Topic: Problem Detecting Hitachi Dvd Drive (Read 34 times)

Melakoy · « **on:** October 13, 2008, 09:36:00 AM »

Hey all.
Decided to flash my 360.

I got a Hitachi ver. 78 dvd drive.

Here is the problem.
I can get into mode-b without a problem with slax.

But when i restart the PC and boot up in windows(Vista 32bit) it won't find the drive.
I ejected the drive a couple of times on the windows load screen and nothing.

I have turned on my SATA-2 port in BIOS.

Does anyone why it won't find the drive in Vista?

Regards.
Melakoy

Drjones · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:26:00 PM »

are you sure it's in mode b?
are you pushing eject once then pushing in the drive and the green light is going crazy?

Melakoy · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2008, 01:37:00 PM »

QUOTE(Drjones @ Oct 13 2008, 09:26 PM)

are you sure it's in mode b?
are you pushing eject once then pushing in the drive and the green light is going crazy?

Yes it's in Mode-b, i push the eject button twice to get it out or in and a third for it to stay in.
Slax can find the drive and turn it to mode-b, Vista just can't find it at all...

buddy6 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2008, 03:01:00 PM »

QUOTE(Melakoy @ Oct 13 2008, 04:36 PM)

Hey all.
Decided to flash my 360.

I got a Hitachi ver. 78 dvd drive.

Here is the problem.
I can get into mode-b without a problem with slax.

But when i restart the PC and boot up in windows(Vista 32bit) it won't find the drive.
I ejected the drive a couple of times on the windows load screen and nothing.
I have turned on my SATA-2 port in BIOS.
Does anyone why it won't find the drive in Vista?
Regards.
Melakoy

are your sata vista drivers upto data

Melakoy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 14, 2008, 05:12:00 AM »

QUOTE(buddy6 @ Oct 13 2008, 11:01 PM)

are your sata vista drivers upto data

I have updated them and still no effect.

Don't know if this helps, i have a Dell computer with onboard SATA RAID controller.
The controller is this one:
Intel® ICH8R/ICH9R SATA RAID Controller

I can't find any drivers for that one on Intels site so i have upgraded what i could from Dell.
Still Windows can't detect my Hitachi drive, drive model and version:
Hitachi GDR-3120L / Ver: 78

Does anyone have a solution, is there a program that can force windows to detect the drive?

GothTech · « **Reply #5 on:** October 14, 2008, 05:23:00 AM »

vista has a problem with the Hitachi drives i would find a 10gig hdd and put xp on it and use it under xp it seems to work better and just to say vista dosent like firmware tool box

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