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[dobosininja]

I had the same issue as you did, I had to end up flashing in dos. I booted up the pc with the drive connected and as soon as I got into dos I turned on the console. Pulled up dosflash and found the drive and flashed the firmware.

[keeper7]

QUOTE(suhas93 @ May 20 2009, 12:37 AM)

It didn't work, can you people help me discover the flaw?

First of all @metalphreak Thanks a lot

Heres my setup

These 'could' be the flaws..
* I'm using molex wires.
* 1k resistor hav bands...Brown Black Red Gold
* 10k resistors hav bands Brown Black Orange Gold
Correct me if I'm wrong

1) I can't find out which COM port I Have plugged this in. I have COM1 and COM2. Please help me out.
2) And while extracting the key, should we place the wires on the hole or should the wires pass through the hole?

Hi,
I see you follow the first post schematics but where is the pin 5 that goes to ground? Don't you use it?

[suhas93]

QUOTE(keeper7 @ May 21 2009, 01:51 AM)

Hi,
I see you follow the first post schematics but where is the pin 5 that goes to ground? Don't you use it?

Now Im' done with the hardware part..

About the software part..

My lite-on is locked. I have watched many video on how to recover on iprep but when I try to boot on iprep, i get the letter "j".

Is there any way out?

[shamus666]

QUOTE(suhas93 @ May 21 2009, 11:08 AM)

Now Im' done with the hardware part..

About the software part..

My lite-on is locked. I have watched many video on how to recover on iprep but when I try to boot on iprep, i get the letter "j".

Is there any way out?

Have you tried following this post?  http://www.360mods.n...u...pic&t=12883
My drive stopped responding between erasing and resetting and I was able to continue using the methods described.

[suhas93]

Finally, recovered my drive  

These were the problems I had to overcome...entered this here, so that this information can help others.

I tried doing it by win98 boot cd. It didn't work.
'cdr101 not ready reading drive' error kept flashing..

So I tried free dos (150 mb)
It worked like a charm.

I kept getting FF7F status.
I power down the drive for about 5 seconds. and tried it again..it worked..

[ScooterMAC]

FUCK YOUR CK3 NI@@A!

[p3eps]

I had a go at this today!  My friend had a RLOD repaired 360 which had a Liteon drive in it, and had been asking me to do it for ages.  I only realised you could reflash them a few days ago - and then I saw this post!

I found all the bits lying about at work - a multimeter probe, a Molex power connector, a serial cable, 10k and 1k resistors, and a BC547 transistor.  Soldered it all together in 20 mins, and with a few bits of heat shrink it actually looks pretty decent.

Took it home and went to plug it into my computer - to discover my new motherboard doesn't have a serial port!  A quick trip to Maplin for a USB -> Serial adapter, and I'm sorted.  I already own a Xeon connectivity kit from years ago, so it makes the whole thing a little easier.

Followed the steps provided in the JungleFlasher manual - all went smoothly.  Tested and working!

Thanks yaywoop for bringing this simple adapter to our attention.  It saved my friend buying a £40 adapter - although I'm still going to get the cash off him for the serial -> USB adapter!!!

[p3eps]

QUOTE(JBmtk @ Apr 24 2009, 04:19 AM)

circuit looks fine....you'll probably have trouble using com->usb or whatever you decide. I would suggest opening up your computer and finding the COM pins on your motheboard. Most latest mobos out there no longer have the serial port on the outside. I would be very surprised if yours does not have an onboard COM port. Look up your motheboard on google for a layout.

More and more motherboards are being manufactured now without COM ports - as nobody ever uses them (except when flashing an xbox    ).
I was surprised to find mine didn't have a COM port last night as its a brand new Asus board... but then it was a lower budget one rather than a top end one like my last one.  I bought a USB -> COM adapter made by Nikkai today from Maplin and installed the supplied software.  It made it COM7, which I checked with the supplied software.  I simply picked COM7 in Jungleflasher, and the flashing process went flawlessly!

[h0ju]

do you still need to bridge 707  for this?

[DriveJira]

QUOTE(h0ju @ Jun 1 2009, 05:04 PM)

do you still need to bridge 707  for this?

I don't think you need to bridge R707 if you're using this DIY key extractor. I've successfully flashed 3 so far and I never put a soldering iron near the drive.

[Coldblackice]

Can anyone suggest some tests I can perform to pinpoint the source of my problem? (Using VIA6421 card, detected in JF (though not detected by windows), usb-to-serial hl-340 adapter, working and ready in JF. I'm also using original VIA drivers, assuming they're only a problem with freezing JF when trying to flash...)

Loopback test on usb-serial adapter passes in realterm. I get 5v on pin 2 of serial when homemade probe pin isn't connected to anything. If I connect the probe pin to the TX of the serial adapter and then perform a loopback test, I'll get characters for each keypress, although they are different than the actual keys pressed on the keyboard (pressing 'g' gives 'L', etc.).

If only I could get SOME kind of serial input from the drive, even if it's 0's. Is it possible to get some kind of data like this in realterm? Or does JF have some special function which it sends over SATA to get the drive to "talk"?

Are there multimeter tests I can do to check other sources of potential failure?

I'm fairly confident that my homemade extractor is working right, otherwise, I wouldn't imagine that it would return the converted-chars back for the loopback test. But when I put my probe on r707, I always get bad serial data in JF. (How can I see what data JF is getting back? Can I do this in realterm without sending requests over the SATA?)

[skyliner99]

QUOTE(yifan_lu @ Dec 29 2008, 01:57 AM)

Hello, I'm a noob at this, and I think I followed the directions correctly, but can someone tell me if I did it right or what I need to change. Also I want to know if ground is needed? (I didn't bother). Thanks.
Here's what it looks like right now:

(Underneath the tape are the parts soldered together)

P.S: Is there any way to test the device before messing with the 360?

is the alligator clip to the dvd case necessary?

I followed the original post word for word, and i don't see a mention of a ground or anything, so before i attempt flashing, can someone clear this up?


Also, i am using a db 25 to db9 converter, i checked the pinouts and connected the corresponding wires as such: db25 pin 3->2 and pin 7->5
Will that cause any problems?

thanks
-sky

[Coldblackice]

For the electronically-minded:

Can anyone post or PM about the actual technical side of what's going on with this circuit? I'm interested to know. From what I gather, the XBOX sends out a signal (TTL) that needs to be converted to RS232 (serial) so the computer can read it.

Question -- isn't that what an USB-to-SERIAL does? Why do we need to make this extra circuit?

I presume that a usb-to-serial cable doesn't actually convert TTL signals, which we need. ?

Finally, last question -- I initially wired the circuit up right, however, I couldn't get ANY kind of data off the xbox. Even in realterm, touching the points with my probe wouldn't even bring up 00's or null characters. However, when I did a loopback test THROUGH my probe and into the serial, I would get positive results -- for every key I pressed on the keyboard, I would get a character back through my probe, to the RX of the serial. The letters would be different than what I pressed ('F' for 'a', for example), however, I assumed this was the conversion/voltage amplification process.

I am sure my transistor was NPN. Out of ideas, I went to Radio Shack and got a new transistor. I wired it up to my circuit. AGAIN, I got the same letter conversions when doing a loopback test through my probe ('F' for 'a', etc.). I figured this meant that I was doomed to not get any data off my xbox. However, as soon as I touched the probe to r707, I got a bunch of 00's and null characters in realterm. I was getting SOMETHING off the drive!

As luck would have it, I proceeded to extract my key, and BAM -- got it on the first try.

So finally my question -- does anyone know why changing this transistor made a difference (From a technical standpoint). Is there something I could look at in their respective data sheets to understand why the first transistor was preventing ANY data from coming through on my probe? I assume that perhaps the transistor just had too much resistance of some sorts, preventing the very low voltage and light-weight signals from the xbox to make it through to the computer.

Thanks!

[skyliner99]

will usb work for the 5V and ground?

[skyliner99]

i tried extracting my keys, but i keep getting the bad serial data error in JF. I am powering everything through the 5V on a usb port. I am almost positive the problem is not in my circuit ( i connected the probe to a 5v molex and got gibberish in hyperterm)

I find the drive in JF while my pc is not in legacy and the drive is on a mobo SATA port

I am using a db9-db25 converter but i checked the pinouts and connected pins 2 & 5 to the db 25 equivalent( 3 & 7)

I think the problem is in the ejecting of drive
1 I power on the xbox
2 I eject the drive
3 I unplug the whole dvd power cable
4 Push the drive roughly 1/2 way
5 reconnect the dvd power

this is really bugging me and Any help will be greatly appreciated

-sky