Post by: hercyboy on May 19, 2006, 07:37:00 AM
Post by: poisonousjuice on May 19, 2006, 10:09:00 AM
and personally, I can report the VIA 8327 chipset worked fine on my mobo.
Post by: hercyboy on May 19, 2006, 11:50:00 AM
QUOTE(poisonousjuice @ May 19 2006, 05:16 PM) 
I've heard the Nforce4 works if you use the modified MTKFlash that's floating around.
and personally, I can report the VIA 8327 chipset worked fine on my mobo.
Aha ok the specs in the motherboard manual say Via k8t800 and Via vt8237
Ok so I guess this may work then?
What did you do to setup the sata on your PC
Post by: puffdank on May 21, 2006, 09:35:00 PM
Post by: Grim187 on May 22, 2006, 03:36:00 AM
QUOTE(Phunt @ May 21 2006, 11:02 PM)
I have the Asus A8V ( VIA 8327) and i have the same problem as purduetim21. I can flash in Dos but it locks up on the XP logo screen during boot into windows. Ive tried alsorts to get it to work but had no luck
Update the Driver Link in my SIG
I had i guy Confirm that That driver allowed Him to boot in to windows with his TS drive
Post by: mandrake001 on May 22, 2006, 06:10:00 AM
Post by: A.Z.BEST on May 22, 2006, 06:55:00 AM
That would help.... a lot.
Post by: PurdueTim21 on May 22, 2006, 07:26:00 AM
QUOTE(Grim187 @ May 22 2006, 10:43 AM)
Update the Driver Link in my SIG
I had i guy Confirm that That driver allowed Him to boot in to windows with his TS drive
What do you mean by this and how do I do it? Thanks
QUOTE(Grim187 @ May 22 2006, 10:43 AM)
Update the Driver Link in my SIG
I had i guy Confirm that That driver allowed Him to boot in to windows with his TS drive
n/m my browser just didn't load your signature. after i posted and it reloaded the page it showed the link you had. I'll try that thanks.
Post by: PurdueTim21 on May 22, 2006, 07:37:00 AM
QUOTE(Grim187 @ May 22 2006, 10:43 AM)
Update the Driver Link in my SIG
I had i guy Confirm that That driver allowed Him to boot in to windows with his TS drive
Working like a charm! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Thanks a lot for the help
Post by: edouble797 on May 24, 2006, 10:03:00 PM
I was able to dump my firmware to my usbkey. I have an NF4 board (EVGA), but used the regular mtkflash. Now, after patching and what not, I cant dump the files back!! Now I cant even dump the firmware again!
I Guess I have a few questions:
1 - Did my failed writes kill the DVD Drive? It seemed to freeze at the port address, no percentages - Any way to tell?
2 - The light on the xbox is flashing when it freezes, am I not being patient? Does it take longer to write than it does to dump?
Post by: fredward on May 25, 2006, 12:05:00 AM
Post by: PurdueTim21 on June 09, 2006, 11:26:00 AM
QUOTE(fredward @ May 25 2006, 07:12 AM)
I have a K8V Deluxe motherboard and what edited mtkflash do I use? It's the Via8237 right?
no need to hex edit mtkflash the default works fine. Follow these steps:
1. boot computer go into BIOS
2. go to "Advanced" tab and go into "Onboard Devices Configuration"
3. Disable the field that reads "OnChip SATA BOOTROM" and ensure the field "Onboard Promise Controller" is enabled and the "Operating Mode" is set to "OnBoard IDE Operation"
4. make sure your SATA cable IS NOT plugged into the promise ports but the VIA ports instead (upper ports on the board near your IDE ports)
5. boot computer with boot disk and continue as usual. HOWEVER, when it brings up a list of drives, if you have any connected in addition to the 360 drive, make sure you press the number corresponding to the 360 drive. The 360 drive should say something like "VIA..." whereas any other drives will say "IDE..."
If it freezes in XP boot screen, try downloading this update. This worked instantly for me
http://www.viaarena...._RAID_V520C.zip
Post by: kly69 on June 09, 2006, 02:58:00 PM
Post by: PurpleHippo on June 09, 2006, 06:36:00 PM
QUOTE(edouble797 @ May 25 2006, 05:10 AM)
OK after 2 hours of this, Im asking for some help.
I was able to dump my firmware to my usbkey. I have an NF4 board (EVGA), but used the regular mtkflash. Now, after patching and what not, I cant dump the files back!! Now I cant even dump the firmware again!
I Guess I have a few questions:
1 - Did my failed writes kill the DVD Drive? It seemed to freeze at the port address, no percentages - Any way to tell?
2 - The light on the xbox is flashing when it freezes, am I not being patient? Does it take longer to write than it does to dump?
At the bottom of THIS tutorial there is a section on recovering from a bad flash.
Post by: OrangeJuicey on September 03, 2006, 10:01:00 AM