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[AusCypher]

ok

after reading many many forums, and tutorials, i decided i would try and flash my spare xbox.

my drive is a hitachi-lg 78fk i got it in modeb with slax, and i was flashing my drive to the latest ixtreme firmware 1.51 with jungle flasher.

i copied my firmware off my dvd drive, and got the key, and then upgraded to the 1.51 firmware....buttttt...i forgot to put the key in the new firmware, so, it was at 000000000000000000 or what ever it is.

ive got the original firmware, the key, and ive also got 1.51 with my key in it aswell, but i cant seem to upload it to the drive.

when i try and put it in modeb now, using slax, the dvd drive doesnt open at all (no double click, or nothing) and when its out of modeb, it opens up fine, nothing wrong.

when in windows in modeb, it detects, but freezes abit, and then sometimes dissapears from my computer.

is there a program i can load in dos, and update with the new firmware, to stop it doing this?

or is my drive completely screwed?

thanks for the help guys, hopefully this is fixable.

[atlsk8crewboi22]

what operating system do u have?

[AusCypher]

mmm...windows 7 beta.

i know, probably not the best to use, but its not much different from vista, so i assumed it would be alright.

i thought if i could direct boot into dos, i could just flash with the original firmware i have, and then update it to the newer 1.51 firmware.

or is that not possible?

i want something pretty straight forward, cause, im a newbie to this, as this was my first flash.

oh, and also, when i say the drive cant be opened after its put in mode b, the disc is actually still spinning

and trying to make it eject via windows, doesnt work at all, just comes up with an error.

[atlsk8crewboi22]

probably its the operating system u have cause the most common is XP or Vista and the guys that makes these programs and usually generated it to work best on XP or Vista. I havent really heard much about windows 7 so maybe it has a few things that operate different from the way vista and xp works...i would try to eliminate that issue first then go from there

[AusCypher]

yeah, cept the freezing didnt happen until i had rebooted my computer, and the drive had 1.51, with the wrong key on it.

and the drive doesnt open up at all, even after rebooting my computer, with it in mode b, like, its still in dos.

[atlsk8crewboi22]

what version of slax are u using and have u tried the cross-wire method for mode b?

This post has been edited by atlsk8crewboi22: Mar 9 2009, 11:43 AM

[AusCypher]

im not sure, but this is in the changelog of the slax cd

5.0.7

- based on Slackware 10.2
- added Slackwares 2.6 testing kernel

that sound about right?

and the message i get, when i right click on the dvd drive in windows, and click eject, is

"an error occurred while ejecting 'dvd drive (d:) slax"

this is the error message in jungle flasher, when i try and restore firmware, but im sure its trying to use the wrong firmware, is there a way i can select the firmware i want on there?

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~
JungleFlasher 0.1.51 Beta
Session Started Mon Mar 09 18:06:26 2009


This is a 32 bit process running on 2 x 32 bit CPUs
Found 4 I/O Ports.
Found 0 Com Ports.
Found 2 windows drives.
Found 1 CD/DVD drives.

Restoring Stock f/w to Hitachi 0078/0079 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
Dumping Flash:Ram Upload Dump Failed

after i do this, this is when windows freezes for a bit, and then the dvd drive dissapears.

i havent tried the cross wire method for mode b, but i heard that this can fry your the drive.

the first time i did mode b with slax, the drive opened fine, nothing wrong at all, i could swap over the dvd. now i cant.

so, i dont know if its bricked or not, cause i can find it in windows.

This post has been edited by AusCypher: Mar 9 2009, 11:52 AM

[stacetheace]

QUOTE(AusCypher @ Mar 9 2009, 10:49 AM)

im not sure, but this is in the changelog of the slax cd

5.0.7

- based on Slackware 10.2
- added Slackwares 2.6 testing kernel

that sound about right?

and the message i get, when i right click on the dvd drive in windows, and click eject, is

"an error occurred while ejecting 'dvd drive (d:) slax"

this is the error message in jungle flasher, when i try and restore firmware, but im sure its trying to use the wrong firmware, is there a way i can select the firmware i want on there?

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~
JungleFlasher 0.1.51 Beta
Session Started Mon Mar 09 18:06:26 2009
This is a 32 bit process running on 2 x 32 bit CPUs
Found 4 I/O Ports.
Found 0 Com Ports.
Found 2 windows drives.
Found 1 CD/DVD drives.

Restoring Stock f/w to Hitachi 0078/0079 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
Dumping Flash:Ram Upload Dump Failed

after i do this, this is when windows freezes for a bit, and then the dvd drive dissapears.

i havent tried the cross wire method for mode b, but i heard that this can fry your the drive.

the first time i did mode b with slax, the drive opened fine, nothing wrong at all, i could swap over the dvd. now i cant.

so, i dont know if its bricked or not, cause i can find it in windows.

i dont think its bricked m8 get it in mode b with j/f then try read and restore with toolbox i think 4.8 is the latest version

[weezy85]

i had the same problem but i think if windows detects it and u can open and close drive its safe i flashed my 78k whith jf and it threw my drive off, when i used the mode b in jf i got the open tray error and i just manually slid the little motor part with lens on it all the way to the back and it started back working, but i heard if windows detects it, u usually can fix it i heard

[AusCypher]

cool, well ill try toolbox then, and see what happens.

also

what do the firmwares for my drive, a 78fk, mean, when its 78-4b00, 78-4c30, 78-4d20, 78-4e10

whats the difference? all the other firmwares just have one bin file

[AusCypher]

i get when i run 360fwtb an error which reads

run-time error '339'

component 'msinet.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered; a file is missing or invalid

[XmodsUK]

QUOTE(AusCypher @ Mar 9 2009, 03:54 PM)

cool, well ill try toolbox then, and see what happens.

also

what do the firmwares for my drive, a 78fk, mean, when its 78-4b00, 78-4c30, 78-4d20, 78-4e10

whats the difference? all the other firmwares just have one bin file

The 78 and 79 drives can have their drivekeys located in different areas in the FW, hence the different versions. Make sure you use the correct one.

[AusCypher]

how do i find out where my drive key is located? and if i used the wrong one (cause i just picked anyone in my first flash) would it have ruined my drive for good?

[XmodsUK]

Open your original FW in FWToolbox, and it will tell you.

This post has been edited by XmodsUK: Mar 10 2009, 09:22 PM