Post by: Xbox-Scene on May 07, 2007, 10:20:00 PM
TheSpecialist's HDDHackr v0.91 - Adds Support for WD BEVS-RST Drives Posted by XanTium | May 8 00:20 EST | News Category: Xbox360 |
| TheSpecialist sent us a new update of HDDHackr(info) with added support for Western Digital BEVS-RST HDD series. So you can now create your own 20gb/120gb Xbox360 HDD with any WD-BEVS SATA 2.5" PC/laptop HDD: Quote
Official Site: n/a, by TheSpecialist (TS) Full Readme/Instructions/FAQ: here Download: here (does NOT include hddss.bin as it's copywrited) |
Post by: XanTium on May 07, 2007, 09:38:00 PM
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Hddhacker v0.91 by the Specialist.
*************************** DISCLAIMER ********************************
This tool has only been tested by me. It worked for me. While great care has been taken, this tool may contain bugs and therefore may seriously harm your HDD. Use at own risk !!!
*************************** DISCLAIMER ********************************
What:
This tool will allow you to use HDD's that are not 'certified' by Microsoft.
This specific tool is written for use with the Western Digital BEVS series only !
How to use:
Get yourself a Western Digital SATA BEVS HDD. To use this tool, you need a HDD security sector file ('hddss.bin'). If you don't have one, here's how to create one from a valid xbox 360 HDD:
* Dumping the hddss.bin file *
Boot to dos from a writeable medium (like a floppy). Connect an *original* xbox 360 HDD to your SATA controller. Make sure it is the only SATA device that is connected. Now run 'hddhackr -d'. This will create a file 'hddss.bin' and it will save it to the path you've started the hddhackr from.
* Modding your Western Digital *
Now turn off your PC and connect the Western Digital and boot to dos again.
Type 'hddhackr -f' from the same path you have saved the hddss.bin file to.
This will flash your FW. It will ask if you want to create an undo file. It is advised to do so. This will create an 'undo.bin' file that you need if you want to undo the hack.
* Check if it worked *
Shut down your pc, reboot again to dos and again type 'hddhackr -f'. It should now tell you that the drive should work in your x360. If so, connect it to your x360 and go to your dashboard/system/memory where you should be able to format the drive.
* Restoring your WD to original state *
If you don't want to use your modded WD in your x360 anymore and you want to flash it back to its original size, then you can now do so. Boot to dos again and run 'hddhackr -u'. This will use the undo.bin file you created before to restore the drive to its original state.
FAQ:
Q. I get an error when I try to dump hddss.bin from a 120 gb HDD.
A. This version can't dump from an elite drive yet. You'll have to dump sectors 16-22 manually with a tool like winhex, save them as 'hddss.bin' and then continue like normal, with the hddhackr.
Q. Will this tool allow me to connect a 500 gb drive to my x360 ?
A. No. The information on sector 16 is signed and can't be changed. You can only use size where you have a valid signature for. In otherwords, if a bigger HDD comes out, you can use that signature.
Q. With which HDD's does this work ?
A. As of version 0.91, it now works with all sizes and versions of the Western Digital Scorpio BEVS series.
Q. Do I need the same size WD HDD as the size on sector 16 states ?
A. No. You can use bigger HDD's, but you can't use more than the size stated in sector 16. You can NOT use smaller HDD's than the size on sector 16 states. For example, you can use a 40 GB HDD with a sector 16 from a 20 GB HDD, but not the other way around of course.
Q. Can I use the HDD in my PC again ?
A. Of course. The tool comes with an 'undo' option, that will restore the original size. For example, you use a 40 gb WD HDD, you used hddss.bin from a valid xbox 20 gb HDD, so the tool will transform your 40 GB HDD into a 20 gb HDD. However, you can restore it to 40 gb anytime you want with the undo option.
Q. I lost my undo.bin file, can I use it from another drive ?
A. There's no guarantee this will work. It might kill your drive. Using
a undo.bin from a different model (LAT/RST) will kill your drive for sure.
Q. I have a x360 core version and want to use this hack to buy a cheap HDD.
But how do i connect it ?
A. If you don't have a premium, you can make the HDD internal. One great tutorial that will show you how to do this: http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?sho...585414&st=0
Q. The tool doesn't detect my HDD !
A. First, make sure you are running it from dos, not from a dos box under windows.
Ifthe hddhackr does not autodetect your SATA controller (if you have an nForce chipset for example), then you can manually edit the hddhackr to support it.
To do this:
1. Find the two ports that your SATA chipset uses for data communication (see the MTKediting thread ( http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=514126 ) for more detailed info on how to do this), basically, you need to run 'msinfo32', then go to storage/scsi or storage/ide, depending on your SATA chipset and then look for the two adress lines that have a difference of 7 between them.
For example:
I/O-port 0x0000EFE0-0x0000EFE7
I/O-port 0x0000EFAC-0x0000EFAF
I/O-port 0x0000EFA0-0x0000EFA7
I/O-port 0x0000EFA8-0x0000EFAB
I/O-port 0x0000EF90-0x0000EF9F
I/O-port 0x0000E800-0x0000E8FF
In this example the two port numbers you are looking for (with difference of 7) are 0xEFE0 and 0xEFA0.
2. Open the hddhackr.com in a hexeditor and search for the string 'port=MPRT' (it is at the end of the file). Now, that 'MPRT' string is 4 bytes long: 0x4D 0x50 0x52 0x54. You have to replace these four bytes with the 2 port numbers (which are each 2 bytes long, so you replace the 4 bytes in total), so in the example above you replace these four bytes with: '0xEF 0xE0 0xEF 0xA0'.
3. If you then start the hddhackr, it will automatically detect that you have edited that string, so it will skip the SATA autodetector and instead use the port numbers you've supplied.
Q. The hddhackr says the undo.bin file already exists
A. If you previously made an undo.bin file, then you should keep that one. There's no need to create another one. Keep in mind that the undo.bin represents the current state of the drive. So if you flash the drive and create a new undo.bin, it will contain different info. So in short: it's best to only create the undo.bin file ones: the very first time.
Q. Could you do this for my Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung or whatever drive too ?
A. Yes, but I don't have plans to do so. The cheapest WD drive (40 gb) ships for about $50 and thus is one of the cheapest. It is a lot of work to convert this tool for usage with other brands and I don't think it is worth the trouble.
Q. Where can I donate ?
A. Nowhere. Just enjoy
Thanks to: Team MODFREAKz for his initial logic board experiments, Loser for his findings on the sector 16, Antman1 and Rutger1413 for supplying info about the new 120 gb signature, thethinker_uk for supplying an RST drive, Homer2102 for supplying a x360 with vulnerable kernel and everybody else at XS/XBH.
TS in may 2007
Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on May 07, 2007, 10:09:00 PM
lots of work put into this im sure... well appreciated even though i wont need to use this for a while.
Post by: kevhonda on May 07, 2007, 10:17:00 PM
Post by: leorimolo on May 07, 2007, 10:34:00 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...TC-pr1c3grabb3r
Post by: zikronix on May 07, 2007, 11:40:00 PM
Well my testing concluded the following.
The drive took the firmware as you and I have discussed. And you know it wouldnt format in the 360.
I think the drive was either flaky when I got it or it got damaged by the 360 im betting the first cause now its got the click of death.
Using spinrite and int call i tried to bring it back to life...but to no avail...so it will be on its way to newegg tomorrow for an rma...sigh...now I got to wait another 3 days. Pain in my butt.
Ill try it again when I got the new drive and let you know how it goes. Thaks for you help.
Post by: zest on May 08, 2007, 12:22:00 AM
Have i missed something here?
I think that m$ is cheap asses to sell the 120gb disk so damn expensive thou, half the price they want would be fair enough i think. Thou i would not need a 120gb in a very far future. Here in sweden the download content from Marketplace is very slim. Well i hope that it iwll build up in the near future
Post by: geantvert on May 08, 2007, 12:35:00 AM
Now, the only step left is to be able to access the drive from the PC (xplorer360 beta6 doesn't work for WD drives apparently, at least not for me) so that I can xfer from the 20G on it (no, I do NOT have a transfer cable since I made my drive, not purchased it through MS). And in Europe where I live, I haven't seen yet either the 120G or the 512MU, so basically I'm toast. Well, I probably *could* transfer the files to a small MU, then from the MU to the 120G, but that's not really satisfactory.
I would like to know if any of you have a method for accessing it from the PC directly (once it is formatted by the 360, of course...). I have a talismoon device.
Thanks and keep up the great work!
Post by: signum on May 08, 2007, 01:07:00 AM
Post by: geantvert on May 08, 2007, 01:22:00 AM
Post by: bucko on May 08, 2007, 04:20:00 AM
Post by: mlapaglia on May 08, 2007, 03:18:00 AM
QUOTE(zest @ May 8 2007, 02:58 AM) 
I too have to say GREAT WORK! Thou i am not so sure what is the big point of this. To be able to get it to work you already need a 120Gb disk right? And noone in his/hers right mind would dump the files needed from there drives to let ppl have them in case that m$ bans them from Live.
Have i missed something here?
I think that m$ is cheap asses to sell the 120gb disk so damn expensive thou, half the price they want would be fair enough i think. Thou i would not need a 120gb in a very far future. Here in sweden the download content from Marketplace is very slim. Well i hope that it iwll build up in the near future
i thought the whole point of this hack was to let the customer buy a third party drive and save money?
Post by: 47_M450N_47 on May 08, 2007, 06:55:00 AM
Post by: sosotiit on May 08, 2007, 07:37:00 AM
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Clear instructions were already given on the hddss.bin in the HDDHackr v0.90 thread, and it did not take long for people to start hinting again that they do not have it and ...
QUOTE(appleguru @ Apr 23 2007, 01:04 AM) 
Just to end any possible trouble before it starts, do NOT ask where to find the "hddss.bin" file here. It contains copyrighted material, and as such is not allowed here.
Anyone asking for the hddss.bin file or posting links/information on where to get the file will be BANNED. This is your first and FINAL warning. This thread will be hard moderated and closely watched. Keep it clean guys!
and other rules as for not requesting software still apply, that includes hddss.bin or others like the Undo file.
It also applies whether you request directly or through some stupid attempt to cover the request.
Anything that looks like an invitation to be sent file will be sanctionned.
-soso
Post by: Knasen on May 08, 2007, 09:03:00 AM
Post by: brywalker on May 08, 2007, 09:16:00 AM
Let me rephrase.
If you are not using your original hddss.bin from your 120GB and get one through illegal ways, you are not only breaking the law but chances are you will be banned from Live for using a cloned drive (since there will most likely be duplicates) if a detection is already working.
Also, AFAIK you cannot use your 20GB hddss.bin on the 120GB and expect results.
This is a warning and not a request. I have no need for the 120GB.
This post has been edited by brywalker: May 8 2007, 04:17 PM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 08, 2007, 11:22:00 AM
QUOTE(brywalker @ May 8 2007, 05:52 PM)
If you are not using your original hddss.bin from your 120GB and get one through illegal ways, you are not only breaking the law but chances are you will be banned from Live for using a cloned drive
The day they'd ban me from LIVE because I'm using a drive from a competitor instead of the overpriced MS drive, that would be the day I'd sell the console and never ever buy any MS products again...
Not sure if in my particular case they'd be unhappy with that, hehe, but you catch my drift. This is not 'content' you're copying, like a game or a movie, this is buying a drive from a competitor and making it interoperable. Like stated on Free60, MS may not use copyright to prohibit interoperability. In short, I'd seriously be amazed if they'd ban you from LIVE. But then again, I've been seriously amazed in the past before
Post by: dom0012 on May 08, 2007, 11:41:00 AM
Post by: pumpkinlad on May 08, 2007, 01:09:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 8 2007, 06:58 PM)
The day they'd ban me from LIVE because I'm using a drive from a competitor instead of the overpriced MS drive, that would be the day I'd sell the console and never ever buy any MS products again...
Not sure if in my particular case they'd be unhappy with that, hehe, but you catch my drift. This is not 'content' you're copying, like a game or a movie, this is buying a drive from a competitor and making it interoperable. Like stated on Free60, MS may not use copyright to prohibit interoperability. In short, I'd seriously be amazed if they'd ban you from LIVE. But then again, I've been seriously amazed in the past before (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
While I understand your point, I think what brywalker was trying to say is they would ban you for using a non-original hddss.bin from a drive you do not own, not using a competitor drive that you have cloned with your own hddss.bin.
Post by: anttimonty on May 08, 2007, 12:41:00 PM
Post by: brywalker on May 08, 2007, 12:47:00 PM
QUOTE(pumpkinlad @ May 8 2007, 08:09 PM)
While I understand your point, I think what brywalker was trying to say is they would ban you for using a non-original hddss.bin from a drive you do not own, not using a competitor drive that you have cloned with your own hddss.bin.
That was EXACTLY what I was getting at. Thank you.
Also, it doesn't suprise me at all that they don't monitor the fan speed of the uninstalled header to see if it has been installed and fitted with a fan. The console would be modified, after all.
Ok, only half joking on that one.
Post by: sinister slipknot on May 08, 2007, 12:50:00 PM
QUOTE(pumpkinlad @ May 8 2007, 08:09 PM)
While I understand your point, I think what brywalker was trying to say is they would ban you for using a non-original hddss.bin from a drive you do not own, not using a competitor drive that you have cloned with your own hddss.bin.
I see your point, but then again its not too much different to using different fans or things like the XFPS, its just giving you better results, but then again there is always the point of the copywrited material... but like TS said
QUOTE
Like stated on Free60, MS may not use copyright to prohibit interoperability.
Post by: zsoltti on May 09, 2007, 09:31:00 AM
Post by: b1ackmai1er on May 09, 2007, 09:24:00 PM
http://www.westerndi...asp?DriveID=200
Thanks b1m1
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 10, 2007, 04:23:00 AM
QUOTE(b1ackmai1er @ May 10 2007, 06:00 AM)
Yes, that's the one
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 10, 2007, 04:25:00 AM
QUOTE(pumpkinlad @ May 8 2007, 03:09 PM)
While I understand your point, I think what brywalker was trying to say is they would ban you for using a non-original hddss.bin from a drive you do not own, not using a competitor drive that you have cloned with your own hddss.bin.
dude, i am pretty sure TheSpecialist can read...
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 10, 2007, 01:03:00 PM
im not quite sure how to boot this up.
Post by: jo7a on May 10, 2007, 04:46:00 PM
So we could connect the HD to the console ?
Thanks in advance
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 11, 2007, 05:56:00 AM
1) First add the missing partition manually starting at byte 0x80000 of your WD BEVS. You need to make it look like:
58 54 41 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 01
So, the easy way to do this: open your drive with winhex( http://www.x-ways.net/winhex.zip ) by pressing F9, select your WD BEVS drive, press <ALT>+G, use position 80000 (hexadec) and then edit these 16 bytes starting at 0x80000 to look like above. Save it, restart the xplorer360 Beta 6 and the FATX error should be gone and you should see 2 partitions now. However, there'll be no data shown yet. if you are using a 120 gb version.
2) To get the data shown for an 120 gb wd BEVS, exit xplorer360 and fire up your hexeditor again, but this time open the xplorer360.exe itself with it. Make sure you're using the beta v6 version. At offset 0xF0C2 you'll find:
68 77 03
You need to change these 3 bytes into:
00 C2 1A
Save it (make a backup !), restart it and you can now see the contents of the WD BEVS 120 gb, at least I can (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
BTW, this 'hack' won't work with the 20 gb version, so it's best to make a backup of the xplorer360.exe and use the 'unhacked' original version if you want to access a 20 gb hdd !
BTW2: There's no guarantee this will work, it worked for me, but it might not work for you. This xplorer360 hack might result in loss of data on your HDD, so make sure you're testing it on a clean WD BEVS and not one which contains a lot of important data
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 11 2007, 01:00 PM
Post by: geantvert on May 11, 2007, 01:49:00 PM
Thanks a lot (again!) TheSpecialist...
Post by: stewii griffin on May 11, 2007, 05:01:00 PM
Thanks
Post by: ruciz on May 11, 2007, 06:29:00 PM
Post by: stewii griffin on May 11, 2007, 08:19:00 PM
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 12, 2007, 07:10:00 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 12, 2007, 07:35:00 AM
QUOTE(bigmac_375 @ May 12 2007, 03:10 PM)
What do i need to do to play original xbox games again?
Install the xbox 1 emulator.
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 12, 2007, 09:20:00 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 12, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
http://rapidshare.com/files/30966676/Xplorer360.rar.html
This particular version won't work with the 20 gb though.
I've also added an option to dump the hddss.bin with, it's under the 'edit menu'. You can currently only dump hddss.bin, not save it back yet, might add that next week if there's still no official release from the creators. In that case, I might also release a version that works for all hdd's (20gb + 120gb) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Image facilities work, but don't write a 20 gb version to a 120 gb hdd.
For wd BEVS drives, you'll still have to add the partition to 0x80000 manual, might fix that too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
I hope Angerwound/Roofus will release a fixed version within the next few days though, since it's way more work to create/add things without having the source code (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 12 2007, 10:12 PM
Post by: zikronix on May 12, 2007, 02:57:00 PM
QUOTE(bigmac_375 @ May 12 2007, 02:10 PM)
ok now that i got this working with a 120 gig, i cant play original xbox games. Everytime i try to launch one, it gives me "This disk is unreadable, Please clean..." My disks are readable, cause they worked when i was using my retail 20 gig. What do i need to do to play original xbox games again?
yep and figure this out it works with the retail 120Gig Harddrive as well.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 12, 2007, 03:47:00 PM
QUOTE(zikronix @ May 12 2007, 11:33 PM)
yep and figure this out it works with the retail 120Gig Harddrive as well.
The retail drives contain the emulator section. It's not on a 'clean', WD BEVS drive. It can be added of course, will also look into that next week (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Post by: zikronix on May 12, 2007, 03:50:00 PM
so if one knows the partion 2 hex info...one might be able to add it like we did with part 3.
in the raw dump of the 120GB retail unit that I have it shows part 2, and 3
in my bevs drive i get 0 and 3
Post by: MasterMaw on May 14, 2007, 02:08:00 PM
The hack is ok.
My WD is recognized by x360 but xplore360 don't recognize partitions....
Help me.
Sorry for my english but I'm italian.
Post by: Antman1 on May 14, 2007, 02:33:00 PM
QUOTE(MasterMaw @ May 14 2007, 09:44 PM)
I have a WD1200Bevs RST, and retail 120GB hard disk microsoft...
The hack is ok.
My WD is recognized by x360 but xplore360 don't recognize partitions....
Help me.
Sorry for my english but I'm italian.
http://forums.xbox-s...o...1318&st=15# This is a work around. you can also image the retail 120 over to the WD drive.
Post by: zikronix on May 14, 2007, 03:47:00 PM
QUOTE(zikronix @ May 12 2007, 10:50 PM)
yea its partition table 2..that contains the emulator section.
so if one knows the partion 2 hex info...one might be able to add it like we did with part 3.
in the raw dump of the 120GB retail unit that I have it shows part 2, and 3
in my bevs drive i get 0 and 3
well that was a pain but I got it. Here what I had. First I had a bevs and a retail kit. I made an image of the retail kit with xplorer 360 beta6 (non fixed for the bevs).
I extracted the sector and was able to dump it to the bevs
Then I formatted it in the box cool. tired to open the bevs in xplorer360 and no dice.
I did the fix for explorer 360 and the bevs harddrive using winhex cool I could see part 3
But then I had no backwards compatibility. about this time specialists released his fixed xplorer 360...which never did work right for me because I couldn't expand part3 on the bevs. and I still had no part 2 on the bevs
So what I wound up doing was imaging the bevs drive with the retail image I had. Which created part 0,2,3
tried using specialists xplorer 360 after that still couldnt expand part3 on the bevs.
Using an un hacked copy of beta6 i grabbed my content off of my 20 gig part3
but when I tried to grab my xbox 1 save games. it kept failing. so I opened up my 20 gig in beta 4
grabbed my saves
then I opened my 120bevs in xplorer360 the one I hexedited to work.
and drug my content over.
Put the drive on the 360 did an account recovery and all my shit works.
sweet jebus.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 14, 2007, 06:43:00 PM
I did some analysis myself and got it working too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Here's how I did it:
1 Open your drive with Winhex (like described before)
2 Goto the menu/edit/define block. Choose beginning: 120EB1000 and end: 130EAFFFF and press 'ok'
3 Goto the menu/edit Fill block. Choose 'Fill with hex values', enter 00 and press 'ok'. This will clear the partition.
4. Now we have to add the partition headers. Goto offset 120EB0000 and edit to make it look like:
120EB0000 58 54 41 46 FF FF FF FF - 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 01
120EB0010 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF - FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
5. Save it. Now we're almost done, only have to fix up the 'cluster map'. To do this, goto offset 120EB1000 and edit it to make it look like:
120EB1000 FF FF FF F8 FF FF FF FF - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
120EB1010 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Save it and then your drive will show partition 2 in xplorer360 ! Dump all files from partition 2 from some HDD that has the emulator on it (either a 20 gb or 120 gb, doesn't matter), save those files from partition 2 to your PC. Attach your WD BEVS drive, and drag the 'index' file alone first to partition 2! After you've added this particular first file, you can add the rest to the partition. After you've copied all files (you should be able to use all xplorer versions by the way, doesn't matter which one, hexedited/modded or not), your emulator should work.
I will update the hddhacker to fix up all this for you, so yoú don't have to edit yourself, but I don't have time for it this week, so if you're in a hurry, you'll have to follow the above steps (or the steps from Antman or zikronix)
TS
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 15 2007, 01:50 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 14, 2007, 07:05:00 PM
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 15 2007, 02:23 AM
Post by: Antman1 on May 14, 2007, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 14, 2007, 07:46:00 PM
i will hex my drive and just pop one in and see what happens!will report back.
Post by: Cyberlunacy on May 15, 2007, 08:31:00 AM
what i thought was going to be a simple deal of buy the BEVS hard drive from newegg, which i did.
run hddhacker, which i will, and slap it on the 360 has now turned into a huge cluster frack of hex editing and partitions not working.
what's the skinny?
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 15, 2007, 10:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Cyberlunacy @ May 15 2007, 05:07 PM)
i'm so freakin lost right i have no idea what's goin on.
what i thought was going to be a simple deal of buy the BEVS hard drive from newegg, which i did.
run hddhacker, which i will, and slap it on the 360 has now turned into a huge cluster frack of hex editing and partitions not working.
what's the skinny?
Hehe. Don't worry if you don't understand it, I'll fix up a tool that does everything for you. Don't have time for it this week though.
In the mean time, if you don't have a clue about hex editing, you can do just this:
1) Use xplorer360 to dump the image from a 20 gb HDD
2) Use xplorer360 to write that image to your 120 gb BEVS. It will stop/hang at about 20%, don't worry, it's normal, just quite the program after it 'hangs'
3) Run the hddhacker once again with the 'hddhackr -f' option and the correct 120 gb hddss.bin. This will rewrite sectors 16-22 correctly.
4) Format the drive in your x360
After this, your 120 gb will contain the emulator AND it will work correctly in xplorer360.
*EDIT* Hmmm... Thinking of it, this still won't work, since the xplorer360 currently NEEDS that hexedited partition at 0x80000 of course, otherwise it will give you the FATX error. So yeah, if you don't understand hexediting and you really want the emulator stuff/transfer save games, then you'll have to wait a bit. I hope to fix it up next week.
*EDIT 2* Maybe I have time tonight to fix up the xplorer360 to work without any hexediting at all, if I have enough time for that tonight, you can just use that and then execute the above 4 steps, without any hexediting at all. Just backuping and writing back an 20 gb image and thats' it !
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 15 2007, 06:02 PM
Post by: Cyberlunacy on May 15, 2007, 10:35:00 AM
i dont know programming or binary or hex very well so i get lost in there but as long as im given instructions i can do it.
just seems like the whole 120gig swap has turned into a mess.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 15, 2007, 11:16:00 AM
QUOTE(Cyberlunacy @ May 15 2007, 07:11 PM)
just seems like the whole 120gig swap has turned into a mess.
All you have to do:
1. Use the hddhackr to fake the drive identity. After this, your HDD will work on your 360, but you won't have the emulator yet
2. If you want the emulator: copy an (20 gb or 120gb) image from another drive to your WD BEVS drive.
That's it. Problem is that the officially released xplorer360 V6 didn't work correctly with 120 gb drives (not even with the original ones from MS !), so I had to fix that up and now I have to improve some more things to it to make the life of you guys a bit easier (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Keep in mind that xplorer360 isn't my tool, I don't even have its source code, I'm just fixing things by reverse engineering (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) And also please keep in mind that I also have a fulltime job, girl, friends that demand time and I'm not making any cent on all the work I've done for the xbox scene, just doing it for fun and your pleasure.
So, in short, if you want the XBOX 1 emulator, just wait till next week, there'll be a tool to easily transfer it onto your WD BEVS, without hexediting anything. And I'll let the hddhackr just create partition 0 on your HDD, so it will work with xplorer360 immediately, without any hexediting, so you can start transferring savegames immediately after you've used the hddhackr tool.
TS
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 15 2007, 06:32 PM
Post by: Cyberlunacy on May 15, 2007, 12:16:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 15 2007, 12:16 PM)
All you have to do:
1. Use the hddhackr to fake the drive identity. After this, your HDD will work on your 360, but you won't have the emulator yet
2. If you want the emulator: copy an (20 gb or 120gb) image from another drive to your WD BEVS drive.
That's it. Problem is that the officially released xplorer360 V6 didn't work correctly with 120 gb drives (not even with the original ones from MS !), so I had to fix that up and now I have to improve some more things to it to make the life of you guys a bit easier
Keep in mind that xplorer360 isn't my tool, I don't even have its source code, I'm just fixing things by reverse engineering And also please keep in mind that I also have a fulltime job, girl, friends that demand time and I'm not making any cent on all the work I've done for the xbox scene, just doing it for fun and your pleasure.So, in short, if you want the XBOX 1 emulator, just wait till next week, there'll be a tool to easily transfer it onto your WD BEVS, without hexediting anything. And I'll let the hddhackr just create partition 0 on your HDD, so it will work with xplorer360 immediately, without any hexediting, so you can start transferring savegames immediately after you've used the hddhackr tool.
TS
well i gotta say man your all over this and i think i can speak for everyone when i say we appreciate that sooooo very much!!!
i can wait no problem, just from what i was reading it almost seemed like there was more here going on than just the emulation issue/partition., game demos, etc etc.
has anyone found a way to use 360 xplorer and dump video files and stuff onto any of the patitions ? just curious as streaming wmv is a piece of cake but having it on the hard drive would be even more simple.
what about game saves etc etc.
please if i have missed a tutorial accept my apologies, and point me to it, i am all for tutorials if they are available.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 15, 2007, 04:43:00 PM
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Temp tutorial to transplant the emulator onto your WD BEVS DRIVE:
1. Download this particular modified version of the xplorer360 and use this one in all steps: http://rapidshare.com/files/31526189/Xplor..._temp1.rar.html
2. Open your original MS 20 gb harddrive with this xplorer360. Choose 'Drive/backup image'. This will create a 20 gb image of your original MS 20 gb HDD.
3. If you've made the image, then detach the original MS drive from your system and attach your 120 gb WD BEVS instead
4. Restart the xplorer360 again and open the HDD. It will now only show you 1 partition 'partition 1'.
5. Choose 'Drive/restore image' and select the 20 gb image file you've made
6. Wait for it to finish. It might stop/hang at about 1/6 th of the progress bar, in that case, if there's no more progress after about 10 minutes, just kill the process.
7. Run the 'hddhackr -f' again from DOS. If you've already did that before, it will just rewrite sectors 16-22, so this is still needed
8. Format the HDD in your x360
That's it ! So basically, just make an image from your 20 gb drive, transplant it onto your 120 WD BEVS, run the hddhackr once more, format the drive in your x360 and you're drive will now contain the emulator and it will work in xplorer360 (modified version, standard version from them doesn't work with 120 gb hdd's, not even with original MS hdd's).
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 15, 2007, 04:57:00 PM
Post by: TwentyMegMan on May 15, 2007, 05:25:00 PM
Way to go ... I've just installed new BEVS RST drive into my 360 (UK) all sweet and working, now with your latest version I will have to do again - just so that I can use the emulator, its late now so I 'll sort this tomorrow but again a big thank you for your great apps and fixes .. greatly appreciated ...
The whole process from start to finish takes only a couple minutes ..
Thanks again
TwentyMegMan
Post by: truetechnique on May 15, 2007, 06:57:00 PM
Thanks in advance.
Post by: bigmac_375 on May 15, 2007, 08:54:00 PM
this is assuming your computer is like most people.
Post by: bradmax57 on May 16, 2007, 05:56:00 AM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 15 2007, 11:43 PM)
Ok, here's the first (temporarily !!) solution for which you won't need ANY hexediting at all anymore. I hope to finish something better (read: even easier and faster) next week.
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Temp tutorial to transplant the emulator onto your WD BEVS DRIVE:
1. Download this particular modified version of the xplorer360 and use this one in all steps: http://rapidshare.com/files/31526189/Xplor..._temp1.rar.html
2. Open your original MS 20 gb harddrive with this xplorer360. Choose 'Drive/backup image'. This will create a 20 gb image of your original MS 20 gb HDD.
3. If you've made the image, then detach the original MS drive from your system and attach your 120 gb WD BEVS instead
4. Restart the xplorer360 again and open the HDD. It will now only show you 1 partition 'partition 1'.
5. Choose 'Drive/restore image' and select the 20 gb image file you've made
6. Wait for it to finish. It might stop/hang at about 1/6 th of the progress bar, in that case, if there's no more progress after about 10 minutes, just kill the process.
7. Run the 'hddhackr -f' again from DOS. If you've already did that before, it will just rewrite sectors 16-22, so this is still needed
8. Format the HDD in your x360
That's it ! So basically, just make an image from your 20 gb drive, transplant it onto your 120 WD BEVS, run the hddhackr once more, format the drive in your x360 and you're drive will now contain the emulator and it will work in xplorer360 (modified version, standard version from them doesn't work with 120 gb hdd's, not even with original MS hdd's).
Ah this is great thanks! i bought a RST version last week for £37 delivered thinking i was gonna have to send it back as i didnt have a clue what to do with it, not i might just keep it thanks again! will try this later (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) look forward to your next version so I dont loose all my data (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 16 2007, 12:33 AM)
BTW, keep in mind that all existing data will be lost with the above method (since you have to format the drive)!! In the next (better) version you won't lose data anymore.
quick question, if i do it in the way you last mentioned (loosing my saves etc) will i be able to redo it with your next version therfore keeping my current state?
This post has been edited by bradmax57: May 16 2007, 12:52 PM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 16, 2007, 05:28:00 AM
QUOTE(bradmax57 @ May 16 2007, 01:56 PM)
quick question, if i do it in the way you last mentioned (loosing my saves etc) will i be able to redo it with your next version therfore keeping my current state?
No, the data will be gone. I'm quite sure i'll have the next (better) version finished next week, that one is easier, faster and no data loss on partition 3 anymore. Already worked a bit on it yesterday night and it's going to work (ofcourse, hehe)
Post by: bradmax57 on May 16, 2007, 05:32:00 AM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 16 2007, 01:04 PM)
No, the data will be gone. I'm quite sure i'll have the next (better) version finished next week, that one is easier, faster and no data loss on partition 3 anymore. Already worked a bit on it yesterday night and it's going to work (ofcourse, hehe)
thanks, in that case I may wait till then before attempting anything
Post by: Cyberlunacy on May 16, 2007, 06:53:00 AM
my hat's off to you sir!
Post by: truetechnique on May 16, 2007, 09:34:00 AM
thanks
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 16, 2007, 11:08:00 AM
QUOTE(truetechnique @ May 16 2007, 06:10 PM)
im talking about connecting to the xbox 360. is there any easier way for the core 360's other than the internal installation in the tutorial involving soldering???
thanks
Easier costs money
Easiest is to buy a 2nd hand 20 gb HDD on ebay, for about $20 (make sure they're selling the case too, lol !) or search for just the hdd case on ebay, i've seen them come by for $10
Post by: jhackman007 on May 16, 2007, 02:24:00 PM
Is that all about MS Live so we don't get banned?
Thanks
-JH
Post by: Cyberlunacy on May 16, 2007, 03:12:00 PM
QUOTE(jhackman007 @ May 16 2007, 04:00 PM)
Quick question, what is the difference between 1. flashing the WD 120GB with someone else 120GB HDDSS bin, and 2. using Xplorer360 to backup our own 20GB and restore it to the WD120?
Is that all about MS Live so we don't get banned?
Thanks
-JH
its all about the security sectors.
that little key that tells MS yup this is a real MS 120gig or 20gig drive.
imaging the 20 gig drive does nothing more than copies the files off the hard drive in a nice iso style format.
restoring the 20 gig to the 120gig is only used for taking all your game saves, profiles, xbox live arcade games, demos, and xbox backwards compatability off the 20 gig and putting them onto the 120gig.
its the same thing, to a degree, that the xbox transfer cable does.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 16, 2007, 09:58:00 PM
QUOTE(Cyberlunacy @ May 16 2007, 11:48 PM) 
its all about the security sectors.
that little key that tells MS yup this is a real MS 120gig or 20gig drive.
imaging the 20 gig drive does nothing more than copies the files off the hard drive in a nice iso style format.
restoring the 20 gig to the 120gig is only used for taking all your game saves, profiles, xbox live arcade games, demos, and xbox backwards compatability off the 20 gig and putting them onto the 120gig.
its the same thing, to a degree, that the xbox transfer cable does.
Exactly. The xbox asks the HDD to identify itself and the info the HDD returns should be the exact same as the info in the hddss.bin file. So, what the hddhackr does, is take that info and modify the hdd's firmware to match that info on sector 16. So when the xbox asks the HDD to identify itself, it will answer with the correct info. So the hddhacker modifies the info in the firmware. Copying an image does not.
So:
1. xbox read sector 16 from the HDD. This sector says for example that the drive should be a Fujitsi with serial number 12424242 and should contain 121311431 sectors.
2. xbox asks HDD to identify itself
3. xbox compares info on sector 16 to the identification info it received from the HDD's firmware
4. If these match, it will accept the HDD. If not, then it won't boot
And of course, the info on sector 16 is signed. Otherwise you could just simply edit that info to match the info in your FW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
So what the hddhacker does: it takes a hddss.bin file, it writes the info in the file to sector 16 and modifes the firmware in the HDD to match exactly that info.
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 17 2007, 05:04 AM
Post by: MasterMaw on May 17, 2007, 03:17:00 PM
But, the head of the hdd does a weird noise when it is moved!
Why? it's dangerous? it' normal? tanks!!
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 18, 2007, 12:21:00 PM
This is the xplorer360 v6 pimped up by me to the 'extreme build 2' version, LOL.
First a disclaimer: this version might contain bugs and screw up your drive if you save changes to it. Therefore, it is ALWAYS advisable to make a backup of the files on partition 3 first !! Also it is advisable to have a backup of the whole 20 gb original HDD.
What's changed from the original V6 version:
* Now works correctly with both 20 gb AND 120 gb drives
* Now also works on WD BEVS drives which don't have all the needed partitions
* Added option to dump hddss.bin
* Added option to dump partition 2 to image
* Added option to restore image to partition 2
Of course, this version was mainly done to give you guys an easy way to transplant the emulator, which resides on partition 2. Here's how to do it:
1. Attach your original HDD (20 gb or 120 gb) which contains the emulator
2. Run this new version, open HDD and choose "backup partition 2". This should create a 262 MB file.
3. Shut down the computer (so don't 'hot' swap the HDD !), replace the HDD with the WD BEVS and reboot
4. Open the HDD with this new version. To be safe, first double click on partition 3 and extract all files to a directory on your PC, in case something goes wrong with this new version.
5. After you've made a backup of those files, now choose "restore partition 2" and select the 262 MB file you've created in step 2.
6. Restart the xplorer360 tool to see the new contents on partition 2 !
That's it !
Oh yeah, last thing: in order for your new WD BEVS to get detected in this xplorer360 version, it needs to have the partition 3 on it. This partition will exist if you've formatted the HDD in the 360 before. If you have never had the WD BEVS in your x360, then first format the drive in your x360. After that, this explorer360 will show 'partition 1' (this means it's missing partition 2) and then you can restore partition 2, restart and then you'll see partition 2 and 3.
Enjoy !
P.s This is an 'unofficial' release. The original xplorer360 is done by Angerwound and Roofus, so big credits to them. I made the changes listed above, without their participation and without having the source code.
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: May 18 2007, 07:36 PM
Post by: ThePudster on May 21, 2007, 02:09:00 AM
Ok. I have a MS drive, ran hddhackr and got the hddss.bin file needed
Then connected my new WD800BEVS (LAT) drive and ran hddhackr -f this did it's magic and said all was well...
So I shutdown the PC and restarted it and ran hddhackr -f again but it said he info didn't match, and no matter how many times i've ran it it still wont work. the only thing i've noticed is the hddhackr program puts a space infront of the drive's ID, for example say the original is "s1234567890" the wd reports as " s1234567890" (notice the space).
Please could you help me out, i don't know why this is happening.....
Thanks Pudster...
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 21, 2007, 04:54:00 AM
Post by: silentnite2608 on May 21, 2007, 07:39:00 PM
When try to manually do the 16 -22 sector.
" This drive contains a layout irregularity- the partition (234436545 sectors) appears to be larger then volume (234441648). This is likely a corrupt drive or some form of copy protection."
Than It lets me in to the hex workshop but I doubt my making my own hddss.bin is really working please help.
120GB WD LAT Version
This post has been edited by silentnite2608: May 22 2007, 02:41 AM
Post by: ThePudster on May 22, 2007, 03:55:00 AM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 21 2007, 12:30 PM)
Thanks Specialist, you realy are the best, works a treat now...
Thanks Pudster.....
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 22, 2007, 08:12:00 AM
QUOTE(silentnite2608 @ May 22 2007, 04:15 AM)
When I open Hex workshop I get this.
When try to manually do the 16 -22 sector.
" This drive contains a layout irregularity- the partition (234436545 sectors) appears to be larger then volume (234441648). This is likely a corrupt drive or some form of copy protection."
Than It lets me in to the hex workshop but I doubt my making my own hddss.bin is really working please help.
120GB WD LAT Version
That 'error' in Hex Workshop is normal, just ignore it. No need to manually make your own hddss.bin file, with the modified xplorer360 example, that i posted in this thread a few posts above yours, you can do it very easily too.
QUOTE(ThePudster @ May 22 2007, 12:31 PM)
Thanks Specialist, you realy are the best, works a treat now...
Thanks Pudster.....
Good to hear it all worked out
Post by: xbox360sexual on May 23, 2007, 03:03:00 PM
It's a 120GB WD BEVS 1200 RST, connected via a SIL3112. It's recognised by hddhackr but when I try to flash it says "drive not compatible, please check it's a WD BEVS etc..."
Any help appreciated!
Post by: rolly poly on May 23, 2007, 04:55:00 PM
sil3112 pci card, wd1200bevs lat
same error drive not compatible.
any idea whats going on?
Post by: silentnite2608 on May 23, 2007, 05:59:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 22 2007, 09:48 AM)
That 'error' in Hex Workshop is normal, just ignore it. No need to manually make your own hddss.bin file, with the modified xplorer360 example, that i posted in this thread a few posts above yours, you can do it very easily too.
Um so how do I make my own hddss.bin from here I can't even get in to a drive.
Also I don't have a 360 HDD nor the 360 hDD 120GB if I need one for this I'm done because I just waste 85$ of my money and tons of my time.
The reason why I doing manually is so I can make hddss.bin since I don't have nethier drives.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 23, 2007, 07:22:00 PM
QUOTE(rolly poly @ May 24 2007, 01:31 AM) 
almost the same as the above guy
sil3112 pci card, wd1200bevs lat
same error drive not compatible.
any idea whats going on?
Are you guys sure the hddhackr found the WD BEVS HDD and not some other device ? If in doubt, disconnect ALL SATA/IDE devices except for the WD BEVS drive and try again.
Post by: Antman1 on May 24, 2007, 05:18:00 AM
**Important** If you hooked up the Microsoft 120GB Drive to the PC and had windows initialize or do anything to it, the HDDSS.BIN will not be possible because those sectors will be destroyed. If this is the case you will more than likely have to get another 120GB Drive to get those sectors from.
Post by: SlickWilly440 on May 25, 2007, 07:32:00 AM
Because I was thinking of buying a broken 360 hdd off of eBay and replacing the hdd using HDDHackr .91.
Does anyone see any problems with this idea?
Thanks!
Post by: Antman1 on May 25, 2007, 08:37:00 AM
QUOTE(SlickWilly440 @ May 25 2007, 03:08 PM)
Does anyone know if main reason that the Xbox 360 hdd breaks is due to the actual hdd itself or the hdd case that it's housed in?
Because I was thinking of buying a broken 360 hdd off of eBay and replacing the hdd using HDDHackr .91.
Does anyone see any problems with this idea?
Thanks!
I did it and it works great..
Post by: SlickWilly440 on May 25, 2007, 02:48:00 PM
Post by: rolly poly on May 25, 2007, 08:44:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 24 2007, 02:58 AM)
Are you guys sure the hddhackr found the WD BEVS HDD and not some other device ? If in doubt, disconnect ALL SATA/IDE devices except for the WD BEVS drive and try again.
i borrowed my girl's floppy drive and i tried it with my nforce mobo and it worked fine (after editing the port).
i will be ordering another 120gig for my brother soon, i shall test it again with all drives disconnected.
i did however read all the info printed on screen to make sure it had found the bevs drive, and everything checked out.
Post by: mikey808 on May 26, 2007, 04:58:00 AM
I have an image of a 20Gb drive but I do not have the physical drive here.
I want to extract partition 2 containing the emu, from this image, and place it on a new 120Gb BEVS which I have ready.
However using Xplorer360 extreme2 I can load this image, but when I try to extract partition 2 it reports this error, "Unable to retrieve drive size! Is this a drive image or a physical drive?" and the program quits.
Is there any way to resolve this please?
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 26, 2007, 06:13:00 AM
Post by: mikey808 on May 26, 2007, 07:21:00 AM
However, would it be possible to write this 20Gb image to the new 120Gb drive to enable extraction of the partition ?
Post by: Antman1 on May 26, 2007, 11:49:00 AM
QUOTE(mikey808 @ May 26 2007, 02:57 PM)
Many thanks for that information.
However, would it be possible to write this 20Gb image to the new 120Gb drive to enable extraction of the partition ?
yes quite possible. and as a matter of fact do that then restore your hddss.bin back to the 120gb hddss.bin cause it will be overwritten once restored then place the drive in the 360 and let it format and you will notice partition2 is already on the drive and ready to go!
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 26, 2007, 11:57:00 AM
QUOTE(Antman1 @ May 26 2007, 08:25 PM)
yes quite possible. and as a matter of fact do that then restore your hddss.bin back to the 120gb hddss.bin cause it will be overwritten once restored then place the drive in the 360 and let it format and you will notice partition2 is already on the drive and ready to go!
Yep, exactly, only keep in mind that you'll lose your data from partition 3 on the drive you're writing the image to this way. But if you haven't used the drive in your x360 for save games etc yet, then that's not a problem of course.
I might add an option to extract the partition from an image instead of a drive, but the problem with things like this is that if you have the source code, it's a trivial modification, done in a few minutes. Without source code (i don't have the source code), it's a few hours of analysing, reverse engineering and patching....
But maybe I'll find motivation for it next week
Post by: xbox360sexual on May 26, 2007, 12:23:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 24 2007, 02:58 AM)
Are you guys sure the hddhackr found the WD BEVS HDD and not some other device ? If in doubt, disconnect ALL SATA/IDE devices except for the WD BEVS drive and try again.
Tried it with just the floppy, same error
It says something about "sector 16 not the same as firmware", I type 'Y' and it errors out with it being the wrong drive.
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 26, 2007, 01:50:00 PM
QUOTE(xbox360sexual @ May 26 2007, 08:59 PM)
Tried it with just the floppy, same error
It says something about "sector 16 not the same as firmware", I type 'Y' and it errors out with it being the wrong drive.Ok, thanks for testing. So now we're sure the hddhacker is communicating with the WD BEVS.
The error you're getting means that the HDD does not react correctly to the 'unlock' command, that the hddhacker sends to the drive. This is used to put the drive in the secret 'factory mode' in which the firmware may be altered. The only reason I can think of is that your SATA card does not transmit that command correctly to the drive. On the previous page of this thread is another report of the same error on also that same SATA card: SIL3112. So I'd say that this SATA card somehow does not work correctly with that command. Therefore I'd advise you to test it on another brand. VIA/Intel/Nforce have all proven to work correctly.
It's probably not the answer you had hoped for, but at the moment, I really think that the SATA card might be the problem ... Maybe it somehow filters these commands, not sure why it would do that, but it would certainly seem so ...
I hope you can test it on another SATA controller and report if that fixes your problem.
Cheers,
TS
Post by: xbox360sexual on May 26, 2007, 02:18:00 PM
Post by: xbox360sexual on May 26, 2007, 02:36:00 PM
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 26, 2007, 08:26:00 PM
Are you running true 'ms-dos' and not some 'dr dos' or some other dos clone ? And what ms-dos version are you using ? Also, make sure you've deleted the config.sys and autoexec.bat from the floppy you're booting from.
Post by: mikey808 on May 27, 2007, 01:25:00 AM
If you do have time to modify Xplorer360 extreme2, to additionally handle extraction from images, I'd be keen to use that feature too.
Also Antman1 thanks for the extra help about how to use the 20Gb image.
I'll find time to do it in the next few days, and then I'll report back on how it all went.
Post by: xbox360sexual on May 27, 2007, 05:34:00 AM
The SATA cables used ate 30cm long ones that come bundled with the cards. The HD appears fine in WindowsXP and I can read and write to it.
I don't have access to another system with SATA so I'll give up for now. Thanks TheSpecialist for all your help
Post by: jhackman007 on May 28, 2007, 04:17:00 PM
QUOTE(Antman1 @ May 26 2007, 01:25 PM)
yes quite possible. and as a matter of fact do that then restore your hddss.bin back to the 120gb hddss.bin cause it will be overwritten once restored then place the drive in the 360 and let it format and you will notice partition2 is already on the drive and ready to go!
Ok I played around with my original MS 20GB and a blank WD120GB HD. I managed to get a 120GB hddss.bin from another source. I flashed my WD120GB with the 120 hddss.bin, put the WD120 in the 360 and reformated the drive. It showed 107GB left, which is good.
Now I wanted to transfer the content of my 20GB to my new 120GB.
I attached my original MS 20GB to my PC, ran the Explorer360 E2, backed up Partition2 and manually backup Partition3 (copy files). I then restarted my PC with the new WD120GB. Explorer E2 showed Partition1 only (although this 120GB was formatted with the XBOX360). I tried restoring Partition2, and the "restoring" status bar was not doing anything (it was not restoring). So my questions are:
1. It did not work because you cannot take a Partition2 from a 20GB and restore it to a 120GB?
2. Then how do you transfer the content of the 20GB to the 120GB? Note that I do not have the original MS 120GB HD, so I won't be able to get Partition2 from an original MS 120GB HD.
Any helps are appreciated.
Thanks
-JH
Post by: TheSpecialist on May 28, 2007, 04:20:00 PM
QUOTE(jhackman007 @ May 29 2007, 12:53 AM)
Ok I played around with my original MS 20GB and a blank WD120GB HD. I managed to get a 120GB hddss.bin from another source. I flashed my WD120GB with the 120 hddss.bin, put the WD120 in the 360 and reformated the drive. It showed 107GB left, which is good.
Now I wanted to transfer the content of my 20GB to my new 120GB.
I attached my original MS 20GB to my PC, ran the Explorer360 E2, backed up Partition2 and manually backup Partition3 (copy files). I then restarted my PC with the new WD120GB. Explorer E2 showed Partition1 only (although this 120GB was formatted with the XBOX360). I tried restoring Partition2, and the "restoring" status bar was not doing anything (it was not restoring). So my questions are:
1. It did not work because you cannot take a Partition2 from a 20GB and restore it to a 120GB?
2. Then how do you transfer the content of the 20GB to the 120GB? Note that I do not have the original MS 120GB HD, so I won't be able to get Partition2 from an original MS 120GB HD.
Any helps are appreciated.
Thanks
-JH
Hi,
Not sure why the progress bar doesn't run... It should. Now, what you could do, as you have not put any data yet on your 120 gb: dump the whole 20 gb HDD to an image and write that 20 gb hdd back to your x360. Run the hddhackr again, format the drive again in your x360 and it will contain the emulator/partition 2.
Post by: jhackman007 on May 28, 2007, 04:22:00 PM
Post by: jhackman007 on May 29, 2007, 09:34:00 AM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ May 28 2007, 06:56 PM)
Hi,
Not sure why the progress bar doesn't run... It should. Now, what you could do, as you have not put any data yet on your 120 gb: dump the whole 20 gb HDD to an image and write that 20 gb hdd back to your x360. Run the hddhackr again, format the drive again in your x360 and it will contain the emulator/partition 2.
Thanks TheSpecialist.
I did what you stated, backup the 20GB into an image, and then restore the image on the WD120. After this step done, instead of running the hddhackr, I decided to re-start explorer360, and restore Partition2 on my WD120. THis time, it worked, I was able to restore Partition2 (remember it did not work before). I then manually copied all the backup files to Partition3. Rebooted and run hddhackr, and finally, had all my files/profiles on the new WD120.
I logged in to Xbox Live successful, (did not get banned). I could download games fine, but somehow, I could not get any video nor trailers. Is this an issue for upgrading the HD?
Thanks
-JH
Post by: skye001 on May 31, 2007, 03:02:00 PM
Post by: jhackman007 on June 01, 2007, 11:46:00 AM
QUOTE(skye001 @ May 31 2007, 05:38 PM)
if you manually copied the profiles.. you might have to copy the DLC folder which is for downloaded content.. been reading it on 360gamesaves.. im gna give it a whirl.. had a problem restoring an orginal image of 20gb onto 20gb bev.. workd once but never again.. but ye you might need to make the DLC folder..
How comes this works for games but not videos? I don't recall seeing a DLC folder, have to check again. Doesn't the backup of Partition2 suppose to take this folder and restore it on the target drive? Just wondering.
Post by: dropper on June 02, 2007, 11:52:00 AM
Just about all content is in the '0000000000000000' directory under Partition 3\Content, including media files, like the Cameron video.
You may get some DRM problems if you copy the FFFE07D1 and the FFFE07DF folders from your old drive. What I eventually did, was format my drive (post Parting 2 creation), d/l a DRM show like South Park to the fresh drive which recreated the above 2 directories. I then went back to Xplorer360 and copied everything else (except the Cache) back to the fresh drive.
I did have trouble at first having the Xbox recognize the new drive after I restored the full image back to get Partition 2 set. The only way I could get this to work, was to undo the bin and redo it to the modded one.
A question for TheSpecialist: It does apear that a straight up PNG file is attached to those sectors (16-22) and that it doesn't change, no matter the drive maker nor size. (checked my 20g (hitachi) and the 2 different 120g Fuji's. Looking at the structure of the sectors, there does seem to be a consistancy amoung the lead in with the name, some sort of header and then I would assume that the next part is the signed part you talk about.
My question is, could you tool just target the part that is actually changing and then allow us to get the Microsoft Logo (the PNG) file from our existing 20GB drive? Would this not allow us to get around the copyright issue, or is the signed part in the begining also considered copyrightable?
I guess this was all pointing towards someone getting a bunch of the hashes together (without the infringing MS logo) to see if they could perhaps see how it was created.
Also, very dumb question did you try just changing the text at the beginning to match the drive and see what would happen (I think you already answered that)?
Keith
Post by: FiJ on June 06, 2007, 09:45:00 AM
QUOTE(xbox360sexual @ May 27 2007, 01:10 PM)
First I used a Win98 floppy disc, then I went in to MSDOS via Windows98. So the drive appears to respond via the SIL card and doesn't respond at all to the VIA.. :/
The SATA cables used ate 30cm long ones that come bundled with the cards. The HD appears fine in WindowsXP and I can read and write to it.
I don't have access to another system with SATA so I'll give up for now. Thanks TheSpecialist for all your help
Hi, I'm experiencing exactly the same problems with a wd1200bevs22lat0 firstly with a sil3112r and also with a via chipset.
In both cases when I hit the y key it returns the cannot write to drive message. I am plain booted to dos from floppy.
Calling .. The Specialist!
FiJ
Post by: dropper on June 06, 2007, 05:27:00 PM
Keith
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 07, 2007, 10:39:00 AM
QUOTE(dropper @ Jun 7 2007, 02:03 AM)
A follow-up question: Does the 360 check the "Microsoft" logo on the 16-22 sectors? It appears to be the image that is displayed on the Memory blade. I think it would be interesting to change it only and see what happens, since it appears to be a standard PNG file.
Keith
yeah the x360 just checks for it, that's all (and of course checks the signature for it).
QUOTE
Hi, I'm experiencing exactly the same problems with a wd1200bevs22lat0 firstly with a sil3112r and also with a via chipset.
In both cases when I hit the y key it returns the cannot write to drive message. I am plain booted to dos from floppy.
Calling .. The Specialist!
FiJ
Yeah, in this thread were some other people with the same problem. I can't replicate it. I feel it's a SATA card thing. Please, if any of you with this problem has access to other SATA controllers (like intel or nForce), please try that and let me know if it works on one of these.
Post by: FiJ on June 07, 2007, 07:12:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ Jun 7 2007, 06:15 PM)
Yeah, in this thread were some other people with the same problem. I can't replicate it. I feel it's a SATA card thing. Please, if any of you with this problem has access to other SATA controllers (like intel or nForce), please try that and let me know if it works on one of these.
The answer is en emphatic YES!
Took it to work, tried the same setup on a different VIA embedded controller, worked like a charm first time!
Many thanks, TS, you're the man.
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 07, 2007, 08:27:00 PM
QUOTE(FiJ @ Jun 8 2007, 03:48 AM)
The answer is en emphatic YES!
Took it to work, tried the same setup on a different VIA embedded controller, worked like a charm first time!
Many thanks, TS, you're the man.
Ah, cool, thanks for reporting and glad it works now ! So now we know that some SATA cards just don't work, for example the sil3112 does NOT seem to work. Again, thanks for checking that out
Post by: slapshot591 on June 11, 2007, 08:14:00 PM
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 13, 2007, 09:53:00 AM
QUOTE(slapshot591 @ Jun 12 2007, 04:50 AM)
I have a 160GB WD BEVS and I put the app on a disk, booted in to dos, dumped the file to the disk, flashed it, and confirmed it, but it tells me that sector 16 is different than the firmware and i hit Y then i hit Y for the undo file, and it tells me it's flashed, but when i confirm it, it doesn't say that it's flashed, but my computer recognizes it as a samsung drive. what am I doing wrong?
You can't use hddss.bin from a Samsung. All the other brands/models are fine. BTW, are there samsung 120 gb's drive now in the wild ??
Post by: Goldberg on June 14, 2007, 03:42:00 AM
I'm hoping the Specialist or someone else can help me out here with my 120gb HD (WD, BEVS LAT Drive).
I have plugged the HD into the Motherboard and booted into DOS. I have had to edit the hddhackr.com file as I have an Nvidia chipset on the motherboard. It recognises the drive fine then ask's me if I want to flash etc......
When I get to the next screen I get an Error Drive is busy message?? If I then try and run hddhackr.com again I get an error stating 'The EC Serial Sting not found'
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Goldberg
PS Keep up the good work!
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 14, 2007, 05:23:00 AM
QUOTE(Goldberg @ Jun 14 2007, 12:18 PM)
When I get to the next screen I get an Error Drive is busy message?? If I then try and run hddhackr.com again I get an error stating 'The EC Serial Sting not found'
What SATA chipset are you using ?
Post by: Goldberg on June 14, 2007, 06:54:00 AM
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0054&SUBSYS_289510F1&REV_A3\3&13C0B0C5&0&38
I/O Port 0x00001C40-0x00001C47
I/O Port 0x00001C34-0x00001C37
I/O Port 0x00001C38-0x00001C3F
I/O Port 0x00001C30-0x00001C33
I/O Port 0x00001C10-0x00001C1F
Memory Address 0xB0003000-0xB0003FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 20
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvatabus.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 91.38 KB (93,568 bytes), 18/08/2005 18:52)
Name NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0055&SUBSYS_289510F1&REV_A3\3&13C0B0C5&0&40
I/O Port 0x00001C58-0x00001C5F
I/O Port 0x00001C4C-0x00001C4F
I/O Port 0x00001C50-0x00001C57
I/O Port 0x00001C48-0x00001C4B
I/O Port 0x00001C20-0x00001C2F
Memory Address 0xB0004000-0xB0004FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 21
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvatabus.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 91.38 KB (93,568 bytes), 18/08/2005 18:52)
Post by: HGvR on June 14, 2007, 08:16:00 AM
got a problem with a 120GB WD BEVS RST here.
Hddhackr and all goes well, but the drive does not format in the 360.
I tried to internalize it like in the linked thread in the beginning of this thread.
Question now, is my SATA connection inside the 360 faulty or is my drive damaged?
tia
Post by: HGvR on June 14, 2007, 09:21:00 AM
Has to by my beautifully self-made internalization.
Sorry for bothering!
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 14, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
1. Delete or rename the autoexec.bat and config.sys from your boot floppy (they're not needed and might load some things that mess up the process, so just delete/rename them)
2. Try different SATA cable and/or different SATA connector on your mainboard.
But I don't think this is the problem. So the only thing I can advice you is to try it on another computer. Might be that your HDD is faulty though ... Check if it operates normally under windows.
Post by: Skinleech on June 14, 2007, 11:56:00 AM
QUOTE(HGvR @ Jun 14 2007, 04:57 PM)
Forget it, the drive works very well back in the pc, formats and checks without any problems.
Has to by my beautifully self-made internalization.
Sorry for bothering!
I have the same issue. Is it a case that the 360 does not see the HDD under the dash, or just that it won't format?
Post by: Goldberg on June 14, 2007, 03:06:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ Jun 14 2007, 06:29 PM)
@Goldberg: I really don't have any clue as to what could be wrong. Your SATA chipset should work. Some things you can try:
1. Delete or rename the autoexec.bat and config.sys from your boot floppy (they're not needed and might load some things that mess up the process, so just delete/rename them)
2. Try different SATA cable and/or different SATA connector on your mainboard.
But I don't think this is the problem. So the only thing I can advice you is to try it on another computer. Might be that your HDD is faulty though ... Check if it operates normally under windows.
I'm going to try on my Laptop with a USB Floppy drive and the drive plugged into the laptop, all the oves at work are nraid...
Thanks anyway
Post by: HGvR on June 14, 2007, 05:35:00 PM
It's a WD1200BEVS-RST.
Don't get me wrong here, I'm connecting stuff for years now, and nothing like that ever happened before.
I don't think there's a bad solder, either, since the errors would be more consistent then. It would never have gotten to the point where I could at least see it in dash and TRY to format it.
It seems to get worse with everything I do with this drive in my PC or at all.
WD test util for DOS doesn't even find the drive.
WD test util for windows found the drive, but gave me a "cable error" on checking. For the same cable I had used to flash it several times, format once and with which I successfully flashed my MS25 several times.
I changed the cable, gone is the error. Drive shows ok, but only 9GB in size. WTF?
Formats fine though, in both WD format util (NTFS) and gparted live cd (ext3).
360 doesn't seem to like pre-formatted drives, plus the drive seems to be very sensible with its connectors: when the sata connector didn't fit 100%, it was error time as well.
Cut the connector sides, helped back then, brought me from E68 to dash with drive shown, but wouldn't format.
Seriously, with all due respect, but I'm not too damn stupid to connect a friggin hard drive. I guess the drive is somehow shot. Either on the inside or the connectors.
Just need to be sure somehow.
Any ideas how to put it to the test, anyone?
@zikronix: You mentioned in the beginning of the thread that your drive was broken, too.
How did you find out? Or rather "prove" it?
Post by: Skinleech on June 15, 2007, 12:06:00 AM
I'd started another thread, and it seems that power could be issue in mine - the drive certainly doesn't feel like any power is going through it, there's no indicartion od the heads spinning up at all.
Good luck to you in getting it sorted - mind and restore the drive before you try to return it for a refund/replacement...
Post by: Goldberg on June 15, 2007, 12:52:00 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 15, 2007, 01:10:00 PM
QUOTE(Goldberg @ Jun 15 2007, 09:28 AM)
All sorted now via laptop, cheers TS!
Good to hear that ! It's amazing how some SATA manufactures obviously don't follow specs when they design their chips. But then, who's using DOS nowadays... only a few hackers
Anyway, if there's a future release of the hddhackr, I'll include a list of SATA cards that might be problematic. Thanks for reporting !
Post by: 360bob07 on June 17, 2007, 11:21:00 AM
Thanks.
Post by: 360bob07 on June 17, 2007, 01:40:00 PM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ Jun 13 2007, 12:29 PM)
You can't use hddss.bin from a Samsung. All the other brands/models are fine. BTW, are there samsung 120 gb's drive now in the wild ??
Are you referring to the original 360 drive? My original 360 drive is a Samsung 20GB (got your tool to work with my drive, thanks).
I'm getting the error message like some others that the drive is different.
Thanks.
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 18, 2007, 05:12:00 AM
About a bootdisk: use anything that boots into dos, preferably without the config.sys and autoexec.bat on disk.
Post by: 360bob07 on June 18, 2007, 11:30:00 AM
QUOTE(jhackman007 @ May 28 2007, 06:53 PM)
Ok I played around with my original MS 20GB and a blank WD120GB HD. I managed to get a 120GB hddss.bin from another source. I flashed my WD120GB with the 120 hddss.bin, put the WD120 in the 360 and reformated the drive. It showed 107GB left, which is good.
Now I wanted to transfer the content of my 20GB to my new 120GB.
I attached my original MS 20GB to my PC, ran the Explorer360 E2, backed up Partition2 and manually backup Partition3 (copy files). I then restarted my PC with the new WD120GB. Explorer E2 showed Partition1 only (although this 120GB was formatted with the XBOX360). I tried restoring Partition2, and the "restoring" status bar was not doing anything (it was not restoring). So my questions are:
1. It did not work because you cannot take a Partition2 from a 20GB and restore it to a 120GB?
2. Then how do you transfer the content of the 20GB to the 120GB? Note that I do not have the original MS 120GB HD, so I won't be able to get Partition2 from an original MS 120GB HD.
Any helps are appreciated.
Thanks
-JH
JH,
when you were backing up the original xbox drive did it slow way down near the end? Mine got near 20GB and then took a few hours just to get a few more MBs (Xplorer 360 E2 progress bar was not even 1/4 the way filled).
Thanks.
Post by: 101499 on June 18, 2007, 02:40:00 PM
Post by: 360bob07 on June 18, 2007, 04:56:00 PM
Post by: Skinleech on June 18, 2007, 11:48:00 PM
QUOTE(101499 @ Jun 18 2007, 10:16 PM)
sry if its a noob q but, do i just buy a compatible drive and use this tool on it? do i need a serial number or nethin from an original drive or does the installer do that for me?
You need to dump a file from the size of HDD you want to use - if it's a 20gb you need to get a file from the 20gb hd. Same goes for the 120gb. The nfo has the intructions on how to do it. You then need to run the tool from DOS and it'll patch your compatible WD drive with the file you got from the 360 hdd to make it recognised by the 360.
Post by: fabrix26 on June 19, 2007, 08:51:00 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 19, 2007, 09:47:00 AM
QUOTE(fabrix26 @ Jun 19 2007, 05:27 PM)
Can you be Banned by Micro$ when yuo used this tool in XboxLive?? thank's
Yes, they could detect the HDD if they would want to. Up till now, there are no reports of people that got banned because of a hacked HDD, but there will be always a bit of risk of course. ..
Post by: fabrix26 on June 20, 2007, 06:43:00 AM
QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ Jun 19 2007, 06:23 PM)
Yes, they could detect the HDD if they would want to. Up till now, there are no reports of people that got banned because of a hacked HDD, but there will be always a bit of risk of course. ..
Thank'you The Specialist, very compliment for you work, now another question
In this moment, Online are there some people it used hacked HDD without be ban??
I'm sorry for my bad English, but I'am an English Student
Post by: TheSpecialist on June 20, 2007, 08:05:00 AM
QUOTE(fabrix26 @ Jun 20 2007, 03:19 PM)
Thank'you The Specialist, very compliment for you work, now another question
In this moment, Online are there some people it used hacked HDD without be ban??
I'm sorry for my bad English, but I'am an English Student
Yes, people are online with hacked hdd' and there are no reports of bans because of that. Personally, I don't think there's a very high risk of being banned, but you never know for sure, it's always a guess. So if you REALLY don't want to risk being banned, then maybe you should just go with the official HDD. It's a choice everybody has to make for himself.
Post by: fabrix26 on June 20, 2007, 09:28:00 AM
Post by: Skinleech on July 08, 2007, 01:52:00 AM
I flashed my 120gb drive a while ago, and swapped it for the official 20gb, which worked a charm. So I decided to add parition 2 to it. I had an image of a 20gb drive that I restored of vermy 120, and I also copied partition 3 from my official 20gb. I injected the files I backed up to partition 3, but they didn't appear.
So, i backed up my entire 20gb drive, then restored it. However, it hung about 30% in and didn't go any further. I cancelled the restore,and now my 360 won't see the drive. If I try to restore the original 20gb image, it also hangs.
I tried to run hddhackr again, and it tells me "Some SATA device found" "Error: Unable to open the file".
The drive still shows up in Explorer360, and I can see all 3 partitions - 1 & 3 are blank, 2 has data in it.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Post by: ivc on July 08, 2007, 04:27:00 AM
CODE
Drive contents:
Address Length (bytes) Contains
0x0000 8192 Null (0x00)
0x2000 68 Plain text hard disk info
0x2044 24 Static Binary Info (doesn't change console to console)
0x205C 256 Dynamic Binary Data (changes from console to console - possibly encrypted serial number of console)
0x2202 2 Size of following PNG file
0x2204 2754 MS logo in PNG format (aka hddss.bin), made with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 on the 19th of July 2005
Partitions:
Address Description
0x80000 Cache Partition (aka partition 0)
0x80080000 Unknown
0x120EB0000 Xbox Backwards compatibility drive (aka partition 2)
0x130EB0000 Main Xbox 360 Partition (aka partition 3)
Notes:
* You cannot use a hddss.bin backup from a 20 GB hard drive and use it on a new 120 GB, it will only show 20 GB total size whatever you try
* Original Samsung hard drives cannot be used to flash new WD 120 GB disk, it's currently unsupported
* Previous hacked Xplorer360 versions (TS hacked Xplorer360, Xplorer360 temp1) will have problems with 20 GB drives, use Xplorer360 xtreme 2
Downloads:
Xplorer360 xtreme 2 http://rapidshare.co...treme2.rar.html
XPLORER360 IMAGE AND FILE BACKUP METHOD (recommended)
Original drive:
1. Open the Xbox hard drive case and remove the hard drive
2. Connect to sata connector, boot to clean ms-dos, create hddss.bin backup of original hard drive, hddhackr -d
3. Create an image backup of partition 2 (Xbox 1 emulator) using the File -> Backup Partition 2 in Xplorer360 xtreme 2 (you can also extract the files and insert them in partition 2 on the new drive later if you can see partition 2 in Xplorer360)
4. Create file backup of partition 3 (Xbox 360 main filesystem) by selecting the partition 3 in Xplorer360 xtreme 2 and Edit -> Extract
New drive:
5. Flash new drive with 20 GB (for new 20 GB drive) or 120 GB (for new 120 GB drive) hddss.bin (from step 2) using hddhackr -f and at the same time make sure when asked to create an undo firmware file. Ignore any timeout expired error. Shutdown to load the new firmware (reboot won't reload it)
6. Connect drive to Xbox 360 and format using System -> Memory -> Hard Drive -> press Y button, enter the serial number of the machine to allow it to format (you find it on the back of the machine or on System -> System information)
7. Move the drive to the computer again, connet to sata, restore the partition 2 image with File -> Restore Partition 2 in Xplorer360 xtreme 2
8. Drag all the files from the partition 3 file backup into partition 3 in Xplorer360 xtreme 2
9. Test drive in xbox 360, should show 107 GB total size and all the content should be restored successfully
XPLORER360 FULL IMAGE BACKUP METHOD
1. Complete step 1 and 2 above
2. Create a full image backup using File -> Backup Image in Xplorer360 xtreme 2
3. Complete step 5 above
4. Do full image restore using File -> Restore Image in Xplorer360 xtreme 2
5. Boot to ms-dos and execute hddhackr -f once again to write the hddss.bin to sector 16 again (its overwritten when restoring a full backup using Xplorer360)
6. Connect to Xbox 360, you will see that total space is ~13gb and none of the file files from the 20 GB backup shows up
7. Fix this by formatting in xbox 360, System -> Memory -> Hard Drive -> press Y button, enter the serial number to allow format
8. Open the full image in Xplorer360 xtreme 2 and select partition 3 and Edit -> Extract to create a backup of all the files
9. Connect disk to computer again, and drag all the files from the partition 3 file backup into partition 3 in Xplorer360 xtreme 2
10. Test drive in xbox 360, should show 107 GB total size and all the content should be restored successfully
MANUAL METHOD (summarised TheSpecialist way, tested and verified)
Complete step 1, 2 and 5 above under XPLORER360 IMAGE AND FILE BACKUP METHOD to backup the old drive and flash the new drive. Only when these steps are done, you can continue to create the partitions below.
Create partition 1:
If you want to use xplorer360 with the 120 WDBEVS drive, you can now do that:
1) First add the missing partition manually starting at byte 0x80000 of your WD BEVS. You need to make it look like:
58 54 41 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 01
So, the easy way to do this: open your drive with winhex( http://www.x-ways.net/winhex.zip, registration required to allow write changes disk ) by pressing F9, select your WD BEVS drive, press <ALT>+G, use position 80000 (hexadec) and then edit these 16 bytes starting at 0x80000 to look like above. Save it, restart the xplorer360 Beta 6 and the FATX error should be gone and you should see 2 partitions now. However, there'll be no data shown yet. if you are using a 120 gb version.
2) To get the data shown for an 120 gb wd BEVS, exit xplorer360 and fire up your hexeditor again, but this time open the xplorer360.exe itself with it. Make sure you're using the beta v6 version. At offset 0xF0C2 you'll find:
68 77 03
You need to change these 3 bytes into:
00 C2 1A
Save it (make a backup !), restart it and you can now see the contents of the WD BEVS 120 gb, at least I can.
BTW, this 'hack' won't work with the 20 gb version, so it's best to make a backup of the xplorer360.exe and use the 'unhacked' original version if you want to access a 20 gb hdd !
Create partition 2:
I did some analysis myself and got it working too Here's how I did it:
1 Open your drive with Winhex (like described before)
2 Goto the menu/edit/define block. Choose beginning: 120EB1000 and end: 130EAFFFF and press 'ok'
3 Goto the menu/edit Fill block. Choose 'Fill with hex values', enter 00 and press 'ok'. This will clear the partition.
4. Now we have to add the partition headers. Goto offset 120EB0000 and edit to make it look like:
120EB0000 58 54 41 46 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 01
120EB0010 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
5. Save it. Now we're almost done, only have to fix up the 'cluster map'. To do this, goto offset 120EB1000 and edit it to make it look like:
120EB1000 FF FF FF F8 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
120EB1010 FF FF FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Save it and then your drive will show partition 2 in xplorer360 ! Dump all files from partition 2 from some HDD that has the emulator on it (either a 20 gb or 120 gb, doesn't matter), save those files from partition 2 to your PC. Attach your WD BEVS drive, and drag the 'index' file alone first to partition 2! After you've added this particular first file, you can add the rest to the partition. After you've copied all files (you should be able to use all xplorer versions by the way, doesn't matter which one, hexedited/modded or not), your emulator should work.
Create Partition 3:
Format the drive in Xbox 360, System -> Memory -> Hard Drive -> Press Y button, and enter serial number to allow format.
Restore partition 2 and partition 3 as described above.
Hope this helps someone, at least I figured it out in the end.
-ivc
Post by: Skinleech on July 10, 2007, 12:00:00 AM
QUOTE(Skinleech @ Jul 8 2007, 09:28 AM)
blah blah blah
Ignore me. I forgot to put hddss.bin on the floppy - had to make a new one as the original one was corrupted. 120gb working fine, with my original 20gb files intact on it.
Thanks for the tool, The Specialist.
Post by: Bannor on July 12, 2007, 03:48:00 AM
Post by: kingla on July 13, 2007, 06:33:00 PM
Post by: mchipser on July 20, 2007, 11:01:00 AM
here is the model WD1600BEVS-22RST0 ML80 SATA
Post by: clamchowda423 on July 25, 2007, 05:24:00 PM
Post by: thethinker_uk on August 03, 2007, 01:32:00 AM
cheers
Post by: 80Y on August 09, 2007, 07:34:00 AM
As you know, the Rapidshare's link is down for "Xplorer360 Extreme 2"
If anyone can re-upload it, I will be glad
Or a MP
Thx
Post by: Art385 on August 10, 2007, 05:24:00 AM
if i delete NTFS partition and live it blank and hooked it up to Xbox 360 will console format it or with formating to NTFS I deleted some shitty MS info on it and. Sorry for my grama I form Poland (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by Art385: Aug 10 2007, 12:27 PM
Post by: drewlsvern on August 21, 2007, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: Intox777 on August 24, 2007, 09:20:00 AM
I'm having a hard time getting my WD1200BEVS 75LATO Scorpio flashed.
I've gotten the drive to be recognized in DOS after editing the ports but everytime I flash it (hddhackr -f) I get the following error:"Fatal error, the EC sector was not found in the FW"
I'm using a Fujitsu 120GB hddss.bin (3,584 bytes) that I dumped from a "working" 120GB xbox 360 HDD.
Some help/assistance would be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance.
Post by: dsro on August 24, 2007, 10:11:00 AM
Post by: 80Y on August 25, 2007, 05:54:00 AM
Please
This post has been edited by 80Y: Aug 25 2007, 01:08 PM
Post by: signum on September 07, 2007, 03:07:00 AM
I have already done a full backup image of my drive and waiting until i get my WD1200BEVS next week so i can perform the upgrade.
I have already posted a new thread to ask my questions so i thought i would reply to the Official thread aswell.
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=620590
Post by: takuya on September 12, 2007, 07:06:00 AM
I just bought my WD1200 BEVS but it's seem that this one is not compatible
this is the entire name : WDBEVS-22UST0 (not RST, not LAT :/ ) (factured : 20.jul 07)
somebody know if it can work with this drive ?
many thanks
Post by: takuya on September 12, 2007, 02:28:00 PM
QUOTE(takuya @ Sep 12 2007, 03:42 PM)
hello !
I just bought my WD1200 BEVS but it's seem that this one is not compatible
this is the entire name : WDBEVS-22UST0 (not RST, not LAT :/ ) (factured : 20.jul 07)
somebody know if it can work with this drive ?
many thanks
quoted myself ^^
good news this one work too
I have modified the hddhackr and it's working !
Thanks the specialist
Post by: uNsaiN on September 24, 2007, 12:19:00 PM
Post by: TheSpecialist on September 28, 2007, 08:55:00 PM
Love to all happy sceners,
TS
Post by: levlev on September 29, 2007, 11:38:00 AM
Post by: TheSpecialist on September 30, 2007, 07:55:00 AM
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VENMRLTM
Please keep in mind that this is an unofficial release. I've done this version so you can now easily move the emulator partition (search on how to do that with this build on these forums). Many thanks to Roofus and Angerwound for the xplorer360, this tool is THEIR work, I only added some extra features for use with the BEVS HDD hack.
Good luck and enjoy !
This post has been edited by TheSpecialist: Sep 30 2007, 02:57 PM
Post by: w0lv3121n3 on October 07, 2007, 03:53:00 PM
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16822136099
Thanks
Post by: moldymac on October 10, 2007, 12:01:00 PM
QUOTE(takuya @ Sep 12 2007, 09:42 AM)
hello !
I just bought my WD1200 BEVS but it's seem that this one is not compatible
this is the entire name : WDBEVS-22UST0 (not RST, not LAT :/ ) (factured : 20.jul 07)
somebody know if it can work with this drive ?
many thanks
How did you get it to work with this drive? it wont see it on my computer
Post by: takuya on October 11, 2007, 07:31:00 AM
QUOTE(moldymac @ Oct 10 2007, 08:37 PM)
How did you get it to work with this drive? it wont see it on my computer
the trouble was because my sata controller don't see my drive.
I have follow this instructions and it work :
QUOTE
Q. The tool doesn't detect my HDD !
A. First, make sure you are running it from dos, not from a dos box under windows.
Ifthe hddhackr does not autodetect your SATA controller (if you have an nForce chipset for example), then you can manually edit the hddhackr to support it.
To do this:
1. Find the two ports that your SATA chipset uses for data communication (see the MTKediting thread ( http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=514126 ) for more detailed info on how to do this), basically, you need to run 'msinfo32', then go to storage/scsi or storage/ide, depending on your SATA chipset and then look for the two adress lines that have a difference of 7 between them.
For example:
I/O-port 0x0000EFE0-0x0000EFE7
I/O-port 0x0000EFAC-0x0000EFAF
I/O-port 0x0000EFA0-0x0000EFA7
I/O-port 0x0000EFA8-0x0000EFAB
I/O-port 0x0000EF90-0x0000EF9F
I/O-port 0x0000E800-0x0000E8FF
In this example the two port numbers you are looking for (with difference of 7) are 0xEFE0 and 0xEFA0.
2. Open the hddhackr.com in a hexeditor and search for the string 'port=MPRT' (it is at the end of the file). Now, that 'MPRT' string is 4 bytes long: 0x4D 0x50 0x52 0x54. You have to replace these four bytes with the 2 port numbers (which are each 2 bytes long, so you replace the 4 bytes in total), so in the example above you replace these four bytes with: '0xEF 0xE0 0xEF 0xA0'.
A. First, make sure you are running it from dos, not from a dos box under windows.
Ifthe hddhackr does not autodetect your SATA controller (if you have an nForce chipset for example), then you can manually edit the hddhackr to support it.
To do this:
1. Find the two ports that your SATA chipset uses for data communication (see the MTKediting thread ( http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=514126 ) for more detailed info on how to do this), basically, you need to run 'msinfo32', then go to storage/scsi or storage/ide, depending on your SATA chipset and then look for the two adress lines that have a difference of 7 between them.
For example:
I/O-port 0x0000EFE0-0x0000EFE7
I/O-port 0x0000EFAC-0x0000EFAF
I/O-port 0x0000EFA0-0x0000EFA7
I/O-port 0x0000EFA8-0x0000EFAB
I/O-port 0x0000EF90-0x0000EF9F
I/O-port 0x0000E800-0x0000E8FF
In this example the two port numbers you are looking for (with difference of 7) are 0xEFE0 and 0xEFA0.
2. Open the hddhackr.com in a hexeditor and search for the string 'port=MPRT' (it is at the end of the file). Now, that 'MPRT' string is 4 bytes long: 0x4D 0x50 0x52 0x54. You have to replace these four bytes with the 2 port numbers (which are each 2 bytes long, so you replace the 4 bytes in total), so in the example above you replace these four bytes with: '0xEF 0xE0 0xEF 0xA0'.
Post by: n1x on October 16, 2007, 03:28:00 PM
long time I read in this forum, just never took time to register myself... I think it was about time
Anyway, I have some troubles with flashing my WD 120gb hdd, I get the following screen after trying hddhackr -f:
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: WD-WXE70740...
Serial in hddss.bin file: NZ2X..............
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-07RST0
Model string in hddss.bin file: FUJITSU MHW.........
Bios version IDENTIFY DEV: 04.01G04
Bios version in hddss.bin file: 009300..
Information on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ? (y/n)yError !
drive not supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS
Have an idea?
Thanks in advance for your response
PS: Thanks also for your great work TS
Post by: mikey808 on October 28, 2007, 05:01:00 AM
For anyone that has an issue with their 120Gb hard drive not being seen by their 360 after rebuilding from the 20Gb drive and applying the hddss as per the instructions.
I found that if I re-ran HDDHackr and ran the undo function, then after that reapplied the hddss, the issue is solved.
Regards and respect to TS and thanks to all the other posters in this thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by mikey808: Oct 28 2007, 12:03 PM
Post by: Ravidrath on October 28, 2007, 07:08:00 PM
QUOTE(n1x @ Oct 16 2007, 02:04 PM)
Hi everyone
long time I read in this forum, just never took time to register myself... I think it was about time
Anyway, I have some troubles with flashing my WD 120gb hdd, I get the following screen after trying hddhackr -f:
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: WD-WXE70740...
Serial in hddss.bin file: NZ2X..............
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-07RST0
Model string in hddss.bin file: FUJITSU MHW.........
Bios version IDENTIFY DEV: 04.01G04
Bios version in hddss.bin file: 009300..
Information on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ? (y/n)yError !
drive not supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS
Have an idea?
Thanks in advance for your response
PS: Thanks also for your great work TS
I'm having the same problem, although mine's a UST drive.
I have an nForce chipset so I had to HexEdit the file for it to find the drive, but it found it without issue after I did that.
Although Takuya seems to indicate that UST drives don't cause any problems, so I dunno what the deal is.
Post by: Ravidrath on October 29, 2007, 11:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Ravidrath @ Oct 28 2007, 05:44 PM)
I'm having the same problem, although mine's a UST drive.
I have an nForce chipset so I had to HexEdit the file for it to find the drive, but it found it without issue after I did that.
Although Takuya seems to indicate that UST drives don't cause any problems, so I dunno what the deal is.
Brought the drive and my boot disc into work, and with IT's blessing hooked it up to a machine here and it worked perfectly.
Looks like hddhackr is just incompatible with my SATA setup at home, which is rather old.
Thanks for the great utility!
Post by: jaku00 on November 06, 2007, 01:54:00 PM
QUOTE(Ravidrath @ Oct 29 2007, 08:25 PM)
Brought the drive and my boot disc into work, and with IT's blessing hooked it up to a machine here and it worked perfectly.
Looks like hddhackr is just incompatible with my SATA setup at home, which is rather old.
Thanks for the great utility!
Can you help me here? msinfo32 have this. What these two port numbers are?
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_00E3&SUBSYS_813F1043&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&50
I/O Port 0x000009F0-0x000009F7
I/O Port 0x00000BF0-0x00000BF3
I/O Port 0x00000970-0x00000977
I/O Port 0x00000B70-0x00000B73
I/O Port 0x0000C800-0x0000C80F
I/O Port 0x0000C400-0x0000C47F
IRQ Channel IRQ 21
Sorry that I'm not so smart
Post by: X360_Guy on November 06, 2007, 06:16:00 PM
About 3 days ago my "official" stock HHD that came with my premium360 died! this is an 2005 unit btw(so warrenty's expo'd)
So I figured, I'd cheap out and try installing an "unofficial" HDD to replace my old one. I had an old HDD image backup using 360explorer back in 2005 so I was able to get the hddss.bin no trouble.
I ordered a WD1200BEVS over the internet not worrying about lat0 or rst0, because I did research and read RST was compatible, so had no worries.
Unfortunatly here I am now, and hddhackr 0.91 keeps giving me an error. it states there was an error and that i don't have a compatible Scorpio BEVS drive. .. yet I do.
>is there any possible reasons for this? or options I have?
also after the bad flash the HDD didn't seem able to be recognized anymore on bootup. though through windows I was able to run a digital western tool, and it was able to locate and format the drive properly. so i'm guessing the bad flash didn't get far O-o
any who, I'm almost about to break down and buy a $120 official HDD, I can't go much longer without XBL and may game saves, or not being able to play any xbox360 games by that matter
Post by: X360_Guy on November 06, 2007, 08:20:00 PM
anyway I've quoted my output screen, and i'll post what i got below. but after typing this out, i realized something.
is all hddhackr doing is changing 3 strings in the firmware, then pasting that hddss.bin at sector 16?
if so, is it possible that I could just dump my own fw, hex it, and re-flash it. or is the process a bit more complicated like i would have to re-encrypt something?
and if it is just that simple, how hard is it to dump a HDD's firmware? is a special chipset needed to flash the chip directly. or can i use some sort of general app made for WD HDD drives?
QUOTE
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: WD-WXEX07428883
Serial in hddss.bin file: S0A8J10A19****
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22RST0
Model string in hddss.bin file: SAMSUNG HM0****
Bios version IDENTIFY DEV: 04.01G04
Bios version in hddss.bin file: YU1**-**
Info on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware information.
Want to flash the firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 (y/n)
yError !
Drive not supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS!
Serial in hddss.bin file: S0A8J10A19****
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22RST0
Model string in hddss.bin file: SAMSUNG HM0****
Bios version IDENTIFY DEV: 04.01G04
Bios version in hddss.bin file: YU1**-**
Info on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware information.
Want to flash the firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 (y/n)
yError !
Drive not supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS!
edit:
stared out my hdd serials to protect my hdd securty sector info
This post has been edited by X360_Guy: Nov 7 2007, 04:24 AM
Post by: jaku00 on November 08, 2007, 04:22:00 PM
Information on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ?
Any idea what more I can do?
Post by: JBark on November 09, 2007, 11:59:00 AM
So it looks like you might need at something written to the drive before the restore works.
Post by: knodi on November 18, 2007, 06:20:00 PM
Post by: nearfly on December 02, 2007, 12:54:00 AM
Please help me to save my Fusitsu HDD.
Post by: Antman1 on December 02, 2007, 05:49:00 AM
QUOTE(nearfly @ Dec 2 2007, 08:54 AM)
Please Help me，I use the Xplorer360 to transfer data on pc, than the 20gHdd can't work on xbox360, Now, I want use Hddhackr.exe to recover the 20GHdd, I already have a Hddss.bin from other 20Ghdd, but when I write Hddss.bin to original Hdd, It hint me It only work on West digital Hdd, my MS 20G Hdd is Fujitsu, so I hope Hddhackr.exe can work in other type hdd?
Please help me to save my Fusitsu HDD.
you can try just putting the hddss in the corresponding spot from sectors 16-22 and then through the Hard Drive back in the 360 and if it works with that Security Sector it should let you format in the 360.
Post by: nearfly on December 02, 2007, 08:02:00 PM
QUOTE(Antman1 @ Dec 2 2007, 02:25 PM)
you can try just putting the hddss in the corresponding spot from sectors 16-22 and then through the Hard Drive back in the 360 and if it works with that Security Sector it should let you format in the 360.
Thank you, but how can i putting the hddss, the sectors 16-22 to my Fujitsu Hard Drive, Hddhackr don't support Fujitsu Hard Drive, It have any other way?
Post by: jaku00 on December 05, 2007, 05:27:00 AM
Post by: DanXbix on December 06, 2007, 03:49:00 PM
Post by: nearfly on December 07, 2007, 02:28:00 AM
QUOTE(jaku00 @ Dec 5 2007, 01:27 PM)
Are there coming any updates for HDDHackr? I just can't get my WDBEVS-22UST0 drive working on Xbox.
I wish It can support all type Hard driver...
Post by: sowa99 on December 08, 2007, 01:27:00 PM
QUOTE
Please Help me，I use the Xplorer360 to transfer data on pc, than the 20gHdd can't work on xbox360, Now, I want use Hddhackr.exe to recover the 20GHdd, I already have a Hddss.bin from other 20Ghdd, but when I write Hddss.bin to original Hdd, It hint me It only work on West digital Hdd, my MS 20G Hdd is Fujitsu, so I hope Hddhackr.exe can work in other type hdd?
Please help me to save my Fusitsu HDD.
Hello everyone. I have aslo this problem.. My friend too Please help me to save my Fusitsu HDD.
I tried to help him but when i tried to copy my files xplorer360 just chrash.. And my hdd in x360 is not working too (in pc work correctly).I have my hddss.bin and i will put it in winhex. Hope it will work. But if no, is here any other idea(s)?
Post by: rtfmx9 on January 02, 2008, 01:15:00 PM
Post by: mikey808 on January 04, 2008, 09:05:00 AM
QUOTE(rtfmx9 @ Jan 2 2008, 10:15 PM)
I hope someone who did this already could answer this. There were some reports earlier in this thread saying that downloading media from Live would not work with WD HDD moded using hddhackr. Can someone else please confirm if this is true? Thanks!
Not true
Post by: Bartosz_MDF on January 05, 2008, 04:54:00 AM
. Someony have any ideas? What i can to do? Please help me...
Post by: rtfmx9 on January 07, 2008, 01:00:00 PM
QUOTE(mikey808 @ Jan 4 2008, 10:41 AM)
Not true
Thanks for the info. I think I am ready to upgrade now!
Post by: hmcrm on January 08, 2008, 12:44:00 AM
The error is this:
Some SATA device responded...
File access error, could not save data!
I got the File access error before I modified the .com file for my SATA controller. I have also tried this in a newer dell I have (maybe about 3 months old) and I get the same error, although on that one the .com file was not modified.
Anyone have any ideas??
Post by: fokia on January 08, 2008, 08:20:00 AM
Trying to prove something I manage to get myself two HDDSS.bin from the net (testing purposes) and decided to compare them with some HEX comparator (like WinHEX). Didn't found any diferences. most probably both files should be, in fact, the same...
If you have your own 120Gb HDDSS.bin you can try to compare it with one found on the net to check were the differences are (offset) to see if we can manage to learn something from it...
Post by: AshmanEck on January 09, 2008, 11:53:00 AM
So, what's the definitive answer here?
Has anybody gotten one of these newer drives to work?
It also looks like the Specialist hasn't responded to this thread since the end of September. So, if the new drives don't work and no update is forthcoming, is this method of hard drive upgrade now dead?
I received a UST drive today, but I'm not wild about opening it up if it isn't going to work...
Post by: signum on January 09, 2008, 05:52:00 PM
I did mine months ago but i have lost my undo.bin file for my drive and want to use it for PC since i brought an Elite w/120GB HDD.
If anyone can send it to me that would be great!!!
Post by: signum on January 14, 2008, 06:49:00 PM
Does anyone have a undo.bin file that they made with the WD1200BEVS-00LAT hard drive before flashing it?
If so can you please send it as i have lost mine.
Many Thanks.
Post by: computerpro745 on January 21, 2008, 07:27:00 PM
Post by: briangokou84 on January 23, 2008, 09:59:00 AM
I received the drive from someone and I don't think it was ever used on the 360. Most likely pulled from a laptop or whatnot. What do you think?
FYI: sectors 16-22 on the drive right now are blank (using winhex). Haven't changed anything. Just browsing thru the codes. I'm tempted to write in the 16-22 sectors from the 120GB dump. It should work right? The dump is from a MHW2120BH and that's the same model I have. Just want to get feedback before I do something stupid and mess the drive up.
Post by: nonamez78 on February 01, 2008, 02:26:00 AM
QUOTE(AshmanEck @ Jan 9 2008, 07:53 PM)
It also looks like the Specialist hasn't responded to this thread since the end of September. So, if the new drives don't work and no update is forthcoming, is this method of hard drive upgrade now dead?
did anybody wrote a PM to him? his last activity was 23th of january... my new 60ust00 arrived today and all my happiness is gone after reading the incompatibilty of this kind of drive
.is the source code available? it couldn't be that hard to analyse the diffrence between the lat/rst/ust versions...
Post by: nonamez78 on February 01, 2008, 06:23:00 AM
I can't believe it. it works great!
my drive is an wd1200bevs-60ust00.
at first i've tried to use an 20gb bios while using the undo option. it seems to work, but after restarting i wasn't able to flash the 120gb bios (error message something about "serial string not found in fw").
after 2h hours of other work i wanted to put the wd1200bevs into an old notebook and after doing this i was wondering why only 20gb could be allocated. the was shown as samsung! really crazy.
the solution for me are the following steps:
ONLY after a COLD restart the drive could be flashed.
ONLY by answering the undo question with "yes" i'm able to flash (if a undo.bin exists or i answer "no" it won't work).
really strange but now it works great (formated on my 360 and it shows 107gb of free space).
Post by: meriadok on February 18, 2008, 09:20:00 AM
Please!, If you can explain it with a step-by-step guide it would be something great!!!
What did you do? Re-flash the disk? where do you found the firmware and the program to do that?
Greetings
QUOTE(nonamez78 @ Feb 1 2008, 02:23 PM)
WOW!
I can't believe it. it works great!
my drive is an wd1200bevs-60ust00.
at first i've tried to use an 20gb bios while using the undo option. it seems to work, but after restarting i wasn't able to flash the 120gb bios (error message something about "serial string not found in fw").
after 2h hours of other work i wanted to put the wd1200bevs into an old notebook and after doing this i was wondering why only 20gb could be allocated. the was shown as samsung! really crazy.
the solution for me are the following steps:
ONLY after a COLD restart the drive could be flashed.
ONLY by answering the undo question with "yes" i'm able to flash (if a undo.bin exists or i answer "no" it won't work).
really strange but now it works great (formated on my 360 and it shows 107gb of free space).
Post by: AZImmortal on March 07, 2008, 12:54:00 AM
QUOTE(meriadok @ Feb 18 2008, 08:56 AM)
Can you explain it better? i have an ust drive and i dont know how to do.
Please!, If you can explain it with a step-by-step guide it would be something great!!!
What did you do? Re-flash the disk? where do you found the firmware and the program to do that?
Greetings
I have the same question. If someone can explain how to get this working with a UST drive, then I would really appreciate it.
Post by: Lemonbee on March 07, 2008, 04:43:00 PM
Post by: SamSam on March 10, 2008, 07:29:00 PM
Am I doomed or is ther a chance this drive will be supported. Or will it work if I change the sectors by hand?
Post by: joesk8in on March 11, 2008, 01:48:00 PM
Post by: jsee1 on March 11, 2008, 11:49:00 PM
Post by: jsee1 on March 12, 2008, 03:09:00 PM
Post by: SamSam on March 12, 2008, 06:39:00 PM
And two more things, be more patient before bumping and it's not really a thread for helping with originals 120gig hdd problems
This post has been edited by SamSam: Mar 13 2008, 01:42 AM
Post by: spanktaculair on March 15, 2008, 05:04:00 PM
Post by: signum on March 17, 2008, 06:53:00 AM
If anyone can contact me, that would be great.
Post by: SigmaXIX on March 26, 2008, 05:51:00 PM
I have one, works great, formatted great, no issues AT ALL, flashed perfect right out of box, no tinkering. I don't know what whoever was describing before, but this didn't take any effort at all.
Post by: m01yvr00 on April 02, 2008, 05:50:00 PM
I'm trying to upgrade to a 120gb drive and bought myself a Western Digital 120gb Bevs-rst drive
I'm following the instructions to a T but upon connecting the WD drive and flashing it when I got to check eveythings worked it just keeps saying do i want to make a undo file etc and no confermation screeen ever pops up.
When I connect the drive to the 360 its reports no drive detected.
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks to everyone for help in advance
Post by: comtois on April 22, 2008, 08:36:00 AM
thanks
Post by: clandestine on April 24, 2008, 03:12:00 AM
thanks
This post has been edited by clandestine: Apr 24 2008, 10:13 AM
Post by: Martinchris23 on April 24, 2008, 06:58:00 AM
QUOTE(clandestine @ Apr 24 2008, 10:48 AM)
I have read this thread, and others like it over and over and over again, but still i cant figure out how to make my 120G hdd work. I have tried everything on here at least twice and in the process wreaked to xbox 360 hdd's already. Please could someone tell me what it is i am doing wrong.
thanks
Without knowing what you're doing, what equipment you have and what errors you get, it's going to be nigh on impossible to give you any advice.
Post by: clandestine on April 24, 2008, 08:21:00 AM
Post by: comtois on April 24, 2008, 03:21:00 PM
I'm using a 120GB WD1200BEVS22UST0 drive with a Highpoint HPT374 SATA card.
Everything seems fine, until the very end when it says:
Information on sector 16 does NOT match firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16? (y/n) Y
Do you want to create an undo file?(y/n)yFatal error, Not enough room in FW for your BIOS string
so, i saw that this happened back in version .82 and it was supposed to have been fixed in version .83
any help would really be appreciated, thanks!
Post by: Bocharick on April 27, 2008, 08:23:00 AM
I have a question! In my town I can buy only Western Digital WD1200BEVS-00UST0
Can I use this HDD to patch with hackr0.91 and install it to my Xbox 360?
Post by: veekay on April 27, 2008, 04:44:00 PM
QUOTE(Bocharick @ Apr 27 2008, 08:59 AM)
I'm from Russia, and my English may be poor.
I have a question! In my town I can buy only Western Digital WD1200BEVS-00UST0
Can I use this HDD to patch with hackr0.91 and install it to my Xbox 360?
Post by: Ultraalchemist on April 28, 2008, 10:52:00 PM
Post by: Xacaro on April 30, 2008, 03:32:00 AM
Dunno if anyone can help me with this but here it goes, i have flahed a new WD BEVS drive and all is ok, the problem is that my original hdd enclosure has been destroyed , is there a way to connect this new drive ( or even the original one ) without the enclosure ( and without the internal mod ), it would be cool just to use a external esata enclosure powered by the xbox usb port but the hdd port on the xbox is proprietary, is there any cable or something i can use to do this ( or will i have to do the internal mod )
Regards
Post by: Slobcannon on May 02, 2008, 12:24:00 PM
Post by: Sonic-NKT on May 11, 2008, 05:57:00 AM
so i tried hexediting it but it still does not work, did i do anything wrong?
Name Intel®cGB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
Manufacturer Intel
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C0&SUBSYS_27C01849&REV_01\3&11583659&0&FA
I/O Port 0x0000D080-0x0000D087
I/O Port 0x0000D000-0x0000D003
I/O Port 0x0000CC00-0x0000CC07
I/O Port 0x0000C880-0x0000C883
I/O Port 0x0000C800-0x0000C80F
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\pciide.sys (5.1.2600.0 (XPClient.010817-1148), 3,25 KB (3.328 bytes), 23.08.2001 14:00)
So the 4bytes should be 0xD080 0xCC00 or 0xD0 0x80 0xCC 0x00! right?
then i hexedited hddhackr.com and change the 4D 50 52 54 to D0 80 CC 00!
but as said, it does not work. did i do anything wrong?
Post by: Sonic-NKT on May 11, 2008, 08:08:00 AM
and by the way, the 26UST0 Drives works with hddhackr
Post by: Planeswalker on May 12, 2008, 03:55:00 AM
thx a lot The Specialist!
my 00UST0 is manifacted on 08.Mar.12
So people, search the market and find one.
This post has been edited by Planeswalker: May 12 2008, 10:56 AM
Post by: pigbait on May 17, 2008, 04:24:00 PM
Post by: Martinchris23 on May 17, 2008, 06:14:00 PM
What did you read exactly? Have you a link to it?
Post by: cjb1 on May 17, 2008, 09:49:00 PM
Post by: X-hacker on May 17, 2008, 10:22:00 PM
QUOTE(cjb1 @ May 18 2008, 05:25 AM)
I know where to get them in Au - $69 pm me for the link.
You really think ppl are gonna pay you $69 for information on where this can be found? How stupid do you think ppl are?
I'll tell you what, you pay me $100 and I'll send you a PS3 modchip that I have.
Somebody kick this guy in the face...
I just checked google, IT'S JUST A RUMOUR - THE DRIVE DOES NOT EXIST YET
Why don't you just post the link to the site? Make everyone's life a bit easier...
Post by: clandestine on May 18, 2008, 12:52:00 AM
Thanks
Post by: Martinchris23 on May 18, 2008, 03:57:00 AM
QUOTE(X-hacker @ May 18 2008, 05:58 AM)
You really think ppl are gonna pay you $69 for information on where this can be found? How stupid do you think ppl are?
I'll tell you what, you pay me $100 and I'll send you a PS3 modchip that I have.
Somebody kick this guy in the face...
I just checked google, IT'S JUST A RUMOUR - THE DRIVE DOES NOT EXIST YET
Why don't you just post the link to the site? Make everyone's life a bit easier...
I think you ought to read it again.
He's saying PM him to get a link on where to buy the drive for 69AUD.
Best not jump in with both feet next time, eh? I think you owe the guy an apology tho.
Post by: thr4773r on May 18, 2008, 10:32:00 AM
I had a 250GB one that was a BEVS, but didn't want to waste the extra space even though the drive was only $99.
Picked up a 160 GB for $80 at BB yesterday(here is a link for one at Newegg), but found it had a BEVT. Tried using HDDHackr anyway, and it works!!!
Backed up my 20GB HDDSS and put the MS Drive in the enclosure, and now I have a small drive for music too!
Post by: thr4773r on May 18, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ May 18 2008, 12:08 PM)
If anybody hadn't figured it out, HDDHackr works with the BEVT drives that come in the WD Essential USB drive.
I had a 250GB one that was a BEVS, but didn't want to waste the extra space even though the drive was only $99.
Picked up a 160 GB for $80 at BB yesterday(here is a link for one at Newegg), but found it had a BEVT. Tried using HDDHackr anyway, and it works!!!
Backed up my 20GB HDDSS and put the MS Drive in the enclosure, and now I have a small drive for music too!
Looking back, I guess I didn't make it clear that my goal was a larger (120GB MS compatible)drive, but that was the successful result of my attempt.
Post by: pigbait on May 19, 2008, 12:16:00 PM
Post by: SamSam on May 19, 2008, 05:34:00 PM
Post by: cjb1 on May 19, 2008, 11:25:00 PM
Post by: SamSam on May 20, 2008, 05:31:00 AM
I also tried applying it after I applied it mannually with the same result.
And if I only delete the partitions I created and try it in the xbox, it won't see it.
Post by: Blalien on May 21, 2008, 04:40:00 AM
Because yesterday my XBOX360 suddenly died, and it isn't reconized anymore. Not even by my computer.
And I want to replace it, I already have a 120GB hddss.bin file.
Or is there a special way for the new drives to get them to work?
Post by: SamSam on May 22, 2008, 07:45:00 PM
I finally got the 75UST0 to work. All I had to do was try it with anothe sata card (why didn't I try this sooner dammit and thanks for the idea cjb1).
I also discovered that flashing with the Xecuter hdd adapter doesn't work. It always time out.
Blalien: Mine was pretty recent and it's working.
This post has been edited by SamSam: May 23 2008, 02:47 AM
Post by: 4beta on May 23, 2008, 07:05:00 AM
Perhaps someone here can help. I connected the pins 1-7 as discribed here:
(IMG:http://i32.tinypic.com/1zucua.jpg)
And i did this twice. I exchanged everything. And everything should be correct.
The WD1600BEVS-22RST0 was lowlevel formated and after this prepared with the hddhackr 0,91.
And after reboot and the second start of hddhack -f it tells me the drive should work in my
xbox360. But it doesnt work at all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
If the HDD is connected my xbox360 shows after some seconds "System Error"
and at the Bottom of the Page an unreadable ~E68 or E50 or E58 or E60 or???
I googeled this Error and this should be a harddrive error. But the harddrive is ok.
My XP shows it with 111,79 GB as a "Fujitsu MHWR120BH" HDD.
I have also tryed a WD1600BEVS-00UST0 and i get the same error (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
What could be the problem? Any idea?
Thanks
Greetz
4beta
Post by: 4beta on May 23, 2008, 10:32:00 AM
Post by: Blalien on May 27, 2008, 01:13:00 PM
I have a WD Scorpio BEV RST and it is reconized in Windows.
But when I use hddhackr.exe it doesn't reconize anything and i tried a VIA and Silicon image controller
and I adjusted the HEX code.
What could be the problem here...
Post by: Blalien on May 27, 2008, 02:35:00 PM
QUOTE(Blalien @ May 27 2008, 09:49 PM)
Huge problem,
I have a WD Scorpio BEV RST and it is reconized in Windows.
But when I use hddhackr.exe it doesn't reconize anything and i tried a VIA and Silicon image controller
and I adjusted the HEX code.
What could be the problem here...
Finally after about 50 tries the Drive is working. Now I'm restoring my Old image and no error's so far.
Post by: Min on May 28, 2008, 01:05:00 PM
The undo file is the one the program made first time round , but it just keeps saying it's not a wd scorpio when trying to undo
.Any ideas?.
Post by: SamSam on May 28, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
Post by: Min on May 28, 2008, 01:44:00 PM
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Post by: Blalien on June 01, 2008, 01:06:00 PM
Post by: Apfelmus on June 03, 2008, 08:17:00 AM
QUOTE(Blalien @ Jun 1 2008, 09:42 PM)
Is it correct that some games can't save on a WD harddrive? Every game that i tried can save but when i want to play Forza2 then it says that the HardDrive is incompatible... anyone else has this problem?
Hi, I exactly have the same problem. Everything runs fine, but just Forza 2 gives me this "Hard Drive is incompatible" error.
When I copy my files and my profile this way 20GB -> PC -> 120GB with xplorer360, everything is OK, but Forza 2 doesn't load or save anything.
It works only, when I create a new whole profile, than it is possible for Forza2 to save the content on the new 120GB HDD.
Really strange
Is it possible, that this could only work with the Data Migration Transfer Kit, that copies the files 1:1 from the 20GB to the 120GB Harddrive?
Or is there already a solution for this? Perhaps just use another software?
Because I don't feel like to play the whole game again....from the beginning
Post by: WhiteZero on June 11, 2008, 01:10:00 PM
What gives? The drive works in a 360 just fine, BTW.
Post by: SrPhatnutZ on June 18, 2008, 10:37:00 PM
It's been a while since TheSpecialist posted on this thread, but maybe someone else has a strong enough understanding of the methodology of this hack to help.
I recently got a PS3, and of course the first thing I did was beg a 200 GB drive from a friend who specializes in em and put Ubuntu on that bad boy. BD backups are fun and easy! Anyway, after that little project, I have a 40 GB 2.5" SATA drive by Hitachi left over from the PS3. That's obviously bigger than the 20 in my xbox and I have no other use for this 40 GB drive...
I'm hoping I can hack this drive the same way TheSpecialist hacked the WD drives. I know that the size difference is an issue, it's a 40 GB drive but I just wanted to try it anyway. I figure what the hell, I've got a drive and some time to spare.
It seems like the HDDhacker does most of it's work by editing hex values on the drive. I'm thinking that if I knew what locations and values he used and how to find them on my drive I might be able to do a manual hex hack of my drive to get it recognized as my original.
After that... I dunno.... Maybe just plug it in to the xbox, see if it formats and take it from there?
By the way, anyone happen to know if using the larger hard drive improves the actual performance of the xbox?
I read somewhere that the elites visor run better cuz of a larger cache on the 120 drive, but haven't seen it for myself or ever heard a confirmation.
I'm starting to think it was an incorrect statement by someone, considering what I'm learning about the partitions and what info is on each one...
Anyone have any ideas or input?
I'm looking for new project.... this could be fun...
Post by: jackmort on June 21, 2008, 10:13:00 AM
Could there be something I did wrong ? (I followed every step : boot to dos, dump, reboot, flash, reboot, flash again).
Post by: quarky43 on June 22, 2008, 05:51:00 PM
Okay, so some are getting the UST drives to work. I am able to get the drive detected, but I get "Error, data on sec 16 till 22 incorrect" error. Perhaps I shouldn't be dumping the drive, just updating it. I'll give it a shot. Sorry for the confusion on my part.
This post has been edited by quarky43: Jun 23 2008, 12:58 AM
Post by: Vieirao on June 28, 2008, 05:05:00 PM
I don´t have anyone, is there a place where i can download it ?
Post by: toragi on June 29, 2008, 06:32:00 PM
I couldn't get a 120g hd..had to buy a 160g (WD1600BEVS22-VAT0) but it works fine..107gb free after formatting in the 360
jackmort - If you use hddss from a 20g drive it configures as a 20g drive no matter what the available capacity is.
WhiteZero - Is that error with your new blank drive connected or the old 360 hdd?
Vieirao - You can't ask that here. Against the rules
Post by: steelbath on July 03, 2008, 11:14:00 PM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ May 18 2008, 01:08 PM)
If anybody hadn't figured it out, HDDHackr works with the BEVT drives that come in the WD Essential USB drive.
I had a 250GB one that was a BEVS, but didn't want to waste the extra space even though the drive was only $99.
Picked up a 160 GB for $80 at BB yesterday(here is a link for one at Newegg), but found it had a BEVT. Tried using HDDHackr anyway, and it works!!!
Backed up my 20GB HDDSS and put the MS Drive in the enclosure, and now I have a small drive for music too!
I just picked up a 160GB WD Scorpio BEVT drive and tried HDDhackr and it didn't work, it said my drive isn't compatible, am I doing something wrong?
Post by: steelbath on July 04, 2008, 06:24:00 AM
I'm angry
Post by: Akira181 on July 09, 2008, 06:51:00 PM
I've got a question though, had a quick look through the 17 pages and didn't really get an answer. I've got the 120GB hddss.bin from my drive and it's finally died on me, which is no surprise with the amount of times I've taken it apart, dropped it, and such like.
I know that applying the 20GB hddss.bin to a larger drive limits it to 20GB, but my question is the reverse. I was happy streaming my data so I never used the full 120GB, so if I applied the 120GB hddss.bin file to a 80GB HDD, would the 80GB drive show up?
This post has been edited by Akira181: Jul 10 2008, 01:51 AM
Post by: Akira181 on July 09, 2008, 07:26:00 PM
Nevertheless, still a great hack.
Post by: schweitzer on July 14, 2008, 11:08:00 PM
Post by: supernakl on July 15, 2008, 07:56:00 AM
how to verify the Hddss.bin and find the drive from which it is made.
refering to the downloadable file from the internet.
snoopy
Post by: Martinchris23 on July 15, 2008, 12:50:00 PM
QUOTE(supernakl @ Jul 15 2008, 03:32 PM)
Hi everybody,
how to verify the Hddss.bin and find the drive from which it is made.
refering to the downloadable file from the internet.
snoopy
You'll get no help here for what you're asking.
Rip the hddss.bin from your MS 120GB HDD. Don't have one? Get one.
Post by: thr4773r on July 15, 2008, 01:18:00 PM
QUOTE(steelbath @ Jul 4 2008, 08:00 AM)
wow, they pulled the ol' switcheroo on me, the packageing for my HDD on the bottom of the box says it's a BEVS drive and the sticker on the drive says BEVT!
I'm angry (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grr.gif)
Did you get tthe standalone BEVT or the one included in the USB drive?
Like my post stated before, I pulled a BEVT from the enclosure and was able to use the hddhackr with it. Have you had luck with any other drives?
If you have any, try to use a different sata connection to flash.
This post has been edited by thr4773r: Jul 15 2008, 08:23 PM
Post by: schweitzer on July 16, 2008, 12:35:00 AM
Post by: supernakl on July 16, 2008, 02:48:00 AM
QUOTE(Martinchris23 @ Jul 16 2008, 12:20 AM)
You'll get no help here for what you're asking.
Rip the hddss.bin from your MS 120GB HDD. Don't have one? Get one.
already have one from fujitsu 120 gb drive, want to be sure before flashing new drive.
also can the new drive flashed by this method sit on core system.
Post by: barzi on July 16, 2008, 06:15:00 AM
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVS
And where can i get the HDDs.bin? From my 20GB HDD from my premium xbox? Or need I one from a 120GB HDD? Where can i find one?
This post has been edited by barzi: Jul 16 2008, 01:16 PM
Post by: Martinchris23 on July 16, 2008, 06:53:00 AM
QUOTE(barzi @ Jul 16 2008, 01:15 PM)
Is the Scorpio Blue series compatible?:
Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD1200BEVS
And where can i get the HDDs.bin? From my 20GB HDD from my premium xbox? Or need I one from a 120GB HDD? Where can i find one?
You need to extract the hddss.bin file from your existing MS Xbox 360 120GB HDD.
Supernakl - You originally said "refering to the downloadable file from the internet."
How is this coming from your existing drive?
Post by: barzi on July 16, 2008, 08:01:00 AM
QUOTE(Martinchris23 @ Jul 16 2008, 02:53 PM)
You need to extract the hddss.bin file from your existing MS Xbox 360 120GB HDD.
Supernakl - You originally said "refering to the downloadable file from the internet."
How is this coming from your existing drive?
But I don't have a 120GB HDD. Can i use someone else his hdds.bin? Can someone pm me then?
ANd can you also anwser my first question(A)?
Post by: supernakl on July 16, 2008, 08:16:00 AM
QUOTE(Martinchris23 @ Jul 16 2008, 06:23 PM)
You need to extract the hddss.bin file from your existing MS Xbox 360 120GB HDD.
Supernakl - You originally said "refering to the downloadable file from the internet."
How is this coming from your existing drive?
ONE FILE THAT WAS DOWNLOADED STATES IT IS FROM FUJITSU(120 GB , AND THE ONE (ORIGINAL IS ALSO FROM FUJITSU,BUT 20 GB).
WHAT I MEANT WAS I FIRST TRY FROM THE DOWNLOADED FILE ,INSTEAD OF TAMPERING THE ORIGINAL.
NEED TO VERIFY WHETHER THIS FILE WORKS.
Post by: Martinchris23 on July 16, 2008, 12:46:00 PM
QUOTE(supernakl @ Jul 16 2008, 03:16 PM)
ONE FILE THAT WAS DOWNLOADED STATES IT IS FROM FUJITSU(120 GB , AND THE ONE (ORIGINAL IS ALSO FROM FUJITSU,BUT 20 GB).
WHAT I MEANT WAS I FIRST TRY FROM THE DOWNLOADED FILE ,INSTEAD OF TAMPERING THE ORIGINAL.
NEED TO VERIFY WHETHER THIS FILE WORKS.
Nope, still not making any sense to me.
Follow the instructions in the text file which accompanys the program and follow it to the letter. There's nothing else you need to ask about it as long as you have all the equipment listed.
Post by: schweitzer on July 16, 2008, 11:31:00 AM
Post by: shadowth on July 16, 2008, 01:09:00 PM
I got a friend which has an Elite Xbox 360 and is willing to lend me his HDD so I can extract the hdss.bin. The only thing he does not want is to me to open the HDD enclosure, since his Xbox is still under warranty.
I want to know is, after I dump the hdss.bin (I'm gonna use Datel Xport for that), is there any way for me to use WinHex and find out which brand is the HD? Is there any way to find that looking the HDD serial no? Or, let's say he does not have a WD drive. If I extract the hdss.bin, and flash in my new 120GB BEVs, will I brick the drive? Will it fail during the flash procedure?
Thank you very much.
Edit: I just opened via WinHEX the hdss.bin I dumped from my own 20GB Seagate HDD and what I saw in the 1st 3 lines was:
XXXXXXX3.01 ST920217AS
So, that is my S/N, FW version and HDD model. Will the same thing be shown from a WD or Samsung (or other HDD manufacter) HDD?
This post has been edited by shadowth: Jul 16 2008, 08:14 PM
Post by: shadowth on July 16, 2008, 02:52:00 PM
And also, is the whole hdss.bin signed or just a few sectors? Because, if the HDD S/N is clearly visible on this file, could I edit it to any number I want, so it would be different from my friend, or that would screw up with the file or something?
Post by: legssmit on July 17, 2008, 05:48:00 PM
thanks.
Post by: cory1492 on July 18, 2008, 07:11:00 PM
QUOTE(shadowth @ Jul 16 2008, 04:36 PM)
And also, is the whole hdss.bin signed or just a few sectors? Because, if the HDD S/N is clearly visible on this file, could I edit it to any number I want, so it would be different from my friend, or that would screw up with the file or something?
hddss = hard disk drive secure sector. If you were able to edit it, they wouldn't put the "secure" s in there. The whole thing, logo, serial, drive info - is signed. It goes into the realm of speculation when wondering if they are checking the drive serial, though (imho if they did, it would be more likely for them to blacklist publicly available serials than to try and log everyone's.)QUOTE(legssmit @ Jul 17 2008, 07:32 PM)
can you use ANY WD BEVS drive (like the WD2500BEVS) or is the only size supported 120 gb?
As the previous info in this thread states, you can use a bigger drive - but it will only have as much space available as the hdss used specifies; ie: if you use a hdss from a 20G on 80GB, you will essentially wind up with a 80GB drive with only 20G accessible to the 360, if you use a ss from a 120G on a 250G, you will wind up with the equivalent of a 120G drive for the 360 to see.
Post by: lufeig on July 19, 2008, 06:36:00 PM
followed the given instructions, worked like a charm! great hack!
thanks everyone, specially you TheSpecialist!!!
Post by: barzi on July 20, 2008, 09:08:00 AM
Post by: signum on July 20, 2008, 11:02:00 AM
If you do that would be great!
This post has been edited by signum: Jul 20 2008, 06:04 PM
Post by: gkp on July 20, 2008, 11:40:00 PM
This post has been edited by gkp: Jul 21 2008, 06:41 AM
Post by: tentacles on July 21, 2008, 03:04:00 PM
does anyone know how to apply the undo files manually?
namely, 4 files, SD.BIN, S2.BIN, UNDO.BIN and EC.BIN are created. Using winhex, where should these go to get the drive back?
i'm sure using winhex and my undo files, and possibly some other snips of code could restore my drive.
Post by: Bloodlust on July 22, 2008, 11:16:00 AM
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What if the HDD I have is not the RST series or any other supposedly tested models like 00UST0 etc...am I safe to assume that as long as it belongs to the BEVSseries I can use any model?
Post by: Solarheat on July 22, 2008, 12:13:00 PM
Thanks to TheSpecialist I was able to do this no problem, and it works for the most part. However I'm having trouble playing backward compatible games (both by disc & XBL Original downloads) Is anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?
Thanks!
Post by: Solarheat on July 22, 2008, 03:12:00 PM
Thanks for not bashing me.
Post by: Bloodlust on July 22, 2008, 10:37:00 PM
Post by: Solarheat on July 22, 2008, 10:41:00 PM
QUOTE(Bloodlust @ Jul 22 2008, 10:13 PM)
Sorry, but I would appreciate it if someone can answer my question. Do all batches of BEVS work as I can't seem to find any UST/RST/LST.
Do you already have a model or are you looking to find a place that sells a drive that works as inexpensively as possible?
-J
Post by: Bloodlust on July 22, 2008, 09:38:00 PM
QUOTE(Solarheat @ Jul 23 2008, 06:17 AM)
Do you already have a model or are you looking to find a place that sells a drive that works as inexpensively as possible?
-J
Well, I was hunting for one yesterday but didn't manage to find a model which fits the requirements. I forget to check which batch it was.
Post by: GamerBR on July 23, 2008, 12:32:00 AM
I have just one doubt,can the 20gb original HDD be formatted to use in a PC?As we don't have the undo.bin for it,I don't think it's possible.
Post by: raven_5x on July 23, 2008, 12:53:00 AM
QUOTE(toragi @ Jun 29 2008, 08:08 PM)
Fantastic program. Many thanks to The Specialist for all his efforts.
I couldn't get a 120g hd..had to buy a 160g (WD1600BEVS22-VAT0) but it works fine..107gb free after formatting in the 360 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
jackmort - If you use hddss from a 20g drive it configures as a 20g drive no matter what the available capacity is.
WhiteZero - Is that error with your new blank drive connected or the old 360 hdd?
Vieirao - You can't ask that here. Against the rules
So have you tried logging into Xbox Live using this new 160gb hard drive? And I'm assuming you are using a 'borrowed' HDDSS.BIN, right? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pop.gif)
Post by: gkp on July 23, 2008, 08:02:00 AM
QUOTE(GamerBR @ Jul 23 2008, 03:08 PM)
With the fall update now it's worth buying a 120gb HDD,just bought one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I have just one doubt,can the 20gb original HDD be formatted to use in a PC?As we don't have the undo.bin for it,I don't think it's possible.
Post by: Bad4sh on July 23, 2008, 01:05:00 PM
I have this external case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817816001
thanks for the help! :D
Post by: raven_5x on July 23, 2008, 07:12:00 PM
Post by: Solarheat on July 24, 2008, 10:27:00 AM
QUOTE(Bloodlust @ Jul 22 2008, 10:22 PM)
Well, I was hunting for one yesterday but didn't manage to find a model which fits the requirements. I forget to check which batch it was.
The ones I get are on Geek.com, they work fine (I've done it for a couple of my friends now.
QUOTE(raven_5x @ Jul 23 2008, 07:56 PM)
Has anyone tried doing this modification and successfully play on Xbox LIVE??
Yes, repeatedly, and now that I've jumped through the extra hoops I got the backwards compatibility thing to work. Man... thats alot of legwork, but I gotta give credit, thats some slick coding they did to figure this out.
Post by: tentacles on July 25, 2008, 10:17:00 AM
hddhackr won't reckognize my newly flashed drive since it thinks it's a fujitsu.
i still have the undo files, but how can i apply them if hddhackr won't accept my drive?
PLEASE HELP
Post by: Solarheat on July 25, 2008, 01:42:00 PM
Do you want it to just to back to being a normal hard drive?
have you considered the dos utility fdisk? You can delete what ever partitions are there and rebuild a dos partition with it, most boot disks made with win 9.x on down have it on there (at least the ones I know of did).
Just an idea.
Post by: Morkavah on July 26, 2008, 04:02:00 AM
i have a hddss.bin from an elite drive, and im interested in figuring out whatever kind of key is used along side the hd serial #.
ive successfully gotten the 360 to write to it via the hard drive transfer kit, it just wont pik it up for use
i have the same modle # as the 1 in the elite drive, i did a direct clone, but it wouldnt pik it up for use, i dont know anything about it yet, but im guessing its some kind of key based off the serial #
am i close?
i kno u know more about this than me
Post by: Solarheat on July 26, 2008, 05:13:00 PM
Post by: Morkavah on July 26, 2008, 09:24:00 PM
Post by: tentacles on July 27, 2008, 01:51:00 PM
QUOTE(Solarheat @ Jul 25 2008, 05:26 PM)
can you post a screen shot of what it says after you typed in hddhackr -u ? the undo.bin is on the same boot drive as hddhackr right?
Do you want it to just to back to being a normal hard drive?
have you considered the dos utility fdisk? You can delete what ever partitions are there and rebuild a dos partition with it, most boot disks made with win 9.x on down have it on there (at least the ones I know of did).
Just an idea.
i'm working on the screenshot... but basically, it scans my sata bus but doesn't reckognize the drive. my sata controller is compatible, it's just that now that the WD has been flashed with the fukitsu hddss.bin, my BIOS, OS, everything thinks my 160gb wdbevs is a 120gb fujitsu.
i tried pasting the undo.bin file onto sectors 16+, but the drive still shows up as a fujitsu.
good news is that the drive is working in my xbox, but i want to revert and just use a wd120 bevs from geeks.com and use this wd160 in my laptop (which now runs a ubuntu live cd).
hope that thespecialist addresses this issue in the next release, but i see he hasn't logged in since april, so i might have to figure out the winhexing without him.
any help is much appreciated, and i'll post a solution if i find one.
Post by: Solarheat on July 28, 2008, 08:58:00 AM
@tentacles: have you tried the fDisk utility? That will work, I've done it on a 20gb fujitsu drive I got from a "refurbished" hard drive I was trying to get to work but some how just screwed it up to get the same problems like Morkavah has.
Post by: tentacles on July 28, 2008, 11:35:00 AM
QUOTE(Solarheat @ Jul 28 2008, 12:42 PM)
@tentacles: have you tried the fDisk utility? That will work, I've done it on a 20gb fujitsu drive I got from a "refurbished" hard drive I was trying to get to work but some how just screwed it up to get the same problems like Morkavah has.
Solarheat, thanks for yoru advise but i haven't tried it because i'm using the drive in my xbox and if i erased the partitions, and assume that the drive will still be universally reckognized as a fujitsu, i won't be able to hddhackr it, so i'd have to back the drive up before trying that (alot of work).
besdies, i don't think the problem is with the partitions, and erasing them (and the partition structure) wouldn't change anything. you see, when i boot up, by bios reports it as a fujitsu and i think fdisking it will only erase the partitions, not reset the vital hd characteristics, which it couldn't possibly know about.
i figure that there are some sectors on the disk that have to be edited with winhex to let my pc know it's a wd160, but i have no idea which ones and what to input.
Post by: tentacles on July 28, 2008, 12:00:00 PM
i haven't tried fdisking because i'm skeptical that partitioning is not the problem.
my drive is universally reckognized as a fujitsu now... like when i boot up, by pcs' bios reports it as a fujitsu and i think fdisking it will only erase the partitions, not reset the vital hd characteristics.
i figure that there are some sectors on the disk that have to be edited with winhex to let my pc know it's a wd160, but i have no idea which ones and what to input.
do you think i should try to fdisk anyway and use 360xplorer to back up the data that's on the drive now? remember, hddhackr won't work with the drive anymore. what should i use to back up what's already there and working?
Post by: RonanN1 on July 28, 2008, 12:09:00 PM
I got a WD 1200BEVS (scorpio) drom the store today. I have made a startup floopy and after that I followed the steps...
QUOTE
How to use:
Get yourself a Western Digital SATA BEVS HDD. To use this tool, you need a HDD security sector file ('hddss.bin'). If you don't have one, here's how to create one from a valid xbox 360 HDD:
* Dumping the hddss.bin file *
Boot to dos from a writeable medium (like a floppy). Connect an *original* xbox 360 HDD to your SATA controller. Make sure it is the only SATA device that is connected. Now run 'hddhackr -d'. This will create a file 'hddss.bin' and it will save it to the path you've started the hddhackr from.
* Modding your Western Digital *
Now turn off your PC and connect the Western Digital and boot to dos again.
Type 'hddhackr -f' from the same path you have saved the hddss.bin file to.
This will flash your FW. It will ask if you want to create an undo file. It is advised to do so. This will create an 'undo.bin' file that you need if you want to undo the hack.
* Check if it worked *
Shut down your pc, reboot again to dos and again type 'hddhackr -f'. It should now tell you that the drive should work in your x360. If so, connect it to your x360 and go to your dashboard/system/memory where you should be able to format the drive.
* Restoring your WD to original state *
If you don't want to use your modded WD in your x360 anymore and you want to flash it back to its original size, then you can now do so. Boot to dos again and run 'hddhackr -u'. This will use the undo.bin file you created before to restore the drive to its original state.
Get yourself a Western Digital SATA BEVS HDD. To use this tool, you need a HDD security sector file ('hddss.bin'). If you don't have one, here's how to create one from a valid xbox 360 HDD:
* Dumping the hddss.bin file *
Boot to dos from a writeable medium (like a floppy). Connect an *original* xbox 360 HDD to your SATA controller. Make sure it is the only SATA device that is connected. Now run 'hddhackr -d'. This will create a file 'hddss.bin' and it will save it to the path you've started the hddhackr from.
* Modding your Western Digital *
Now turn off your PC and connect the Western Digital and boot to dos again.
Type 'hddhackr -f' from the same path you have saved the hddss.bin file to.
This will flash your FW. It will ask if you want to create an undo file. It is advised to do so. This will create an 'undo.bin' file that you need if you want to undo the hack.
* Check if it worked *
Shut down your pc, reboot again to dos and again type 'hddhackr -f'. It should now tell you that the drive should work in your x360. If so, connect it to your x360 and go to your dashboard/system/memory where you should be able to format the drive.
* Restoring your WD to original state *
If you don't want to use your modded WD in your x360 anymore and you want to flash it back to its original size, then you can now do so. Boot to dos again and run 'hddhackr -u'. This will use the undo.bin file you created before to restore the drive to its original state.
...oki everything is super oki..untill I got stuck.
Here is my problem:
After I do the second step I get a msg. that tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds...and after that to run the command hddhackr -f and wait wor the msg. that the HDD is ready for my 360. Well...After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC again...and type the command again...I don't get any msg. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted I got the same msg that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
I'm sorry if this is confusing (i'm from Romania I don't know to write in English good).
What to I have to do...to get that msg -> that my HDD is ready for 360 ? I just gor stuck on step 2...over and over again...like the HDD dose not pass some test...
In bios the WD HDD is now Samsung 20 GB (just like the original one). Oki...so I have use the undo.bin and try again...the same thing...I got stuck on step to..and just getting the same msg over and over again...(I don't know the msg. from my head...but I know that the specialist or the other super guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) knows what I'm talking about...
Please help -> mabye with a Quote with a back discurion..or something like that.
Tnx!
***later edit***
If you want..I can make a picture of that MSG! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) just reply
This post has been edited by RonanN1: Jul 28 2008, 07:13 PM
Post by: Solarheat on July 28, 2008, 12:45:00 PM
QUOTE(tentacles @ Jul 28 2008, 12:44 PM)
do you think i should try to fdisk anyway and use 360xplorer to back up the data that's on the drive now? remember, hddhackr won't work with the drive anymore. what should i use to back up what's already there and working?
Just to make sure your end goal is to have a working 160gb hd for your computer right? I believe you mentioned you were getting a 120gb hard drive and transferring it, is that correct?
If I were in your shoes I would do that first (Saves the hassel of backing up) and then I would try to fdisk it and take away all partitions and data and then recreate it to see exactly what the drive itself is telling fdisk is on & available.
Couldn't hurt at this point, only help (as long as you don't lose your data (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
QUOTE(RonanN1 @ Jul 28 2008, 12:53 PM)
Hello, I have a wierd problem...mabye you can tell me what is wrong. Just read my story (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I got a WD 1200BEVS (scorpio) drom the store today. I have made a startup floopy and after that I followed the steps...
...oki everything is super oki..untill I got stuck.
Here is my problem:
After I do the second step I get a msg. that tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds...and after that to run the command hddhackr -f and wait wor the msg. that the HDD is ready for my 360. Well...After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC again...and type the command again...I don't get any msg. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted I got the same msg that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
I'm sorry if this is confusing (i'm from Romania I don't know to write in English good).
What to I have to do...to get that msg -> that my HDD is ready for 360 ? I just gor stuck on step 2...over and over again...like the HDD dose not pass some test...
In bios the WD HDD is now Samsung 20 GB (just like the original one). Oki...so I have use the undo.bin and try again...the same thing...I got stuck on step to..and just getting the same msg over and over again...(I don't know the msg. from my head...but I know that the specialist or the other super guys (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) knows what I'm talking about...
Please help -> mabye with a Quote with a back discurion..or something like that.
Tnx!
***later edit***
If you want..I can make a picture of that MSG! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) just reply
I think you have 2 problems right here, unrelated yet related.
problem 1) You want to use a 120gb drive for your xbox but you're using the hddss.bin from a 20gb drive. This will essentially make your 120gb drive a 20gb drive for the 360. In order to get this to work you need the hddss.bin from a 120gb drive.... now before you do, don't ask for that file, its against the rules here.
problem 2) you are using a samsung drive for the hddss.bin. I read on one of the pages in this thread they had problems with samsung's in general and probably to avoid them. You'll want to get an hddss.bin probably from a fujitsu, hitatchi or seagate drive.
Hope this helps.
Post by: RonanN1 on July 28, 2008, 01:08:00 PM
QUOTE
problem 1) You want to use a 120gb drive for your xbox but you're using the hddss.bin from a 20gb drive. This will essentially make your 120gb drive a 20gb drive for the 360. In order to get this to work you need the hddss.bin from a 120gb drive.... now before you do, don't ask for that file, its against the rules here.
Yes, I understand now..why in Bios it saw my 120 GB WD -> to 20 GB Samsung. And yes! I know the rules and I'm not gonna make any scene about the .bin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
QUOTE
problem 2) you are using a samsung drive for the hddss.bin. I read on one of the pages in this thread they had problems with samsung's in general and probably to avoid them. You'll want to get an hddss.bin probably from a fujitsu, hitatchi or seagate drive.
Oh..I get it, well...mabye I will get in the near future other types of drives and then I will make the steps again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Tnx. for the quick reply/help Solarheat, have a nice day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jester.gif)
This post has been edited by RonanN1: Jul 28 2008, 08:14 PM
Post by: thr4773r on July 30, 2008, 12:15:00 AM
QUOTE(tentacles @ Jul 28 2008, 02:19 PM)
Solarheat, thanks for yoru advise but i haven't tried it because i'm using the drive in my xbox and if i erased the partitions, and assume that the drive will still be universally reckognized as a fujitsu, i won't be able to hddhackr it, so i'd have to back the drive up before trying that (alot of work).
besdies, i don't think the problem is with the partitions, and erasing them (and the partition structure) wouldn't change anything. you see, when i boot up, by bios reports it as a fujitsu and i think fdisking it will only erase the partitions, not reset the vital hd characteristics, which it couldn't possibly know about.
i figure that there are some sectors on the disk that have to be edited with winhex to let my pc know it's a wd160, but i have no idea which ones and what to input.
Forget the fdisk ideas if you haven't already. Like you said, just will affect partitions.
All you have to do is follow the directions for the hddhackr program to undo. As long as you have an undo file on the usb or disk or whatever you're booting from, all you have to do is type the command hddhackr -u (the command is shown on the first page of the readme). thats all.
Hddhackr will see your drive as a fujitsu, because thats what you have essentially flashed it to. It will then will flash your original bin back to the hd bringing it back to a 160GB WD.
It worked on a 250GB Scorpio I was testing with and the current 160GB BEVT drive that I used, multiple times.
stock>flashed>stock>flashed X2. Worked every time.
Don't try to hex edit anything on the drive itself, it needs to be flashed.
Good luck.
Post by: Echilos on July 30, 2008, 01:09:00 AM
Post by: The_Doctor on July 30, 2008, 03:02:00 AM
i recently purchased a WD1200BEVS drive, and unfortunatly it turned out to be a 00UST0 version
im wondering if this tool would work or if i need to wait for a new version to be released (im guessing i need to wait for a new version)
thanks
(IMG:http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7787/dsc00802wd7.jpg)
if you want more pics of the drive uploading, just ask
This post has been edited by The_Doctor: Jul 30 2008, 10:16 AM
Post by: The_Doctor on July 30, 2008, 03:25:00 AM
Post by: riven on August 01, 2008, 06:57:00 PM
QUOTE(The_Doctor @ Jul 30 2008, 11:46 AM)
Ok, please bare with me, im new here. (and this forum layout is completely new to me.)
i recently purchased a WD1200BEVS drive, and unfortunatly it turned out to be a 00UST0 version
im wondering if this tool would work or if i need to wait for a new version to be released (im guessing i need to wait for a new version)
thanks
if you want more pics of the drive uploading, just ask
I've modded a 00UST0 version WD1200BEVS drive with hddhackr v0.91 successfully, don't worry.
This post has been edited by riven: Aug 2 2008, 01:58 AM
Post by: dylan_snyder09 on August 03, 2008, 09:10:00 PM
Post by: foaley77 on August 04, 2008, 02:24:00 AM
Post by: Solarheat on August 04, 2008, 04:59:00 PM
QUOTE(dylan_snyder09 @ Aug 3 2008, 09:54 PM)
hey, i'm having trouble. i hook up my 120gb hdd to my computer and it reads in xplorer360 extreme 2 but when i try to run hddhackr.com it says something like no drives found in enhanced mode, searching legacy and says select 1 to 4. which doesn't work. i have my bios set to legacy like someone else said. but i still can't get anything to show up. also i run this thru cmd in vista. but i have a floppy but when i make the disc i can't get the floppy to boot hddhackr.com on startup. can anyone help?
Sounds like you're booting to Windows or Vista, not to dos, you MUST boot to DOS.
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Aug 4 2008, 03:08 AM)
Hi I was doing my 2nd HDD upgrade today when I did it the first time I left the files on the Drive stick when I went to make the undo.bin it couldn't as there was one already there, Question are all the undo.bin files the same or is each HDD different?
If you're using the same drive type & the same hddss.bin then yes the Undo is the same. The undo only changes if you change the hddss.bin file you're using.
Post by: dylan_snyder09 on August 04, 2008, 08:31:00 PM
Post by: dirtaddshp on August 04, 2008, 09:36:00 PM
i used a 1200BEVS drive
oops! found the right .bin
google is your friend (-;
This post has been edited by dirtaddshp: Aug 5 2008, 04:41 AM
Post by: bigshow1up on August 04, 2008, 09:46:00 PM
Post by: pointvu on August 05, 2008, 02:59:00 AM
Post by: thr4773r on August 05, 2008, 06:02:00 AM
QUOTE(Solarheat @ Aug 4 2008, 07:43 PM)
Sounds like you're booting to Windows or Vista, not to dos, you MUST boot to DOS.
If you're using the same drive type & the same hddss.bin then yes the Undo is the same. The undo only changes if you change the hddss.bin file you're using.
I don't think that is an accurate statementt. I believe that the undo.bin has info regarding your original hard drive's type and serial number, how else could it reflash back to stock if it didn't? You would have multiple cloned copies of your wd hard drive with same serial if you use the same undo for multiple drives...
Post by: hak02 on August 05, 2008, 06:49:00 AM
You have to take this scenario as very much different to playing a back up on live. Why?
While placing a back up dvd+r (which you know has no printing on the CD and has not hologram sticker around it) in your drive to play on live seems intentional, using a custom HDD with your console is a double edged sword to M$. They can only GUESS whether you intentionally replaced your HDD , OR, your HDD was given as a present, OR, you bought from someone dodgy and didn't realised it was a duplicate. Because from the outer casing, how would people know from the packaging that its a fake?
Now my question is this, will M$ decide to punish those who were unaware as well?! And a good majority might end up being innocently banned if M$ pursue this course. Surely they would be getting overtime at their call centre and infuriate more confusion among the true customers and the ones who intentionally customised their HDD. The last I recall call centres aren't that cheap to run especially just to solve a problem that has no true solution.
There's only good things to happen for M$ if everyone has access to 120gb a more affordable and 'attractive' way (the option for them to pursue banning everyone with customised HDD will always be open). If they chose to ignore this but concentrate on pursuing people to buy legitimate games then I can only see more people attracted to buy and store more stuff from xbox marketplace because of the affordable HDD capacity. I bet the M$ security and sales team are cracking their heads now in the meeting room (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: bigshow1up on August 07, 2008, 06:55:00 PM
Post by: bigshow1up on August 07, 2008, 09:03:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 07, 2008, 09:42:00 PM
Try to explain the steps you've taken.
"I've booted into windows and internet explorer hasn't opened!!" "-well sir, did you click it?"
Same kinda thing.
Did you change directories to your inserted media? When you type dir, does it show hddhackr.com?
get in that directory...
eg.
d:\bootdisk>
d:\bootdisk>e:
e:\>cd flashdisk
e:\flashdisk>dir
07/07/08 06:54AM <DIR> hddhackrfiles
07/07/08 06:57AM temp
e:\>cd hddhackrfiles
e:\hddhackrfiles>dir
7/07/08 06:54AM hddhackr.com
e:\hddhackrfiles>hddhackr -f
-----------------------------
and thats an example of something similar
This post has been edited by thr4773r: Aug 8 2008, 04:46 AM
Post by: cisco7200 on August 08, 2008, 07:49:00 AM
Is this drive supported by you application?
WD1200BEVSRTL
Post by: bigshow1up on August 08, 2008, 08:43:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 08, 2008, 10:27:00 PM
QUOTE(bigshow1up @ Aug 8 2008, 11:27 PM)
4773- i boot to dos through my floppy which is drive A and have all of the hddhackr and hddss on drive F i have no idea how to go though the dos commands to switch between them i tried your example and it didnt work could you please run me through it
What is the path to your hddss.bin folder?
When you boot into dos, you see an a:\> right?
if your hddhackr is on f, type "f:"(without the quotes) at the a:\>
It would be like this a:\>f: then would be f:\>
after you get into whatever drive your files are in, everything is easy.
you should be able to get by with very simple dos understanding. If this is hard, then you may need to spend some time with the G. reading up before you go any further.
Post by: bigshow1up on August 09, 2008, 04:56:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 09, 2008, 06:16:00 PM
It does not always behave like that. try some of the other letters, B: , C: , D: etc.
The other thing to do would be to try a different usb drive.
Post by: bigshow1up on August 09, 2008, 08:05:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 09, 2008, 09:35:00 PM
Your pc may not recognize the usb ports in dos. I don't know.
If you're booting from a floppy, put the hddhackr files on the floppy and run from there.
A:>"where ever you put the hddhackr folder"
that will work.
If you can't get it from this point, google your pc issues.
Post by: bigshow1up on August 09, 2008, 09:56:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 10, 2008, 12:14:00 AM
Post by: thr4773r on August 13, 2008, 05:50:00 PM
QUOTE(batman91 @ Aug 13 2008, 03:12 PM)
So does thath mean that the other 130 GB are TOTALLY oboslete? i relaize that the 360 wont read or write to it, but could I use it to just store data that I don't require regualr acess to? Like a file dump?
It probably is possible, using the right tools. I don't know enough about hex dumps and hex editing. I want to say yesterday when I was looking at my 250 WD>120FUJITSU in winhex that it showed greater than the 120GB partition. I was checking things in winhex a lot last night, and I'm not sure if I had a working drive when it showed more than the 120(112)GB.
Should be easy enough to check though. The drive I was using last night went back into the my essentials case it came from and I replaced my 160 GB BEVT hackr'ed drive in the hd enclosure. I can look at the 160 to see if anything can be written to it outside of the 120 gb, and if so, does it affect the 360's ability to read the drive...
Would be awesome if using a 250GB WD, you could add a switch to your hd so it could see the first 120GB toggled one way, and the other 120 toggled the other...Well what would be really awesome would be to put whatever size drive you want with no limitations, but baby steps...
Its good to see some interesting questions here instead of lolspeak and immature demands.
Post by: thr4773r on August 13, 2008, 07:05:00 PM
(IMG:http://www.snapdrive.net/files/150113/WD160MSDrive.JPG)
If we change the security sector and size, the MS signature is broken and won't work.
We need to be able to resign or find another way in.
Post by: Bazdoctor on August 14, 2008, 03:57:00 AM
This post has been edited by Bazdoctor: Aug 14 2008, 11:15 AM
Post by: chynkinese on August 14, 2008, 03:51:00 PM
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showim...=0&format=0
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showim...=0&format=0
They are both of the "BEV" line.
Post by: johnandtrev on August 14, 2008, 04:43:00 PM
QUOTE(chynkinese @ Aug 14 2008, 11:27 PM)
thanks for this freaking awesome tool! I would like to know if either or both of these harddrives will work:
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showim...=0&format=0
http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showim...=0&format=0
They are both of the "BEV" line.
They will both work mate but remember you will only get 120gb not 160.
Post by: Bazdoctor on August 14, 2008, 10:28:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on August 14, 2008, 11:10:00 PM
QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Aug 15 2008, 12:04 AM)
Hey just want to let everybody know that i did get it to work using my via card. Thanks to The Specialist for all his amazing work, this is a great mod. Bring on the fall update (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
What VIA controller did you use to get it working? If you had to use any specific steps, spread the word...
Post by: chynkinese on August 15, 2008, 12:13:00 AM
QUOTE(johnandtrev @ Aug 15 2008, 12:19 AM)
They will both work mate but remember you will only get 120gb not 160.
thanks! yea i know...but theres always the slight chance MS releases a 160GB drive or someone somehow manages to get bigger drives working or i might decide to use the 160GB for my PC again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) thanks for the reminder though. the price difference for the two is only $5CDN anyways (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
This post has been edited by chynkinese: Aug 15 2008, 07:14 AM
Post by: dylan_snyder09 on August 15, 2008, 03:10:00 PM
Post by: neddy6325 on August 16, 2008, 05:58:00 AM
iff u do not get banned then i think that this is gud but can any body confirm that you wont get banned#
cheers
Post by: unfinished on August 16, 2008, 06:01:00 AM
and if you get banned for this mod
Post by: Antman1 on August 16, 2008, 08:02:00 AM
This post has been edited by Antman1: Aug 16 2008, 03:03 PM
Post by: pion on August 17, 2008, 03:47:00 PM
i keep getting EC sector count was not found in fw when i try to flash the WD1600BEVS-22UST0.
can any one help me?
Thanks
Alan
Post by: pion on August 17, 2008, 04:21:00 PM
(IMG:http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5197/img2220jc2.th.jpg)
Post by: Bazdoctor on August 18, 2008, 02:49:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 16 2008, 10:34 PM)
i dont get the point of this mod u need 120gb hddss.bin to flash ur new drive but seeing as u got a 120gb to start with wats the point if u download 1 illegal m$ will see duplicate drives online at the same tym and ban you this is useless unless u play off line were this is still useless cos you dont need to download demos nd shit so u wudnt even fill a 20gb hdd
iff u do not get banned then i think that this is gud but can any body confirm that you wont get banned#
cheers
So much is wrong with this statement. For starters nobody has been banned for using this mod, which is now well over 1 year old and as the specialist said earlier in this thread, banning people using this mod may open up a can of worms that M$ might not want to deal with. Secondly this is a fantastic mod for the up coming Fall update, where u r able to install games to the HDD. And considering that a game image is around 8GB, thats 1-2 games installed on the 20GB compared to around the 12-13 games for the 120GB. Lastly, and most important, COST. In Australia M$ charge around $210 - $230 for a 120GB HDD, which is insane considering you can buy 120GB for around $65 - $75. Now explain to me again how this isn't a fantastic mod. hmm. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Post by: hak02 on August 18, 2008, 03:31:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 16 2008, 01:34 PM)
i dont get the point of this mod u need 120gb hddss.bin to flash ur new drive but seeing as u got a 120gb to start with wats the point if u download 1 illegal m$ will see duplicate drives online at the same tym and ban you this is useless unless u play off line were this is still useless cos you dont need to download demos nd shit so u wudnt even fill a 20gb hdd
iff u do not get banned then i think that this is gud but can any body confirm that you wont get banned#
cheers
you need to CHANGE your mindset and see it from a different perspective!!, read on,
Xbox Ban Legacy...
Post by: GamerBR on August 19, 2008, 11:29:00 AM
QUOTE(pion @ Aug 17 2008, 07:23 PM)
not working with my WD1600BEVS-22UST0.
i keep getting EC sector count was not found in fw when i try to flash the WD1600BEVS-22UST0.
can any one help me?
Thanks
Alan
Try with another sata controller,I can confirm that this drive works.I used the 120gb one,but with the first sata controller I tried it didn't work.
This post has been edited by GamerBR: Aug 19 2008, 06:31 PM
Post by: flamingsombrero on August 20, 2008, 12:49:00 PM
The "WD1200BEVS - 22USTO" is connected in instead of my regular hard drive on my laptop and I am booting into Freedos v1.0 with a usb stick. I go into the hddhackr and then run the -f command but fails to detect a drive.
Any suggestions on where I am going wrong?
Many thanks
Post by: roshambo14 on August 20, 2008, 01:25:00 PM
This post has been edited by roshambo14: Aug 20 2008, 08:27 PM
Post by: pion on August 20, 2008, 02:01:00 PM
QUOTE(GamerBR @ Aug 19 2008, 07:05 PM)
Try with another sata controller,I can confirm that this drive works.I used the 120gb one,but with the first sata controller I tried it didn't work.
my controller detected the drive but it just get EC sector error afterward.
GamerBR, which controller you are using?
Post by: thr4773r on August 20, 2008, 02:19:00 PM
QUOTE(roshambo14 @ Aug 20 2008, 03:01 PM)
Is it possible to extract the hddss.bin file from the 120GB drive by using the M$ data transfer cable?
Yes. you don't have to break the seal on the drive at all.
Connect using MS connection cable and either use xplorer360 extreme2 to dump the bin, or use winhex and open the drive there to get sectors 16-22.
Post by: roshambo14 on August 20, 2008, 03:08:00 PM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Aug 20 2008, 04:55 PM)
Yes. you don't have to break the seal on the drive at all.
Connect using MS connection cable and either use xplorer360 extreme2 to dump the bin, or use winhex and open the drive there to get sectors 16-22.
Excellent, thanks a ton for the info.
Post by: neddy6325 on August 20, 2008, 03:24:00 PM
QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Aug 18 2008, 10:25 AM)
So much is wrong with this statement. For starters nobody has been banned for using this mod, which is now well over 1 year old and as the specialist said earlier in this thread, banning people using this mod may open up a can of worms that M$ might not want to deal with. Secondly this is a fantastic mod for the up coming Fall update, where u r able to install games to the HDD. And considering that a game image is around 8GB, thats 1-2 games installed on the 20GB compared to around the 12-13 games for the 120GB. Lastly, and most important, COST. In Australia M$ charge around $210 - $230 for a 120GB HDD, which is insane considering you can buy 120GB for around $65 - $75. Now explain to me again how this isn't a fantastic mod. hmm.
i did not say this mod was not fantastic i said i did not see the point of it i would love to do this mod if every body can assure me that i wont get a ban and by the way will we have to update to the new dashboard coming and do you recon that it will be hacked so you wont need the game in the drive to play off the HDD
cheers scott
Post by: flamingsombrero on August 20, 2008, 06:44:00 PM
QUOTE(flamingsombrero @ Aug 20 2008, 08:25 PM)
I'm trying to flash with an Acer Aspire 5050 laptop and it just will not detect the drive.
The "WD1200BEVS - 22USTO" is connected in instead of my regular hard drive on my laptop and I am booting into Freedos v1.0 with a usb stick. I go into the hddhackr and then run the -f command but fails to detect a drive.
Any suggestions on where I am going wrong?
Many thanks
Had a go connecting it into my PC on both the motherboard sata port and my separate sata controller and still nothing, but then...
A friend had dropped off their laptop for me to fix and on the off-chance I gave it a try in there and whadda you know it worked first time.
Post by: Bazdoctor on August 20, 2008, 09:51:00 PM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 21 2008, 08:00 AM)
i did not say this mod was not fantastic i said i did not see the point of it i would love to do this mod if every body can assure me that i wont get a ban and by the way will we have to update to the new dashboard coming and do you recon that it will be hacked so you wont need the game in the drive to play off the HDD
cheers scott
Well if you haven't done the mod, then its prob not a good idea to start saying stuff about it. All the information is presented in the topic, all 25 pages, concerning bans and such. As i said before this mod is well over 1 year old. If M$ wanted to cracked down on this stuff they would have busted us along time ago. However, since we now have bigger HDD, we are maybe more inclined to buy XBLA stuff etc. So i guess its a 2 edge word for them and they have decided (so far) to go with that one. Thats not to say that they wont one day change there mind and start banning ppl for multiple hddss.bins.
Basically if your mod your console in anyway, either via flashing your drive to using another HDDSS.bin file, you run the risk off being banned. But SO FAR, ppl have been safe with this one. As for your other question, i am sure there are ppl out there thinking about this already. Possibly even studying the leaked beta code, who knows. Anybody????
Post by: Mo.Shef on August 21, 2008, 08:31:00 AM
so microsoft will be making more money from us due to the xbox live marketplace. microsoft aint bothered about modded hard drive. only thing they concerend abot is modded dvd drive so wen u play pirated games microsoft lose out. coz u dont buy the games n stuff.
Post by: GamerBR on August 21, 2008, 09:05:00 AM
QUOTE(pion @ Aug 20 2008, 05:37 PM)
my controller detected the drive but it just get EC sector error afterward.
GamerBR, which controller you are using?
nForce 610M.
Post by: hak02 on August 21, 2008, 10:49:00 PM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 20 2008, 11:00 PM)
i did not say this mod was not fantastic i said i did not see the point of it i would love to do this mod if every body can assure me that i wont get a ban and by the way will we have to update to the new dashboard coming and do you recon that it will be hacked so you wont need the game in the drive to play off the HDD
cheers scott
Learn to browse the page, its been replied for you already....
Xbox Ban Legacy
Post by: neddy6325 on August 22, 2008, 02:25:00 AM
Post by: roshambo14 on August 22, 2008, 07:56:00 AM
Post by: towerblocks on August 23, 2008, 05:29:00 AM
Post by: towerblocks on August 23, 2008, 08:08:00 AM
Post by: shadowth on August 23, 2008, 09:08:00 AM
I used a WD1200BEVS UST?? on my notebook (nForce chipset) and, after editing hddhackr.com manually, it worked like a charm.
Thank you very much, The Specialist! =)
Post by: TorchMach1 on August 23, 2008, 10:31:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 22 2008, 04:01 AM)
right so I've bought all the stuff to do this mod eg floppy drive dos floppy disk I've got a bevs 22UST0 but I've heard they work so ill do this mod tonight and film the whole process and put it on youtube and post the link here I've got a packard bell so I'm not sure what make the on board sata controller is but I'll see if it works any way cheers, scott (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Just a little advice to anyone else who thinks they HAVE to have a floppy drive...save yourself the money and hassle...use your USB flash drive. Don't know how to make it DOS bootable? Get a copy of iPrep and use it to format your flash drive. Dump the appropriate HDDHakr files onto your newly formatted drive, and you're ready to go. Just make sure to use the extreme 2 version of Explorer 360 when trying to transfer your files off your old hard drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Post by: neddy6325 on August 23, 2008, 04:44:00 PM
QUOTE(TorchMach1 @ Aug 23 2008, 06:07 PM)
Just a little advice to anyone else who thinks they HAVE to have a floppy drive...save yourself the money and hassle...use your USB flash drive. Don't know how to make it DOS bootable? Get a copy of iPrep and use it to format your flash drive. Dump the appropriate HDDHakr files onto your newly formatted drive, and you're ready to go. Just make sure to use the extreme 2 version of Explorer 360 when trying to transfer your files off your old hard drive.
cheers dood i was having alot of trouble finding out how to boot dos from a flash drive iprep is the best tool ive come acrossbut you do need iextreme for it too work too but just download it from xbins
cheers, scott
Post by: TorchMach1 on August 24, 2008, 04:53:00 PM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 23 2008, 06:20 PM)
cheers dood i was having alot of trouble finding out how to boot dos from a flash drive iprep is the best tool ive come acrossbut you do need iextreme for it too work too but just download it from xbins
cheers, scott
I suppose you're right about needing iExtreme. I figured most people who are attempting the HDD hack, probably have a flashed DVD drive already. Glad it worked out for you!
Post by: thr4773r on August 24, 2008, 07:44:00 PM
get to a a:>\ (B, C, whatever...) and then you're ready to go.
cd to your flash drive's letter prompt, and the rest is cake.
Anybody saying you need additional software to do this is out there...
Post by: neddy6325 on August 25, 2008, 09:13:00 AM
QUOTE(TorchMach1 @ Aug 25 2008, 12:29 AM)
I suppose you're right about needing iExtreme. I figured most people who are attempting the HDD hack, probably have a flashed DVD drive already. Glad it worked out for you!
i haven't flash my dvd drive i bottled it cos my m8 got band 2 days before i was gonna do mine then i was speaking to him and he told me about it. i bort the sata card for it too lol but it didn't go totally too waste cos i used it in the end to flash my hdd
Post by: gmerk on August 25, 2008, 10:43:00 AM
Name VIA RAID Controller - 3249
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\4&BB7B4AE&0&38F0
I/O Port 0x0000ECF0-0x0000ECFF
I/O Port 0x0000ECD0-0x0000ECDF
I/O Port 0x0000ECB0-0x0000ECBF
I/O Port 0x0000EC90-0x0000EC9F
I/O Port 0x0000EC60-0x0000EC7F
I/O Port 0x0000E800-0x0000E8FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 10
Driver e:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.6000.574, 114.50 KB (117,248 bytes), 7/31/2008 11:17 AM)
Can anyone give me any advice on how i should edit HDDHACKR so my 120GB original drive gets recognized so i can copy onto a new WD 120BEV. I think that my head is about to burst looking at all the hexing. If I am correct it is the port=MPRT strong that must be changed. I have tried that but maybe it is just me. Help please.
Post by: tagir on August 25, 2008, 01:38:00 PM
Post by: neddy6325 on August 25, 2008, 05:09:00 PM
and i hope this helps and you can download this video here
http://rapidshare.co...24/hdd_hack.wmv
in my vids i sound more stupid than i actually am
cheers, scott
Post by: babyblu on August 25, 2008, 07:12:00 PM
Is there a tut somewhere that I missed that could show me how to perform this mod with my current PC setup.
Thanks.
Post by: neddy6325 on August 26, 2008, 03:21:00 AM
QUOTE(babyblu @ Aug 26 2008, 02:48 AM)
ok I have read thru a bunch of these pages and I still do know exactly how I could do this mod with my setup. My PC doesnt have sata or a floppy drive. I dont have anything that is sata so what would I need to buy to mod the HDD. The reason I would like to do this is because I just pick of an arcade console which doesnt have a memcard. This is my second xbox so that my wife & I can play COD4 together, I was going to buy a memcard but for the same price I could do this mod.
Is there a tut somewhere that I missed that could show me how to perform this mod with my current PC setup.
Thanks.
you need sata
Post by: neddy6325 on August 26, 2008, 04:46:00 AM
Post by: babyblu on August 26, 2008, 03:12:00 PM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 26 2008, 03:57 AM)
you need sata
I thought I read that it could be done via a sata to USB.
Post by: tagir on August 27, 2008, 04:15:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 26 2008, 01:22 PM)
i used my VIA 6421a sata card in the end and that worked perfectly so that card works for sure
Problem solved, if you have any problem with flashing WD 120 GB TRY ANOTHER SATA CONTROLLER!!!
VIA v6421A PCI CARD made by MINT NOT WORKING with WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS-00UST0 I can confirm that. Still the same problem "drive has no id data packet for us"
Post by: neddy6325 on August 28, 2008, 09:30:00 AM
QUOTE(tagir @ Aug 27 2008, 12:59 PM)
Problem solved, if you have any problem with flashing WD 120 GB TRY ANOTHER SATA CONTROLLER!!!
VIA v6421A PCI CARD made by MINT NOT WORKING with WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS-00UST0 I can confirm that. Still the same problem "drive has no id data packet for us"
watch my vid this proves it works with the usto cos i had to edit the vid to use that sata card cos onboard sata was not working
Post by: DandareBR on August 30, 2008, 03:22:00 PM
QUOTE(Bazdoctor @ Aug 21 2008, 01:27 AM)
Well if you haven't done the mod, then its prob not a good idea to start saying stuff about it. All the information is presented in the topic, all 25 pages, concerning bans and such. As i said before this mod is well over 1 year old. If M$ wanted to cracked down on this stuff they would have busted us along time ago. However, since we now have bigger HDD, we are maybe more inclined to buy XBLA stuff etc. So i guess its a 2 edge word for them and they have decided (so far) to go with that one. Thats not to say that they wont one day change there mind and start banning ppl for multiple hddss.bins.
Basically if your mod your console in anyway, either via flashing your drive to using another HDDSS.bin file, you run the risk off being banned. But SO FAR, ppl have been safe with this one. As for your other question, i am sure there are ppl out there thinking about this already. Possibly even studying the leaked beta code, who knows. Anybody????
I really liked this mod, but I think that it must be used by people that are willing to take the change (a high probability IMHO) to have your console Banned.
Also I don't think that allowing Hacked HDD is worth a dime for MS, and I also think it's naive to think that this is 'just a hacked HDD'. Do you remeber the 'broken window theory back in N.Y?' The one that said that someone who broke a window today will be commiting murder months latter? So the best way to prevent a murder is to give a hard punishment to a broken window and prevent the thief to become a murder.
The one that uses a hacked HDD today will probably try a hacked firmware next month. If they punish a 'small thing' like a hacked HDD they would prevent people of trying other more 'advanced' hacks.
THERE IS NO GAIN for MS to allow haced HDD. A person with a Hacked HDD is more likly to try a hacked firmware, so the changes are that this person will use backuped games which won't give no return to MS. There is NO support to the theory that hacked HDD will give more "return" to MS for downloaded games or content. This same person that downloaded "US$ 5,00" in content have 40 backup games that costs to MS arounf US$ 30,00 in bandwith, servers and maintainace for the game servers on Live.
Has anyone ever though how much backup games cost to MS? Not only the 'direct' loss of the game price, but the amount that MS spend on maintainace of the servers for thousand of players that don't purchase the original game?
Banning hacked consoles would give them less consoles acessing the Live, what would give them less maintainence what would turn into saving.
Last.. people always thing that MS will ban everyone in the day after the Hack have been discovered. Does anyone realized that any change or fix on live requires money and time? They will probably have to create a new search program that will have to search every console over the net to send additional data about the HDD. This will cost salary od developers. Also, this "small" change would give them additional 2% of data to be sent and downloaded back to their servers. Depending on how many consoles are there connected to live this could means several TBs of storage and several additional servers for the additional data transfered.
And this would be additional cost and changes that they would have to make just few months before the launch of a new dashboard that have been planned for the last two years?
Anyone that have ever worked in a big company knows that a project two years away CAN and WILL affect the decision to change anything in the actuall process. Everytime you have a major upgrade in a system you won't be able to do any change in the actruall process. The answer is always the same: "Why should we spend money makign this change now if we will replace the whole system next year?"
So instead of making some changes to ban consoles right now, wouldn't be cheaper if they just add these changes to the new dashboard?
I really think that MS would wait until the next dashboard to set the new rules of banning. And that the HDD mod will probably be one of these new rules.
This post has been edited by DandareBR: Aug 30 2008, 10:25 PM
Post by: neddy6325 on September 01, 2008, 07:27:00 AM
QUOTE(DandareBR @ Aug 31 2008, 12:06 AM)
I really liked this mod, but I think that it must be used by people that are willing to take the change (a high probability IMHO) to have your console Banned.
Also I don't think that allowing Hacked HDD is worth a dime for MS, and I also think it's naive to think that this is 'just a hacked HDD'. Do you remeber the 'broken window theory back in N.Y?' The one that said that someone who broke a window today will be commiting murder months latter? So the best way to prevent a murder is to give a hard punishment to a broken window and prevent the thief to become a murder.
The one that uses a hacked HDD today will probably try a hacked firmware next month. If they punish a 'small thing' like a hacked HDD they would prevent people of trying other more 'advanced' hacks.
THERE IS NO GAIN for MS to allow haced HDD. A person with a Hacked HDD is more likly to try a hacked firmware, so the changes are that this person will use backuped games which won't give no return to MS. There is NO support to the theory that hacked HDD will give more "return" to MS for downloaded games or content. This same person that downloaded "US$ 5,00" in content have 40 backup games that costs to MS arounf US$ 30,00 in bandwith, servers and maintainace for the game servers on Live.
Has anyone ever though how much backup games cost to MS? Not only the 'direct' loss of the game price, but the amount that MS spend on maintainace of the servers for thousand of players that don't purchase the original game?
Banning hacked consoles would give them less consoles acessing the Live, what would give them less maintainence what would turn into saving.
Last.. people always thing that MS will ban everyone in the day after the Hack have been discovered. Does anyone realized that any change or fix on live requires money and time? They will probably have to create a new search program that will have to search every console over the net to send additional data about the HDD. This will cost salary od developers. Also, this "small" change would give them additional 2% of data to be sent and downloaded back to their servers. Depending on how many consoles are there connected to live this could means several TBs of storage and several additional servers for the additional data transfered.
And this would be additional cost and changes that they would have to make just few months before the launch of a new dashboard that have been planned for the last two years?
Anyone that have ever worked in a big company knows that a project two years away CAN and WILL affect the decision to change anything in the actuall process. Everytime you have a major upgrade in a system you won't be able to do any change in the actruall process. The answer is always the same: "Why should we spend money makign this change now if we will replace the whole system next year?"
So instead of making some changes to ban consoles right now, wouldn't be cheaper if they just add these changes to the new dashboard?
I really think that MS would wait until the next dashboard to set the new rules of banning. And that the HDD mod will probably be one of these new rules.
is this what you think or what you know is this fact or fiction. i for 1 think your chatting shit but i will use my 20gb hdd when the update arrives if there are no bans i will continue using my 120gb
Post by: Bazdoctor on September 01, 2008, 07:01:00 AM
QUOTE(DandareBR @ Aug 31 2008, 09:06 AM)
I really liked this mod, but I think that it must be used by people that are willing to take the change (a high probability IMHO) to have your console Banned.
Also I don't think that allowing Hacked HDD is worth a dime for MS, and I also think it's naive to think that this is 'just a hacked HDD'. Do you remeber the 'broken window theory back in N.Y?' The one that said that someone who broke a window today will be commiting murder months latter? So the best way to prevent a murder is to give a hard punishment to a broken window and prevent the thief to become a murder.
The one that uses a hacked HDD today will probably try a hacked firmware next month. If they punish a 'small thing' like a hacked HDD they would prevent people of trying other more 'advanced' hacks.
THERE IS NO GAIN for MS to allow haced HDD. A person with a Hacked HDD is more likly to try a hacked firmware, so the changes are that this person will use backuped games which won't give no return to MS. There is NO support to the theory that hacked HDD will give more "return" to MS for downloaded games or content. This same person that downloaded "US$ 5,00" in content have 40 backup games that costs to MS arounf US$ 30,00 in bandwith, servers and maintainace for the game servers on Live.
Has anyone ever though how much backup games cost to MS? Not only the 'direct' loss of the game price, but the amount that MS spend on maintainace of the servers for thousand of players that don't purchase the original game?
Banning hacked consoles would give them less consoles acessing the Live, what would give them less maintainence what would turn into saving.
Last.. people always thing that MS will ban everyone in the day after the Hack have been discovered. Does anyone realized that any change or fix on live requires money and time? They will probably have to create a new search program that will have to search every console over the net to send additional data about the HDD. This will cost salary od developers. Also, this "small" change would give them additional 2% of data to be sent and downloaded back to their servers. Depending on how many consoles are there connected to live this could means several TBs of storage and several additional servers for the additional data transfered.
And this would be additional cost and changes that they would have to make just few months before the launch of a new dashboard that have been planned for the last two years?
Anyone that have ever worked in a big company knows that a project two years away CAN and WILL affect the decision to change anything in the actuall process. Everytime you have a major upgrade in a system you won't be able to do any change in the actruall process. The answer is always the same: "Why should we spend money makign this change now if we will replace the whole system next year?"
So instead of making some changes to ban consoles right now, wouldn't be cheaper if they just add these changes to the new dashboard?
I really think that MS would wait until the next dashboard to set the new rules of banning. And that the HDD mod will probably be one of these new rules.
Yes it does sound like this guy knows something we dont know. I think its fairly obvious that you either work for M$ or have some direct/indirect involvement with them. Maybe you can enlighten us some more.
P:S. You have to be kidding if you think it takes M$ over 1 year to develop a simple program that can read HDDSS.bins, store them and then compare them. Ha. You guys at M$ must not be too smart. But I am sure we will see soon if what you say will become fact. By the way, that is a nice story you wrote in your other topic response.
This post has been edited by Bazdoctor: Sep 1 2008, 02:12 PM
Post by: sys7em on September 02, 2008, 12:31:00 PM
@ iNSaNe-oNe
I have recently brought a WD1200BEVS-00VAT0 and flashed it using HDDHackr 0.91. I firstly tried my onboard sata ports X4 (nForce 4) and that didn't work for me. I had a VIA sata pci card lying around (VT6421A), so I gave that a go.
I finally got a result using the inner sata port on the PCI card (the one near the back plate). The card has three ports in total, the other two were a 'no go' for me. Hoping this info might help.
sys7em.
Post by: sofakng on September 02, 2008, 05:12:00 PM
Post by: ManImHungry on September 02, 2008, 11:25:00 PM
QUOTE(sofakng @ Sep 2 2008, 06:48 PM)
Are all hdss.bin's the same or does each drive have their own version? (eg. unique serial numbers)
Yes each drive has its own serial number.
I also don't think Microcrap will ban anyone for having a modded drive. Modded firmware yes modded drive no
Remember people that have a PS3 can upgrade their drive but they don't need any special program to do it.
Sony doesn't require them to buy their drives like MS does.
MS is not losing money here. Anyway have you ever seen anyone today buy a $180 120G drive at BestBuy when they can get a Brand New one on Ebay for $130. I did when it first came out and had to eat $30 when I sold it 2 weeks later.
Post by: mobiledisk on September 05, 2008, 12:59:00 AM
Hello, I have a Problem. Can tell me what is wrong? I buy WD 1200BEVS Scorpio. I do start up dos and after that. I followed the steps.
Here is my problem:
I run the command hddhackr -f and I get a message. That tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds. After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC. I run the command hddhackr f again. I don't get any message. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted. I got the same message that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
What to I have to do...to get that msg -> that my HDD is ready for 360 ?
In bios found WD HDD is now Fujitsu 120 GB
Please help. Thank!
Post by: neddy6325 on September 05, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
QUOTE(mobiledisk @ Sep 5 2008, 08:35 AM)
Hello, I have a Problem. Can tell me what is wrong? I buy WD 1200BEVS Scorpio. I do start up dos and after that. I followed the steps.
Here is my problem:
I run the command hddhackr -f and I get a message. That tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds. After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC. I run the command hddhackr –f again. I don't get any message. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted. I got the same message that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
What to I have to do...to get that msg -> that my HDD is ready for 360 ?
In bios found WD HDD is now Fujitsu 120 GB
Please help. Thank!
just put it in your 360 and try to format it cos its defiantly showing as Fujitsu this might work
if it dosent work run the hddhackr -u to undo it back to original and start agen
Post by: oldspice28 on September 05, 2008, 09:40:00 AM
QUOTE(sofakng @ Sep 2 2008, 07:48 PM)
Are all hdss.bin's the same or does each drive have their own version? (eg. unique serial numbers)
So then I would not be able to use a hdss.bin from someone else's 360?... the Xbox Console with no HD is now $199 and I could just simply purchase a HD elsewhere....
Post by: Xbox-Warrior on September 05, 2008, 04:53:00 PM
QUOTE(oldspice28 @ Sep 5 2008, 09:24 AM)
So then I would not be able to use a hdss.bin from someone else's 360?... the Xbox Console with no HD is now $199 and I could just simply purchase a HD elsewhere....
Why not? I know a guy that has sold about 30 of these drives on Ebay all with the same hdss.bin. Not had a problem with even one of them. But its always a good idea to air on the side of caution. But i really don't think MS is going to ban anyone for having a modded hard drive. But that is just my guess. I will say my guesses are hitting at a good rate though.
If you want I can get you or anyone else one for $95 shipped. PM if interested.
This post has been edited by Xbox-Warrior: Sep 5 2008, 11:56 PM
Post by: mobiledisk on September 06, 2008, 12:43:00 PM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Sep 5 2008, 06:52 PM)
just put it in your 360 and try to format it cos its defiantly showing as Fujitsu this might work
if it dosent work run the hddhackr -u to undo it back to original and start agen I try put in 360. But 360 not found my hdd. Help me.
Post by: Avenger 2.0 on September 07, 2008, 04:37:00 AM
Post by: iLLNESS on September 08, 2008, 05:16:00 PM
seeing as the hard drive is external, its not voiding your consoles warranty opening the 360 hdd.. it voids the hdd warranty
so yeah, they may or may not ban a hard drive.. but even then a new hddss.bin will likely surface!
Post by: warlin99 on September 09, 2008, 04:25:00 AM
QUOTE(mobiledisk @ Sep 5 2008, 04:35 AM)
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Hello, I have a Problem. Can tell me what is wrong?
I buy WD 1200BEVS Scorpio. I do start up dos and after that. I followed the steps.
Here is my problem:
I run the command hddhackr -f and I get a message. That tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds. After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC. I run the command hddhackr f again. I don't get any message. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted. I got the same message that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
What to I have to do...to get that msg -> that my HDD is ready for 360 ?
In bios found WD HDD is now Fujitsu 120 GB
Please help. Thank!
I have the same problem with a WD1200BEVS-00UST0, when I try hddhackr -f, the second time, it says the data in sector 16 does not match. Does anyone have any ideas as to why the information in sector 16 does not match up? It seems to be able to write to the HD with no problem, the drive does report that its a fujitsu and has the same ID as the one in the image. From what i've read, it looks like people have done this mod with the 22UST0 but not the 00UST0.
Oh and I did try the drive in the XBOX after the mod, no go, said nothing was connected.
Post by: thr4773r on September 09, 2008, 08:38:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 28 2008, 11:06 AM)
watch my vid this proves it works with the usto cos i had to edit the vid to use that sata card cos onboard sata was not working
I think the whole flashing process is pretty simple to where we don't need another video. Congrats on being successful though, I was not able to get mine to work from that card. I needed to use a different PC with a VIA8237 Chipset.
I would be interested in knowing what steps you used to get your VIA 6421 card to work. I'm sure you could explain that rather simply.
Thanks
Post by: Gimli2005 on September 09, 2008, 10:24:00 AM
and has anyone had real success with the 250 -320GB HDD upgrade, with using the 20GB hddss.bin
Thanks in advance
Post by: hobartrus on September 09, 2008, 01:52:00 PM
QUOTE(Gimli2005 @ Sep 9 2008, 12:08 PM)
with this mod, are any of you playing on XBL? any banned consoles with this
and has anyone had real success with the 250 -320GB HDD upgrade, with using the 20GB hddss.bin
Thanks in advance
I'm using the BEVS drive, and I haven't been banned from XBL yet. Of course, it's only been about a week, and I only have a silver membership.
As far as I know you can only upgrade to the specific 120GB WD BEVS drive, and in order to be able to actually use the full 120GBs you have to have a hddss.bin from an original MS 120GB drive. If you use the dump from the 20GB drive you'll only be able to use 20GB.
Post by: mobiledisk on September 10, 2008, 12:06:00 PM
Can someone please tell me which SATA PCI controller card work with HDDHACKR Program?
I should purchase.
My mainboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 not work with HDDHACKR Program.
Help Me.
Post by: thr4773r on September 10, 2008, 01:54:00 PM
QUOTE(mobiledisk @ Sep 10 2008, 01:42 PM)
Can someone please tell me which SATA PCI controller card work with HDDHACKR Program?
I should purchase.
My mainboard Gigabyte 965P-DS3 not work with HDDHACKR Program.
Help Me.
There are some listed already.
I'm not going to look up your MB info, what SATA chipset do you have?
I know my MB with a VIA 8237 works, but its integral to the board.
Post some info and look at the boards.
Post by: mobiledisk on September 10, 2008, 02:10:00 PM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 11 2008, 06:00 AM)
There are some listed already.
I'm not going to look up your MB info, what SATA chipset do you have?
I know my MB with a VIA 8237 works, but its integral to the board.
Post some info and look at the boards.
My board use 2 sata controller
Intel® ICH8 *** This use for sata controller ***
GIGABYTE SATAII controller *** This use for sata controller ***
Post by: neilnpatel on September 10, 2008, 02:51:00 PM
QUOTE(mobiledisk @ Sep 10 2008, 09:46 PM)
My board use 2 sata controller
Intel® ICH8 *** This use for sata controller ***
GIGABYTE SATAII controller *** This use for sata controller ***
i dont undersatdn wat u r asking.
does anyone know whether the ICH8M (mobile) will work.
i have it in my dell m1330
Post by: mobiledisk on September 10, 2008, 03:11:00 PM
QUOTE(neilnpatel @ Sep 11 2008, 06:57 AM)
i dont undersatdn wat u r asking.
does anyone know whether the ICH8M (mobile) will work.
i have it in my dell m1330
My Problem.
I run the command hddhackr -f and I get a message. That tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds. After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC. I run the command hddhackr f again. I don't get any message. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted. I got the same message that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
In PC bios found WD HDD is now Fujitsu 120 GB. But XBOX360 not recognize drive.
Post by: thr4773r on September 10, 2008, 04:19:00 PM
If you are in a legacy/ide mode, you may be able to hex-edit the ports needed for hddhackr, but I have not been successful with the VIA 6421 yet. Someone else on the board said he had luck flashing with a 6421, and I'm waiting to see what he did.
If you are trying to flash with a motherboard sata connection, you need a mb chipset with ide/legacy mode for sata. I'm still trying to get the mechanics to work for a pci card.
Post back any more info.
Post by: neilnpatel on September 10, 2008, 08:54:00 PM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 11 2008, 01:03 AM)
You guys with the ICH8 chips; have you gone through your bios to set to legacy or ide mode? I don't know enough about them to say whether or not they work.
If you are in a legacy/ide mode, you may be able to hex-edit the ports needed for hddhackr, but I have not been successful with the VIA 6421 yet. Someone else on the board said he had luck flashing with a 6421, and I'm waiting to see what he did.
If you are trying to flash with a motherboard sata connection, you need a mb chipset with ide/legacy mode for sata. I'm still trying to get the mechanics to work for a pci card.
Post back any more info.
soz but can anyone confirm whether hddhacker will autodetect ich8 chips and does ne1 know about the mobile version
Post by: neddy6325 on September 11, 2008, 02:56:00 AM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 11 2008, 01:03 AM)
You guys with the ICH8 chips; have you gone through your bios to set to legacy or ide mode? I don't know enough about them to say whether or not they work.
If you are in a legacy/ide mode, you may be able to hex-edit the ports needed for hddhackr, but I have not been successful with the VIA 6421 yet. Someone else on the board said he had luck flashing with a 6421, and I'm waiting to see what he did.
If you are trying to flash with a motherboard sata connection, you need a mb chipset with ide/legacy mode for sata. I'm still trying to get the mechanics to work for a pci card.
Post back any more info.
well basically it wasn't hard lol it wasn't working on with my on board sata so i just put the sata cable into the slot nearest the front or the computer and ran the command again and it found it fine then i just fash it and then waited ten seconds the ran hddhackr -f again and it told me it was ready to use in my 360 so now it does
my sata card is VIA 6421a and i bort it of ebay
Post by: topo80 on September 11, 2008, 11:55:00 AM
I'm hoping any of you can help me out with my problem.
I downloaded the hddss.bin, md5 checksum checked out.
Then i got hddhackr 0.91.
I ran the program om the 120gb WD1200BEVS 75LAT0 that i got a few days ago.
When i get to the point where it asks me if i want to create a undo file, no matter what i press it gives me the "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW".
I have tried to flash this HDD with a onboard VIA8237A and a VIA8237R chipset, same thing.
Also tried with a VIA6421A pci sata card, and on a ASUS mobo with SST(?) chipset, no luck, same error.
Im starting to think there might be somethign wrong with the HDD?
Today i went to a friends house and borrowed his 120gb Elite HDD and just dumped it, program said dump was fine and told me to shut down, put in the WD HDD and flash, of course same thing happened there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Now my question is, does any of you guys know what "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW" means? Do i have to change something with HEX Editor in the BIN file? Is the drive broke?
I have been reading up on this forum (only one i can find with this topic) and everyone that had the same problem, solved it, and did not reveal what they did to fix it sadly, like it was secret :/
If any of you know what the problem is, i'd be very apreciative with the help, PM, MSN, Email anything works (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Thanks in advance.
I'm including a link to photo i took of the HDD so you an see what model i have just in case.
(IMG:http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4117/dsc00043df6.th.jpg)
Post by: thr4773r on September 11, 2008, 04:50:00 PM
QUOTE(topo80 @ Sep 11 2008, 02:39 PM)
Hey guys.
I'm hoping any of you can help me out with my problem.
I downloaded the hddss.bin, md5 checksum checked out.
Then i got hddhackr 0.91.
I ran the program om the 120gb WD1200BEVS 75LAT0 that i got a few days ago.
When i get to the point where it asks me if i want to create a undo file, no matter what i press it gives me the "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW".
I have tried to flash this HDD with a onboard VIA8237A and a VIA8237R chipset, same thing.
Also tried with a VIA6421A pci sata card, and on a ASUS mobo with SST(?) chipset, no luck, same error.
Im starting to think there might be somethign wrong with the HDD?
Today i went to a friends house and borrowed his 120gb Elite HDD and just dumped it, program said dump was fine and told me to shut down, put in the WD HDD and flash, of course same thing happened there
Now my question is, does any of you guys know what "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW" means? Do i have to change something with HEX Editor in the BIN file? Is the drive broke?
I have been reading up on this forum (only one i can find with this topic) and everyone that had the same problem, solved it, and did not reveal what they did to fix it sadly, like it was secret :/
If any of you know what the problem is, i'd be very apreciative with the help, PM, MSN, Email anything works
Thanks in advance.
I'm including a link to photo i took of the HDD so you an see what model i have just in case.
I've flashed 4 or 5 drives with the 8237 chipset in my Biostar MB. The only thing I have to say regarding that is to make sure that your bios is set for ide mode for the sata chipset.
You shouldn't have any trouble flashing if you have all the right versions of software and the hddss.bin file.
I do recall getting the "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW" message a few times, but that was when I was using a different card, (the 6421), oh.. and when I had the other files that were crated on the usb drive following flashing.
I would delete those other *.bins that were created the first time you attempted to flash(ec.bin and a couple others, can't remember off hand what they are) and make sure that only your hddss.bin and hddhackr.com are in the usb folder you are using. Those other files seemed to have halted my flashing, but after deletion, everything worked out.
Post by: mobiledisk on September 15, 2008, 02:01:00 PM
QUOTE(mobiledisk @ Sep 11 2008, 07:17 AM)
My Problem.
I run the command hddhackr -f and I get a message. That tells me to reboot my PC and wait 10 seconds. After I wait 10 seconds..and start my PC. I run the command hddhackr f again. I don't get any message. telling me that my HDD is ready for 360...insted. I got the same message that tells me that Some sata is found...and if I want to make 16-22 again...
In PC bios found WD HDD is now Fujitsu 120 GB. But XBOX360 not recognize drive.
Now I can do.
My Board Gigabyte 965P-DS3. I use hddhackr on legacy mode. It work.
Post by: So Solid Jedi on September 16, 2008, 01:27:00 PM
When i tried to run an original Xbox 1 game from disc on the system it kept replying with a message Download Game again? Even though it was afriggin disc?
Im not prepared to pay for the games at 1200 MS points each! when i already have most of the games on disc already!
So i was stuck, my incling is that the Xbox 1 emulator files were not transferred over properly or something? if anyone can shed any light on the subject i'd be greatful?
It seemed to be a pretty big glitch, i remember reformatting many times to see if it would correct itself but it didn't.
I proceeded to ring xbox customer service for there take on it, but they were in the dark aswell, they suggested reformating the drive, or try using the hdd data transfer kit to transfer game saved s off my old 20GB HDD. But since i never bought the Official Xbox 360, i had no transfer kit to use? My other 20GB HDD had no problems booting the emulator to run a specific game.
In the end my only options were to either change the Xbox 360 120GB back to a BEVS 120GB and try TheSpecialists Proceedure again, (which i should have tried) or get it replaced for an official Xbox 360 (risky) i chose the replacement option, even though i knew i had broken the microsoft seal.
I sent it off and fortunatly within a couple of days i had a Brand New Official Xbox 360 120GB HDD back with Transfer cable. So it still cost me £38.00. The Xbox 1 games worked straight away.
but i would'nt bother doing this again especially now 7 months down the line where Xbox 120GB HDD are much cheaper than they were when they first came out.
By the time youve mucked about your not saving much. If However the HDD could be unlocked somehow to allow unnsighed code then its well worth it but this isnt an option.
There's my thoughts on the whole process, so if anyone else has encountered the same problem i had please let us know, maybe i was unlucky in the convertion process?
Post by: thr4773r on September 16, 2008, 03:30:00 PM
QUOTE(So Solid Jedi @ Sep 16 2008, 04:11 PM)
I Followed The Specialist's Tutorial and managed to turn my 120GB BEVS Drive into an Xbox 360 drive. Managed to get the drive for £38.00. I then plugged it into my Xbox 360 Premium and Formattted which went well, HDD showed 107GB Free which is the norm even though system files take up to much space i think. But then came the problem,
When i tried to run an original Xbox 1 game from disc on the system it kept replying with a message Download Game again? Even though it was afriggin disc?
So i was stuck, my incling is that the Xbox 1 emulator files were not transferred over properly or something? if anyone can shed any light on the subject i'd be greatful?
It seemed to be a pretty big glitch, i remember reformatting many times to see if it would correct itself but it didn't.
I proceeded to ring xbox customer service for there take on it, but they were in the dark aswell, they suggested reformating the drive, or try using the hdd data transfer kit to transfer game saved s off my old 20GB HDD. But since i never bought the Official Xbox 360, i had no transfer kit to use? My other 20GB HDD had no problems booting the emulator to run a specific game.
In the end my only options were to either change the Xbox 360 120GB back to a BEVS 120GB and try TheSpecialists Proceedure again, (which i should have tried) or get it replaced for an official Xbox 360 (risky) i chose the replacement option, even though i knew i had broken the microsoft seal.
I sent it off and fortunatly within a couple of days i had a Brand New Official Xbox 360 120GB HDD back with Transfer cable. So it still cost me £38.00. The Xbox 1 games worked straight away.
There's my thoughts on the whole process, so if anyone else has encountered the same problem i had please let us know, maybe i was unlucky in the convertion process?
Us? Just you bucko.
What a moron.
It has been covered over and over again. To tell you the truth, I'm surprised that you were able to get a working BEVs drive if you hadn't figured this part out.
QUOTE
i chose the replacement option, even though i knew i had broken the microsoft seal.
Once again, fraud is cool.
Oh, and try searching. The first entry in a google search for "the specialist's hddhackr partition 2" comes up with this straight from the man himself.
QUOTE
Hi,
Not sure why the progress bar doesn't run... It should. Now, what you could do, as you have not put any data yet on your 120 gb: dump the whole 20 gb HDD to an image and write that 20 gb hdd back to your x360. Run the hddhackr again, format the drive again in your x360 and it will contain the emulator/partition 2.
Not sure why the progress bar doesn't run... It should. Now, what you could do, as you have not put any data yet on your 120 gb: dump the whole 20 gb HDD to an image and write that 20 gb hdd back to your x360. Run the hddhackr again, format the drive again in your x360 and it will contain the emulator/partition 2.
Nice job.
This post has been edited by thr4773r: Sep 16 2008, 10:34 PM
Post by: Bazdoctor on September 17, 2008, 08:27:00 AM
QUOTE(So Solid Jedi @ Sep 17 2008, 07:11 AM)
I Followed The Specialist's Tutorial and managed to turn my 120GB BEVS Drive into an Xbox 360 drive. Managed to get the drive for £38.00. I then plugged it into my Xbox 360 Premium and Formattted which went well, HDD showed 107GB Free which is the norm even though system files take up to much space i think. But then came the problem,
When i tried to run an original Xbox 1 game from disc on the system it kept replying with a message Download Game again? Even though it was afriggin disc?
Im not prepared to pay for the games at 1200 MS points each! when i already have most of the games on disc already!
So i was stuck, my incling is that the Xbox 1 emulator files were not transferred over properly or something? if anyone can shed any light on the subject i'd be greatful?
It seemed to be a pretty big glitch, i remember reformatting many times to see if it would correct itself but it didn't.
I proceeded to ring xbox customer service for there take on it, but they were in the dark aswell, they suggested reformating the drive, or try using the hdd data transfer kit to transfer game saved s off my old 20GB HDD. But since i never bought the Official Xbox 360, i had no transfer kit to use? My other 20GB HDD had no problems booting the emulator to run a specific game.
In the end my only options were to either change the Xbox 360 120GB back to a BEVS 120GB and try TheSpecialists Proceedure again, (which i should have tried) or get it replaced for an official Xbox 360 (risky) i chose the replacement option, even though i knew i had broken the microsoft seal.
I sent it off and fortunatly within a couple of days i had a Brand New Official Xbox 360 120GB HDD back with Transfer cable. So it still cost me £38.00. The Xbox 1 games worked straight away.
but i would'nt bother doing this again especially now 7 months down the line where Xbox 120GB HDD are much cheaper than they were when they first came out.
By the time youve mucked about your not saving much. If However the HDD could be unlocked somehow to allow unnsighed code then its well worth it but this isnt an option.
There's my thoughts on the whole process, so if anyone else has encountered the same problem i had please let us know, maybe i was unlucky in the convertion process?
I cannot believe you rang up M$ for support. "Oh i just modded my HDD and i am having a problem with the xbox emulator, do you guys have anything in your knowledge base about this issue?" Simply spending 10 mins reading the info that is so easily available, you could have figured out how to fix up your partition 2. I bet you spent more then 10 mins on the phone to the deadsh#%ts at M$ trying to solve the problem.
By posting this stupid little story you have put a sign on your head saying "Please flam the crap out of me, as i am very stupid and cant read a couple of pages". The point of these forums is to read the info, understand what it involves, attempt the mod yourself, ask questions if needed, thank the ppl that made it responsible/answered your questions. Not tell stories of warranty fraud whilst crapping all over the idea, when you have very clearly shown us that you have NFI about the mod.
This post has been edited by Bazdoctor: Sep 17 2008, 03:45 PM
Post by: punktilend on September 17, 2008, 12:35:00 PM
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\4&8537DD&0&58F0
I/O Port 0x0000DCB0-0x0000DCBF
I/O Port 0x0000DC90-0x0000DC9F
I/O Port 0x0000DC70-0x0000DC7F
I/O Port 0x0000DC50-0x0000DC5F
I/O Port 0x0000DC20-0x0000DC3F
I/O Port 0x0000D400-0x0000D4FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 3
Driver g:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.2600.310, 72.38 KB (74,112 bytes), 9/15/2008 3:51 PM)
Name A43O7O9G IDE Controller
Manufacturer (Standard mass storage controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID ACPI\PNPA000\4&5D18F2DF&0
I/O Port 0x0000FFE0-0x0000FFEF
IRQ Channel IRQ 9
Ok heres what I have and have not been able to wrap my mind around how the hell im not able to find my sata hdd i have attached to this. i understand that i will probably have to manually edit the hddhacker but im confused in how to do so where i find what sata is sending and where to edit it in the hddhacker. if anyone can help me out i would appreciate it. im overly aggrevated right now to even think correctly through this becasue since day one this has become a hassle. thanks in advance.
Post by: punktilend on September 17, 2008, 09:03:00 PM
Post by: kaneda_77 on September 19, 2008, 02:13:00 AM
QUOTE(neddy6325 @ Aug 20 2008, 12:00 PM)
i did not say this mod was not fantastic i said i did not see the point of it i would love to do this mod if every body can assure me that i wont get a ban and by the way will we have to update to the new dashboard coming and do you recon that it will be hacked so you wont need the game in the drive to play off the HDD
cheers scott
step up to the plate pu$$y.... have you ixtreme'd your 360? you're already risking it there... M$ don't give a crap about this. They can't tell on hdd from another.
I've done em both... if you are so concerned about getting banned, buy a 120gb for $150. Also, as an added benefit: if your OEM hdd goes down after a year. u r screwed(M$ won't warranty it after that and Samsung and Seagate know that those hdd's were bundled) However, WD gives you a 3 or 5 year warranty on the drive.
This post has been edited by kaneda_77: Sep 19 2008, 09:15 AM
Post by: punktilend on September 19, 2008, 05:26:00 PM
Post by: panyan1991 on September 20, 2008, 06:53:00 AM
Post by: thr4773r on September 20, 2008, 11:21:00 AM
QUOTE(panyan1991 @ Sep 20 2008, 09:37 AM)
my friend has a 120gb official hard drive, can i not just clone that onto a 120gb bevs? then i will just connect it to xplorer360 and overwrite his data?
Why yes... That would be a much easier solution. Why didn't we just think of that?
29 pages of threads related to just this release of hddhackr, and to think all we would have to do is clone someone's hard drive.
NO. Not going to happen. you need to flash the firmware of one of the BEV drives with a valid hddss.bin. All of the details are listed in this thread. If your friend let you, you could extract his his sectors 16-22 and then get your 120GB BEVS to work. It is an easy enough hack if you have a compatible MB, and all of the info can be found here.
Post by: AG Wolf on September 21, 2008, 01:42:00 AM
BUT
Is there a way to modify the hddss.bin of a 20gb drive so that, when flashed to the wd1200bevs, all 120 gigs are available?
I've just dumped my 20gig's security sectors, and flashed the new drive I bought, and it worked fine in the 360, but of course only showed 20gb (13 free).
Wouldn't it be a relatively simple (ha) matter of just using the LBA/size info from a 120gb drive (looks like 234441648 sectors) with the serial information of the 20gb drive? That way, you'd have your original drive's identification (so your game saves would work), you wouldn't have to worry about being banned on Live with any updates because no other machine would have the same serial info.... I just compared my own 20gb HDDSS.BIN file with a 120gb HDDSS.BIN file in a hex edito, and there are only certain parts that differ. The serial information is blatantly obvious, but the other info is a lot of gibberish in ascii text view... I'm gonna try cutting and pasting that part to see if it does anything (my UNDO.BIN is safely backed up thankfully
)Also, what is "EC.BIN" and how does it come into play?
Post by: AG Wolf on September 21, 2008, 12:51:00 AM
What do I do now?! it just says "No storage devices connected" or whatever when I have it in my 360...
Post by: AG Wolf on September 21, 2008, 02:20:00 AM
I just tried to open my original 20gb drive in HexWorkshop, and got the following error:
"This drive contains a layout irregularity- the partition (39054960 nsectors) appears to be larger then volume (39067967 sectors). This is likely a corrupt drive or some form of copy protection."
I dont know if this is of any significance
Post by: panyan1991 on September 21, 2008, 10:20:00 AM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 20 2008, 06:57 PM)
Why yes... That would be a much easier solution. Why didn't we just think of that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
29 pages of threads related to just this release of hddhackr, and to think all we would have to do is clone someone's hard drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
NO. Not going to happen. you need to flash the firmware of one of the BEV drives with a valid hddss.bin. All of the details are listed in this thread. If your friend let you, you could extract his his sectors 16-22 and then get your 120GB BEVS to work. It is an easy enough hack if you have a compatible MB, and all of the info can be found here.
i posted that last night and i realised after i left the house and fogot to edit it.
ANYWAY, i have borrowed my friends 120gb and got his hddss.bin (you can just get it via xplorer2beta extreme or whatever its called) and now i juat have go to my other firends house coz i aint got a desktop computer! i will have to buy a bevs and get some floppies and go to his house.
MY QUESTION IS: i saw on scan that a 120gb bevs costs £35 without delivery, where can i get it cheaper.
ALSO: i have a 120GB fujitsu on my desk that is free, are there modified versions of this tool that work for other brands?
Post by: neddy6325 on September 21, 2008, 04:34:00 PM
QUOTE(punktilend @ Sep 18 2008, 05:47 AM)
I have tried to hex edit the port numbers but still no luck, still dosnt see my drive not really sure what to do even though lots of people are saying that they have had luck with theres.
ive done it now in fact the day after i posted the comment nd also just flashed xbox with ixtreme do u recon every 1 will get banned wen the new dash comes out?? nd also iff people do start getting bann how do u flash back to original i kept all the original firmware safe but dont no how to get back to it iff i wanted too, cheers
Post by: thr4773r on September 21, 2008, 08:11:00 PM
QUOTE(AG Wolf @ Sep 21 2008, 05:04 AM)
I hate to keep posting, but apparently I cant edit my posts.
I just tried to open my original 20gb drive in HexWorkshop, and got the following error:
"This drive contains a layout irregularity- the partition (39054960 nsectors) appears to be larger then volume (39067967 sectors). This is likely a corrupt drive or some form of copy protection."
I dont know if this is of any significance
From your earlier posts, I surmise you flashed a 120GB drive with a 20 GB hddss.bin. The firmware of the drive will report a 20GB drive no matter what if this is the case. If you edit the drive in winhex or something, it will still think its a 20GB drive until you flash it with a 120GB hddss.bin.
Oh plus, if you edit the hddss.bin, you will break the signature and it will not be recognized on a 360.
Post by: AG Wolf on September 21, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 22 2008, 03:47 AM)
From your earlier posts, I surmise you flashed a 120GB drive with a 20 GB hddss.bin. The firmware of the drive will report a 20GB drive no matter what if this is the case. If you edit the drive in winhex or something, it will still think its a 20GB drive until you flash it with a 120GB hddss.bin.
Oh plus, if you edit the hddss.bin, you will break the signature and it will not be recognized on a 360.
My 120gb is up and working fine at this point, my problem is my original M$ 20gb drive is no longer recognized in my 360. I didn't flash it, though, that's the thing. hddhackr doesn't flash anything other than the WD BEVS drives and my 20gb is a Toshiba.
I still have my dump of the 20gb Toshiba hddss.bin, but, assuming it's the reason the drive is no longer recognized by the 360, there's no way for me to patch that back onto the drive. Like I said, though, I don't think the fact that my 360 no longer recognizes it has anything to do with that... I just don't know why it doen't and have no idea what it could be.
I made a specific post about it here:
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=661815
Post by: thr4773r on September 21, 2008, 09:25:00 PM
If you wanted to, you could get a sata external case for the drive and use the 20GB drive as external music or video for the 360. When I pulled the 160GB BEVT out of my WD essentials USB drive, I put the old 20 GB in there.
Post by: AG Wolf on September 21, 2008, 09:47:00 PM
Like I said, I managed to get all the files off of it (I think), so I at least have what was on it... What is partition 1 for because that was empty...
I might try formatting it if I can't get any other answers from people... after I found out my 360 didnt recognize it, I even dumped sectors 16 through 22 manually and compared that with the hddss.bin that hddhackr dumped and I think it came back as a match, so I dont think the hddss info on the drive was changed...
Post by: panyan1991 on September 22, 2008, 08:34:00 AM
is there anything wrong or that i have missed out here?
Post by: topo80 on September 22, 2008, 04:54:00 PM
No luck yet, all of them do find the HDD, show it as a WD1200BEVS etc, but when i choose to Y(es) the second time, it tells me "Fatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW".
All of the computers ive tried it with.
So with that.
I'd like to ask ppl in this thread that have successfully flashed the drive, what chipset do you guys have?
Mobo brand, chipset model, and if you use a SATA Pci card, please post what brand and chipset model.
I'd love to get this thing to work anyday soon
Thanks in advance
Post by: AG Wolf on September 22, 2008, 10:35:00 PM
I wonder what that stands for.... I wonder if that has anything to do with why my 20gig isnt recognized...
Post by: topo80 on September 23, 2008, 11:44:00 AM
QUOTE(AG Wolf @ Sep 23 2008, 08:19 AM)
"ec sector count" might not have anything to do with the hardware configuration you're using... I noticed an "EC.BIN" file after dumping my 20gb drive's hdsss.bin info
I wonder what that stands for.... I wonder if that has anything to do with why my 20gig isnt recognized...
That would be awsome if that were the case.
Thing is, i never dumped my 20gb.
I Downloaded the hddss.bin from piratebay, and i also have an actual 120gb original hdd from an Elite xbox that i dumped.
I never got a EC.BIN file after dumping the elite.
I did however get the EC.BIN file after i get that "ec sector count" error. i'ts like 1kb small.
Post by: pion on September 23, 2008, 06:20:00 PM
i get that as well. i have no idea how to make it work.
Post by: AG Wolf on September 24, 2008, 12:45:00 AM
Post by: thr4773r on September 25, 2008, 11:36:00 AM
The EC.bin file is not needed though. Delete the file and try to flash again.
Post by: SimplexPL on September 26, 2008, 05:48:00 PM
So procedure was tha same for two drives:
1) extract the disk from original case and connect drive to pc
2) backup data (content of 3rd partition, 2nd partition for emulator, hdss.bin) using xplorer360
3) connect drive back to xbox - the console does not detect it any more.
The only logical explanation I see (and I may be wrong) is is that something somehow made the drives undetectable by the console during during backup process (which in theory should not happen since no write operations were supposed to be done - perhaps Windows XP tried to write something there and messed up). Even if we assume that this is "fault" of xplorer360, I perfectly understand that authors do not take responsibility for the damages, and I don't blame them, I simply need help in getting the drives to work again. Is it possible to somehow reformat the drives, rewrite hdss.bin etc? I really need to get these drives working again.
Is it by any means possible to flash 20gb hdss.bin file on an original xbox 20gb hdd?
I connected my xbox hdd to a pc to make a backup using xplorer360 and after connecting it back to the xbox360 it stopped being recognized at all. I think something must have messed with the disk (write to it without my knowledge) and now it does not work. Probably ss file is also corrupted so my second noobish question is - is it possible to rewrite hddss,bin file of the 20Gb hdd with a workin file from another hdd?
I am desperate because I "killed" two xbox hdds this way - I just wanted to backup the data to move them to BEVS drive, and now I'm done for.
This post has been edited by SimplexPL: Sep 27 2008, 12:51 AM
Post by: g.sonic on September 27, 2008, 07:58:00 AM
Post by: SimplexPL on September 28, 2008, 04:24:00 AM
If hddhacker is unable to make your BEVS Xbox360-compatible it may as well be fault of the SATA controller you are using. I tried using hddhackr on onboard intel controller of P35 chipset and it failed. I went to a friend who has an external SATA controller on VIA chipset and it worked as a charm.
Another think which is very important and which I learned the hard way - when you connect your original Xbox360 20GB hard disk to PC to backup data, it may cause this disk to be no longer recognized by Xbox360. This happened to me, I described it few posts before.
I was wondering would it be possible to modify hddhackr in a way that it would be possible to put hddss.bin in an 20gb HDD which stopped being recognized. Perhaps then the disk would work. I think that would be useful addition because when I started searching the net a bit deeper I found out that many other people had the same problem - after they connected 20gb x360 disk to the PC and made a backup with Xplorer360, the hard disc was no longer recognized by any xbox360 console.
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Sep 22 2008, 07:09 AM)
My guess is something may have been written by windows, but you can always use the 20 GB drive somewhere else if that doesn't work.
If you wanted to, you could get a sata external case for the drive and use the 20GB drive as external music or video for the 360. When I pulled the 160GB BEVT out of my WD essentials USB drive, I put the old 20 GB in there.
If you wanted to, you could get a sata external case for the drive and use the 20GB drive as external music or video for the 360. When I pulled the 160GB BEVT out of my WD essentials USB drive, I put the old 20 GB in there.
What should I do if I want to use the old drive as a normal PC drive? Is it enough to just format it in windows with NTFS, or is there more to it? I remember that you had to unlock drives of first xbox, and I do not want brick my 20gb completely.
QUOTE(topo80 @ Sep 23 2008, 01:30 AM)
So far iv'e tried 4 different brands of SATA chipsets, laptops, desktops (friends computers).
No luck yet (...)
I'd like to ask ppl in this thread that have successfully flashed the drive, what chipset do you guys have?
Mobo brand, chipset model, and if you use a SATA Pci card, please post what brand and chipset model.
I may be able to help you - I successfully 'flashed' BEVS with hdss.bin from 120GB drive on my friends PCI SATA card - all I know that it had VIA chipset, but I will ask him for model name.
This post has been edited by SimplexPL: Sep 28 2008, 11:34 AM
Post by: topo80 on September 28, 2008, 04:51:00 PM
QUOTE(SimplexPL @ Sep 28 2008, 02:08 PM)
I may be able to help you - I successfully 'flashed' BEVS with hdss.bin from 120GB drive on my friends PCI SATA card - all I know that it had VIA chipset, but I will ask him for model name.
That would be fucking great.
I really would like to get the HDD working before the update
Thanks a bunch
Post by: SimplexPL on September 29, 2008, 12:13:00 AM
Post by: jerri blank on September 29, 2008, 10:33:00 PM
Name VIA VT6421 RAID Controller
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\4&3B1CAF2B&0&28F0
I/O Port 0x0000DCA0-0x0000DCAF
I/O Port 0x0000DCB0-0x0000DCBF
I/O Port 0x0000DCC0-0x0000DCCF
I/O Port 0x0000DCD0-0x0000DCDF
I/O Port 0x0000DCE0-0x0000DCFF
I/O Port 0x0000DD00-0x0000DDFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 17
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.2600.540, 100.50 KB (102,912 bytes), 9/29/2008 8:57 PM)
I entered dc a0 dc c0 as my ports in hddhackr, but I'm still getting the ol' "type the nr of the drive you want to use." Did I use the right addresses?
Also, should I be concerned that my empty BEVS drive, which is connected to the controller, isn't showing up in "My Computer"? Is it because it's empty and/or unformatted?
Thanks!
This post has been edited by jerri blank: Sep 30 2008, 05:41 AM
Post by: Blade360 on September 30, 2008, 07:32:00 AM
Obtain the "hddss.bin" file for the 120Gb drive.
Load up a bootable Dos (I hate 1.44" discs they suck donkeys balls) via USB stick
In DOS execute the command run hddhackr f
I'll be prompted to make a backup of the original drive firmware; So I'll do so.
I'll be prompted to restart the system but instead I'll shut the fucker off.
Boot in DOS again and run hddhackr f again, should then tell me the HDD is 360 ready.
Place new 120Gb BEVS onto 360, format the bastard.
Is that right?
Now from the looks of things the XBOX emulation shit won't work, so I need to use that Xplorer 360 app.
Attach original 20Gb HDD to PC, boot into windows and run this Xplorer app
Choose backup partition 2. This should create a 262 MB file.
Shut down PC and now replace 20Gb with 120Gb BEVS and boot in Windows and run Xplorer again
Now choose restore partition 2 and select the 262 MB file.
Restart the xplorer360 tool to see new partition 2 shit?
Is all this shit right or have a bastardized the process?
I don't give a rats ass about the game saves or videos as I don't download videos and my games saves are on a 256Mb memory card as we speak. All I want is to be able to play 360 and XBOX 1 games also.
This post has been edited by Blade360: Sep 30 2008, 02:35 PM
Post by: GutWulf on September 30, 2008, 08:39:00 AM
I bought wd1200BEVS-22RST0, plug it in. It was detected by hddhackr 0.91 on silicon 3114 controller 1st channel.
Hddhackr proposed to flash sector 16, but when I choose "Yes", I got the message "You hard drive is not compatible".
Anybody knows what's the problem?
Motherboard has nforce 3 chipset and additional silicon 3114 controller. My WD was detected only on 3114.
HDD BIOS verwsion is 04.01G04.
Help me please ))
Post by: DrGremlin on September 30, 2008, 08:26:00 AM
After reading a lot in different forums, i decided to also buy wd bevs hdd. as i opened the package when it was delivered, i saw an UST revision of the drive, but i tried it nevertheless. i edited the hddhackr for the correct port, flashed the drive and formatted it with the 360, worked like a charm. BUT...
i am now trying to get my data from the 20gb hdd to the 120gb hdd, and i can't get it working.
the 20gb drive shows partition 0,2 and 3 in xplorer360, the new one only shows an partition 1.
i tried backing up all partitions and restoring them on the new drive, but that won't work
is there any possibility to get my data to the new drive anyways?
Post by: g.sonic on September 30, 2008, 03:35:00 PM
This post has been edited by g.sonic: Sep 30 2008, 10:36 PM
Post by: topo80 on October 01, 2008, 10:38:00 AM
QUOTE(DrGremlin @ Sep 30 2008, 05:02 PM)
I also got a little problem.
After reading a lot in different forums, i decided to also buy wd bevs hdd. as i opened the package when it was delivered, i saw an UST revision of the drive, but i tried it nevertheless. i edited the hddhackr for the correct port, flashed the drive and formatted it with the 360, worked like a charm. BUT...
i am now trying to get my data from the 20gb hdd to the 120gb hdd, and i can't get it working.
the 20gb drive shows partition 0,2 and 3 in xplorer360, the new one only shows an partition 1.
i tried backing up all partitions and restoring them on the new drive, but that won't work
is there any possibility to get my data to the new drive anyways?
I think i speak for all of us when i say i'm happy it worked for you.
Now would you be super kind and post your exact model/version of your sata card/onboard sata chipset or mobo model so that the rest of us with problems can maybe go and buy whatever is needed to get this working?
I'm sure we'd all be super apreciative.
Thanks in advance
Also regarding your problem, although i havent gotten that far, i would think that you need to format the 120gb with the 360, so it can create the partitions for your 120gb.
After that it should show all partitions.
Good Luck.
Post by: machinesheart on October 01, 2008, 09:19:00 PM
I'm having some serious problems, I've read through 20 pages of this post and still no luck!
While avoiding my homework I attempted to actually convert my WD1200BEVS-60LAT0 that I've had for 4 months (I'm just getting a broken xbox 360 hdd to put it in sometime this week/early next week off ebay).
I got the hard drive off some random website (previously used) for like $40.
I know it works (I've been using it for months in an external enclosure I got, using it to display movies on my xbox).
Ok, so here's my story.
I tried this a few months ago. First I was stupid and tried it from inside Vista (D'oh).
Then I got the Ultimate Boot CD and I burned a copy of it with HDDHackr and my hddss.bin.
Everytime I ran the program it could not find my drive in Enhanced mode, but when it came to Legacy mode it appeared as the only drive.
It asks for the number next to the drive I want to use, so I type 1.
Here's the problem. Every time I do this it comes up with something along the lines of "File access error".
No clue how to fix it.
So I wait a few months, say a few prayers.
This time I deleted the partitions.
Boot up from my CD today and I get the same error when I select my hard drive from hddhackr.
I've tried the hex editing thing, and that made matters worse (it didn't appear even in legacy mode).
I'm using a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R. I believe the SATA chipset is Intel ICH9R/ICH10R.
Anyone got any ideas?
All thoughts would be appreciated. I am good with computers, but I'm really confused here.
Thanks everyone.
Post by: machinesheart on October 02, 2008, 12:11:00 AM
*smacks self on the head Forget everything I just said.
Turns out that using a CD-rom was a bad approach.
I ended up reading another guide.
It said something like "use a floppy or a flash drive or some sort of writable media"
So I was like DAHHHHH and I put win98 on a flashdrive.
Well... all the steps worked (though my drive was only detected in legacy mode)!
It now appears as a the other type of drive (can't think of the name right now) The one that begins with F.
NOTE TO PEOPLE: USE A ZIP DISK, FLOPPY DISK, OR USB DRIVE!
Don't do the stupid mistake I did!
Now I wait for the broken 20gb Xbox 360 hard drive to come.
Then I'll swap my drive into it and (hopefully) I'm good to go.
Post by: Blade360 on October 02, 2008, 01:03:00 AM
I run msinfo32.exe and I get:
Name Intel® 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 24DB
Manufacturer Intel
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24DB&SUBSYS_80A61043&REV_02\3&267A616A&0&F9
I/O Port 0x0000EFE0-0x0000EFE7
I/O Port 0x0000EFAC-0x0000EFAF
I/O Port 0x0000EFA0-0x0000EFA7
I/O Port 0x0000EFA8-0x0000EFAB
I/O Port 0x0000EF90-0x0000EF9F
Memory Address 0xFFEFFC00-0xFFEFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 18
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\intelide.sys (5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2108), 5.38 KB (5,504 bytes), 8/31/2008 12:50 PM)
I guess I highlighted the right parts yeah? I don;t know where to actually lay the edits in hexeditor as hddhackr does not specify.
Post by: DrGremlin on October 02, 2008, 01:54:00 AM
QUOTE(topo80 @ Oct 1 2008, 07:14 PM)
I think i speak for all of us when i say i'm happy it worked for you.
Now would you be super kind and post your exact model/version of your sata card/onboard sata chipset or mobo model so that the rest of us with problems can maybe go and buy whatever is needed to get this working?
I'm sure we'd all be super apreciative.
Thanks in advance
Also regarding your problem, although i havent gotten that far, i would think that you need to format the 120gb with the 360, so it can create the partitions for your 120gb.
After that it should show all partitions.
Good Luck.
ok, i'm not at home right now but i will try to explain what i did.
First of all, i got an PCI VIA SATA VT6421A Card (noname without Branding).
I opened up Iprep to look at the Port which i need (Iprep edits the mtkflash for flashing which works like charm so the same port should work for hddhackr), and hex-edited the port into hddhackr. The i plugged in the wd-drive onto the primary port and booted up in dos (usb-stick prepared with iprep, with an extra folder for hddhackr) and started hddhackr -f, worked on first try with the UST Drive.
Then i plugged the UST onto the 360 and formatted the drive.
But i haven't got a possibility to get my data off the old drive due to the partition problem
Post by: Blade360 on October 02, 2008, 09:02:00 AM
It's reading 107Gb on my 360. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
I got to ask though, it's reading as a Fujitsu HDD now, is this ok?
Another thing is what method actually works to get XBOX 1 emulation correctly working on the HDD? 360xplorer says there is no fatx drives!
I'd appreciate some help on this one, I can understand no one wanted to help with the flashing part but with this I'd really appreciate it.
This post has been edited by Blade360: Oct 2 2008, 04:18 PM
Post by: topo80 on October 02, 2008, 11:22:00 AM
QUOTE(Blade360 @ Oct 2 2008, 05:02 PM)
I can understand no one wanted to help with the flashing part but with this I'd really appreciate it.
I can not understand it.
But then again this thread is filled with people that need help.
I'm just very surprised that such a small % of the XBOX360 owners would want to upgrade to 120gb this way, so much cheaper, and so "easy" if we just knew what all the different errors meant, or if more ppl could post their specs after a successfull flash.
Glad you got it working though.
Im still not having any luck, even with PCI SATA 6421A card
Post by: SimplexPL on October 02, 2008, 03:53:00 PM
QUOTE(Blade360 @ Oct 2 2008, 05:02 PM)
Although no one was willing to help I got it working!
It's reading 107Gb on my 360.
I got to ask though, it's reading as a Fujitsu HDD now, is this ok?
Another thing is what method actually works to get XBOX 1 emulation correctly working on the HDD? 360xplorer says there is no fatx drives!
I'd appreciate some help on this one, I can understand no one wanted to help with the flashing part but with this I'd really appreciate it.
You need either "Xplorer360 xtreme 2" version, or manually mod normal xplorer360 beta 6 using this tutorial:http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Xbox_360_Hard_Drive_Upgrade
I followed this turorial and I was able to flash bevs, restore 2dn parition (with xbox 1 emulator) and copy all my savegames and profiles. Good luck.
Post by: thr4773r on October 02, 2008, 04:33:00 PM
QUOTE(SimplexPL @ Oct 2 2008, 05:29 PM)
You need either "Xplorer360 xtreme 2" version, or manually mod normal xplorer360 beta 6 using this tutorial:http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/Xbox_360_Hard_Drive_Upgrade
I followed this turorial and I was able to flash bevs, restore 2dn parition (with xbox 1 emulator) and copy all my savegames and profiles. Good luck.
To Blade, this is correct.
In ref to your PM, you can either backup your entire image of the 20GB hard drive to restore to the 120GB, or you can try adding a file to partition 3 first before you try to restore partition 2.
I've gone through the first way a few times, and some variations of it, but not the second method described. Some people have wrote that they needed to write to the disk before being able to restore partition 2.
If you go through the first method, there are a few steps, but all are pretty easy. (most you've done already).
1. hddhackr your hdd. check
2. format in 360. check
3. restore 20 gb image to 360.(----will leave a 120 gb drive with 13gb free space.)
4. format in 360 again to full 120GB(107) After this, will have partitions 2,3 and I believe 0 (?) (Can't remember off hand), but original xbox games will work.
Post by: SimplexPL on October 03, 2008, 08:53:00 AM
QUOTE(thr4773r @ Oct 3 2008, 01:09 AM)
being able to restore partition 2.
If you go through the first method, there are a few steps, but all are pretty easy. (most you've done already).
1. hddhackr your hdd. check
2. format in 360. check
3. restore 20 gb image to 360.(----will leave a 120 gb drive with 13gb free space.)
4. format in 360 again to full 120GB(107) After this, will have partitions 2,3 and I believe 0 (?) (Can't remember off hand), but original xbox games will work.
If you go through the first method, there are a few steps, but all are pretty easy. (most you've done already).
1. hddhackr your hdd. check
2. format in 360. check
3. restore 20 gb image to 360.(----will leave a 120 gb drive with 13gb free space.)
4. format in 360 again to full 120GB(107) After this, will have partitions 2,3 and I believe 0 (?) (Can't remember off hand), but original xbox games will work.
If you are not afraid of hex editing, it can be done this way:
1. hddhackr your bevs
2. format disk in 360
3. hook up to PC again and hexedit as described in tutorial
4. run Xplorer360 xtreme 2 and drag and drop saves/profiles to now visible partition 3 and restore partition 2
QUOTE(jerri blank @ Sep 30 2008, 06:33 AM)
Hddhackr won't detect my SATA controller on the computer I'm using. I'm using the SY-VIA-150. I can use a hex editor to change the ports, but can someone help me make sense of this?
[...]
I entered dc a0 dc c0 as my ports in hddhackr, but I'm still getting the ol' "type the nr of the drive you want to use." Did I use the right addresses?
These are just wild guesses, sorry I can't help you more specifically:
Did you disconnect all other SATA devices - there should only be BEVS connected for the flashing.
Also, did you try connecting the disk to all SATA ports? Perhaps it will not work on one port, but will work on another?
QUOTE
Also, should I be concerned that my empty BEVS drive, which is connected to the controller, isn't showing up in "My Computer"? Is it because it's empty and/or unformatted?
It's normal. If in "Run" window you will type "compmgmt.msc" (without the quotes) and press enter and then go to "disk management" on the window that opens, your drive should be visible there as "unformatted".
QUOTE(DrGremlin @ Sep 30 2008, 05:02 PM)
i am now trying to get my data from the 20gb hdd to the 120gb hdd, and i can't get it working.
the 20gb drive shows partition 0,2 and 3 in xplorer360, the new one only shows an partition 1.
i tried backing up all partitions and restoring them on the new drive, but that won't work
is there any possibility to get my data to the new drive anyways?
Yes, there is. It is described in this tutorial: http://beta.ivancove...d_Drive_Upgrade
QUOTE
1) First add the missing partition manually starting at byte 0x80000 of your WD BEVS. You need to make it look like:
So, the easy way to do this: open your drive with winhex( http://www.x-ways.net/winhex.zip, registration required to allow write changes disk ) by pressing F9, select your WD BEVS drive, press <ALT>+G, use position 80000 (hexadec) and then edit these 16 bytes starting at 0x80000 to look like above. Save it, restart the xplorer360 Beta 6 and the FATX error should be gone and you should see 2 partitions now. However, there'll be no data shown yet. if you are using a 120 gb version.
CODE
58 54 41 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 01
So, the easy way to do this: open your drive with winhex( http://www.x-ways.net/winhex.zip, registration required to allow write changes disk ) by pressing F9, select your WD BEVS drive, press <ALT>+G, use position 80000 (hexadec) and then edit these 16 bytes starting at 0x80000 to look like above. Save it, restart the xplorer360 Beta 6 and the FATX error should be gone and you should see 2 partitions now. However, there'll be no data shown yet. if you are using a 120 gb version.
When you reach this stage, you can run Xplorer360 Xtreme 2 to restore parition 2 (for xbox emulation - I assume you backed it up from the 20 gb disk) and you can also restore saves, profiles, dlc from the 20gb disk - again, I assume you copied contents of your partition 3 to PC hard disk - by simply dragging and dropping the folders to the xplorer360 window. It will take a while - I had only 350 MB of data and injecting took about 10-15 minutes.
BTW. A good tutorial is also published here: http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=660096
Post by: topo80 on October 04, 2008, 02:36:00 PM
Update time.
I successfully flashed my WD1200BEVS tonight.
Although, i did buy a new hdd at the store for this try. This model is WD1200BEVS-00UST0.
Connected it to the 6421A SATA port 1, booted up like before with USB stick and typed in hddhackr -f.
Boom worked without a problem. Although i guess it would have worked with my onboard VIA 8327A chipset i did not try.
My old hdd that i tried to flash for ages was WD1200BEVS-75LAT0 (MFR DATE: 20 SEPT 2006)
My new hdd that i did successfully flash tonight is a WD1200BEVS-00UST0 (MFR DATE: 13 JUL 2008)
I did not edit my hddhackr.com file, i just ran it just as it is.
I hope future people that seek help read this thread, although not very informative, it does hint on what Hardware to use.
Post by: GutWulf on October 05, 2008, 05:02:00 AM
Post by: klopas on October 05, 2008, 08:26:00 AM
This post has been edited by klopas: Oct 5 2008, 03:34 PM
Post by: DWells55 on October 13, 2008, 10:38:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on October 14, 2008, 07:48:00 AM
QUOTE(DWells55 @ Oct 14 2008, 12:14 AM)
Can anyone tell me if the hddss.bin is unique for each hard drive, or just unique for each size hard drive? i.e. do all 120GBs have the same hddss.bin as each other and do all 20GBs have the same hddss.bin as each other? If not, does that mean Microsoft can start detecting common hddss.bin files and start banning us?
They are unique for each hard drive. Its based on serial, manufacturer, and size and all gets rolled into a signature for each hard drive. Thats why when you apply your hddss.bin to your wd it shows up as the original drive with same serial, manufacturer, and serial.
If you get one of the bins floating around on the net, you are taking a chance. However, if you clone your buddies' or your other 120 gb 360 hard drive, you are still taking a chance.
Its not known whether or not they will or won't ban yet.
Post by: hurders on October 14, 2008, 08:30:00 AM
Can anyone else confirm whether this is a known problem ie. you can upgrade to 120GB easily enough but your 20GB original drive will become unusable once you read it with xplorer360?
I really want to have a go at this (maybe after the nov update to see if there are any live bans issued) but not if its going to stuff up my original 20gb drive, I want to keep that usable just in case!
This post has been edited by hurders: Oct 14 2008, 03:30 PM
Post by: topo80 on October 14, 2008, 07:13:00 PM
QUOTE(hurders @ Oct 14 2008, 05:06 PM)
Ok, I read through a lot of the posts and I think I understand how to make a 120gb drive to work in my 360 so I am tempted to give it a try. I have seen however that someone has recently posted that when they connected their original 20gb 360 drive and browsed it in xplorer360 (not writing anything to it just backing up data) it then became unusable when put back on the xbox 360!
Can anyone else confirm whether this is a known problem ie. you can upgrade to 120GB easily enough but your 20GB original drive will become unusable once you read it with xplorer360?
I really want to have a go at this (maybe after the nov update to see if there are any live bans issued) but not if its going to stuff up my original 20gb drive, I want to keep that usable just in case!
It's not a known problem, i only read about it happening to him. If you know how to handle a hdd just handle it with care and go as usual. Ive connected my hdd to the pc like 10 times, nothing happened, program even froze while doing shit and nothing happened to it. He prolly had bad luck, static discharge or something else random selfcaused.
Post by: hurders on October 15, 2008, 04:43:00 AM
Post by: fitsman on October 17, 2008, 03:12:00 PM
Questions:
1. I know that hddss.bin is to make one western digital 120gb bevs work like an xbox360 hd drive but the ecc.bin file i don't know why is there.
2. Is there a change if make one wd 120bevs hard disk to work like an 120gb xbox360 hard disk to ban you from xbox live?
A lot of thanks.
This post has been edited by fitsman: Oct 17 2008, 10:15 PM
Post by: Jose.php on October 18, 2008, 03:08:00 AM
Post by: Eksyte on October 18, 2008, 06:19:00 AM
I've copied the partition 2 image from my 20gb drive. I've copied Partition 3, but had to add the top/root folders ($SystemUpdate, Content, Compatability, etc.) manually and then use the "Insert Folder" option. (Everything seems to be copied when I view the folders.)
My console recognizes the drive. It only shows 107gigs, and none of the profiles or any of the content I've copied over shows up.
What am I doing wrong?
Post by: fmservice on October 18, 2008, 07:02:00 AM
QUOTE(Eksyte @ Oct 18 2008, 02:55 PM)
I can't get Partition 0 to show up in xplorer360, but Partition 2 & 3 show up.
<cut>
My console recognizes the drive. It only shows 107gigs, and none of the profiles or any of the content I've copied over shows up.
What am I doing wrong?
If you see Partition 2 and 3 all its good. 107GB its also normal in 120GB discs so you all maked fine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Today im succesfully patched my BEVS UST in gigabyte sata port , formated fine copied all system updates and savegames without problems , and also of course i have 107gb free
Post by: SimplexPL on October 18, 2008, 08:15:00 AM
QUOTE(topo80 @ Oct 15 2008, 03:49 AM)
It's not a known problem, i only read about it happening to him. If you know how to handle a hdd just handle it with care and go as usual. Ive connected my hdd to the pc like 10 times, nothing happened, program even froze while doing shit and nothing happened to it. He prolly had bad luck, static discharge or something else random selfcaused.
It is a known problem - after this happened to me (actually TWO drives got zapped in the same way) I searched the Internet and found on forums posts of other people that shared the same fate. Perhaps this was caused by my specific mobo (GA-P35-DS3) or SATA chipset (ICH9). And I definitely did not do anything stupid that damaged these drives - it must have been my specific hardware configuration that did the damage.
This post has been edited by SimplexPL: Oct 18 2008, 03:17 PM
Post by: Eksyte on October 18, 2008, 09:01:00 AM
Post by: everlast46 on October 28, 2008, 02:41:00 PM
WD1200BEVS-00RST0. Thanx
Post by: very.frustrated. on November 05, 2008, 05:47:00 PM
QUOTE(xuserx @ Nov 5 2008, 10:49 AM)
250gb WD BEVS-00VAT0 drive compatible with 0.91?
hddhackr flash it, and appear as fujitsu, but the second run, it don't display "Drive should work in your 360 !!"
and try to flash again...
QUOTE(chanbros @ Nov 5 2008, 05:44 PM)
I also using VAT model and it say my sector 16 is not compatible, I unable to continue to flash the frimware. Guess it does not support VAT new model right?
I just got a WD1200BEVS-22VAT0 today, I'm getting the same error. This has been driving me crazy all day, I'm just going to be sending it back to Newegg since it'll probably be a while before this drive is modded.
If it would help I could upload my undo.bin.
Does anybody know any retail store that has these drives stocked?
This post has been edited by very.frustrated.: Nov 6 2008, 01:48 AM
Post by: dmac271 on November 05, 2008, 07:11:00 PM
QUOTE(very.frustrated. @ Nov 5 2008, 06:23 PM)
I just got a WD1200BEVS-22VAT0 today, I'm getting the same error. This has been driving me crazy all day, I'm just going to be sending it back to Newegg since it'll probably be a while before this drive is modded.
If it would help I could upload my undo.bin.
Does anybody know any retail store that has these drives stocked?
when did you order the drive from new egg? i ordered mien saturday and it should be here tomorrow i just dont want to get stuck in the same situation
i did just see on another thread that someone else was able to get a VAT0 drive to work so maybe try another comptuer?
Post by: very.frustrated. on November 05, 2008, 07:23:00 PM
Post by: dmac271 on November 05, 2008, 07:46:00 PM
QUOTE(very.frustrated. @ Nov 5 2008, 07:59 PM)
I ordered late Saturday night and it shipped Monday from the Baldwin Park, CA location. I've tried 2 different SATA controllers but couldn't get it working.
haha wow sounds exactly like my order. hmm i wont be able to know for sure until tomorrow when i get mine but ive seen two different people that said they've gotten it to work. maybe try a different hddss.bin file if you can find one and can you describe exaclty what is happening with a little more detail?
Post by: very.frustrated. on November 05, 2008, 08:11:00 PM
I just tried it again to jot down all the information it gives during flashing and guess what? It worked. After 6+ failed attempts this morning it just randomly works. Thanks for getting me to check (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I did do something slightly different though, earlier today I would always disconnect my system hard drive before flashing, this time I left it connected. I don't know if that had an effect but it's the only thing that was different from this morning.
Seems to function like every other revision, 107GB free after format, can easily hex-edit the partition headers. Anyway, if anybody is having trouble with the VAT0 in the future I recommend just to keep trying.
Post by: dmac271 on November 05, 2008, 08:13:00 PM
QUOTE(very.frustrated. @ Nov 5 2008, 08:47 PM)
Okay, this is some freaky stuff.
I just tried it again to jot down all the information it gives during flashing and guess what? It worked. After 6+ failed attempts this morning it just randomly works. Thanks for getting me to check (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I did do something slightly different though, earlier today I would always disconnect my system hard drive before flashing, this time I left it connected. I don't know if that had an effect but it's the only thing that was different from this morning.
Seems to function like every other revision, 107GB free after format, can easily hex-edit the partition headers. Anyway, if anybody is having trouble with the VAT0 in the future I recommend just to keep trying.
hey frustrated is there anyway we can talk? on AIM or somethign. i would like to get as much info as i can before my drive arrives
Post by: xuserx on November 06, 2008, 01:40:00 AM
QUOTE(very.frustrated. @ Nov 6 2008, 04:47 AM)
Okay, this is some freaky stuff.
I just tried it again to jot down all the information it gives during flashing and guess what? It worked. After 6+ failed attempts this morning it just randomly works. Thanks for getting me to check (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I did do something slightly different though, earlier today I would always disconnect my system hard drive before flashing, this time I left it connected. I don't know if that had an effect but it's the only thing that was different from this morning.
Seems to function like every other revision, 107GB free after format, can easily hex-edit the partition headers. Anyway, if anybody is having trouble with the VAT0 in the future I recommend just to keep trying.
Thx. I always disconnect my hdds, and now i left it connected, it works me too.
Post by: Sazime on November 06, 2008, 02:20:00 AM
Post by: kimnkk on November 06, 2008, 04:31:00 AM
I can see the drive okay, flash it okay and then i turn off the machine for 10 seconds (i've tried leaving it off for 2 minutes too) and then retype hddhackr -f but i don't get a message telling me that it can be used in my 360, i just get the same message as i did the first time, asking me if i want to flash (y/n).
Tried for both drives. Done through floppy with a 98SE boot disk and an intel P965 chipset.
Does anybody have any idea what could be wrong?
Post by: reddwarf on November 06, 2008, 09:26:00 AM
Red
Post by: dmac271 on November 06, 2008, 09:58:00 AM
Post by: monkeyspank on November 06, 2008, 01:55:00 PM
QUOTE(kimnkk @ Nov 6 2008, 12:07 PM)
I picked up two BEVS 00UST0 drives today. Neither work!
I can see the drive okay, flash it okay and then i turn off the machine for 10 seconds (i've tried leaving it off for 2 minutes too) and then retype hddhackr -f but i don't get a message telling me that it can be used in my 360, i just get the same message as i did the first time, asking me if i want to flash (y/n).
Tried for both drives. Done through floppy with a 98SE boot disk and an intel P965 chipset.
Does anybody have any idea what could be wrong?
I have the same problem, but I only have one 00UST0 drive.
I have tried using all 6 ports on my intel ICH9R chipset, and both on the gigabyte chipset that is also onboard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
EDIT -- SUCCESS
tried again with another HDD attached to the same ICH9R chipset, flashed again and then the next time i went into hddhackr it reported success!
I wish I hadn't messed about finding a FDD now and just done it from the HDD in the first place (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by monkeyspank: Nov 6 2008, 10:10 PM
Post by: dmac271 on November 06, 2008, 02:09:00 PM
QUOTE(monkeyspank @ Nov 6 2008, 02:31 PM)
I have the same problem, but I only have one 00UST0 drive.
I have tried using all 6 ports on my intel ICH9R chipset, and both on the gigabyte chipset that is also onboard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
EDIT -- SUCCESS
tried again with another HDD attached to the same ICH9R chipset, flashed again and then the next time i went into hddhackr it reported success!
its starting to sound like if its not working being the only HDD attached then go ahead and attach your primary hard drive and it should work
Post by: Sazime on November 06, 2008, 02:34:00 PM
Post by: kimnkk on November 06, 2008, 08:23:00 PM
QUOTE(monkeyspank @ Nov 7 2008, 08:31 AM)
I have the same problem, but I only have one 00UST0 drive.
I have tried using all 6 ports on my intel ICH9R chipset, and both on the gigabyte chipset that is also onboard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
EDIT -- SUCCESS
tried again with another HDD attached to the same ICH9R chipset, flashed again and then the next time i went into hddhackr it reported success!
I wish I hadn't messed about finding a FDD now and just done it from the HDD in the first place (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I just tried that and it worked! Both times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Thanks for the help mate!
Post by: rlanza1054 on November 06, 2008, 11:42:00 PM
I just receive my 120GB hard drive and I want to try this hack.
I have 2 xbox 360's one is the 120GB Elite and the other is regular Xbox 360 Pro with a 60GB drive.
I want to up the 60GB drive to 120GB.
I've read and re-read the specialist instructions.
My first question is pretty simple: with the new version of hddhackr (.91) can you copy the hssbin file of the 120GB or do you still have to use Winhex to dump the sector info.
I am uneasy about using the Winhex as I have never used a tool like this before and am afraid of damaging the drive.
I can use a downloaded copy of the hssbin file (I'm not spelling it right but you know what I'm talking about) but because of reading that MS might be able to tell if you are using a hacked drive (and because this download file is used by so many people) I felt if I use the hssbin from the 120GB drive that I already have it would be harder since the two systems would never be turned on at the same time.
So that is my first question: Is hddhackr able to copy a 120GB hssbin file.
If not my second question is: Is there a tutorial on how to use this Winhex program.\
Thanks!
Rob
Post by: very.frustrated. on November 07, 2008, 12:12:00 AM
Any idea why it does this?
Post by: monkeyspank on November 07, 2008, 03:02:00 AM
QUOTE(kimnkk @ Nov 7 2008, 03:59 AM)
I just tried that and it worked! Both times (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Thanks for the help mate!
Don't thank me mate, it was very.frustrated who mentioned it! I read his post and thought it must be worth a try! Thank v.frustrated, for noting what you had done and mentioning the 2nd drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
Also, it might be worth noting that when I was backing up my 20gb, it was the cache folder I think, it was just looping and looking like it was copying loads and loads of files. Had to drag them over manually in batches, too many to do at once i think. I left it running overnight in the loop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) sorted it this morning manually.
This post has been edited by monkeyspank: Nov 7 2008, 11:04 AM
Post by: barzi on November 07, 2008, 08:34:00 AM
Post by: dmac271 on November 07, 2008, 08:12:00 AM
QUOTE(barzi @ Nov 7 2008, 09:10 AM)
So if you use a Hddss file, it uses a serial number of someone else his harddisk? So you have the change to get both banned?
when you format the drive with the xbox you input your xbox serial number
Post by: Sazime on November 07, 2008, 09:49:00 PM
My problem ended up being a SATA chipset issue, not a VAT drive issue. For some reason, hddhacker does NOT like some SATA controllers. My only advice to is find a generic Intel controller (which I did) and try that. My Adaptec and a newer nVidia controller both had issues flashing the drive properly.
But as of now, I am a happy owner of a 120GB 360 HD. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by Sazime: Nov 8 2008, 05:49 AM
Post by: Pete_thp on November 08, 2008, 08:00:00 AM
Post by: November on November 08, 2008, 01:55:00 PM
To me this means if you have a 20gb drive and you setup a new 40gb drive you can only use 20gb of that drive.
is this correct? if so, what's the point?
Post by: sicx13 on November 08, 2008, 01:49:00 PM
QUOTE(November @ Nov 8 2008, 02:31 PM)
What I don't understand is when it says "you cannot use more than the size stated on sector 16".
To me this means if you have a 20gb drive and you setup a new 40gb drive you can only use 20gb of that drive.
is this correct? if so, what's the point?
you just dont get it people wanna uprade to to 120gb form the 20 and 60.
Post by: November on November 08, 2008, 03:25:00 PM
QUOTE(sicx13 @ Nov 8 2008, 04:33 PM)
you just dont get it people wanna uprade to to 120gb form the 20 and 60.
I don't think you get my statement.
I would love to have a larger hard drive.....
I'm just not willing to pay that "rape-me-in-the-ass" price of the "official xbox 360 120gb hdd".
it's a ripoff and totally bogus. It would have been nice if they'd taken the 360 approach and not raped their customers.
Post by: scotty33188 on November 09, 2008, 10:22:00 AM
(IMG:http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w16/scotty33188/1226247527.jpg)
Post by: woodman650 on November 11, 2008, 06:25:00 PM
I tried this mod out myself today and everything was going smoothly. Then I went to confirm the disk had been flashed successfully, but I never get the confirmation message. It just keeps having me flash over and over again. I put the new 120gb disk in the enclosure and on the xbox and no drive could be found. Ugh. Any ideas what the problem might be?
120gb WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS-22VAT0
hddss.bin file from original 20gb hdd
Thanks
This post has been edited by woodman650: Nov 12 2008, 02:29 AM
Post by: woodman650 on November 11, 2008, 09:56:00 PM
Post by: thr4773r on November 12, 2008, 08:00:00 AM
QUOTE(woodman650 @ Nov 11 2008, 08:01 PM)
Hi All,
I tried this mod out myself today and everything was going smoothly. Then I went to confirm the disk had been flashed successfully, but I never get the confirmation message. It just keeps having me flash over and over again. I put the new 120gb disk in the enclosure and on the xbox and no drive could be found. Ugh. Any ideas what the problem might be?
120gb WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS-22VAT0
hddss.bin file from original 20gb hdd
Thanks
Well, an original 20Gb hdss.bin won't help you in the least. You need a 120Gb hddss.bin. If you don't get the confirmation, then it won't work. period.
No sense trying to put in the 360, because your hddss.bin in sectors 16-22 of your hard drive DO NOT match what is in your firmware.
All you need is a valid 120GB hddss.bin, your WD drive, and a compatible sata controller. Your problem is probably related to your controller also.
Read up.
Post by: woodman650 on November 12, 2008, 09:20:00 AM
I tried using the 20gig HDDSS and it worked fine. I've tried 3 different 120gig HDDSS files and none of them will give me a success message.
haha, oops. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I was just reading about that this morning. I mean, hell... there are 35 pages on this thread.
I tried using the 20gig HDDSS and it worked fine. I've tried 3 different 120gig HDDSS files and none of them will give me a success message.
Maybe it's because I've flashed the drive to read as the Hitachi 20gb drive... and not the WD1200BEVS. Ugh. I don't have a backup. WD1200BEVS-27VAT0.
Post by: scotty33188 on November 13, 2008, 12:36:00 AM
Post by: vlj9r on November 13, 2008, 05:24:00 AM
QUOTE(topo80 @ Oct 2 2008, 12:58 PM)
I can not understand it.
But then again this thread is filled with people that need help.
I'm just very surprised that such a small % of the XBOX360 owners would want to upgrade to 120gb this way, so much cheaper, and so "easy" if we just knew what all the different errors meant, or if more ppl could post their specs after a successfull flash.
Glad you got it working though.
Im still not having any luck, even with PCI SATA 6421A card (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
What error are you getting? I can't flash because of the EC sector count was not found in the FW. After hddhacker quits, I see the undo.bin file and a ec.bin file. I have found no docs on what this error means or the possible causes. My drive is a wd1600bevs-22ust0 using a sata controller with the vt6421a chip.
Post by: seninha on November 13, 2008, 09:37:00 AM
No drive found in Enhanced mode ,now scanning in Legacy mode.
After that I get the next message:
Type the nr of the drive you want to use (1 to 4 , x=exit)
It doesnt matter what I type (1 , 2 , 3 or 4) every time the same message returns (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I use a WD1200BEVS 2.5"HD, and this is installed on a Intel D945GCLF2 (dual Atom.
Post by: jahorta on November 13, 2008, 03:26:00 PM
I just finished doing this awesome mod.
@ seninha
You might need to manually put in the SATA ports. See pg. 1 of this thread for info on that.
Post by: seninha on November 13, 2008, 03:53:00 PM
Problem is now that I just dont understand how to get the right strings needed to put my SATA controller inside HDDHACKER.
Maybe someone can help me with this??
Here some info about the onboard SATA controller:
Naam Intel® 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
Fabrikant Intel
Status OK
PNP-apparaat-ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C0&SUBSYS_464C8086&REV_01\3&61AAA01&0&FA
I/O-poort 0x000020C8-0x000020CF
I/O-poort 0x000020EC-0x000020EF
I/O-poort 0x000020C0-0x000020C7
I/O-poort 0x000020E8-0x000020EB
I/O-poort 0x000020A0-0x000020AF
IRQ-kanaal IRQ 19
And do I need to place the new string also on the back of the list inside HDDHACKER??
Post by: vlj9r on November 13, 2008, 05:29:00 PM
QUOTE(seninha @ Nov 13 2008, 06:29 PM)
Yeah,thanks. I figured that out about 10 minutes ago (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
Problem is now that I just dont understand how to get the right strings needed to put my SATA controller inside HDDHACKER.
Maybe someone can help me with this??
Here some info about the onboard SATA controller:
Naam Intel® 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C0
Fabrikant Intel
Status OK
PNP-apparaat-ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C0&SUBSYS_464C8086&REV_01\3&61AAA01&0&FA
I/O-poort 0x000020C8-0x000020CF
I/O-poort 0x000020EC-0x000020EF
I/O-poort 0x000020C0-0x000020C7
I/O-poort 0x000020E8-0x000020EB
I/O-poort 0x000020A0-0x000020AF
IRQ-kanaal IRQ 19
And do I need to place the new string also on the back of the list inside HDDHACKER??
If I'm not mistaken your string would be 20C820C0.
Use winhex to open hddhackr scroll to the very bottom and replace the last 4 pairs with the above string. Save it and go.
Post by: Solarheat on November 13, 2008, 05:37:00 PM
Post by: scotty33188 on November 13, 2008, 05:54:00 PM
Name: Intel 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C4
Manufacturer: Intel
Status: OK
PNP Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27C4&SUBSYS_01BD1028&REV_01\3&18D45AA6&0&FA
I/O Port: 0x0000BFA0-0X0000BFAF
Name: IDE Channel
Manufacturer: (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers)
Status: OK
PNP Device ID: PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&4C4006D&0&0
I/O Port: 0x000001F0-0x000001F7
I/O Port: 0x000003F6-0x000003F6
IRQ Channel: IRQ 14
Name: IDE Channel
Manufacturer: ""
Status: OK
PNP Device ID: PCIIDE\IDECHANNEL\4&4C4006D&0&1
I/O Port: 0x00000170-0x00000177
I/O Port: 0x00000376-0x00000376
IRQ Channel: IRQ 15
Post by: FactorFear on November 14, 2008, 09:15:00 AM
I purchased the 120gb BEVS drive from Newegg.com the other day. I recieved the drive and I acquired a 120gb *.bin file While booting up and using the .91 of the application I performed the -f option and this is what resulted from my pressing the Y key.
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: WD-WXH308901713
Serial in HDdSS.bin file: NZ2XT722EJ92
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22VAT0
Model string in hddss.bin file: fUJITSU MHW2120BH
Bios version IDENTIFY DEV: 11.01A11
Bios version in hddss.bin file: 00930013
Information on sector 16 does NOT match the firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ? (y/n)yError !
drive not supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS !
I'm curious what I should be doing next or what I did incorrectly.
Post by: SynGamer on November 14, 2008, 04:55:00 PM
Post by: bburpee on November 14, 2008, 06:27:00 PM
QUOTE(seninha @ Nov 13 2008, 10:13 AM)
I try to run the hddhackr but as soon as it starts I get the next message:
No drive found in Enhanced mode ,now scanning in Legacy mode.
After that I get the next message:
Type the nr of the drive you want to use (1 to 4 , x=exit)
It doesnt matter what I type (1 , 2 , 3 or 4) every time the same message returns (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I use a WD1200BEVS 2.5"HD, and this is installed on a Intel D945GCLF2 (dual Atom.
I've tried a HP tx2000 laptop and a Sony Vaio laptop with a BEVS-VAT, no luck.
Both computers I get this same error, and neither laptop has many options to play with in the BIOS Setup, such as Legacy mode.
I've tried every SATA port on these machines, and hex edited the values found in these threads... ending in 60, 70, C0, and another value I can't recall.
The Vaio is a PCG-8Z2L, with an Intel 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (According to Device Manager).
Please, any suggestions are welcomed.
Post by: vlj9r on November 15, 2008, 06:52:00 AM
QUOTE(bburpee @ Nov 14 2008, 09:03 PM)
I've tried a HP tx2000 laptop and a Sony Vaio laptop with a BEVS-VAT, no luck.
Both computers I get this same error, and neither laptop has many options to play with in the BIOS Setup, such as Legacy mode.
I've tried every SATA port on these machines, and hex edited the values found in these threads... ending in 60, 70, C0, and another value I can't recall.
The Vaio is a PCG-8Z2L, with an Intel 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (According to Device Manager).
Please, any suggestions are welcomed.
you need to run msinfo32 on your PC. THen post the info here and some one will tell you the correct port address to use.
Post by: bburpee on November 15, 2008, 10:24:00 AM
Name Intel® 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Manufacturer Intel
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_03\3&33FD14CA&0&FA
I/O Port 0x000018F0-0x000018F7
I/O Port 0x000018E8-0x000018EB
I/O Port 0x000018E0-0x000018E7
I/O Port 0x000018B4-0x000018B7
I/O Port 0x000018C0-0x000018DF
Memory Address 0xFC304000-0xFC3047FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\iastor.sys (7.0.0.1020, 271.27 KB (277,784 bytes), 9/4/2007 1:57 PM)
Post by: vlj9r on November 15, 2008, 08:34:00 PM
QUOTE(bburpee @ Nov 15 2008, 01:00 PM)
Thanks for the quick response. These are the relevant results:
Name Intel® 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Manufacturer Intel
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2829&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_03\3&33FD14CA&0&FA
I/O Port 0x000018F0-0x000018F7
I/O Port 0x000018E8-0x000018EB
I/O Port 0x000018E0-0x000018E7
I/O Port 0x000018B4-0x000018B7
I/O Port 0x000018C0-0x000018DF
Memory Address 0xFC304000-0xFC3047FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\iastor.sys (7.0.0.1020, 271.27 KB (277,784 bytes), 9/4/2007 1:57 PM)
Open hddhackr with winhex. Scroll to the very bottom until you see the last row. The tail end of the line should be typed over so it looks like 18 F0 18 E0.
The original line looked like this:
6F 72 74 3D 4D 50 52 54
After you edit the line it should look like this:
6F 72 74 3D 18 F0 18 E0
Good Luck!
Post by: thavarin on November 16, 2008, 09:34:00 AM
Post by: bburpee on November 16, 2008, 08:30:00 PM
QUOTE(vlj9r @ Nov 15 2008, 09:10 PM)
Open hddhackr with winhex. Scroll to the very bottom until you see the last row. The tail end of the line should be typed over so it looks like 18 F0 18 E0.
The original line looked like this:
6F 72 74 3D 4D 50 52 54
After you edit the line it should look like this:
6F 72 74 3D 18 F0 18 E0
Good Luck!
This worked perfectly on the first try. Drive formatted, data migrated, and I'm a happy camper!
Gotta love the hacking community for their creativity and tenacity. Thanks!
Post by: steved72 on November 17, 2008, 09:08:00 AM
Post by: kostolom11 on November 17, 2008, 11:31:00 AM
copied data from hddss.bin to sector 16-22
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: ...
Serial in hddss.bin file: ......
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22UST0
Model String in hddss.bin file: fUJITSU MHW2120BH
BIOS version IDENTIFY DEV:...
BIOS version in hddss.bin file:00930013
Information on sector 16 does NOT match firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16? (y/n) Y
Do you want to create an undo file?(y/n)yFatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW
Pls Help =)
This post has been edited by kostolom11: Nov 17 2008, 07:32 PM
Post by: eskimomo on November 17, 2008, 06:15:00 PM
I am getting this error
No Drive found in Enhanced mode, now scanning in legacy mode.
I know that I need to edit hddhackr in a hexeditor with values gleaned from msinfo32. My problem is that I'm running ubuntu on the computer I'm using so I have no way of msinfo32. I have tried using lspci to get some info, but none of it corresponds to the info that people get from msinfo32 so I don't know what to do.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Eli
Post by: vlj9r on November 17, 2008, 05:34:00 PM
QUOTE(kostolom11 @ Nov 17 2008, 02:07 PM)
I have an 22UST0 (13jun2008) drive and Intel ICH8 SATA controller (Asus P5B)
copied data from hddss.bin to sector 16-22
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: ...
Serial in hddss.bin file: ......
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22UST0
Model String in hddss.bin file: fUJITSU MHW2120BH
BIOS version IDENTIFY DEV:...
BIOS version in hddss.bin file:00930013
Information on sector 16 does NOT match firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16? (y/n) Y
Do you want to create an undo file?(y/n)yFatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW
Pls Help =)
Nice to know I'm not the only one with that error message. I was getting it no matter which SATA controller I tried. I ended exchanging the WD1600BEVS-22UST0(manufactured date July08) for a WD2500BEVS-00UST0 (manufactured date Feb08). Then I was able to flash the 250 gig drive. Granted I can only use 120gigs at this time. But who knows what the future holds. BTW, the new drive was $5.00 cheaper than the 160 gig HD at CompUSA.
Post by: indbeegee on November 17, 2008, 05:53:00 PM
QUOTE(scotty33188 @ Nov 9 2008, 06:58 PM)
My drive keeps saying ERROR! DISK NOT SUPPORTED I don't understand what's wrong. It's exactly the type of drive specified and I have a valid HDDSS.bin I've tried formating the WD but nothing works. HELP!
(IMG:http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w16/scotty33188/1226247527.jpg)
I have the same error message here with my wd1200bevs-22ust0. I tried the flash on my Asus A7n8x Deluxe which has a Silicon Image SATA Controller onboard.
What ist the problem? the drive or the mainboard?
Post by: fitsman on November 19, 2008, 12:48:00 AM
This post has been edited by fitsman: Nov 19 2008, 08:49 AM
Post by: monkeyspank on November 19, 2008, 05:36:00 AM
Post by: alexmeyer on November 19, 2008, 07:13:00 AM
QUOTE(monkeyspank @ Nov 19 2008, 08:12 AM)
Has anyone who upgraded their own drive downloaded the NXE yet?
I'm wondering this also. Since seeing that with the NXE you can install games to the HDD, the 20GB I have seems a bit pathetic. I just want to make sure nobody's having any problems before I go out and get the WD drive.
Post by: CrashMonkey on November 19, 2008, 09:38:00 AM
QUOTE(alexmeyer @ Nov 19 2008, 09:57 AM)
I'm wondering this also. Since seeing that with the NXE you can install games to the HDD, the 20GB I have seems a bit pathetic. I just want to make sure nobody's having any problems before I go out and get the WD drive.
Ditto.
Post by: FactorFear on November 19, 2008, 12:44:00 PM
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?sho...813&st=525#
I have been trying different things to try and see if there was something that I did wrong and I. I have been looking at the msinfo32 from my computer and digging in device manager when I noticed that my 'SM Controller Bus' had a ? next to it. For some reason the nForce drivers were not installed on my machine. My MB is a A8N-SLI. I downloaded the newest nForce 4 package, rebooted and gave it another try. Still didn't work, then I changed the tool to reflect different ports related to my I/O configuration and that worked! I have the drive plugged in and it's formatted at 107Gb. I am currently downloading my profile from Microsoft.
The WD1200BEVS-22VAT0 drive did work with HDDHackr v0.91 on my Asus A8N-SLI motherboard with a Hex edit of 09FO and 0970 at the very end.
Post by: mehdi keshvari on November 19, 2008, 01:14:00 PM
im new.
i want to know has any one done this work up to now .
if yes , what is your capacity of hdd ?
is it from dos or another method ?
can i do this work with a mainbord that has ide & sata port ?
thanks for your reply.
Post by: Jesterx13x on November 19, 2008, 06:23:00 PM
120gb HDD: WD1200BEVS-22RST0
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q
SATA: Marvell 61xx RAID controller
(IMG:http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa296/Jesterx13x/Sata.jpg)
I've tried editing HDDhackr with 9C 00 98 00 at the end and I'm still not seeing anything. I think I did that right, but if that's the problem, at least I'll know what it is. I've tried leaving RAID on in the BIOS and turning it back to IDE with no luck.
Is there a specific dos boot disk that I should be using? I'm running XP Pro.
Should the hard drive just be left in a raw state with no partitions on it or does that even matter?
I'm so confused. I thought I'd be able to wrap my head around this kind of thing but apparently I just can't get it. Thanks for any help in advance.
Post by: vlj9r on November 20, 2008, 05:24:00 AM
QUOTE(alexmeyer @ Nov 19 2008, 10:57 AM)
I'm wondering this also. Since seeing that with the NXE you can install games to the HDD, the 20GB I have seems a bit pathetic. I just want to make sure nobody's having any problems before I go out and get the WD drive.
I did the mod and loaded NXE. So far no problems. Activated 360 to stream Netfllix movies and that is working just fine.
QUOTE(kostolom11 @ Nov 17 2008, 02:07 PM)
I have an 22UST0 (13jun2008) drive and Intel ICH8 SATA controller (Asus P5B)
copied data from hddss.bin to sector 16-22
Serial IDENTIFY DEV: ...
Serial in hddss.bin file: ......
Model IDENTIFY DEV: WDC WD1200BEVS-22UST0
Model String in hddss.bin file: fUJITSU MHW2120BH
BIOS version IDENTIFY DEV:...
BIOS version in hddss.bin file:00930013
Information on sector 16 does NOT match firmware info.
Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16? (y/n) Y
Do you want to create an undo file?(y/n)yFatal Error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW
Pls Help =)
Did you find a solution? If so, please post it. I have another console to mod but I can't find the correct HD.
I'm thinking that the firmware in some of the most recently manufactured drives may not be compatible with the hddhackr program.
Post by: Jesterx13x on November 21, 2008, 10:19:00 AM
Hopefully I can now finish this up over the weekend.
Post by: scotty33188 on November 22, 2008, 12:46:00 AM
http://bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm
If you've had any error messages at all try that site! I've had messages saying it couldn't detect the drive, file access error, etc. etc. it probably is the USB! The hddhackr is a picky program and I've tried so many things to format the usb to work. If you go to that site and do EXACTLY as it says you will have a bootable USB drive. Just stick hddhackr on it and hack away.
(When you download the memkey program and install it, the HPUSBFW program is the one that has the GUI interface like the pictures on the site.
This is VISTA COMPATIBLE too. I formated my hard drive on my Vista laptop.
Post by: Vauxfan on November 22, 2008, 01:22:00 PM
Just to let everyone know, a Dell inspiron 1520's sata chipset is compatible after hexediting Hddhackr, pulled out the original drive, inserted WD1200bevs and used usb to boot to dos (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Also, the x360 USB to sata dongle can be used with Xplorer360. Useful for those with laptops!
If only I could find the port numbers for the x360 usb dongle, anyone know how I could find those? they dont seem to show up in msinfo32
Post by: JamieB16 on November 23, 2008, 07:34:00 PM
EDIT: Just did some more reading. Am I right in thinking that booting from CD ROM wouldn't work since the boot disk needs to be written to, or is that irrelevant if I don't want to back up the original hddss.bin? If I can't use cd rom, does anyone know what my booting options are for macbook (as far as I'm aware, boting from USB does not work). Thanks
This post has been edited by JamieB16: Nov 24 2008, 03:43 AM
Post by: IllKidWags on November 24, 2008, 11:10:00 AM
Sata MSINFO:
Manufacturer Intel
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2822&SUBSYS_2A69103C&REV_02\3&11583659&0&FA
I/O Port 0x0000D880-0x0000D887
I/O Port 0x0000D800-0x0000D803
I/O Port 0x0000D480-0x0000D487
I/O Port 0x0000D400-0x0000D403
I/O Port 0x0000D080-0x0000D09F
Memory Address 0xF9CFF000-0xF9CFF7FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\iastor.sys (7.6.0.1011, 373.02 KB (381,976 bytes), 8/4/2008 10:17 PM)
I've also tried using IDE in BIOS but no luck.
Edit: Forgot to say that it asks for the "nr" if that makes any difference.
This post has been edited by IllKidWags: Nov 24 2008, 07:12 PM
Post by: scotty33188 on November 24, 2008, 02:51:00 PM
Any ideas? All the other games work fine except that one.
Post by: Redcord on November 25, 2008, 01:59:00 PM
i got one big trouble: when i run hddhackr -f after flashing i see this over and over again:
(IMG:http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h173/redcord_photos/SDC10020.jpg)
my hdd is 00ust0 so do you know why this happens and is there any solution? thanx in advance!
Post by: masterofp on November 25, 2008, 04:55:00 PM
I got a BEVS 160gb 00VAT0 and tried to flash it on friend's PC. 3/4 ports SATA take long enough to respond after searching for drives, and when they do they freeze up at the line that SATA drive has responded. One of the ports on the mobo actually does go all the way quickly to the point where I type in "Y". But it tells me that it is not BEVS compatible drive.
Personally I have a laptop with SATA, but can't get them to discover any drives - even with giving port information manually. I am not sure what sata controller the PC has, but I was experimenting earlier on with SATA2USB enclosure, what made hddhackr go nuts (couldn't find info on whatever anybody tried that or not, so I gave it a shot). Was thinking if anybody used something like this:
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/736383/art/ad...a-controll.html
The question though is where to get power to the drive...
I was reading this thread and some of you got the drive working with the main hard drive connected, will try that tomorrow and see what happens.
Too bad I don't have anybody else with a SATA PC :/
Any ideas are welcome.
Cheers!
Post by: Coppar on November 27, 2008, 06:21:00 AM
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3...not sure when the last time I updated any drivers or the bios for it was.
Any suggestions???
Post by: chrysilis on November 27, 2008, 06:31:00 AM
QUOTE(Coppar @ Nov 27 2008, 11:27 PM)
Having problems flashing my harddrive. I have run hddhackr and my drive changed from a WD Scorpio 1200BEVS to a Fujitso drive...however when I rerun hddhackr it still says that is does not match sector 16 or whatever.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3...not sure when the last time I updated any drivers or the bios for it was.
Any suggestions???
Did you turn off the PC and wait 10 seconds before turning it back on? I had exactly the same issue until I reread the instructions and waited those 10 seconds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: Coppar on November 27, 2008, 09:16:00 AM
QUOTE(chrysilis @ Nov 27 2008, 09:07 AM)
Did you turn off the PC and wait 10 seconds before turning it back on? I had exactly the same issue until I reread the instructions and waited those 10 seconds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Yup I did that...and actually I'm having the same issue as Redcord.
I get the same screen over and over and over not matter how long I wait before I restart my PC.
Post by: go-greenhacker on November 27, 2008, 11:21:00 AM
QUOTE(indbeegee @ Nov 17 2008, 09:37 PM)
I have the same error message here with my wd1200bevs-22ust0. I tried the flash on my Asus A7n8x Deluxe which has a Silicon Image SATA Controller onboard.
What ist the problem? the drive or the mainboard?
I'm getting the same message here. I just purchased the wd1200bevs-22RST0. This drive should work I would think. Does the 120.bin file need to be a WD1200bev bin or from any HD?
No luck.. it keeps saying it must be a WD scorpio. The is a retail drive too.
Post by: Xmal on November 28, 2008, 02:06:00 PM
QUOTE(Coppar @ Nov 27 2008, 01:57 PM)
Having problems flashing my harddrive. I have run hddhackr and my drive changed from a WD Scorpio 1200BEVS to a Fujitso drive...however when I rerun hddhackr it still says that is does not match sector 16 or whatever.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3...not sure when the last time I updated any drivers or the bios for it was.
Any suggestions???
Was having the exact same problem with a gigabyte board, updating the driver or bios isnt going to help, the problem is with the sata port, after hours of this not working I tried a via 6421 pci card and it worked first time.
Post by: DrDeath13 on November 29, 2008, 10:33:00 AM
Post by: themashedavenger on November 29, 2008, 05:34:00 PM
getting the ec inthe fw error, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
ive seen other pple post with this error but no help or explains....
tried diffrent sata cables, and other silly things, imguna go try sum more stuff,
then curl up in a ball and cry.....
...if i figure this shit out I WILL tell yall wats happening....
chow 4 now....
Post by: whitewannabe on November 29, 2008, 05:54:00 PM
QUOTE(zest @ May 8 2007, 07:58 AM)
I too have to say GREAT WORK! Thou i am not so sure what is the big point of this. To be able to get it to work you already need a 120Gb disk right? And noone in his/hers right mind would dump the files needed from there drives to let ppl have them in case that m$ bans them from Live.
Have i missed something here?
I think that m$ is cheap asses to sell the 120gb disk so damn expensive thou, half the price they want would be fair enough i think. Thou i would not need a 120gb in a very far future. Here in sweden the download content from Marketplace is very slim. Well i hope that it iwll build up in the near future
The banning of xbox Live only occurs when the system runs a self diagnostics and it detects hardware modifictaions. They can't legally prove you uploaded the file, because in order to do that, they would have to either be tracking the computer's movements through the internet, which is something known as hacking (illegal), or they would need a search warrant, and to obtain a warrant they need probable cause. So you've got either ownership rights protecting you, or you have the 3rd Amendment protecting you.
Post by: Lord Norr on November 30, 2008, 09:15:00 AM
Currently, I havent even got to the 120gb side of things. Im still struggling the fact xplorer360 screwed up my 20gb drive. Its frustrating as hddhackr is only made for 120gb drives. So theres nothing I can do to reflash a 20gb firmware on my drive to fix the problems. Everytime I tried i got this.
(IMG:http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4819/dsc00532sz6.jpg)
So I have a 20gb hard drive which has been made useless by xplorer360.
I did buy a WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS. But the next problem I've got is getting a hddss.bin for it. I found one online but its for a Fujitsu.
Post by: go-greenhacker on November 30, 2008, 10:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Lord Norr @ Nov 30 2008, 11:51 AM)
I just had to contribute.
Currently, I havent even got to the 120gb side of things. Im still struggling the fact xplorer360 screwed up my 20gb drive. Its frustrating as hddhackr is only made for 120gb drives. So theres nothing I can do to reflash a 20gb firmware on my drive to fix the problems. Everytime I tried i got this.
(IMG:http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4819/dsc00532sz6.jpg)
So I have a 20gb hard drive which has been made useless by xplorer360.
I did buy a WD Scorpio WD1200BEVS. But the next problem I've got is getting a hddss.bin for it. I found one online but its for a Fujitsu.
I have the exact same problem. I was also wondering whether the bin file needed to be from a 120gb Scorpio or not. I was under the impression it didn't matter but maybe it does since I have the same error. So far I have a $60 brick lying in my office.
This post has been edited by go-greenhacker: Nov 30 2008, 06:50 PM
Post by: jimgal on December 01, 2008, 01:23:00 PM
"Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ) y/n "
I press "y" but nothing appears on the screen , keyboard don't function even with no.
What is the problem?
Post by: jimgal on December 02, 2008, 03:34:00 AM
QUOTE(jimgal @ Dec 1 2008, 10:59 PM)
i am on step
"Want to flash this firmware to make it compatible with sector 16 ) y/n "
I press "y" but nothing appears on the screen , keyboard don't function even with no.
What is the problem?
i found the problem , i was booting from a floppy and the problem was the bad sectors on it , i made a usb and no i have my drive
Post by: Goapixas on December 04, 2008, 10:42:00 AM
Post by: OldBomb on December 06, 2008, 08:06:00 PM
I ripped hddssbin from my 20gb with hddhackr because i was curious, put my hdd back in the box and now its not being detected (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Any idea how i can get it working again ?
I have checked the connections like 50 times and all is good. It spools up but just is not being detected by the 360 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Post by: Solarheat on December 06, 2008, 07:16:00 PM
QUOTE(go-greenhacker @ Nov 30 2008, 12:33 PM)
I have the exact same problem. I was also wondering whether the bin file needed to be from a 120gb Scorpio or not. I was under the impression it didn't matter but maybe it does since I have the same error. So far I have a $60 brick lying in my office.
With all due respect, if you read through this thread from the beginning you would notice that MS never made a 120gb Scorpio drive, HDD Hacker takes a .bin from an existing MS created drive (20,60,120) and puts it on a scorpio bev drive making the xbox think its from one of the MS Drives (usually seagate, fujitsu, or hitatchi,... samsungs have some issues, I wouldn't try one of those as a source).
For those who are trying to use HDDHackr for reformatting an existing fujitsu/hitatchi/seagate drive. I'm sorry to say you are just SOL on that route. If you can use Xplorer to Image a working fujitsu/hitatchi/seagate drive you might be able to make it work with a restore on your drive. But I'm not sure about that.
Post by: idiotechnick on December 08, 2008, 05:31:00 AM
Post by: hurders on December 08, 2008, 05:44:00 AM
I had to hex edit the formatted wd drive (using this guide - Wiki Guide) to get all the partitions to display on xplorer360 but after that all my data from my original 20gb drive transferred to the 120gb drive no problem.
As mentioned is other posts the 20gb original drive is no longer recognisable in the 360 after getting the data off in Xplorer360 (not sure why?) but the data is still all on there.
Post by: SimplexPL on December 08, 2008, 05:59:00 AM
QUOTE(OldBomb @ Dec 7 2008, 05:42 AM)
Sorry for repost but i realized i asked this question in the wrong thread.
I ripped hddssbin from my 20gb with hddhackr because i was curious, put my hdd back in the box and now its not being detected (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Any idea how i can get it working again ?
As far as I know it is toast. Same thing happened to me, I asked on various forums(here too) but noone was able to help me.
The only thing you can do is buy a new 20gb disc or 120gb WD with this tutorial: http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/X...d_Drive_Upgrade
And use a different sata chipset to flash the drive (VIA 6421 works fine).
QUOTE
I have checked the connections like 50 times and all is good. It spools up but just is not being detected by the 360 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
The security sector was somehow compromised and digital signature broken. For statistics sake - what sata chipset was in the motherboard that you connected the disk to? Mine was ICH8 on GA-P35-DS3. It broke my xbox hard disk so that is no longer detected by the console.
QUOTE(hurders @ Dec 8 2008, 03:20 PM)
As mentioned is other posts the 20gb original drive is no longer recognisable in the 360 after getting the data off in Xplorer360 (not sure why?) but the data is still all on there.
Exact thing happened to me - what SATA chipset did you connect the disk to? I am asking everyone that question because I am trying to ascertain which sata chipsets/motherboards corrupt the drive and which do not.
This post has been edited by SimplexPL: Dec 8 2008, 02:14 PM
Post by: idiotechnick on December 08, 2008, 07:27:00 AM
QUOTE(SimplexPL @ Dec 8 2008, 09:43 PM)
Exact thing happened to me - what SATA chipset did you connect the disk to? I am asking everyone that question because I am trying to ascertain which sata chipsets/motherboards corrupt the drive and which do not.
Woah same prob here mate. Using 20 seagate connect to gigabyte ds3 645p i think. Using intel ich8! and xplorer xtereme 2. Saving all data fine to pc but after that i connect to xbox not detected. Does anyone here sucsses using gigabyte mobo? especialy ich8 sata chip?
I wish someone outhere can fix my damm hdd. At least format it again to orginal xbox 360 drive! so i can use it.
Or can we format it make it nfts or fat32?
Post by: SimplexPL on December 08, 2008, 09:05:00 AM
As a consolation, and as an answer to Goapixas post, it should be possible to format these disks under windows and use them as 'big pendrives' (with an external sata case) or external (albeit small) backup.
This post has been edited by SimplexPL: Dec 8 2008, 05:11 PM
Post by: OldBomb on December 08, 2008, 05:45:00 PM
QUOTE(SimplexPL @ Dec 9 2008, 12:41 AM)
If TheSpecialist (or anyone else) comes up with a program that will be able to write hdss.bin into original xbox 20gb hdd, then these bricked hdds could be saved.
As a consolation, and as an answer to Goapixas post, it should be possible to format these disks under windows and use them as 'big pendrives' (with an external sata case) or external (albeit small) backup.
I was going to PM you about something i found out. I havent read this whole thread so someone might have already found it out so sorry for repost. I bought my self a new 160gb hdd and flashed it and made an undo.bin.
Connected it to my 360, got detected fine. I connected the drive back to my pc and used explorer360 e2 to restore my 20gb image to it. Connected it to my xbox again and SHIT! it didnt detect my new hdd!
I booted up hddhackr and flashed with undo.bin, turned pc off, started again and flashed with hddssbin. Put it in my 360 and everything worked fine.
Dont know why this fixed it, but im guessing it will fix a bricked original doing the same thing. IM guessing it resets something i dont know.
EDIT: so yeah if TS or someone make that app it would be great.
This post has been edited by OldBomb: Dec 9 2008, 01:47 AM
Post by: SimplexPL on December 08, 2008, 11:55:00 PM
Post by: Ilhass on December 09, 2008, 03:24:00 AM
Post by: wo76 on December 09, 2008, 07:59:00 AM
Post by: Kirtaner on December 10, 2008, 02:57:00 PM
It's the POST sequence that screws up the SS, probably when detecting drives.
Post by: idiotechnick on December 10, 2008, 04:51:00 PM
QUOTE(Kirtaner @ Dec 11 2008, 05:33 AM)
If you have a Gigabyte board and your drive isn't being detected anymore, re-do the SS after copying your data to the drive and unplug it from your computer BEFORE REBOOTING.
It's the POST sequence that screws up the SS, probably when detecting drives.
Would it be save? Couse seem scary if i just unplug the drive without shuting down.
Post by: idiotechnick on December 10, 2008, 07:59:00 PM
I confirm that using gigabyte mobo working! And i found why my 20 gb drive not detected in xbox.
The first step is same with above post. After u put the ss to drive just shut down it. And directly plug to your xbox 360! (do not restart or turn on the pc just shut it down the pc!) couse the problem gigabyte make error to ss wheen booting up. And that also why my damm 20 gb drive not detected again in xbox 360. (couse missing ss that screwed by gigabyte mobo).
For some ppl that using gigabyte. After u copy ur backup file from pc to hd (for upgrade 120 gb) remember to use hddhackr again to flash ss. Couse if u just put on xbox 360 the drive wont recognize again! just folow the first step.
WARNING FOR PPL that upgrade from 20 GB TO 120 GB Using Gigabyte mobo please be ready that ur 20 GB not detected again in xbox 360, SO make backup!!! and prepare to say goodbye to 20GB until thespecialist's make Other than WDC drive can be flashed!
Post by: edmoncu on December 11, 2008, 05:49:00 AM
QUOTE(wo76 @ Dec 9 2008, 05:35 PM)
i got one WD1200BEVS-75UST0 .. TheSpecialist's HDDHackr v0.91 give me the error "the EC serial string was not found in the FW" any ideas? thanks!
it works fine on my side. i am using the HDD that came with a DELL laptop. i applied HDDHACKR on a 945G-based motherboard that has ICH7 controller. i tried with a VIA SATA/IDE controller (VT6421 PCI RAID card) but did not worked and did not detect the WD drive.
Post by: SimplexPL on December 11, 2008, 05:53:00 AM
Post by: wo76 on December 11, 2008, 06:21:00 AM
thanks!
Post by: Ilhass on December 11, 2008, 09:35:00 AM
This post has been edited by Ilhass: Dec 11 2008, 05:41 PM
Post by: edmoncu on December 11, 2008, 12:23:00 PM
QUOTE(wo76 @ Dec 11 2008, 03:57 PM)
well i got this drive in a DELL too!!! i will try another sata controller.. but in boot the hard drive apears normal..! maybe its the firmware that a got. in torrent.. please "edmoncu" can you send me the firmware that you used? my [email protected]
thanks!
QUOTE(Ilhass @ Dec 11 2008, 07:11 PM)
And me please too edmoncu Mail - [email protected] I'll buy today Via 6421A. But again "Fatal error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW...Before that i try flash on ICH8,9 and 10, but same shit. Model 1200BEVS 22USTO. The Specialist - we really need you help in this topic.
link PMed. I am not sure on the compatibility with newer ICH controllers. it works without issues when plugged onto the first SATA port on my 945G-based motherboard that has ICH7 (not ICH7R).
fyi, i have been using the drive now on my xbox and ripping games via NXE.
Post by: maravedi on December 12, 2008, 11:56:00 AM
Post by: Ilhass on December 13, 2008, 01:51:00 AM
Post by: vlj9r on December 13, 2008, 08:33:00 AM
QUOTE(Ilhass @ Dec 13 2008, 04:27 AM)
I try to flash 1200BEVS 22USTO on 6 different sata controllers, but no effect, all time the same error...First official unflashable hard drive (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
What is the manufactured date on the drive?
Post by: Ilhass on December 13, 2008, 10:43:00 AM
QUOTE(vlj9r @ Dec 13 2008, 07:09 PM)
What is the manufactured date on the drive?
13 june 2008...You have same problem with this HD?
Post by: wo76 on December 13, 2008, 11:50:00 AM
Post by: wo76 on December 13, 2008, 05:53:00 PM
Post by: Dyssident on December 14, 2008, 01:13:00 AM
I was able to flash my UST drive with no problems.
HDDHackr: v0.91
Drive: WD Scorpio 120.0GB
Model: WD1200BEVS - 00UST0
Date of Manufacture: 23 JAN 2008
Motherboard: Biostar NF520-A2 (NF61D-A2)
Chipset: NVidia nForce 520 MCP
SATA: NVidia MCP61 "NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller" Onboard (VEN_10DE DEV_03F6)
Method: Flashed via Internal Floppy Drive
DOS: Bootdisk Made with Vista (Format... Create an MS-DOS startup disk)
HDDSS: Can't Divulge (120GB Fujitsu Version "Looted from friendly pirates")
The drive wasn't automatically recognized by HDDHackr so I had to specify the SATA ports using the following info from my system:
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03F6&SUBSYS_54051565&REV_A2\3&2411E6FE&0&40
I/O Port 0x000009F0-0x000009F7
I/O Port 0x00000BF0-0x00000BF3
I/O Port 0x00000970-0x00000977
I/O Port 0x00000B70-0x00000B73
I/O Port 0x0000D800-0x0000D80F
Total Cost of Project: $37 USD
I still have the UNDO.BIN from the virgin WD1200BEVS-00UST0 so PM me if you need this to try to revert your own 00UST0 to its original state. Thank you TheSpecialist and to everyone with constructive comments in the previous 40 pages. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: go-greenhacker on December 14, 2008, 08:05:00 PM
QUOTE(Solarheat @ Dec 6 2008, 11:00 PM)
With all due respect, if you read through this thread from the beginning you would notice that MS never made a 120gb Scorpio drive, HDD Hacker takes a .bin from an existing MS created drive (20,60,120) and puts it on a scorpio bev drive making the xbox think its from one of the MS Drives (usually seagate, fujitsu, or hitatchi,... samsungs have some issues, I wouldn't try one of those as a source).
For those who are trying to use HDDHackr for reformatting an existing fujitsu/hitatchi/seagate drive. I'm sorry to say you are just SOL on that route. If you can use Xplorer to Image a working fujitsu/hitatchi/seagate drive you might be able to make it work with a restore on your drive. But I'm not sure about that.
I understand what you are saying and I agree. That's what I thought. It didn't matter what the .bin file was because the end result was for the scorpio drive. Unfortunately I am still not getting it to work. I get the error that some others are getting but I have not seen a solution for it. It throws an error saying the drive needs to be the 120GB Scorpio Bev.. but it IS! It's a brand new factory drive, too.
This post has been edited by go-greenhacker: Dec 15 2008, 04:06 AM
Post by: mat1990dj on December 17, 2008, 02:46:00 AM
Post by: braveheart43 on December 18, 2008, 01:37:00 PM
I was wanting to dump several hddss.bins from several drives to compare them and possibly hexedit a WDscorpio with an original serial no from a 360 drive so it looks a little more original.
But have read several posts saying people have knacked their original drives - can anyone tell me what causes this to happen so i can avoid doing it to other peoples drives?
Post by: SimplexPL on December 18, 2008, 01:53:00 PM
Post by: Drambuie on December 21, 2008, 05:46:00 PM
Q. With which HDD's does this work ?
A. As of version 0.91, it now works with all sizes and versions of the Western
Digital Scorpio BEVS series.
I found a WD Scorpio BEVS 250GB will it work or not?
And one more question please...
it says boot on dos...how do i do that using a usb-stick and where should i put the hddhackr tool?
Thanks
This post has been edited by Drambuie: Dec 22 2008, 01:46 AM
Post by: vlj9r on December 24, 2008, 04:04:00 AM
QUOTE(Drambuie @ Dec 21 2008, 08:22 PM)
Ok, at the first topic says exactly:
Q. With which HDD's does this work ?
A. As of version 0.91, it now works with all sizes and versions of the Western
Digital Scorpio BEVS series.
I found a WD Scorpio BEVS 250GB will it work or not?
And one more question please...
it says boot on dos...how do i do that using a usb-stick and where should i put the hddhackr tool?
Thanks
Post by: strikereg on December 27, 2008, 02:59:00 PM
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This post has been edited by strikereg: Dec 27 2008, 11:00 PM
Post by: skyliner99 on December 27, 2008, 06:55:00 PM
QUOTE(strikereg @ Dec 27 2008, 05:35 PM)
I may be missing something but isn't there just one 7 difference on this I/O info?
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just letting you know dude that i was getting the same problem with hddhackr not finding my hdd, i tried messing with all the hex stuff and the ports and I couldn't figure it out. Then i found out that you can just change your sata controller to legacy mode and hddhackr will then find the drive.
Post by: skyliner99 on December 27, 2008, 07:08:00 PM
HddHackr v9.1
Drive: WD Scorpio 120.0GB
Model: WD1200BEVS - 00UST0
Manufacture Date: ???
Flashed via usb flashdrive using HP bootdisk maker, no problems there
Hddhackr at first did not recognize my drive in ENHANCED mode, so i changed to LEGACY mode
and it flashed without a hitch. ( I didn't wanna mess with any hex crap)
Good luck anyone trying this hack, Thanks TheSpecialist
Almost forgot this is the drive i used and the cheapest price i could find
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SkuSearch_v2.as...riteria=AA67760
This post has been edited by skyliner99: Dec 28 2008, 03:10 AM
Post by: Neztea on December 28, 2008, 04:44:00 PM
WD3200BEVT NOV 10 2008
booted off usb pen drive. Had problems not detecting the hard drive at first, but then I removed the cd rom sata drive and switched the HDD sata cable to another channel. Worked like a charm. Was able to flash and now my HDD reads as 107GB.
Would like to thank the specialist for his hard work in making this program possible (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Neztea
Post by: topo80 on December 30, 2008, 02:56:00 PM
What did you guys do exactly AFTER successfully flashing it with the 120gb .bin file? Did you just pop it in its case and in to the 360 and format and then play? Or did you create partitions? Did the machine create partitions? Do you have freezing problems in the menus (dashboard menus only) at times?
To be more specific, my problem is, at random set time, when i fiddle around with the dashboard menus, like sending a message, opening a message, etc etc, the whole console will freeze for a few seconds, 4-5 at most, like its loading. I did run wdidle3.exe with the /d (disable) command on it and it did not help.
Would appreciate for any reply helping me out regarding this problem.
Happy new year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: sinister slipknot on December 30, 2008, 04:15:00 PM
Post by: dazzer9535 on December 31, 2008, 06:47:00 AM
Post by: adam31 on January 01, 2009, 03:50:00 PM
Found amazing price at techsunny.com for this drive: $39/free shipping!!!!
http://www.techsunny.com/WD_Scorpio_120GB_...id-3231536.html
I am having trouble injecting partition 3, it keeps looping endlessly. I've even tried folder by folder and some files won't transfer? Any ideas?
Post by: skyliner99 on January 02, 2009, 01:34:00 PM
QUOTE(topo80 @ Dec 30 2008, 05:32 PM)
I did mine a few months ago, and at first everything was peachy. I followed this guide ( http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/X...d_Drive_Upgrade ) to make mine. I manually created 3 partitions etc etc. Now, i don't know if this is the problem thats causing my drive to freeze for a few seconds at a time, randomly.
What did you guys do exactly AFTER successfully flashing it with the 120gb .bin file? Did you just pop it in its case and in to the 360 and format and then play? Or did you create partitions? Did the machine create partitions? Do you have freezing problems in the menus (dashboard menus only) at times?
To be more specific, my problem is, at random set time, when i fiddle around with the dashboard menus, like sending a message, opening a message, etc etc, the whole console will freeze for a few seconds, 4-5 at most, like its loading. I did run wdidle3.exe with the /d (disable) command on it and it did not help.
Would appreciate for any reply helping me out regarding this problem.
Happy new year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Okay, after successfully flashing the 120 gig .bin file, just pop the new hdd into the enclosure and let the console format it with your serial number. (this creates the first partition)
The next part I am not 100% positive, but it worked for me and i have not had any problems so far:
use explorer 360 extreme 2 to restore partition 2 (hopefully you made a backup of partition 2 from your original hdd, it is a 256 or 262 meg .bin file)
When i restored the backup, explorer froze and gave me an error, but when i reopened the program and my hdd, partition 2 was there.
okay, so after those steps you should have partition 1 & 2. I would try an original xbox game at this point to make sure partition 2 works. If it does and it loads up fine, move on.
Now to create partition 3 put your hdd in your xbox, create any profile, and load up a game. (i used halo 3). and make a save somehow. ( in halo 3 i just quickly made a custom gametype)
That should create partition 3, so hook up your hdd to your pc, open up explorer, and make sure you have all 3 partitions, if you do, you can start moving your old data back onto it.
hope that works and if you have any more questions feel free to ask.
Post by: adam31 on January 06, 2009, 12:16:00 AM
QUOTE(skyliner99 @ Jan 2 2009, 03:34 PM)
Okay, after successfully flashing the 120 gig .bin file, just pop the new hdd into the enclosure and let the console format it with your serial number. (this creates the first partition)
The next part I am not 100% positive, but it worked for me and i have not had any problems so far:
use explorer 360 extreme 2 to restore partition 2 (hopefully you made a backup of partition 2 from your original hdd, it is a 256 or 262 meg .bin file)
When i restored the backup, explorer froze and gave me an error, but when i reopened the program and my hdd, partition 2 was there.
okay, so after those steps you should have partition 1 & 2. I would try an original xbox game at this point to make sure partition 2 works. If it does and it loads up fine, move on.
Now to create partition 3 put your hdd in your xbox, create any profile, and load up a game. (i used halo 3). and make a save somehow. ( in halo 3 i just quickly made a custom gametype)
That should create partition 3, so hook up your hdd to your pc, open up explorer, and make sure you have all 3 partitions, if you do, you can start moving your old data back onto it.
hope that works and if you have any more questions feel free to ask.
The key was to drag over a few folders at a time. Got it working, thanks for your help.
Post by: riden666 on January 08, 2009, 12:21:00 PM
QUOTE(idiotechnick @ Dec 11 2008, 04:35 AM)
Couse i can't find edit button i post again.
I confirm that using gigabyte mobo working! And i found why my 20 gb drive not detected in xbox.
The first step is same with above post. After u put the ss to drive just shut down it. And directly plug to your xbox 360! (do not restart or turn on the pc just shut it down the pc!) couse the problem gigabyte make error to ss wheen booting up. And that also why my damm 20 gb drive not detected again in xbox 360. (couse missing ss that screwed by gigabyte mobo).
For some ppl that using gigabyte. After u copy ur backup file from pc to hd (for upgrade 120 gb) remember to use hddhackr again to flash ss. Couse if u just put on xbox 360 the drive wont recognize again! just folow the first step.
WARNING FOR PPL that upgrade from 20 GB TO 120 GB Using Gigabyte mobo please be ready that ur 20 GB not detected again in xbox 360, SO make backup!!! and prepare to say goodbye to 20GB until thespecialist's make Other than WDC drive can be flashed!
@idiotechnick
Your 20 gb drive is not detected in xbox? No problem! :-)
Gigabyte mobo's creates a 2113 Sectors long HPA (Host Protected Area). Remove this area!
Download HDAT2 and remove the HPA. See FAQ Q1:
After this power off the PC (do not reboot!) and put the drive in the xbox. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: chenzhuops2 on January 09, 2009, 03:34:00 PM
Post by: Doctaspawk on January 11, 2009, 04:11:00 AM
Post by: Bon Scott on January 11, 2009, 06:51:00 PM
Post by: playabarz187 on January 12, 2009, 07:13:00 PM
I have just recieved a 360 with e-74 error. The guy basically told me that he would send everything including the drive but failed to do so. On that thought i have a Hitachi Travelstar drive from a Toshiba that had the motherboard go bad and was salvaged the model # is hts541060g9sa00. I was wondering if anyone knew a way of making this work for my HDD for my 360 ???
Post by: skyliner99 on January 12, 2009, 07:16:00 PM
QUOTE(playabarz187 @ Jan 12 2009, 09:13 PM)
i know that it was talked about briefly however i do have more questions about it!! Heres my problem
I have just recieved a 360 with e-74 error. The guy basically told me that he would send everything including the drive but failed to do so. On that thought i have a Hitachi Travelstar drive from a Toshiba that had the motherboard go bad and was salvaged the model # is hts541060g9sa00. I was wondering if anyone knew a way of making this work for my HDD for my 360 ???
If it is not a Western Digital BEVs series, chances are next to zero on making it work. Sorry
Post by: gmos on January 14, 2009, 06:32:00 AM
QUOTE(themashedavenger @ Nov 30 2008, 02:10 AM)
wd1600bevs-07RST0
getting the ec inthe fw error, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
ive seen other pple post with this error but no help or explains....
tried diffrent sata cables, and other silly things, imguna go try sum more stuff,
then curl up in a ball and cry.....
...if i figure this shit out I WILL tell yall wats happening....
chow 4 now....
I did have the same problem,
my motherboard with amd turion x2 did not found any hdd on hddhackr,
but on other PC that using amd althon x2, hddhackr did manage to detect them.
I assume there is something to do with motherboard hw or s/w..
or its just a bios setting?
Post by: Bon Scott on January 14, 2009, 06:48:00 PM
QUOTE(idiotechnick @ Dec 11 2008, 01:35 AM)
Couse i can't find edit button i post again.
I confirm that using gigabyte mobo working! And i found why my 20 gb drive not detected in xbox.
The first step is same with above post. After u put the ss to drive just shut down it. And directly plug to your xbox 360! (do not restart or turn on the pc just shut it down the pc!) couse the problem gigabyte make error to ss wheen booting up. And that also why my damm 20 gb drive not detected again in xbox 360. (couse missing ss that screwed by gigabyte mobo).
For some ppl that using gigabyte. After u copy ur backup file from pc to hd (for upgrade 120 gb) remember to use hddhackr again to flash ss. Couse if u just put on xbox 360 the drive wont recognize again! just folow the first step.
WARNING FOR PPL that upgrade from 20 GB TO 120 GB Using Gigabyte mobo please be ready that ur 20 GB not detected again in xbox 360, SO make backup!!! and prepare to say goodbye to 20GB until thespecialist's make Other than WDC drive can be flashed!
Thanks a lot idiotechnick and kirtaner for your posts!!! With all the info I could help a friend that has a Gigabyte mother board with ICH7 chipset. Now he's got a 120GB HD. Thanks again!
Post by: cydol on January 16, 2009, 10:16:00 AM
considering xplorer360 extreme 2 crash twice during partition 3 inject.
Post by: SilverJA on January 20, 2009, 01:49:00 AM
then the next line always shows, "Type th nr of the drive you wan to use (1 to 4, x=exit)"
It doesn't matter what I push (except x does exit) it just says, "Invalid Input"
------------
I guess I'll just try it on another PC but was hoping someone could help.
Thanks in advance.
Joel
Post by: njmbb8 on January 28, 2009, 10:59:00 PM
Post by: uturn68 on January 29, 2009, 04:18:00 AM
QUOTE(njmbb8 @ Jan 29 2009, 07:35 AM)
does anyone still have their undo.bin from their wd1200bevs-22rst0? if so i need it desperatly
did you actually get the 22rsto to accept the flash? ive been trying for 3 days but no matter what,after it says "fw on sector 17 doesnt match, do you want to flash? y/n", i get "this is not a western dig" blah, blah,blah and i cant find confirmation of this particular drive working. please let me know, im out of ideas.
This post has been edited by uturn68: Jan 29 2009, 12:21 PM
Post by: njmbb8 on January 29, 2009, 06:57:00 AM
Post by: uturn68 on January 29, 2009, 01:48:00 PM
Post by: njmbb8 on January 29, 2009, 09:52:00 PM
Post by: gogaxis on January 30, 2009, 02:19:00 PM
Some days ago i managed to buy a WD1200BEVS-00UST0
I personally had some problems with flashing because of my chipset.But today one my friend helped me to make it usable with Xbox.When i came home and tried to use it instead of instead of working it showed me the E69.By the way my original 20 Gb hdd works in right way.What shall i do?
Hoping to get your help.
From Russia with love!
Post by: daim on January 30, 2009, 05:53:00 PM
Post by: njmbb8 on January 30, 2009, 07:17:00 PM
Post by: gogaxis on January 30, 2009, 11:07:00 PM
QUOTE(gogaxis @ Jan 30 2009, 10:55 PM)
Hi all!I'm a newbie there.I'm from Russia.
Some days ago i managed to buy a WD1200BEVS-00UST0
I personally had some problems with flashing because of my chipset.But today one my friend helped me to make it usable with Xbox.When i came home and tried to use it instead of instead of working it showed me the E69.By the way my original 20 Gb hdd works in right way.What shall i do?
Hoping to get your help.
From Russia with love!
It is a serious problem of mine!I really need some help.
Post by: daim on January 31, 2009, 10:41:00 AM
QUOTE(daim @ Jan 30 2009, 08:29 PM)
Hi Folks. Got a question. If you are able to get the hddss.bin file from an original M$ 120GB Fujitsu drive. How can you transfer that onto another unmodified Fujitsu MHW2120BH drive? I was able to successfully run the hddhackr and flash a WDBevs drive. Since I have a spare Fujitsu MHW2120BH from a broken laptop, I'd like to be able to use it on my xbox 360. Any ideas?
Sorry to ask, but how can I get in touch with the specialist? Thanks
Post by: deshwasi on February 03, 2009, 10:34:00 AM
Post by: njmbb8 on February 03, 2009, 04:04:00 PM
QUOTE(deshwasi @ Feb 3 2009, 01:10 PM)
Is there a yet simpler step-by-step if i do not have anything to copy from my 20GB? also will i have to do the NXE update and all if i do not copy anything over?
if you have nothing to copy over simply run hddhackr and plug it in and go it will already be set with the nxe
Post by: deshwasi on February 03, 2009, 04:19:00 PM
Post by: Sp00nLude on February 03, 2009, 08:28:00 PM
QUOTE(ThePudster @ May 21 2007, 12:45 AM)
Hi TheSpecialist and thanks for all the hard work and time you have done, but i have a problem....
Ok. I have a MS drive, ran hddhackr and got the hddss.bin file needed
Then connected my new WD800BEVS (LAT) drive and ran hddhackr -f this did it's magic and said all was well...
So I shutdown the PC and restarted it and ran hddhackr -f again but it said he info didn't match, and no matter how many times i've ran it it still wont work. the only thing i've noticed is the hddhackr program puts a space infront of the drive's ID, for example say the original is "s1234567890" the wd reports as " s1234567890" (notice the space).
Please could you help me out, i don't know why this is happening.....
Thanks Pudster...
Can someone shed some light on this? I know Specialist PMed him the response. I am experiencing the same thing no matter how I reflash the BEVS, it keeps saying sector 16 info does not match firmware info even though it looks identical.
Thanks...
Post by: daim on February 04, 2009, 11:20:00 AM
Post by: frandlv on February 04, 2009, 02:10:00 PM
I WANNA FLASH MI XBOX 360 60GB HDD WITH UR HDDHACKR PROGRAM, BUT I CANT! IT SAYS ''TYPE (1 TO 4)'' IN LEGACY MODE, BUT ALL UNMBERS SAYS ''INVALID...''.
I DUN KNOW WHAT TO DO... I WANT BACK MY 60GB HDD
WICH NOW IS WITH A 20GB FIRMWARE AND I CANT FLASH IT WITH A 60GB HDDSS.BIN FILE, COZ THE PROGRAM SEEMS TO BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH MY DRIVE.PLZ TELL ME HOW I CAN FLASH IT AGAIN WITH A 60GB HDSS.BIN FILE!!
TNX FOR THE SUPPORT...!
(SRY FOR MY ENGLISH!! IM ARGENTINIAN)
Post by: early105 on February 08, 2009, 11:28:00 PM
I'm using xplorer360 Beta 6 Xtreme build 2 under VISTA 32. I already run xplorer360 under Administrator and in XP SP2 compatibility mode.
I can backup the 20G data thru this program, like backup partition 2 and extract partition 3 data.
However, I get stuck on moving data (partition 3's data) BACK to the new 120G. ( The 120G is already formatted by the 360, and showing 107G available.)
I can see all three partitions. Partition 2 is restored back to the new 120G.
Partition 3 only shows "Cache" directory, and a file called "name.txt"
Xplorer360 Xtreme build 2 does not allow me to drag & drop the files/folders I selected from the PC. Then, I select the command "Insert Folder..." from the Menu Bar. After picking the folder (says "mindex"),
Then, a processing screen pop-up and showing "Injecting folder"; however, there has NOTHING been inserted or copied to the new 120G when the pop-up screen closed.
I hope TheSpecialist can give me some advice on this problem, please. Thank you.
btw, Is the 360 Memory Unit able to do the rest? Thanks.
This post has been edited by early105: Feb 9 2009, 07:32 AM
Post by: njmbb8 on February 11, 2009, 08:52:00 PM
Post by: DuggyUK on February 13, 2009, 05:33:00 AM
QUOTE(njmbb8 @ Feb 12 2009, 05:28 AM)
can someone who had a 22rst0 drive send me their undo.bin
sorry only have UST one
Post by: FLB on February 20, 2009, 07:32:00 PM
Post by: punktilend on February 22, 2009, 04:32:00 PM
Post by: Bookoo on February 26, 2009, 04:19:00 PM
I'm a little unsure about the bin file. I snagged one from Xbins. I assume it's a 120GB bin but it doesn't specify. I only have access to an original 20GB drive which is pretty much useless right? I can't say I fancy the idea of using a bin that 1000s of others are using for potential ban reasons but everyone seems to think MS isn't comparing HDD security sectors.
Anyway what I don't get is why all of these tutorials talk about creating your own bin? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the whole point of this mod so you can upgrade a 20GB Premium or a no HDD Arcade or 60GB Pro model to 120GB (without getting RAPED on the price from MS)? In which case none of those bins would work...
So if you already have a 120GB drive handy to create the bin from, why are you bothering with this mod?
Just wondering if I'm missing something...
Thanks for your time,
p.s. As an alternate to Xbins I grabbed this one too (which is designated for a 120GB):
http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index.php/X...d_Drive_Upgrade
Anyone use either this or the Xbins one?
Post by: WereVan on February 27, 2009, 12:44:00 PM
I have 1600BEVS 22USTO, motherboard with nForce 410 (MCP51), 120 Gb hddss.bin and modded hddhackr 0.91
This is my problem
When i use hddhackr and select "no" or "yes" for the question about Undo.bin file, I have "Fatal error, the EC sector count was not found in the FW", but Undo.bin creating..
File list on bootusb:
13 976 hddhackr.com
3 584 HDDSS.BIN
1 536 UNDO.BIN
1 328 BOOTEX.LOG
And sometimes I found file EC.bin there.
What shell I do?
And how I can dump sector 16-22 manually with WinHex?
Post by: Texy on February 28, 2009, 02:12:00 AM
QUOTE(early105 @ Feb 9 2009, 09:04 AM)
First of all, I wanna say thank you to all the people who contributed their efforts to help people upgrading their 360 HDD by creating tools and giving out advices and guides, as I'm also the one who followed the guides and used the tools, and then replacing the 306 HD to 120G successfully.
I'm using xplorer360 Beta 6 Xtreme build 2 under VISTA 32. I already run xplorer360 under Administrator and in XP SP2 compatibility mode.
I can backup the 20G data thru this program, like backup partition 2 and extract partition 3 data.
However, I get stuck on moving data (partition 3's data) BACK to the new 120G. ( The 120G is already formatted by the 360, and showing 107G available.)
I can see all three partitions. Partition 2 is restored back to the new 120G.
Partition 3 only shows "Cache" directory, and a file called "name.txt"
Xplorer360 Xtreme build 2 does not allow me to drag & drop the files/folders I selected from the PC. Then, I select the command "Insert Folder..." from the Menu Bar. After picking the folder (says "mindex"),
Then, a processing screen pop-up and showing "Injecting folder"; however, there has NOTHING been inserted or copied to the new 120G when the pop-up screen closed.
I hope TheSpecialist can give me some advice on this problem, please. Thank you.
btw, Is the 360 Memory Unit able to do the rest? Thanks.
I got this exact problem running vista home premium. Did you manage to get a cure?
Texy
Post by: XBOX360NYMODING on February 28, 2009, 10:22:00 AM
when i got it in the mail i was happy till when it came to flashing
MY RIG
SIL 3112A <--- PCI CARD ( i flash hitachi anything before 0078 no problem )
VIA VT6421 <--- PCI CARD ( i flash samsung, benq , lite on , hitachi 78/79 drives with this no problem )
well lets say i had about 3 hours of pain with this drive on my main pc
lets start out like this i edited the hddhackr with my port settings for the sil card , connected to the drive to the PORT 0 of the sil sata port and then ran hddhackr -f then i would get this message.
(IMG:http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/4819/dsc00532sz6.jpg)
^^ after messing with it again and again it would only come up with that error , telling me that its not a BEV drive but as i can tell it is a BEV drive ^^
next i moved on to my VIA card ok so i edited the port settings and then connected the drive to PORT 0 of the via and then ran hddhackr -f at this point my pc would frezze up and not do anything at all "all you would see on the screen is copied data from hdd"(then frezze). i rebooted and tested over and over the same thing would happend it would frezze up and u could not do anything at all till ALT - CTRL - DEL or a reboot of the pc.
I tested cold reboots and everything to try to get that to work nothing worked.
NEXT MORNING i woke up and was like the PC downstairs in my building has SATA onboard let m e go and try that unit. so i ran down stairs and poped the pc open and located PORT 0 and found the PORT settings in msinfo32 for the sata ports i edited hddhackr again now for this pc. I then hooked the drive up and went to dos. ( i belive the sata chipset was a SIL aswell on board sata )
Once i ran hddhackr -f this time the drive was seen and the computer asked me if i wanted to flash the sector 16 i clicked Y and this time it asked if i wanted to make a UNDO.BIN <---- i never got to this point i clicked Y and then it asked me the next thing and after that it told me i had a new XBOX360 drive
i ran back up stairs and threw the drive in my 360 and BAM IT FORMATED
to anyone that has WD1200BEVS-00UST0 : MFG DATE WAS NOV 2008 <--- my advise is if you pc is not working do not get mad. find another pc one with maybe onboard sata ports like the pc that was downstairs in my building and test that computer.
if you are editing your port always make sure you place the drive in to PORT 0 <-- PORT 0 is the starting of the deviceids in msinfo32
Post by: dialtone187 on March 02, 2009, 12:43:00 AM
Post by: spacealien2009 on March 05, 2009, 04:08:00 PM
Post by: ZprivateZ on March 05, 2009, 11:48:00 PM
QUOTE(dialtone187 @ Mar 2 2009, 03:19 AM)
Hey guys I successfully did my BEVS UST 120gb and then wanted to restore all my saves/data from my old 20gb and onto the 120gb. When I formatted i had 107gb but only partition 1 was showing in xplorer360 so did a full backup restore of the 20gb hd on the 120gb and all 3 partitions were showing. So I redid hddhackr -f to rewrite sector 16 since a full restore in xplorer360 changes it, then popped the drive into my 360 and was showing on like 3gb of space left so I did a format on the drive and was back at 107GB. Now everything went to plan so far but here's my problem, after the 360 format i hooked the drive back to xplorer360 and injected all the folders of the 20gb partition 3 onto the 120gb partition 3 which should restore all my saves/data from the 20gb to the 120gb and it did perfectly but the problem is was I previously had 107GB of free space and after doing this the xbox 360 is reading only approx. 76gb of free space now and even if partition 3 was the full 20gb of the drive (it wasn't its approx. 10gb) I should have more like 87gb (107gb minus 20gb) or what it truly should have been 97gb (107gb minus 10gb). Does anyone have any suggestion on why this is because I would love to get those extra 10-20gb back as usable space since 13gb (120gb-13gb=107gb) was already used for the system. Thanks guys.
I would try this, format the drive again using your 360 so its clean and at 107gb, then while its still in your 360 goto the initial setup again and create an offline profile (just simply making a profile will not work make sure you go threw the setup) this will make all the correct partitions on the drive. After that use Xplorer360_extreme2 and copy your content folder from partition 3 on your 20gb drive to your new 120gb drive. Once that is done you should be good to go with all your gamesaves and your profile like you were with your 20gb. Hope that helps
Post by: djkarupt on March 10, 2009, 05:20:00 PM
You can get a new 120gb on Ebay for $75-80 making this technique less impressive
THeSpecialist you have done wonderful work i could only imagine how much effort has been put into making these drives work. But with money grubbing going around everywhere, we need to duplicate these progrms to work with other drives...
this is the Drive structure on the Xbox 360 hard drives:
Drive contents:
Address Length (bytes) Contains
0x0000 8192 Null (0x00)
0x2000 68 Plain text hard disk info
0x2044 24 Static Binary Info (doesn't change console to console)
0x205C 256 Dynamic Binary Data (changes from console to console - possibly
encrypted serial number of console)
0x2202 2 Size of following PNG file
0x2204 2754 MS logo in PNG format (aka hddss.bin), made with Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 on
the 19th of July 2005
Partitions:
Address Description
0x80000 Cache Partition (aka partition 0)
0x80080000 Unknown
0x120EB0000 Xbox Backwards compatibility drive (aka Xbox1 emulator / partition 2)
0x130EB0000 Main Xbox 360 Partition (aka partition 3)
I havent read all 600 posts bu i know we are working with the 0x80000 part of the hard drive... And i know we woudl have to work on the HDDHackr...Thats up to him to decide...
TheSPecialist if you have anytime to contact me and maybe point your finger into a direction(other than the middle finger j/k) please.... I dont want any credit, i just want to be able to make as many drives to work as possible especially the ones that are cheaper or generic... again thank you for the great work you are doing
Post by: firsttime on March 11, 2009, 04:45:00 AM
I have a 60GB premium version and want to upgrade to the 120GB version.
Can I use this drive http://www.ultratecd...arch=WD1200BEVS
And will HDDHackr modded drive work on the new dashboard?
thanks!
Post by: MODMANMIKE on March 12, 2009, 11:51:00 PM
Post by: blob_54 on March 13, 2009, 06:38:00 AM
thnx again TheSpecialist
Post by: Tessius on March 15, 2009, 12:47:00 PM
WD1200BEVS $54.99
Gonna Order one and follow all the instructions.
Post by: crow610 on March 15, 2009, 02:28:00 PM
Thanks in advance.
Post by: treyjazz on March 18, 2009, 12:45:00 PM
Is anyone able to run original Xbox games? I manually created a Partition 2 and ran the Xbox support installer and it looked like it installed w/o any problem. But when I go to run Halo, Halo 2, etc it always tells me to download the game again and never gives me the option to install it to the drive. However, I am able to copy 360 games to the drive and also download demos off of Live so it's got me puzzled.
Also has anyone had any problems running undo with HDDHackr? It always tells me that my drive isn't supported and to make sure it is a BEVS drive. Obviously this is a problem since it is a 'Fujitsu'. How ironic...
Post by: treyjazz on March 18, 2009, 02:10:00 PM
As for the undo problem it was due to the SATA controller card I was using and a different PC was able to undo it. Strange since it was able to flash it and read the firmware correctly...
Post by: djkarupt on February 03, 2020, 09:28:00 AM
Post by: buzz44 on March 22, 2009, 12:05:00 PM
QUOTE(djkarupt @ Mar 23 2009, 03:28 AM)
so only BEVS.....BEAS wont work?
BEVS, BEVT and BEAS drives will all work.
Post by: mr2000jp on March 23, 2009, 03:48:00 PM
QUOTE(brywalker @ May 8 2007, 05:52 PM)
You know, after I posted I knew it would be taken the wrong way.
Let me rephrase.
If you are not using your original hddss.bin from your 120GB and get one through illegal ways, you are not only breaking the law but chances are you will be banned from Live for using a cloned drive (since there will most likely be duplicates) if a detection is already working.
Also, AFAIK you cannot use your 20GB hddss.bin on the 120GB and expect results.
This is a warning and not a request. I have no need for the 120GB.
it looks like you are one of microsoft underdogs , just shut up ,
no one listen to that fool
Post by: sicx13 on March 26, 2009, 06:46:00 PM
Post by: d05register on March 26, 2009, 07:36:00 PM
QUOTE(buzz44 @ Mar 22 2009, 08:41 PM)
BEVS, BEVT and BEAS drives will all work.
Work also
BEKT 7200RPM confirmed by me http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=680644
Velociraptor 10000RPM http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=675652
Post by: buzz44 on March 27, 2009, 03:13:00 AM
QUOTE(d05register @ Mar 27 2009, 12:36 PM)
Work also
BEKT 7200RPM confirmed by me http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=680644
Velociraptor 10000RPM http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=675652
Nice
. IMO the first post should be updated.
Post by: baghdad-bob on March 31, 2009, 10:40:00 PM
I/O ports
0x0000DC98-0x0000DC9B
0x0000DC9C-0x0000DC9F
0x0000DCA0-0x0000DCA7
0x0000DCA8-0x0000DCAF
0x0000DCB0-0x0000DCBF
This post has been edited by baghdad-bob: Apr 1 2009, 05:42 AM
Post by: moobypets on April 08, 2009, 05:10:00 PM
but it was still ok
now i have a new nvidia bord nforce 430 and when i check msinfo
i get this 2 different sata and i have 4 slot and i want to use the last slot iff possible
Name NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03F6&SUBSYS_26091019&REV_A2\3&2411E6FE&0&40
I/O Port 0x000009F0-0x000009F7
I/O Port 0x00000BF0-0x00000BF3
I/O Port 0x00000970-0x00000977
I/O Port 0x00000B70-0x00000B73
I/O Port 0x0000DC00-0x0000DC0F
Memory Address 0xFE02D000-0xFE02DFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 23
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvgts.sys (10.3.0.42 built by: WinDDK, 142.53 KB (145,952 bytes), 8/18/2008 6:54 PM)
and the second one
Name NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_03F6&SUBSYS_26091019&REV_A2\3&2411E6FE&0&41
I/O Port 0x000009E0-0x000009E7
I/O Port 0x00000BE0-0x00000BE3
I/O Port 0x00000960-0x00000967
I/O Port 0x00000B60-0x00000B63
I/O Port 0x0000C800-0x0000C80F
Memory Address 0xFE02C000-0xFE02CFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 23
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvgts.sys (10.3.0.42 built by: WinDDK, 142.53 KB (145,952 bytes), 8/18/2008 6:54 PM)
plz could some one tell me what code should i put in the hex editor and where
or just email me a file that has the code already in plzzzzz i need help im not getting this as the code as to be 4 bytes and as to be 7 digit apart im getting lost here and this is out off my league to hex edit
im not that good
Post by: Killazincorp on April 10, 2009, 01:31:00 PM
Post by: maninjapan on April 13, 2009, 01:34:00 AM
Post by: Simple Fix on April 13, 2009, 06:26:00 PM
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME HERE I AM GOING CRAZY!!
Post by: maninjapan on April 13, 2009, 07:46:00 PM
Post by: Simple Fix on April 15, 2009, 12:41:00 AM
QUOTE(maninjapan @ Apr 13 2009, 06:22 PM)
Can you post pics of the msinfo32 and also of the edited hex file?
I don't know if your talking to me but I can but will that help with anything. By the "edited hex file" you mean what was edited? I just changed the last 8 bytes of the hddhackr.com program according to the readme.txt that is included with the program.
I have an older Abit KT-600 Mobo with Via 8237 SATA chipset. I am using another computer to do the flashing I am on my Laptop right now so I can't easily get the info you want. I don't see why that would be the problem as I have already flashed several LST, RST, 22UST0 BEVS type drives successfully already using this same computer and programs.
I just ordered a Sil 3114 chipset SATA PCI card and I will try that also.
If I can't get it to work with this board.
I will pay anyone $5 each to flashed my WD1200 - BEVS - 00UST0 drives for me. I have 20 of them. Thats an easy $100 for about 30 minutes of work if anyone is willing to do this.
I will expect you to put up a deposit for the drives I will be sending to you. So you must have some cash. About $700 or $35 for each drive (20 drives x $35 = $700).
I have also flashed them (not these drives others) successfully just by flashing them one by one plugging and unplugging them back in and out one after the other without rebooting. It searches the SATA Ports each time the program is ran. I will also pay anyone $20 if they can solve my problem. No BS either I have a Paypal account and can give it to you in seconds!!
This post has been edited by Simple Fix: Apr 15 2009, 07:45 AM
Post by: Simple Fix on April 16, 2009, 02:49:00 AM
Post by: Desperados112 on April 18, 2009, 04:52:00 PM
I'm pretty sure it uses NForce 710a,720a or 730a
Here is my msinfo32
Name NVIDIA nForce Serial ATA Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0AD8&SUBSYS_2A6E103C&REV_A2\3&267A616A&0&48
I/O Port 0x0000C480-0x0000C487
I/O Port 0x0000C400-0x0000C403
I/O Port 0x0000C080-0x0000C087
I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000C003
I/O Port 0x0000BC00-0x0000BC0F
Memory Address 0xF8D76000-0xF8D77FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 22
Driver i:\windows\system32\drivers\nvgts64.sys (10.3.0.42 built by: WinDDK, 164.53 KB (168,480 bytes), 23/02/2009 3:28 PM)
Name NVIDIA nForce RAID Device
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID SCSI\ARRAY&VEN_NVIDIA&PROD_RAID_DISK_20&REV_\4&1996D31A&0&000000
Driver i:\windows\system32\drivers\nvrd64.sys (10.3.0.42 built by: WinDDK, 163.03 KB (166,944 bytes), 23/02/2009 3:28 PM)
Name SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Manufacturer (Standard mass storage controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID ACPI\PNPA000\4&5D18F2DF&1
I/O Port 0x0000FFA0-0x0000FFAF
IRQ Channel IRQ 9
Name A2BARJCS IDE Controller
Manufacturer (Standard mass storage controllers)
Status OK
PNP Device ID ACPI\PNPA000\4&5D18F2DF&0
I/O Port 0x0000FFE0-0x0000FFEF
IRQ Channel IRQ 9
Name NVIDIA nForce RAID Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID ACPI\NVRAID20\3&267A616A&0
I/O Port 0x000004D2-0x000004D2
Driver i:\windows\system32\drivers\nvrd64.sys (10.3.0.42 built by: WinDDK, 163.03 KB (166,944 bytes), 23/02/2009 3:28 PM)
I extracted the Port like it was said in readme and got C4 80 C0 80. I replaced it in hex into my hddhackr so it now looks like this. I took all of my sata drives out when trying to boot from my flash drive to format the WD drive but HddHackr still won't see it. It looks like I'm stuck someone give me a hand pls and u can have this popcorn
. also I have a really retarded bios that won't allow me to force the disk in ide or legacy or something so I can't do that.Post by: mk360 on April 20, 2009, 01:10:00 PM
i have a problem
when i type hddhackr -f then i meet this error "information on sector 16 does not match the firmware info"
my original xbox hdd is seagate and new hdd is western digital 1200bevs
and my motherboard chipset is intel
please help me
Post by: dangal on April 28, 2009, 02:45:00 PM
A. This version can't dump from an elite drive yet. You'll have to dump sectors 16-22 manually with a tool like winhex, save them as 'hddss.bin' and then continue like normal, with the hddhackr.
if i have a 120gb disc from a elite,i cant dump the bin!!!???
I dont understand how dump manually this sectors?????
the only way i have is found the hddss.bin in the web?
if anybody have a good bin send me a pm please!!!
Post by: dj98hd2 on May 06, 2009, 08:35:00 PM
Post by: AbuseTheElderly on May 13, 2009, 12:57:00 PM
Other thread -> http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=684271
I know your busy TheSpecialist, but this seems to be the only issue that doesn't have a fix posted.
This post has been edited by AbuseTheElderly: May 13 2009, 08:00 PM
Post by: TheGlow on May 20, 2009, 11:51:00 AM
Everything seemed to work fine, I used his profile online, all was good.
When he brought it home, his main profile wasnt on the selection screen and his other profiles were.
What would cause that?
Post by: JAmerican on May 20, 2009, 12:16:00 PM
QUOTE(TheGlow @ May 20 2009, 12:43 PM)
I tried migrating my friends data from a 20gb to a 120.
Everything seemed to work fine, I used his profile online, all was good.
When he brought it home, his main profile wasnt on the selection screen and his other profiles were.
What would cause that?
Does he have a memory unit? His profile could have been on his memory unit the whole time.
Post by: FrostyTheSnowman on May 20, 2009, 12:33:00 PM
QUOTE(TheGlow @ May 20 2009, 10:43 AM)
I tried migrating my friends data from a 20gb to a 120.
Everything seemed to work fine, I used his profile online, all was good.
When he brought it home, his main profile wasnt on the selection screen and his other profiles were.
What would cause that?
Your machine has been 'exiled' by Microsoft, like one of mine. (the same thing happened to my little brother's profile when he used it on one of my 360s...)
Meaning, ANY content saved/accessed on a memory unit/HDD by your 360 will ONLY work on your 360, and no other.
So, since your machine is 'exiled' anytime you put any memory unit in your machine and access a profile, that profile will ONLY work on your machine from that point forward, which is why it doesn't show up on his machine anymore.
To confirm that your 360 has been exiled, just put his HDD back on your 360 and I can guarantee that your machine will see the profile just fine, and his won't.
I hope you have a backup of the files from his original 20GB HDD, because the files for the profile on the new 120GB HDD are now locked to your 360.
NOTE: Microsoft 'exiling' your 360 is not a ban necessarily, more like a half-ban. Your machine will still work normally online, it just locks down your content to your specific 360.
Post by: TheGlow on May 20, 2009, 02:44:00 PM
So to further test this if I plug my hdd into my bro in laws 360 (only 1 room away) than none of my profiles should load up either eh?
Also I guess this may be a factor but when I formatted the 120gb in my console it wouldnt let me use my friends serial so I ended up using mine. Then when I made a new save on it to get his deviceid I saw the id was the same as my new 120gb.
Actually I recall my friend saying that profile I made to make a new save didnt load either, he said he got some kind of corruption message. that bites. only odd thing ive done recently was messing around with that gamerpic injector. I guess I shouldnt let people plug into my system...
or let people I dont like login from my system.
And yea, his files are all still intact on his 20gb.
I also had all his content on my pc but I resigned them to the new deviceid.
Do you have to resign anything in this sort of scenario? I can just drag and drop the profile with the saves and theyll work? cuz I see the deviceid would be different. I thought that would make it not work...
Post by: FrostyTheSnowman on May 20, 2009, 03:09:00 PM
My recommendation is to keep your personal 360 completely out of the loop...
Post by: TheGlow on May 20, 2009, 03:28:00 PM
http://xorloser.com/?p=45
Althought my console id isnt on the list, yet I would guess.
Also I found something interesting. I saw in the post that in a con file, offset 6 is where my consoleid is...
I tested this against some other saves and it looks like this isnt the case for me... anymore.
I loaded up an older Street fighter 4 save from april and my console id is at offset 6, as well as 22F and 36C.
In my current sf4 save, my console id is still at 22F and 36C but I have a different id at offset 6. And ALL my saves now have this diff id on offset 6... even games I know I havent loaded up since April.
any idea what the hell that might mean?
The image of my 20gb I made before my xfer all have my real console id at offset6. weird. maybe side effect of a 120gb drive.. odd even if its the case. i wonder if some resigner I used corrupted them somehow.
but still, Ill assume this is unrelated to the exile
on a side note, what generates the deviceid?
cuz my friends 120gb had the same id as mine. will this cause any trouble for him? the only things I can think of in common were they were both formatted on my console and I used the same hddss.bin
If its the hddss.bin then I dont have to format it on his console since thats the only hddss.bin I have.
if its console linked ill have to format it with his console and copy back his goods.
This post has been edited by TheGlow: May 20 2009, 10:46 PM
Post by: TheGlow on May 20, 2009, 03:53:00 PM
Im gonna go out on a limb and figure I used a somewhat public hddss.bin.
that would generate the same deviceid for anyone using that bin file.
that device id is blacklisted or some such and thats whats causing the consoleid change...
or is all this going over my head?
Post by: FrostyTheSnowman on May 20, 2009, 04:13:00 PM
QUOTE(TheGlow @ May 20 2009, 02:45 PM)
double post, couldnt edit previous one anymore...
Im gonna go out on a limb and figure I used a somewhat public hddss.bin.
that would generate the same deviceid for anyone using that bin file.
that device id is blacklisted or some such and thats whats causing the consoleid change...
or is all this going over my head?
LOL, it might be over your head, but I doubt it, you seem pretty quick to pick up things.
My guess is that the change in the ID is related to the HDDSS.BIN file being the same on both drives.
I would recommend just reformatting the new 120GB HDD on your friend's 360, then copying the files over from the original 20GB HDD.
I wish I could provide details on the filesystem structure with the 360 HDD, but I haven't delved into it at all...
Post by: TheGlow on May 20, 2009, 03:54:00 PM
But yea, my 360's got the aids!
i put my old 20gb into my bro in laws 360 and no profiles showed up.
and in my own 360 my sf4 dlc said corrupted. i even copied it back over, it wont load when not on live with the 20gb.
itll load fine on the 120gb when offline.
No idea on how to check a file or something for the HIV eh?
cuz im wondering how long ago I might had this. i was thinking it was maybe the 120gb hdd, b ut maybe it was something from long ago. I did gamesave a couple times for laughs.. guess whos laughing now, hah.
very weird. any idea why the dlc will load off the 120gb offline but not the 20gb? same console and profile...
and any idea why I have a diff id on the 6th offset on 120gb saves?
edit: Concept seems to like to change that 6th offset for whatever reason to something else. Add least that mystery is solved..
This post has been edited by TheGlow: May 20 2009, 11:07 PM
Post by: Porno on June 02, 2009, 12:10:00 PM
Google shows you the cheapest drives after shipping.
Post by: vlj9r on June 11, 2009, 02:41:00 AM
QUOTE(mk360 @ Apr 20 2009, 03:10 PM)
Hi
i have a problem
when i type hddhackr -f then i meet this error "information on sector 16 does not match the firmware info"
my original xbox hdd is seagate and new hdd is western digital 1200bevs
and my motherboard chipset is intel
please help me
Search for HDD Capacity Restore 1.2 (crsetup.exe) and run it to restore content on your drive. Other folks have reported success with it.
Post by: jmspike on June 11, 2009, 05:45:00 PM
First, thanks for all the work.
Well, my problem is weird ...
I did all and it worked ... My XBOX reconize the HD, my saves and profiles ... I didn´t have any problems even with the Arcade games (SSF2THD) ...
BUT ... I can't install any games on the HD ... It always give me a error. But I can install in the 20G HD flawless ... Did I do soething wrong??? My Resident Evil 5 not even begin the installation and give the Dirty disc error in the 120G HD, but in my 20G, install without problems ...
Anyone can help me with this???
Thanks!
Post by: worm4life on June 17, 2009, 09:01:00 PM
This post has been edited by worm4life: Jun 18 2009, 04:02 AM
Post by: 40_ounce on June 17, 2009, 10:20:00 PM
QUOTE(worm4life @ Jun 17 2009, 08:01 PM)
This is driving me batty, I have the drive, HDDHACKR won't detect it. Using the ports is hopeless too. As far as I can tell my AMD controller is incompatible. So that's just great. I wish you guys were as explicit with the controller requirements as the drive requirements.
Can you see the hhd without using hddhackr?
Post by: worm4life on June 17, 2009, 10:50:00 PM
Post by: 40_ounce on June 18, 2009, 12:21:00 AM
Post by: avengingangel on June 22, 2009, 05:48:00 AM
In Summary... It all boiled down to SATA Chipset... USE THE VT6421 Chipset and you should have no problems at all
I have an Asus motherboard with an Nforce and Silicon SATA chipset.
I tried both these chipsets with both HDDHACKR 0.91 and 1.00 and both gave me problems like "LBA size does not match" and "Drive not compatible" (or something like that).
Once I got my VT6421a PCI board I plugged er in, disconnected all other sata drives, disabled the other two sata chipsets and loaded up HDDHACKR 0.91. It recognized the drive (the drive actually was recognized with all chipsets and all versions of hddhackr) and flashed in about 2 seconds. I then rebooted the PC and ran it again and it stated by drive was already flashed and should work in my 360... Sure enough... it done
Post by: hakzo on June 29, 2009, 01:23:00 PM
Post by: erikcave on June 29, 2009, 11:38:00 PM
Any help in figuring this out would be appreciated.
Post by: erikcave on June 30, 2009, 01:16:00 AM
QUOTE(erikcave @ Jun 29 2009, 10:38 PM)
Maybe someone here can help me. I have a WD1200BEVS-22RSTO. I tried all my computers at home and always got the "Error! Drive Not Supported, make sure it a SATA WD Scorpio BEVS!" error. Today I brought my work computer home and it finally seemed to work. At least it didn't give me the error. Instead it told me that it flashed the drive and to turn off the computer and re-run the program. However, every time I re-run hddhackr -f it prepares to flash the drive again. It never gives me the "ready for xbox 360" message. It does show the current firmware of the drive as a Fujitsu drive. I can run the undo command to make it display the WD serial number again. This is all with version 0.91b or 0.91. I also tried version 1.00 and I get an "LBA Size Does Not Match" error.
Any help in figuring this out would be appreciated.
So, never mind. On a whim I tried the drive in my xbox again even though I had tried it several times before without it working. This time it did. So, I formatted it and everything is good. My best guess is that it made a difference using v0.91b even though it would never tell me the drive was ready for my 360.
I couldn't get the xtreme 360 program to see my 20 gig drive in my xp system so I just transferred everything using a memory unit.
Post by: hakzo on June 30, 2009, 06:44:00 AM
Post by: shoutin420 on August 26, 2009, 09:04:00 PM
Also, I have another 20 GB 360 drive that I formatted as NTFS. Is there any way to get it to work in the 360 again?
Post by: XFactordx on August 27, 2009, 02:40:00 AM
I'm using a WD1200BEVS - 00UTS0
I've tried using 3 different computers with 3 different SATA chipsets (including VIA and nForce) and I get the same result. When I bring up hddhackr -f, it always stops at "Some SATA device responded ..." and never goes beyond that. I've hex edited hddhackr and also just let it go default, same thing.
On my 3rd different chipset, I set my SATA to Legacy mode and got the "No drive found in Enhanced mode, now scanning in Legacy mode" option and my drive shows up as "(1) WD1200BEVS-00UTS0". When it tells me to type in the Nr of the drive, I hit 1, but then it freezes up and never goes beyond that.
I successfully changed the firmware using hddhackr 1.11, but my XBox has a RRoD, error E68.
Any help is appreciated.
This post has been edited by XFactordx: Aug 27 2009, 09:53 AM
Post by: ne0-reloaded on August 29, 2009, 09:54:00 PM
I reflashed my drive back to the original and did it again and still nothing.
if anyone has any advice id appreciate it
EDIT: The flashed drive is listed as a fujitsu
This post has been edited by ne0-reloaded: Aug 30 2009, 05:00 AM
Post by: XFactordx on August 30, 2009, 02:52:00 AM
Post by: ne0-reloaded on August 30, 2009, 10:24:00 AM
QUOTE(XFactordx @ Aug 30 2009, 04:52 AM)
Are you using 0.91 or 1.0/1.11? That happened to me with 1.0, sometimes it would disappear from the BIOS list and sometimes it would show up as a TSU drive (fujistu). When I put it in my XBox I would get an E68 error though.
im using v.91. after flashing i put it in the 360 and it doesn't even show up
Post by: XFactordx on September 05, 2009, 01:21:00 AM
Post by: freeqaz on September 16, 2009, 05:35:00 PM
I'm looking for my own hard drive for my rock band DLC. I got an enclosure, just wondering what's up now. hopefully someone can tell me if I need a specific drive for the 20gb or if that's only the 120gb.
Post by: ReRuss on September 25, 2009, 10:34:00 AM
Post by: Fade2Black85 on September 28, 2009, 02:45:00 PM
Thank
Post by: damianek on September 28, 2009, 11:30:00 PM
Post by: Evi1d33d on October 05, 2009, 05:57:00 PM
QUOTE(damianek @ Sep 29 2009, 06:30 AM)
Quick question. what do i do wrong?? i flashed my 120wd with my dump file.Hddkacker 1.11 shows all succesful. when i disconnect it after flash and hook it back up to xbox 360 it shows no storage found. what am i doing wrong. Btw after flash i just turn off pc and disconnect the drive. If i run hddhacker again it tells me firmware does not match. any ideas would be appriciated. Thanks All
I've heard of people claiming that hddhackr 1.0 and higher maybe brick your HDD so stick to 0.91b unless you don't have any choice.
I would flash it back to stock and redo the flash.
Post by: steveyg on October 07, 2009, 01:12:00 PM
I have been watching a while andyer there is some serious problems going on flashing these drives. some times its hit and miss, Before i ask a question id like to offer a little hope and help to all those of you that seem to have nackered your drives you were upgrading from. the Bricks 20gb. Their are a few programs out there which 99.9% will get your drives back. The program actually kills the hard drive itself before rewriting MBA and file tables. If you choose to it will reinitialise HDD ready for use in windows, BUT REMEMBER THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT IN AN XBOX. in other words
if you buy a brand new HDD and plug into windows as an extra, windows hdd manager will ask you if you want to inialise it. For xboxes no you dont. All work should be done with out doing this. The program will kill the disk and make it new or restore it back to manufactures shipping state which is what you want.
Also using this will distroy all data completely so dont use it to if stuff is on there you want.
God dont i go on, right after them warnings the program is Active@ KILLDISK 5.1 Suite
and can be found easily on the net in Google.
Trial version can be downloaded and tried just one so take your time and get the drives back. Make sure you dont click for the program to inialise at the end and then hit kill disk.
I have just done 6 disks on 6 computers, (trail versions 1 go)
Shite forgot my question.
Why is it that the screen i get using hddhackr says the serial numbers etc are not the same as the hdss file etc does have to be the same serial number as the hdss file as to the hdd, confusing when doing the 120GB flash and i just get the end message cant do it. Can you change these so they are the same/
This post has been edited by steveyg: Oct 7 2009, 08:14 PM
Post by: steveyg on October 10, 2009, 03:09:00 PM
i tried 3 computers all xp pro, all diferent boards, I even tried laptops using the sata port for the main drive.
The last machine i tried which was my main moding machine, its what i use for all my testing and bug solving on hard ware + software issues.
So I tried it using the two onboard sata ports nothing, it would not work. so tryng to solve this without putting in addresses and changing memory configs etc so that the guys n gals on here with limited knowledge should be able to understand with out two much nerd knowledge, and it was easy.
I got a new sata board out of stock, nothing special, a two port card with an additional ide port on it. price retail was about £4 cheapest one i could find.
Put this in the machine in the first available pci port after the video card (pci) and then pluggd the bevs drive into the first socket on the motherboard sata drive.
Immediately it picked up the drive and flashed it.
Even though i had tried it 10 times on the the same onboard ports all usung different ways before.
Used the floppy drive to boot it up Bingo no issues at all.
If any one wants a more detailed plan of what i did Pm me. donations of love and warm fuzzy feelings if it works for you are welcome
and i used the killdisk before i flashed it.
Steaming
Post by: speedracer73 on October 10, 2009, 04:39:00 PM
QUOTE(steveyg @ Oct 10 2009, 10:09 PM)
Done it, yes its easy, its all to do with the sata ports.
i tried 3 computers all xp pro, all diferent boards, I even tried laptops using the sata port for the main drive.
The last machine i tried which was my main moding machine, its what i use for all my testing and bug solving on hard ware + software issues.
So I tried it using the two onboard sata ports nothing, it would not work. so tryng to solve this without putting in addresses and changing memory configs etc so that the guys n gals on here with limited knowledge should be able to understand with out two much nerd knowledge, and it was easy.
I got a new sata board out of stock, nothing special, a two port card with an additional ide port on it. price retail was about £4 cheapest one i could find.
Put this in the machine in the first available pci port after the video card (pci) and then pluggd the bevs drive into the first socket on the motherboard sata drive.
Immediately it picked up the drive and flashed it.
Even though i had tried it 10 times on the the same onboard ports all usung different ways before.
Used the floppy drive to boot it up Bingo no issues at all.
If any one wants a more detailed plan of what i did Pm me. donations of love and warm fuzzy feelings if it works for you are welcome
and i used the killdisk before i flashed it.
I am using hp6810us laptop with vista 32 bit with an amd x2 Turion. I could not find a way to get it to boot to ms-dos. I can type command.com and get what looks like ms-dos and hddhackr seems to work. it does not detect the drive in enhanced mode and trys legacy, and still no luck. I am using a wd2500bevs brand new. I also have initiated the hard drive thinking that was the problem. Any idea's?
Th
anks SteamingPost by: speedracer73 on October 10, 2009, 05:43:00 PM
Thanks
Post by: RAISH on November 05, 2009, 06:21:00 AM
I have a VIA VT8237 Serial ATA Raid on a K8TM motherboard.
I have installed on my device manager the following:
SCI and RAID Controllers
- SCSI/RAID Host Controller (enabled)
- VIA RAID Controller - 3149 (disabled - error 22) Computer freezes if I try to enable it. Can sucessfully uninstall it though it comes back?
Any help?
Post by: karim_ps on November 06, 2009, 06:26:00 PM
please tell me ,can i use a 250Go HDD ,and which drives are compatible?
any help would be appreciated ,you can PM me the answer if you like that would be nice too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by karim_ps: Nov 7 2009, 02:44 AM
Post by: mstapley on February 10, 2010, 07:30:00 AM
Post by: jamesnmandy on May 16, 2010, 04:36:00 PM
my original launch generation console just bit it, going to replace with a new Jasper arcade, but still have this old 20Gb hard drive and would like to replace it with at least a 60Gb drive, figured i would come back to xbox-scene to follow this tutorial, but i find there appears to be a lot of unresolved issues and no support for the latest drives
also no insight on how safe it is to use one of these drives on Live....