Other than that you need to check your rework and that your SATA just is fully compatible...

Megabug · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2008, 10:24:00 AM »

I know the tutorial and how it should work. But it dosn't somehow.

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