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[ra3r0]

i get the error "invalid drive specification" right before Flash 4 dos pops up, then the same results when i enter "Yes". goes into dos A: and if i try running the program it says it is already running. i'm running 2 SATA raid 0 solid state hard drives in vista x64. i have tried putting the hard drives in IDE mode and IDE compatible and it didn't make any difference. BTW i'm using a VIA VT6421 SATA card to hookup the xbox.
i don't have a ide hard drive to tryout, i was wondering if there is anything else i can try on these SATA hard drives. i have a spare SATA drive which i also try but i get the same results. any input had help

[FrostyTheSnowman]

Sounds like NTFS4DOS is not detecting your HDD at all, which means you wont be able to use your SATA RAID HDDs with my disc.

What prompt do you get after NTFS4DOS? It should be X:\> not A:\>, if you are getting an A:\> prompt that also means that my disc is not detecting your PC's DVD-ROM/CD-ROM drive either...

Here's a little secret: My new disc (Revision 2) can still mod all three drives even if you do not have an HDD available, so you can still use my disc, it just won't backup your firmware when it is done.

However, if my disc cannot detect your PC DVD-ROM either, then the disc won't work at all.

Try putting your PC SATA DVD-ROM into 'IDE Compatibility Mode' in your BIOS (or just use a normal IDE DVD-ROM/CD-ROM for my disc temporarily) and you should be able use my disc without your HDD.





So, just to catch up:

No HDD/Non-Detecting HDD = You can still use my new disc (Revision 2) to modify all three drives just fine, it just wont back up your firmware to your HDD when it is done.

Non-Detecting PC SATA DVD-ROM = My disc will not work if your PC SATA DVD-ROM drive is not detected. (if you get an A:\> prompt after NTFS4DOS your PC DVD-ROM drive did not detect properly) Either switch your PC SATA DVD-ROM to 'IDE Compatibility Mode' in your BIOS, or use a PC IDE DVD-ROM drive temporarily for my disc.




Also note that the PC SATA HDD/DVD-ROM limitations are not a fault of this disc, but a limitation of MS-DOS itself. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Mar 7 2009, 12:50 AM

[cwhistler]

has this new disc got ixtreme v1.51 or can we expect a new one soon (please)

[FrostyTheSnowman]

The new version of my disc (Revision 2) does not have the new firmware unfortunately. (it still uses iXtreme v1.5)

However, I am updating my disc with the new firmware versions now, so you can expect a new release of my disc within the next day or so. (need to test it to ensure the new firmware works properly with my disc)

Check this forum again in about a day or so, and the new version (360 Modification Disc v1.51) will be available.

[altern8545]

any future support for hitachi drives?

[FrostyTheSnowman]

The new version of my disc, '360 Modification Disc v1.51' is released, and you can find it in the usual places. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)

Changes in v1.51:

 - Updated all firmware to iXtreme v1.51
 - 100% Support for all PC SATA & IDE DVD-ROM drives

NOTE: This disc also supports updating ALL previously flashed drives to the new iXtreme firmware. (iXtreme v1.51) So if you already used one of my previous releases to flash your drive, you can use this new release to update to the newest firmware. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Also note that all detection issues with certain PC SATA & IDE DVD-ROM drives have been corrected in this release. So, if anyone was receiving any 'invalid drive specification' or 'bad command' errors with either of my previous releases, this version will correct that.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Also note that now after the NTFS4DOS prompt has loaded you will get an A:\> prompt instead of an X:\> prompt, this is totally normal for this release. Simply go ahead and type 'samsung' or 'benq' or 'liteon' to start flashing your XBOX 360 DVD-ROM drive.

QUOTE(altern8545 @ Mar 7 2009, 12:56 AM)

any future support for hitachi drives?

Not at the moment, as currently there are no DOS-based methods available for flashing Hitachi-LG drives.

This post has been edited by FrostyTheSnowman: Mar 7 2009, 02:04 PM

[cwhistler]

Frosty u da man cheers for the update

[monkfish]

QUOTE(FrostyTheSnowman @ Mar 7 2009, 02:00 PM)

NOTE: This disc also supports updating ALL previously flashed drives to the new iXtreme firmware. (iXtreme v1.51) So if you already used one of my previous releases to flash your drive, you can use this new release to update to the newest firmware.

does it work with previously flashed drives that haven't been done with one of your previous releases m8?

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(monkfish @ Mar 8 2009, 04:44 AM)

does it work with previously flashed drives that haven't been done with one of your previous releases m8?

Yes, it will work with any previously flashed drive, regardless of what application was used to flash the drive originally.

[kehlyr]

   

well dont really know what to say, disk sounds like a real good tool, but i cant get it to work, have tried 2 different consoles both with samsung drives and the drives are not recognised in dos, yet if i do them the old way with dosflash they are seen with no problems.

[Swif]

frosty, when i try to mod a samsung drive, why doesnt the "xtreme pri master" pop up, i have no problems flashing benq drives but when it comes to samsung the xtreme pri master wont come up

[Fspiders]

This has got me stumped now...

I've tried to update my benq about 10 or more times using mod 1.5.1  and always the same result.

It reads the 4 banks reports a datachecksum then hangs.

When I check the benfiles folder the orig.bin is only ever 60k.

I use the 360's ps and switch off and on at the front. I've varied it from 1sec to 20secs..doesn't make any difference.

So close yet so far LOL.

I've still got my ocf.bin and cfw.bin from the previous update and they're 256k.

Regards.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(Fspiders @ Mar 23 2009, 11:23 AM)

This has got me stumped now...

I've tried to update my benq about 10 or more times using mod 1.5.1  and always the same result.

It reads the 4 banks reports a datachecksum then hangs.

When I check the benfiles folder the orig.bin is only ever 60k.

I use the 360's ps and switch off and on at the front. I've varied it from 1sec to 20secs..doesn't make any difference.

So close yet so far LOL.

I've still got my ocf.bin and cfw.bin from the previous update and they're 256k.

Regards.

Yes, version 1.51 has that freezing/hanging problem which is why I released a new version called '360 Modification Disc v1.52' - download the new copy and it should fix your freezing problems.

QUOTE(Swif @ Mar 22 2009, 06:27 PM)

frosty, when i try to mod a samsung drive, why doesnt the "xtreme pri master" pop up, i have no problems flashing benq drives but when it comes to samsung the xtreme pri master wont come up

Well, right now the Samsung part of my disc can only auto-detect your drive, whereas the Lite-On and BenQ side actually force the detection using the port you entered at the beginning of the disc.

I want to change it so all three are forced, but this is an issue because you cannot pass a port number to MTKFLASH on the command line, you can only do it by hex-editting...

So if it does not detect your drive it might not like your VT6421 card until I make it force the port number...

*EDIT*

Hmm... I guess I have been away from the Samsung TS-H943 scene for a while, as it seems that DosFlash can also support Samsung drives...

I will update my disc to use DosFlash now instead of MTKFlash.

Expect another update... LOL... now it will be v1.53...

[Swif]

lol oh okay...cant wait!

[Jedigaz]

Head scratching with this problem for me.

Error writing to drive D: DOS area : write protection violation attempted.
(A)bort (I)gnore ®etry (F)ail.

Trying to flash a benq drive from 1.4 firmware.

I get this message after typing in benq. I followed post #178 to the letter but after i press ENTER it doesnt seem to do anything for a short while then the above error comes up. Pressing any of the letters in brackets will just repeat the error message.

Any ideas as ive not seen anything simlar here.