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[Acetaminophen]

"Thank you for the tool.

It seemed to dump the key correctly but my attempt to use the disc appears to hang on the caster firmtool screen. There is a "Success" in green text and it says your firmware is ready to be flashed. The cursor continues to blink. Is this normal or do I need to input something?

Thank you."


I am also having this problem.  Get blinking cursor below message saying my firmware is ready to be flashed!

Is there a step I'm missing?  It dumped the key fine, I just can't get past the caster firmtool screen.

[4NIC8TOR]

I have a Samsung MS25 that had Xtreme 53a spoofed to MS25 on it. I have misplaced my original firmware and I was having a lot of trouble with PortIO drivers and JungleFlasher and could not get a USB flash drive to boot on the pc that I was using. I ended up booting to the point where it says "connect power, disconnect power, press enter, select XTREME drive' or whatever and I just booted up the 360 with the Enable 0800 disc in, waited 30 seconds, then pressed enter and selected the number with XTREME XBOX Drive....it read fine. Then I booted into windows and verified that it was a good read with Maximus fw toolbox 3.0.

Then I booted back to the disc and went through the steps and just let it read a 2nd time to another folder. Then when it said reboot pc and press button to continue I didn't reboot the pc but just shut off the 360 and pressed to continue. I pressed Enter - Y (to spoof to mS25) - and Enter. Then when it said disconnect power and then reconnect and press enter and had the four or five steps listed again (right before flashing) I just powered on the Xbox again with the Enable0800 disc in and waited 30 seconds and then pressed enter and again selected the XTREME DVD (or whatever...it was number '3' on my system after two IDE devices). It flashed all of the banks successfully and now I am updated to iXtreme1.5 and everything is working perfectly.

I could not find any tutorials for how to use this disc in this situation with older hacked firmware that required the Enable0800 disc so hopefully this post will help someone else. it took me a few trial and error tries to get it right and a couple of scary moments when the drive was not detected. Good Luck!

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(abcxyz @ Feb 28 2009, 09:15 PM)

Hey Frosty,

I just want to thank you for making Disc.  I got my DYI 360 Connectivity Kit today and it took me less then 10mins to mod my LiteOn.  This was my 1st time moding an XBOX 360 ever.  I read through all the forums with the different types of ways to extract/flash, but they were all too confusing and each one had their own issues, so I ended up using your disc and I am quite happy.  Anyway, much appreciated it.

Oh, one quick question, I'm still a noob so please bare with me.  The IEXTREME.BIN file that was generated is MY patched firmware specifically for my drive correct?

Indeed it is, the ixtreme.bin file that gets generated by my disc is a backup copy of the modified firmware for your specific drive/360.

P.S. Glad to hear my disc worked well for ya!

QUOTE(Acetaminophen @ Feb 28 2009, 09:17 PM)

"Thank you for the tool.

It seemed to dump the key correctly but my attempt to use the disc appears to hang on the caster firmtool screen. There is a "Success" in green text and it says your firmware is ready to be flashed. The cursor continues to blink. Is this normal or do I need to input something?

Thank you."
I am also having this problem.  Get blinking cursor below message saying my firmware is ready to be flashed!

Is there a step I'm missing?  It dumped the key fine, I just can't get past the caster firmtool screen.

Hmm, that's a weird one... usually all you have to do after the firmtool screen is press ENTER to continue.

Is your PC freezing completely after the firmtool application runs?

[abcxyz]

Hi Frosty,

I am trying to flash a BenQ drive now.  I was able to generate the bin file.  Now I have Orig.bin and ixtrem.bin files.  After this, I get to the MKT Vendor screen where I have to type "yes/no".  I'm a bit confused.  Am I suppose to hit "yes"?  I can't seem to get it into Status 0x73.  What am I doing wrong?

This post has been edited by abcxyz: Mar 2 2009, 10:50 AM

[FrostyTheSnowman]

QUOTE(abcxyz @ Mar 2 2009, 03:40 AM)

Hi Frosty,

I am trying to flash a BenQ drive now.  I was able to generate the bin file.  Now I have Orig.bin and ixtrem.bin files.  After this, I get to the MKT Vendor screen where I have to type "yes/no".  I'm a bit confused.  Am I suppose to hit "yes"?  I can't seem to get it into Status 0x73.  What am I doing wrong?

As the instructions on the screen should say at that part, all you need to do is type 'y' then ENTER, then unplug the power to your BenQ drive and then reconnect the power to your BenQ drive.

If you are using your XBOX 360 as your power source for your drive, then refer to post number #193 on page 13 of this topic for additional information.

[abcxyz]

Hi Frosty,

That's what I did.  I hit "yes".  Then the STATUS starts change numbers.  So I unplug the DVDR power cable and the STATUS stops at 0xD0.  As soon as I plug it back, the STATUS starts to change numbers again.  I do this a few times and it does the same thing over and over.  I can't get it to STATUS : 0x73.  I'm using the power from my PC.

[suhas93]

QUOTE(FrostyTheSnowman @ Feb 1 2009, 03:39 AM)

It's more than just a collection of tools.

It's a collection of all the tools necessary to mod all three drives, scripted in a way that makes the whole process automated and requires no disc/firmware preparation by the user.

Basically, it's a bootable auto-modding disc. No DOS knowledge necessary, and it even walks you through the detailed hardware steps to perform the modifications.

The 'easy' way to mod Samsung, BenQ, and Lite-On drives, just boot the disc, and follow the instructions.

Awesome tool there  

This will make things easier..

BUT I AM A TOTAL NOOB..

can you people help a noob like me?  

How to connect the dvd drive to the via sata card?  

I mean, i connect the sata cable to the card and where to connect the power cord?

[Acetaminophen]

Here is my experience, in case it helps someone:

I managed to dump without any issues. My problem came when attempting to erase and flash.

Using JungleFlash I managed to get an erase, and I did see the 0x72 status - but jungleflash would
freeze up after that - so no flashing was done with jungleflash.

So on to DOS I went...

To be sure, I thought I'd attempt another erase using DOSFLASH.  It appeared to work (success message)
but I was never able to get status 0x72 while in DOS.  Instead, I would always get 0x51 status. And by
the way, L-O-Erase.exe did absolutely nothing for me.

After trying again and again - I decided to see what would happen if I attempted to flash using DOSFLASH,
even though I was getting status 0x51 ... and to my surprise - it just worked.

In fact, I didn't even power cycle the drive when doing it.

So - to the technically inclined here ... what are your thoughts on why it worked even when getting 0x51 ?

[Martinchris23]

QUOTE(suhas93 @ Mar 2 2009, 06:44 PM)

Awesome tool there  

This will make things easier..

BUT I AM A TOTAL NOOB..

can you people help a noob like me?  

How to connect the dvd drive to the via sata card?  

I mean, i connect the sata cable to the card and where to connect the power cord?

This is the point where you contact someone nearby and pay them to flash your drive for you.

Trust me - it's for the best and you'll still have a working 360 at the end of it.

[strut360]

Hi

I've finally gotten to the point where I have a compatible sata card and all the necessary hardware. The only problem is I am running Fedora and do not know how to find what sata port to use.

Any help is appreciated.

[cwhistler]

Hey frosty used ur disc a last week and its soo much easier now thanks just one thing though with 1.6 on its way can i just rename it and insert it into the iso when i get it? will the disc work still if i do?? many thanks again

[shassassin]

hi there,

i am trying to flash my samsung ms28 using your disc however it doesn't come up when i get to the drive selection stage. i am using the via VT6421A is this the correct card? and if so any ideas what the problem could be? what state should i have the xbox and the connections to the pc in when i initially boot the pc.

any help much appreciated thanks.

[strut360]

I found my port number but now I am having this problem:

I am getting stuck at "Reading Bank 0..."? (I have a BenQ)

I read that this was a common problem with BenQs, but I have tried a couple different drivers to no avail.

[abcxyz]

I give up.  I think it's my onboard SATA controller though.  I am able to dump the firmware, but I can't erase/flash.  I flashed a LiteOn using this disc and it was quite easy, but I think LiteOns can work with any SATA controllers.  Seems like BenQ may require a VIA chipset.

[FrostyTheSnowman]

I have released a new version of my disc called '360 Modification Disc v1.5 Revision 2', you can find it in the usual places.

Changes:

 - Improved dumping/flashing speeds for BenQ/Samsung drives
 - Added 'user firmware dump verification' prompt to prevent possible BenQ bricking
 - Revised menus and more detailed drive flashing/dumping instructions

This version should also correct any 'Cant find inquiry data!' errors with Lite-On drives and improves the flashing process for BenQ/Samsung drives.

Oh, and also since my disc has had such a positive response from the modding community, I will definitely be releasing new versions in the future as new firmware becomes available.

Go and grab a copy of the new disc, and let me know how it works out for you.