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[goku21]

I am using a PCI Sata card (via VT 6421 chipset) and can get the drive into mode b, but after windows loads, it doesn't recognize the drive.  I'm completely stumped and have felt like I looked everywhere for the fix, can anyone help out?

I disabled the sata ports on my mobo (silicon image chipset) and my HD is running off IDE.  I also have the latest drivers installed from via arena. (http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1180&SubCatID=117)

[podger]

How did you put it into mode B... Slax ??, if this worked then it should work... Try unplugging the SATA and re-attaching, or disable the VIA in device manager and re-enable

[goku21]

Yes, I used the slax 2.1 cd.  I unplugged and replugged after windows booted, and windows recognized the drive (thanks!).  *BUT* now windows is really slow.  I click my computer and it takes forever for it to load and then freezes.  When I go to the hardware manager, the hitachi drive is there, but when I insert a game, no auto-start things popup, and if I open firmware toolbox and click direct drive dump, it takes forever to get to the next box, then it crashes.  Maybe my XP has gone to shit.  Can anyone think of a problem?

[OggyUK]

If you go into device manager I bet your via card has a yellow warning trianle (error 10)

Power  the 360 when you see the first or second line of text in to slax boot process.

[letterb0x]

i had the same problem with xp running really slow, in the end i fixed it by booting windows in safe mode, was a while ago now bu i think i then had to get explorer up using task manager and doing it that way, took some fiddling but xp will run faster in safe mode (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[goku21]

Yeah, I just tried booting into safemode, got to the dump screen and it said can't read from drive.  I tried doing the process with a jmicron chipset too, and same error, so maybe I have a weird 0078 drive?

[OggyUK]

QUOTE(OggyUK @ May 23 2008, 09:48 PM)

If you go into device manager I bet your via card has a yellow warning trianle (error 10)

Power  the 360 when you see the first or second line of text in to slax boot process.

[goku21]

I don't have an error on my via card, but tried doing your solution anyways.  Windows still hangs, on safe mode and normal.  Inserted an original game:
My computer is really slow to recognize all the devices installed.
Hardware manager freezes if I try to right click > properties on the hitachi drive.
Firmware toolbox freezes after I click raw dump firmware as (in the tool bar)

Tried disabling/enabling pci card, after disable: everything is smooth; after enable: everything is like above.
The moment I unplug the sata cable to the hitachi, everything runs smoothly again. Attaching it back makes everything bad again.  I'm stumped.  Any ideas?

[deilzfcjk]

Try closing some applications under task manager. You disabled SaTA ports on the mobo? Try putting the 78 to the first port on the 6421 card. There's usually two...I forget how to differentiate. I think Textbooks also shows/ illustrates which one is the first port.

[podger]

Are you powering the drive from the 360, do you have the chassis joined electrically, have you tried a different length sata cable...

Is the drive definately a 78 as per thread title.... just coz a 47 will do exactly this in this sitaution....

This post has been edited by podger: May 25 2008, 10:32 AM

[goku21]

I'm using the blaster 360 NE (so it's powered by the 360, and I have the comp and 360 touching just in case, I think since the 360 is on it's grounded)  Maybe it has something to do with the blaster360.  It is definitely a 78.  

There are two sata ports on the via card, but only one works with the 360 (other people have the same situation, and I think the textbook mentions it).  I will try a different length of sata cable.

Also, I just made a new installation of xp and it will go a little further before failing to read from the drive.  The specific error happens when i Raw dump firmware as..  save it somewhere, and the ODD in the xbox will stop spinning and firmware toolbox (4.6) will say "Cannot read from drive".

BTW, Thanks for helping and the thread title is off now, it should read "Cannot read from drive error, hitachi 78, firmware toolbox"

This post has been edited by goku21: May 25 2008, 09:48 PM

[goku21]

update:
A different sata cable also did not work, I get the "Cannot read from drive" error.  Could it be that I just have an incompatible 78 drive?  Do those exist?  I get the same error on a jmicron chipset.

[podger]

That's the error you get from a 79 with no passkey..... There have been a small number of 78 reported to behave like this... I think XmodsUK had one... He reckoned it was a 79 with a 78 label spoofed as a 78 or something along those lines... or a beta 79 reporting as 78..... Never got an update....

If you have the resources then may be ge the tsop lifted and read in a programmer....

This post has been edited by podger: May 26 2008, 02:02 AM

[goku21]

I don't have the resources, or the skill to lift the tsop.
Well, this sucks then. Thanks for all your help.

Maybe I'll look for another chipset to try it on before I give up completely.  If it really is a beta 79, I would hate m$ for it, especially for mislabeling the drive.

[goku21]

UPDATE***

Ok, got it to work.  Seems using the blaster 360 NE did something to not make me able to dump firmware.  Removed the blaster, did it the old fashioned way and it worked like it should.  Man I wasted a lot of time and money because of the blaster 360.