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[XKalibr]

I am using WinXP SP3.
I'll try using an xbox to power the drive.
I only have one other drive in my PC and that a Phillips DL Burner... It is IDE. So doesnt
show up under SATA.

I am in the midst of slapping together a second PC out of old parts to test the
Serial Port on my EliteTech MOBO. After all is said and done it could just be the serial
port on my pc.

There is no little button on my probe. CK3 Probe V1.

[2fast4u88]

I wasn't saying to use another box. I was just basically saying how I got jungle flasher to work with that 7 series. I see your using a asus board though. I didn't look up the specs but if it has the ich10 chipset you didn't need the card.

As I have a gigabyte ud3r in my rig and is what I use perfectly fine. Though as far as the ide drive. I have jungleflasher to show those also. As if I remember right when I flashed my 8 series v1 I had to select the tab to get mine to show. I believe I did any way but I know I still have the tab clicked.

But as I was saying on my ud3r I have a com port 1 that shows up in jungle flasher as a serial port that isn't. So jungle flasher may be picking up something else instead of your probe. If you want to test your serial port go to radioshack and pick up the gigawire usb to serial adapter. It is the one I used for my cable and was plug and play for me.

First though is your drive showing up in jungle flasher at all? I believe you said it was in a upper post. Also if using your board sata ports don't use 3 as it didn't work for me. Plug it into the first one aka sata 0. Also is jungle flasher pulling anything at all to save then the error? Or the error straight out as if you didn't have the probe on the cdrom board?

This post has been edited by 2fast4u88: Today, 05:07 PM

[XKalibr]

Hello, ya jungle flashed is detecting the drive without fail. And yes the error comes as if the probe wasn't even on the board. I have a 5 sec delay on dvdkey so it give memplent of opportunity to align.

[XKalibr]

Okay, so I tried something a little different today.
I have a LAVA Computer DSerial PCI board. with two com ports on it.
I installed that into pc this morning and loaded drivers for XP. Everything installed perfectly.
Now in jungle flasher I have Com Ports 1,3,4 (3,4 being my LAVA card)
My CK3 is hooked up to Com3 over DB9. JungleFlasher sees my new DB9 card and acknowledges the
com ports 3,4 but I am still getting the Bad Serial Data Error.
So, I guess now the only options for me is that their is something wrong with the CK3 kit itself, The Probe or the
actual RS232 cable going from the CK3 kit to my LAVA DSerial Board.
So I guess my next question is should I get a Serial-USB connector to try?

[XKalibr]

QUOTE(XKalibr @ Nov 29 2010, 08:33 PM)

Okay, so I tried something a little different today.
I have a LAVA Computer DSerial PCI board. with two com ports on it.
I installed that into pc this morning and loaded drivers for XP. Everything installed perfectly.
Now in jungle flasher I have Com Ports 1,3,4 (3,4 being my LAVA card)
My CK3 is hooked up to Com3 over DB9. JungleFlasher sees my new DB9 card and acknowledges the
com ports 3,4 but I am still getting the Bad Serial Data Error.
So, I guess now the only options for me is that their is something wrong with the CK3 kit itself, The Probe or the
actual RS232 cable going from the CK3 kit to my LAVA DSerial Board.
So I guess my next question is should I get a Serial-USB connector to try?

BTW My Asus board uses JDMicron Sata Controller. So no, it's incompatible. I needed to use this VIA PCI card.

[2fast4u88]

I would say myself there is something wrong with your probe. I can find the link to where I built mine over the weekend. Cost me like 4 bux's to make. I guess it would be cheaper than getting another one or quicker than waiting for one. Takes like 5 mins to make. Then you just have to shove the on wire into a 5volt wire off your power supply.

That is if you can solder that is.

[XKalibr]

QUOTE(2fast4u88 @ Nov 29 2010, 11:42 PM)

I would say myself there is something wrong with your probe. I can find the link to where I built mine over the weekend. Cost me like 4 bux's to make. I guess it would be cheaper than getting another one or quicker than waiting for one. Takes like 5 mins to make. Then you just have to shove the on wire into a 5volt wire off your power supply.

That is if you can solder that is.

Ya. My soldering skills are mediocre at best. I could give it a shot.

[2fast4u88]

There is no way I could solder the board of the drive. But I can do wires. Which sounds to me is about how you are. In which it is only two resistors, a tranistors, solder serial port, something for the probe (I used a multimeter probe I had laying around. Worked perfect) then the wire for the probe and wire for a 5 volt source.  Like 8 solder spots with the serial port being the hardest. I will dig up the link but mine worked perfect. I flashed two 7 series with it over the weekend.

I will find the link and post it in a few. Then you can decide if you want to give it a try. But I think there is something wrong with your probe. Maybe you touched it on that voltage chip thing by accident and messed it up. I don't see it being your two serial ports honestly.

I seen you mentioned you cleaned the board on the drive to make a good contact. May I ask why as it isn't needed at all. Maybe you messed the hole up doing so? Thinking out of the box here. That and you are putting the probe in the 2nd hole down if you are looking at the drive with the tray to the right and back of the drive to the left. With the bottom facing up correct?

Otherwise I have no clue Besides have you checked to make sure the drive is still working in the box?

[Buzzcut]

QUOTE(XKalibr @ Nov 30 2010, 02:47 AM)

Ya. My soldering skills are mediocre at best. I could give it a shot.

Here's mine (3 posts down) and it took about 20 mins to make, test and get my key.  It's never failed in 100s of extractions and cost about 50p to make.

[drone69]

I did a 7 series drive that I had to remove the board and use the opposite side of the board to get a connection.

[XKalibr]

QUOTE(drone69 @ Nov 30 2010, 09:52 PM)

I did a 7 series drive that I had to remove the board and use the opposite side of the board to get a connection.

Really... You actually flipped the board eh? hmmm... i think ill try that before I build my own probe.
Thanks drone69, and thank everyone who's been so patient with me.
I really appreciate all of the help. This topic doesnt seem to happen very often so theres little
information on the interwebs about it.
So, again, Thank You!

[XKalibr]

QUOTE(drone69 @ Nov 30 2010, 09:52 PM)

I did a 7 series drive that I had to remove the board and use the opposite side of the board to get a connection.

DRONE69 YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was it boys! There was NOTHING wrong with my kit... nothing wrong with my setup.
Just for whatever crazy ass reason! I needed to flip the freakin board!!! WOOHOO!!!!
It worked I got the damn thing modded up!!! HAHAHA

FLIP THE BOARD! That's it!

[drone69]

Glad to be some help. It`s so simple when you think about it. Still took me hours to think about it though.

[XKalibr]

QUOTE(XKalibr @ Dec 1 2010, 11:33 AM)

DRONE69 YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was it boys! There was NOTHING wrong with my kit... nothing wrong with my setup.
Just for whatever crazy ass reason! I needed to flip the freakin board!!! WOOHOO!!!!
It worked I got the damn thing modded up!!! HAHAHA

FLIP THE BOARD! That's it!

Well, now there's egg on my face.
So, my Liteon7 drive from my Xbox 120gb Elite. Flashed no problem.
I am now trying to do a friends Xbox Pro 60GB. So, I am back to square one
all over again. I tried flipping his board over as well and no luck on his.
This is really strange because I dumped the firmware off my Xbox Elite drive 5 times, just to make sure
it wasnt some random fluke.
Anyway, got the one drive flashed but now i'm having the exact same problem just with a different xbox drive.
Woe is me.

[drone69]

Trace the track until you find a point that gives good contact. Use a sharp thin sewing needle as the probe. Or do it the cut/solder way.