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[Martinchris23]

I think this is the part where I'd see if you could possibly try this on another computer, to just eliminate your configuration. Know anyone with a SATA card you could visit? It's irrelevent if the chipset is supported by DOSflash at this point, so don't worry too much about that.

[scuba156]

i flashed my drive on a different PC with my SATA card which worked flawlessly

i might try connecting my ms25 and seeing how the PC reacts

[scuba156]

heres an update

well i got round to swapping out my PC's PSU today, and also got it to detect my VIA VT6421 as the right device.

this is where it gets confusing. i booted up my PC off my iPreped Usb drive, used dben..., and it started reading the firmware off the drive but froze the PC once the Read was complete(left it there for 30mins). so i reset the PC and tried again, but now its gone back to freezing as soon as i turn on the xbox.

i checked the DVD in the firmware i got from the drive and the Key matches what it should be

[Martinchris23]

I've just had a thought - the only time I've had a PC freeze on me in DOS mode (and on the POST screen) was when I connected a USB keyboard to a PC motherboard which as it happened, needed a BIOS update. Once I did this, it worked flawlessly.

I know it's different circumstances (onboard vs PCI), but it might be worth a shot.

[scuba156]

im not sure that will be the problem as it only freezes when the drive is connected, but i may as well give it a shot. it will give it a try tomorrow as i dont have access to it right now

also, ive updated to iPrep 006.1 and am now using iXtreme 1.41, not that it will make much difference.

what has really stumped me is that it read the drive but will not read it again

my bios should be up to date as its only a new mobo, which i went through the install disk which should have the latest bios and drivers on it but i might see if i can find an update tomorrow

[scuba156]

alright, i have a fix here which i thought i would post for anyone else having the same problem

with having everything setup to flash the drive, turn the 360 on before turning the PC on, but leave the sata cable unplugged from the PC. once it all loads up, type dben 1234567 12345 (serial number) and when it asks to resend untill response, press Y. then when it comes up with 0x00, plug in the sata cable into the 360 and it should start changing between 0xD1 and 0x51. then just turn the xbox 360 off and back on and it should start reading the firmware.

now if it freezes like it did for me once it has finished reading the firmware, you will have to reboot in to windows and load up firmware toolbox and copy the key over to the iXtreme firmware. once you have done that and checked that the original firmware is ok and created at least 5 backups of your original firmware, copy the created firmware onto your USB/floppy under the folder backups/1234567/12345 (your serial number) and name the file ben-CFW.bin. turn off your PC and turn on your xbox with the sata cable unplugged once again.

now boot the PC back into DOS and once it has booted up, plug in your sata cable to the 360 and type in fben 1234567 12345 it it should succesfully flash your benq drive

[t0m]

QUOTE(scuba156 @ Feb 4 2008, 05:14 AM)

alright, i have a fix here which i thought i would post for anyone else having the same problem

with having everything setup to flash the drive, turn the 360 on before turning the PC on, but leave the sata cable unplugged from the PC. once it all loads up, type dben 1234567 12345 (serial number) and when it asks to resend untill response, press Y. then when it comes up with 0x00, plug in the sata cable into the 360 and it should start changing between 0xD1 and 0x51. then just turn the xbox 360 off and back on and it should start reading the firmware.

now if it freezes like it did for me once it has finished reading the firmware, you will have to reboot in to windows and load up firmware toolbox and copy the key over to the iXtreme firmware. once you have done that and checked that the original firmware is ok and created at least 5 backups of your original firmware, copy the created firmware onto your USB/floppy under the folder backups/1234567/12345 (your serial number) and name the file ben-CFW.bin. turn off your PC and turn on your xbox with the sata cable unplugged once again.

now boot the PC back into DOS and once it has booted up, plug in your sata cable to the 360 and type in fben 1234567 12345 it it should succesfully flash your benq drive

thanks for the tip. i just did my first benq and was having a problem. came here and searched 0x80 and found this thread. after an hour of failed tries i did what you said and it worked fine on the first try (well it took 2 tries beccause i didnt know what file name iprep wanted...so after it failed and told me it was looking for BenQ-cfw i just renamed my file to that and its fine).

thanks again