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[ddsdavey]

I have flashed many 360s,all drives many times with the odd hitch along the way as expected but the other day i went to flash a 46d with Fw toolbox,i dumped the original then smart hack patch etc. All went as expected then when i started to flash it got a 3rd of the way and froze up...COMPLETELY! After waiting for a ridiculous amount of time i resigned to the fact that it was not happening.And inevitably ended up with E64,its not my 360 either so i bit the bullet and replaced his Pcb with my very own,went to flash and same again,2 bricked drives!
Now my question is this,i have to get this 360 done like YESTERDAY and i have another Pcb but obviously im hesitant to flash but i have no way of telling if the same will happen again unless i try,i wouldnt mind if it wasnt dumping correctly too as testing that wont cause irreversible issues and there is no simulate option so how the hell can i do this.I really am up $#!t creek people!
I always use to swear by Hitachi drives and preferred them to Sammys but at least you can sort out Sammys when these things occur!

[SimianEtza]

Which Hitachi version? If it's <78, try restore.bat.

[ddsdavey]

Problem is that whenever i try to get it on windows it freezes up.Its there but just freezes the system until i turn the drive off again!?
Are 78/79s salvageable then?
Thanks for the quick reply,still waiting for a reply from other forums where its been posted for alot longer than this one!

[calloused labia]

QUOTE(ddsdavey @ Dec 22 2008, 03:34 PM)

I have flashed many 360s,all drives many times with the odd hitch along the way as expected but the other day i went to flash a 46d with Fw toolbox,i dumped the original then smart hack patch etc. All went as expected then when i started to flash it got a 3rd of the way and froze up...COMPLETELY! After waiting for a ridiculous amount of time i resigned to the fact that it was not happening.And inevitably ended up with E64,its not my 360 either so i bit the bullet and replaced his Pcb with my very own,went to flash and same again,2 bricked drives!
Now my question is this,i have to get this 360 done like YESTERDAY and i have another Pcb but obviously im hesitant to flash but i have no way of telling if the same will happen again unless i try,i wouldnt mind if it wasnt dumping correctly too as testing that wont cause irreversible issues and there is no simulate option so how the hell can i do this.I really am up $#!t creek people!
I always use to swear by Hitachi drives and preferred them to Sammys but at least you can sort out Sammys when these things occur!

Assuming you don't have bad cables and poor connections..

Are you using a VIA based card of chip-set to flash? I use a 6421 and found my VIA controller runs into issues with certain Hitachis (no specific rom type.. seems just random).  I also use FWTB for all Hitachis and found about 6 or 7 out of 100 have an issue when writing back to the drive. I just choose ignore let it finish.. then connect the Hitachi  to the onboard ICH and do it.  

With all the new excellent programs for Samsung and Benq (dosflash and dosflash 32), the only drive that can not be done (without solder) on the ICH7is an MS 28.

QUOTE(ddsdavey @ Dec 22 2008, 04:06 PM)

Problem is that whenever i try to get it on windows it freezes up.Its there but just freezes the system until i turn the drive off again!?
Are 78/79s salvageable then?
Thanks for the quick reply,still waiting for a reply from other forums where its been posted for alot longer than this one!

This is exactly what happens when I have a "stubborn" Hitachi on the VIA.. connect that beotch to an onboard ICH (intel controller) and see what happens.

[ddsdavey]

No onboard  sata but thanks for your input,ill probably just bite the bullet and try again!
Im seriously thinking of buying an Willem programmer and a new good quality soldering set,new year,new hobbies plus less heart attack issues.I didnt realise just how cheap programmers are.

[paul543]

QUOTE(ddsdavey @ Dec 22 2008, 09:34 PM)

all drives many times with the odd hitch along the way as expected

Are you talking about that hitch that it gives an error message half way through saying that an sector couldn't be written? You then press retry and it completes and says that all sectors have been flashed correctly?
That happened to me while flashing a friend's drive. It didn't happen with mine though.
Is that the "hitch" you are describing?

[lord^infamous]

I can confirm too that some Hitachis, completely random versions, don't like VIA.  I just end up using onboard SATA and I have to switch my SATA config to legacy or compatible mode.  Also always use the primary SATA port.  The ONLY drives I ever have issues with are Hitachis.  My least favorite drive in every way out of all the drives.   (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)