Post by: Xbox-Scene on December 17, 2006, 08:56:00 AM
| Maximus published the official release of the new version of his 360 Firmware Toolbox(info) - a graphical tool to handle several common dvd-drive firmware tasks. This new version comes with support to flash Hitachi-LG drives including the new v78 and more! What's new/fixed (since v2.0): * Added: Direct Dumping of GDR3120L drives attached to PC. Also features a new RAW memdump wich is not fooled by the stealth method on currently hacked drives. Even can dump the nasty 78 drives all by software. * Added: Direct Flashing of Keys, Spoof data and also Direct flash of hacked firmwares over all hitachi drive models attached to the PC. Even flash the 0078FK drives and newer (I hope). So forgot epoxy removal for now. See video tutorial here * Added: Option to do a Smart hack on those "Rolling Code" Firmwares like 78 and surely newer ones * Added: Option to create multibank fw * Added: Option to split multibank fw * Added: Option to Spoof a firmware, you can spoof a Hitachi XX version to a Hitachi YY version, you can even spoof a hitachi Fw to report as a samsung drive. * Added: Option validate checksum, this will allow detect proper and bad dumps before flashing Known Issues: * If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then Options-Enable Windows Context Menu. * RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks. Donations: For support and sponsorship donations look under 'Help'>'Donations' in the application. Official Site: n/a, by Maximus Download: here News-Source/Full Readme: xbins.org |
Post by: olii1 on December 17, 2006, 08:08:00 AM
Post by: caster420 on December 17, 2006, 08:11:00 AM
Caster.
Post by: PurpleHippo on December 17, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
Many thanks Maximus you are the man!
I will make donation as soon as I use this.
This post has been edited by PurpleHippo: Dec 17 2006, 04:31 PM
Post by: Syn3 on December 17, 2006, 08:50:00 AM
maximus....we salute you
donations on its way, a big big thankyou m8y!
Post by: xtreme_360fw on December 17, 2006, 08:17:00 AM
=Xtreme=
Post by: maybill7 on December 17, 2006, 08:27:00 AM
Now in the past I've only modded samsung drives. For this I plan on probably buying the X360 USB as I no longer have the via PCI sata card I used to use, although I could buy a new one of them if its preferred to the USB, but USB is much easier
Can I ask for a fairly rough guide on how to hack this. Is it the same method as you would always use with any regular hitachi drive? so basically - I need a)PC,
Slax CD, and C) x360 USB or via6421l.I've never seen Slax yet so is there any specific options we need to pick when booting with it in order to know its working.
many thanks
Post by: tinkertiler on December 17, 2006, 08:27:00 AM
Post by: Optics2k3 on December 17, 2006, 08:27:00 AM
Post by: caster420 on December 17, 2006, 09:06:00 AM
QUOTE(maybill7 @ Dec 17 2006, 10:34 AM) 
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Can I ask for a fairly rough guide on how to hack this. Is it the same method as you would always use with any regular hitachi drive? so basically - I need a)PC, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Slax CD, and C) x360 USB or via6421l.
Can I ask for a fairly rough guide on how to hack this. Is it the same method as you would always use with any regular hitachi drive? so basically - I need a)PC, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif) Slax CD, and C) x360 USB or via6421l.
Download it and read the readme - its all there. Not much different from other hitachis.
Caster.
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 08:33:00 AM
And if Slax does work for ModeB, why in God’s name would anyone overspend for X360USB when you can get an SATA->USB converter for like $10? From what I’ve understood, the only real advantage of X360USB is that it switches to ModeB for you, but if you need Slax for the 78 with this method, seems to render X360USB completely obsolete, no? A $10 SATA->USB connectivity kit would work just fine, right?
Post by: Hydro74 on December 17, 2006, 08:39:00 AM
Good Job
Hydro
Post by: BasicAir on December 17, 2006, 08:41:00 AM
QUOTE(cklennon @ Dec 17 2006, 04:40 PM) 
My question, for my own personal information, is about flashing the 78 with USB. I was always under the impression that Slax wouldnt work as a method for getting the drive into ModeB if you were connecting via USB? But now people are saying you can use USB with Slax with this method and it will work fine. Is that a new feature of a new version of Slax or was I completely missing something?
And if Slax does work for ModeB, why in Gods name would anyone overspend for X360USB when you can get an SATA->USB converter for like $10? From what Ive understood, the only real advantage of X360USB is that it switches to ModeB for you, but if you need Slax for the 78 with this method, seems to render X360USB completely obsolete, no? A $10 SATA->USB connectivity kit would work just fine, right?
I'm curious, too.
I would hate to have to spend $50 for a device I will only use one time. The Slax cd may work for my sata chipset but I don't know since I haven't tried it yet. So I would like to know if a regular SATA>USB device will work.
On another note....
I can't wait to hear peoples' reports of if it works for them or not! I go to work very soon so I will probably be able to read a bunch of reports when I get back home very late tonight.
Viva Mexico indeed (as the about splash from the program says)! Feliz Navidad!
Post by: maybill7 on December 17, 2006, 09:21:00 AM
QUOTE(caster420 @ Dec 17 2006, 03:37 PM)
Download it and read the readme - its all there. Not much different from other hitachis.
Caster.
I'll be having a good read of the docs for sure. Unfortunately I'm not at home at the moment and using my parents login whilst there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
hmmmmm to the posts about x360usb and slax problems....be interesting to hear a knowledgeable response on this as perhaps getting a via6421L card again might be a better option. I know that worked brill on samsung drives, but is it good with hitachis...as I know that some are poo for one make and great for the next.
cheers,
Tuck
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 08:47:00 AM
Post by: lucho on December 17, 2006, 09:27:00 AM
maybill7, the video is a good tutorial per readme!
Luis
Post by: dmaister on December 17, 2006, 09:28:00 AM
Anyways thank you very much!
Post by: binke008 on December 17, 2006, 08:57:00 AM
U the best! Where can i donate?
(found it! donation is on its way!)
Post by: horvathszabi on December 17, 2006, 08:58:00 AM
Post by: olii1 on December 17, 2006, 09:36:00 AM
One question - Is the hacking procedure on the 0078FK drive, the same as all other Hitachi drives?
Post by: BasicAir on December 17, 2006, 09:03:00 AM
QUOTE(binke008 @ Dec 17 2006, 05:04 PM)
MAXIMUS!
U the best! Where can i donate?
Download the program from the link on the original post of this thread.
Open the program, click on Help > Donations
Post by: dynt on December 17, 2006, 09:39:00 AM
Post by: BasicAir on December 17, 2006, 09:05:00 AM
QUOTE(horvathszabi @ Dec 17 2006, 05:05 PM)
Its working... That was the best hack when saw i`ve ever seen..thank you for everyone!
So you have used it as shown in the video tutorial and flashed a 78 and it plays backups/originals fine? Do tell...
QUOTE(dynt @ Dec 17 2006, 05:10 PM)
love the spoof option its awesome for replacement drives
Does this mean I can easilly use this feature on the program to use my flashed 47 in my new 360?
Post by: ebphondaprelude on December 17, 2006, 09:07:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 10:54 AM)
the via cards don't work with slax.
my via8237 works with both versions of slax and hitachi drives, jus havent tested the 78 yet.
my sil3112 wont work with slax though.
Post by: dynt on December 17, 2006, 09:45:00 AM
QUOTE(BasicAir @ Dec 17 2006, 06:12 PM)
So you have used it as shown in the video tutorial and flashed a 78 and it plays backups/originals fine? Do tell...
Does this mean I can easilly use this feature on the program to use my flashed 47 in my new 360?
not tried it yet but it sure looks like it i have 2 hitachi 47 comming next week 2 replace broken samsung drives plus 2 78s for flashing will know for sure then
Post by: sofa king dumb on December 17, 2006, 09:46:00 AM
Post by: slimgrip on December 17, 2006, 09:13:00 AM
Will be donating ASAP
Once ive confirmed it works on my VT8237 or SIL3114Slim
Post by: codered88 on December 17, 2006, 09:49:00 AM
Post by: BennyBou on December 17, 2006, 09:51:00 AM
Post by: davbere on December 17, 2006, 09:15:00 AM
Donation sent
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 09:51:00 AM
i have an nf4 and would like to know if it works:)
cheers maximus
Post by: BasicAir on December 17, 2006, 09:19:00 AM
QUOTE(ben1989 @ Dec 17 2006, 05:22 PM)
is there a list anyware that shows what chipsets work ??
i have an nf4 and would like to know if it works:)
cheers maximus
To find out if your chipset works, it's simple...
Just connect your 360 drive, use Slax for this toolset to get into Mode B and recognized by Windows, use this toolset to dump firmware, open the dumped firmware in this toolset and use the validate to make sure it's a good dump. If so, your chipset works.
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 09:57:00 AM
QUOTE(BasicAir @ Dec 17 2006, 06:26 PM)
To find out if your chipset works, it's simple...
Just connect your 360 drive, use Slax for this toolset to get into Mode B and recognized by Windows, use this toolset to dump firmware, open the dumped firmware in this toolset and use the validate to make sure it's a good dump. If so, your chipset works.
sily question but is there a tut for slax im used to using the conectivty kit
cheers
Post by: postaldude25 on December 17, 2006, 09:24:00 AM
can i plugg it in usind the first conectivity kitt from executer and then use the slax cd to get it in mode B?
if i have the mode switch button up on the kit then it should work?
dont know how else to power the drive
Post by: m0z on December 17, 2006, 09:25:00 AM
QUOTE(ebphondaprelude @ Dec 17 2006, 04:14 PM)
my via8237 works with both versions of slax and hitachi drives, jus havent tested the 78 yet.
my sil3112 wont work with slax though.
I couldn't get the slax cd to work with my 8237, had to use cross wire. Did you do anything special like timings etc? Is your XP install on an IDE or sata drive?
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 10:02:00 AM
just plug n play
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 10:06:00 AM
And if so, in theory it should work with regular SATA-->USB connector, no need for X360 USB right? As only advantage of X360 USB is it switches to ModeB?
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 10:09:00 AM
Post by: horvathszabi on December 17, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
QUOTE(BasicAir @ Dec 17 2006, 06:12 PM)
So you have used it as shown in the video tutorial and flashed a 78 and it plays backups/originals fine? Do tell...
Does this mean I can easilly use this feature on the program to use my flashed 47 in my new 360?
Yeahh..it is a very easy and a helpful application... But the connectivity kit V1 doesnt work..only with tha slax Cd- think M$ is a luser company.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: pechvoge on December 17, 2006, 09:40:00 AM
``Cannot read from drive``
EDIT:
Can I buy ANY sata >>> USB converter? I guess I will try that then...
Post by: BoNg420 on December 17, 2006, 10:19:00 AM
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 10:19:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 05:40 PM)
the 360 usb doesn't put anything in mode B. it's the connectivity kit that does that.
OK right I just mixed those two up, but it sounds like the connectivity kit won't work for putting the 78 into ModeB with this method. So the question is, can SLAX work via USB? Otherwise those of us who only have SATA->USB as an available method can't use this tool...or am I missing something...
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 10:20:00 AM
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 10:29:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 05:51 PM)
according to teamX Slax 2 works fine via USB
Natively? I've read a bunch of the stuff talking about needing to boot with a Virtual PC, etc, etc, in order to get SLAX to recognize an Hitachi connected via SATA->USB, that's not necessary with SLAX 2?
(Just to make sure, I'm talking about the 360 DVD drive connected via SATA->USB, not SLAX on a USB stick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) )
Post by: darkmaster2 on December 17, 2006, 10:34:00 AM
I get a drive letter in XP, I suppose that means it worked? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
The green light doesnt flash while in modeB with the 0078k right? Cuz mine is solid green.
This post has been edited by darkmaster2: Dec 17 2006, 06:34 PM
Post by: binke008 on December 17, 2006, 10:35:00 AM
But in the video tutorial i see a decrypted file being flashed on the hitachi drive.
Is it still necessary to crypt the file before flashing?
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 10:01:00 AM
QUOTE(BoNg420 @ Dec 17 2006, 06:50 PM)
does slax work with Nforce 4 chipsets?
yes just tested it
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 10:02:00 AM
QUOTE(cklennon @ Dec 17 2006, 06:00 PM)
Natively? I've read a bunch of the stuff talking about needing to boot with a Virtual PC, etc, etc, in order to get SLAX to recognize an Hitachi connected via SATA->USB, that's not necessary with SLAX 2?
(Just to make sure, I'm talking about the 360 DVD drive connected via SATA->USB, not SLAX on a USB stick
)I'm not talking from personal experience. I was just quoting team Xecuter who claims they've got it working using x360usb. so that means slax is able to get the drive in modeb via the usb port.
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 10:07:00 AM
To verify that your drive is in ModeB, one of the following must be happening:
1. The drive takes two presses of the eject button to open/close.
2. When closing the drive using the eject button, the drive tray will auto-eject back open a few seconds later.
Once you have verified the drive is in ModeB, restart your PC, eject the Slax disc, and let it boot. When it gets to the Windows loading bar, eject the Hitachi drive open and closed a few times so that Windows will recognize the drive. When you first get Windows loaded, check device manager (CD/DVD Drives) before anything else. If you see your drive in there, good.
1. Open 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
2. Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
5. Save the original firmware as original.bin somewhere safe
6. It will tell you that the firmware has been dumped and ask if you want to open it, select "Yes"
7. Make sure everything looks pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary
8. Go to Tools > Smart Hack Patcher
9. Read the warning and then accept it
10. On the line labelled "output file" click the box to the right with the ellipsis (three dots) and save your output file as hacked.bin
11. Make sure the rule set is for Hitachi v78 drives
12. Hit "Generate File"
13. Again, it will ask if you want to open the firmware, select "Yes"
14. Go to Tools > Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
15. Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
16. Select your Hitachi DVD drive from the drop-down list
17. Hit "Read Drive and Detect Differences"
18. Select "Start Flashing" and wait for it to finish (very fast)
19. Test it all out
20. Donate to Maximus if it worked
Don't forget to plug that small black sata cable back in so your Hitachi drive is actually connected to the Xbox 360 motherboard! Also, make sure you power-cycle the system twice after flashing. I'm not sure if this version has the "ModeB on Open Tray" but if it does, it means that you will have to power-cycle twice after flashing the first time. This is because you probably flashed the drive with it open, and when you powered it off the first time, the tray remained open. Then, when you power back up, it will be in ModeB because of the ModeB on Open Tray. So.. you have to power cycle again to go back to normal mode.
Slax 2 does work with SATA > USB adapters, and yes, you can use pretty much any generic no-name cheapo SATA > USB adapter. I got one off ebay for $17 shipped and I used it last week on my laptop to flash two Hitachi 47 drives. Works great with Slax 2 and was able to flash both drives just fine.
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 10:44:00 AM
can also say slax2 works with nf4
if in doubt try it
Post by: mianus on December 17, 2006, 10:44:00 AM
Post by: nirbeltran on December 17, 2006, 10:47:00 AM
i can confirm that !!
and so is my donation for maximus .
thanks !!
Post by: lord^infamous on December 17, 2006, 10:53:00 AM
Post by: darkmaster2 on December 17, 2006, 10:54:00 AM
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 10:54:00 AM
A few questions myself though. Why is it we cant use the xecuter connectivity kit to get the 78FK in modeb? Will it possible for a new connectivity kit to recitfy this?
Textbook, you explained gathering power from the 360. Can we use the connecticity kit for the power - despite it ignoring any of the buttons to do with modeb?
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 10:59:00 AM
Post by: cHodAX on December 17, 2006, 11:06:00 AM
Post by: xbladr on December 17, 2006, 10:31:00 AM
QUOTE(darkmaster2 @ Dec 17 2006, 12:25 PM)
I am getting "You must a movie or game dvd on the GDR3120L and wait 20seconds" when I try and do the raw dump. Am I not in modeb? I can see the drive in windows.
The problem I have is that in modeb it ejects the disc no more then 5-8 seconds after i insert it so it can never stay in there for 20 seconds so i cant do any dumping does anyone know a way around this or what else i could try?
thanks
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 10:34:00 AM
QUOTE(adamscybot @ Dec 17 2006, 06:25 PM)
Just to let you all know, the new version of the unofficial X360USB guide will be up soon.
A few questions myself though. Why is it we cant use the xecuter connectivity kit to get the 78FK in modeb? Will it possible for a new connectivity kit to recitfy this?
Textbook, you explained gathering power from the 360. Can we use the connecticity kit for the power - despite it ignoring any of the buttons to do with modeb?
I would think the connectivity kit would work just fine for power. And I know you're the X360USB guru and all, but from what I've gathered, you don't really need it or the connectivity kit considering the connectivity kit is incapable of putting this drive into ModeB with this technique.
And why would you want to buy X360 USB and the connectivity kit for $70+ when you can get an SATA->USB connector that has an AC->Molex part for only $15? (http://insidecomputer.stores.yahoo.net/seatasatousb.html) Seems that something like that would completely replace the need for X360USB+Connectivity kit when using SLAX and this method...seems even cheaper than a PCI SATA card IMO...
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 11:11:00 AM
Post by: OttawaModder on December 17, 2006, 10:36:00 AM
QUOTE(darkmaster2 @ Dec 17 2006, 12:25 PM) 
I am getting "You must a movie or game dvd on the GDR3120L and wait 20seconds" when I try and do the raw dump. Am I not in modeb? I can see the drive in windows.
I am getting this same error. I am 100% sure I am in modeB, and I am inserting an original game DVD, but the drive opens before 20 sec. is up (My tray is open when in modeB). I pressed "load" which closes the tray for me, but it re-opens in the same time as if I manually hit eject (twice) to close the tray. I even tried "start spin" to see if it would keep it in longer. Once the tray closes, if I wait about 5 sec for it to start reading, and then pick RAW dump firmware, I get the save as window, but once I pick to save it says "Cannot read from Drive"
Has anyone found a workaround for this for people who's drive when in modeB has the try in the open position (Ie. people who had to press eject in the slax loadup to get past "spinning up disk...")
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 10:39:00 AM
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 10:45:00 AM
QUOTE(OttawaModder @ Dec 17 2006, 06:43 PM)
I am getting this same error. I am 100% sure I am in modeB, and I am inserting an original game DVD, but the drive opens before 20 sec. is up (My tray is open when in modeB). I pressed "load" which closes the tray for me, but it re-opens in the same time as if I manually hit eject (twice) to close the tray. I even tried "start spin" to see if it would keep it in longer. Once the tray closes, if I wait about 5 sec for it to start reading, and then pick RAW dump firmware, I get the save as window, but once I pick to save it says "Cannot read from Drive"
Has anyone found a workaround for this for people who's drive when in modeB has the try in the open position (Ie. people who had to press eject in the slax loadup to get past "spinning up disk...")
to get around this all you have to do is hit the eject button again as its going in and it should stay in thats how i got mine cuase i was having the same problem as you..
and i have a problem now when i dump the firmware i get a checksum failure and if i choose to ignore it and try to do the smart hacker it comes up with a error saying "Not all label were resolved, cannot continue" does anyone know what taht means is it a problem with my sata connections or something?
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 11:24:00 AM
Well, it's not really a fix, but it is a method of keeping your drive closed when it's in ModeB. When your drive is closing, hit eject again. So, if it takes two presses to close your drive, hit it a third time WHILE it's closing. Instead of opening back up, the tray will stay closed.
Try that.
Post by: davbere on December 17, 2006, 10:48:00 AM
QUOTE(joeya @ Dec 17 2006, 06:52 PM)
to get around this all you have to do is hit the eject button again as its going in and it should stay in thats how i got mine cuase i was having the same problem as you..
and i have a problem now when i dump the firmware i get a checksum failure and if i choose to ignore it and try to do the smart hacker it comes up with a error saying "Not all label were resolved, cannot continue" does anyone know what taht means is it a problem with my sata connections or something?
I dont have a 78 drive to test with but you could try checking and fixing the checksum before you do the smartpatch.
Yes it could be a conflict with your chipset. Try dumping again
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 10:50:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 17 2006, 07:55 PM)
Something I found that may also fix the "movie dvd for twenty seconds"
Well, it's not really a fix, but it is a method of keeping your drive closed when it's in ModeB. When your drive is closing, hit eject again. So, if it takes two presses to close your drive, hit it a third time WHILE it's closing. Instead of opening back up, the tray will stay closed.
Try that.
jst put a 360 game in the drive and it works y dont some of u ppl read and follow it must be some thing to do with accsessin the firmware (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 10:51:00 AM
This post has been edited by joeya: Dec 17 2006, 06:56 PM
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 11:33:00 AM
Im debating with myself wether to update the guide explaining it with the actual X360USB and with power from the 360 or the same thing but with power from the kit.
Textbook you suggest powering on the 360 during a certain point in the process but obviously with the connectivity kit in the PC's PSU the power is immedietly on - would this effecta nything I wonder?
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 11:35:00 AM
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 17, 2006, 11:35:00 AM
and awsome work maximus !
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 10:59:00 AM
QUOTE(adamscybot @ Dec 17 2006, 07:04 PM)
but obviously with the connectivity kit in the PC's PSU the power is immedietly on - would this effecta nything I wonder?
you can power on the kit at any point using the power switch....
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 11:00:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 08:06 PM)
you can power on the kit at any point using the power switch....
Of course, but I am wondering if it REQUIRED to have the power on at a certain point or not.
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 11:38:00 AM
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 11:39:00 AM
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 11:04:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 08:09 PM)
with some via chipsets/pci cards it's required yes.
But the guide will be explaining the use of the X360USB sata --> USB adapter.
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 11:46:00 AM
In my experience you don't have to wait when using an usb adapter
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 11:49:00 AM
Post by: cklennon on December 17, 2006, 11:53:00 AM
QUOTE(adamscybot @ Dec 17 2006, 07:04 PM) 
Hmm well the connectivity kit eliminates the need to have your 360 involved.
If you check that link I gave, you'll see that a cheapo $15 SATA->USB connector does everything that the X360USB+Connectivity Kit would do, for about 1/4 the price. Connect your drive via USB and power via Molex. No XBOX necessary.
I know your guide is all about X360USB and whatever, but if using this method and SLAX it seems silly to waste $$ on those two pieces when you can get the same from eBay or elsewhere for under $20.
Post by: dantheman on December 17, 2006, 11:55:00 AM
Post by: darkmaster2 on December 17, 2006, 11:22:00 AM
Thanks maximus. Another donation on the way.
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 11:58:00 AM
I will just explain switching it at the same point as you say as it seems one of them things which just happens with different people.
I hope thats safe!
I also hope the positions of the buttons on the board are completely ignored - as I dont want them causing some kind of crash due to the incompatibility.
I would try this all right now, but unfortunatly, I dont posess a 78FK.
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 11:22:00 AM
QUOTE(cklennon @ Dec 17 2006, 01:24 PM)
If you check that link I gave, you'll see that a cheapo $15 SATA->USB connector does everything that the X360USB+Connectivity Kit would do, for about 1/4 the price. Connect your drive via USB and power via Molex. No XBOX necessary.
I know your guide is all about X360USB and whatever, but if using this method and SLAX it seems silly to waste $$ on those two pieces when you can get the same from eBay or elsewhere for under $20.
Except for the fact that the Xbox 360 drives don't use a Molex power supply, they use that 10-wire plug from the Xbox 360. That molex power supply won't do you any good for powering the DVD drive .. unless if you get a connectivity kit.
QUOTE(dantheman @ Dec 17 2006, 01:26 PM)
TEXTBOOK Are you going to update your firmware guide anytime soon because that would be great for lots of people. I love your guide its very detailed and explained.
Yes, but I was hoping v5 would be out around the same time as well. Also, I may be getting a v0078FK soon, so I will be able to get some firsthand experience. My 'tutorial' in this thread was just watching the video and putting it into words.
Post by: x360_CZE on December 17, 2006, 12:05:00 PM
Post by: Hami on December 17, 2006, 12:07:00 PM
Appoligies to anyone that was caught up in the bitchin threads yesterady, i appoligise to you all. I was merley pissed to people trying to steal the credit for someone elses's hard work and claiming to have funded the software.
We killed hardware during the testing of the software but all drives have now been repeaired.
Im glad you have all stood behind maximus and have given him the credit he deserves!!
Here is my shamless plug : i have 100 032CE drives in stock for anyone that has extracted there drive key and wished to apply it to a raplacment drive with spoofed firmware.
EMAIL ME HERE : [email protected] website will be up soon : www.techno-devices.com
We are very busy with customer work at the moment, but as soon as i have some time, i wiill type up a full set of instructions for using this software.
NOTE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT WORKING : When it asks for a GAME OR DVD, please use an original game as during testing, i found that i got the best results with this. Also, when you click to read the firmware, DO NOT TAKE the first dump as 'GOSPEL' i found that when i waited for the drive to spin down and there was no disc operation in place was the best time to take a drive read.
I will speak to maximus about a few modifications that could be made to the software that will make it more user compatable.
RESPECT TO ALL YOU GUYS IN THE XBOX SCENE, AND HAVE A VERY VERY MERRY XMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Post by: Modify_inc on December 17, 2006, 12:09:00 PM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 17 2006, 07:29 PM)
Except for the fact that the Xbox 360 drives don't use a Molex power supply, they use that 10-wire plug from the Xbox 360. That molex power supply won't do you any good for powering the DVD drive .. unless if you get a connectivity kit.
Great and I justed ordered one, b/c when he said the 360 wasn't needed, I was hooked. Tell me they make adapter for it or something..
Post by: olii1 on December 17, 2006, 11:44:00 AM
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 11:49:00 AM
QUOTE(olii1 @ Dec 17 2006, 08:51 PM)
Do you need to use the special firmware developed for the 0078FK drive, or can you use the normal firmware for all Hitachi drives?
why do some people not read tut's (GOD HELP THEM)
Post by: metaphaze on December 17, 2006, 12:11:00 PM
QUOTE(olii1 @ Dec 17 2006, 12:51 PM)
Do you need to use the special firmware developed for the 0078FK drive, or can you use the normal firmware for all Hitachi drives?
Post by: olii1 on December 17, 2006, 12:50:00 PM
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 12:16:00 PM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 09:18 PM)
roflmfao
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 17 2006, 07:14 PM)
Use Slax 2. This updated version by Probutus includes support for a much greater range of chipsets, including the VIA cards. It also supports SATA > USB adaptors. If you are using onboard SATA, make sure RAID is disabled in your BIOS. Slax 2 works much better than Slax 1, and it's faster! The Slax download is an ISO image file, you can burn it with any ISO Image burning software like Nero or IMGBurn. The Slax disc is a bootable Linux disc, that needs to be put in your PC drive, not the Xbox 360 Hitachi drive. With both the Xbox 360 and PC powered off, hook up both power and video cables to the Xbox 360, and ensure a ground between the Xbox 360 and your PC. Hook up the Hitachi drive via a SATA cable. Boot up your PC and boot from the Slax CD. As soon as you see the Slax cloverleaf, power on your Xbox 360. (hurry, it doesn't stay there long) Let Slax go. If you get "Spinning Up Disc.." then eject the Hitachi drive and it will continue. When you reach the login screen for Slax do the following.
To verify that your drive is in ModeB, one of the following must be happening:
1. The drive takes two presses of the eject button to open/close.
2. When closing the drive using the eject button, the drive tray will auto-eject back open a few seconds later.
Once you have verified the drive is in ModeB, restart your PC, eject the Slax disc, and let it boot. When it gets to the Windows loading bar, eject the Hitachi drive open and closed a few times so that Windows will recognize the drive. When you first get Windows loaded, check device manager (CD/DVD Drives) before anything else. If you see your drive in there, good.
1. Open 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
2. Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
5. Save the original firmware as original.bin somewhere safe
6. It will tell you that the firmware has been dumped and ask if you want to open it, select "Yes"
7. Make sure everything looks pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary
8. Go to Tools > Smart Hack Patcher
9. Read the warning and then accept it
10. On the line labelled "output file" click the box to the right with the ellipsis (three dots) and save your output file as hacked.bin
11. Make sure the rule set is for Hitachi v78 drives
12. Hit "Generate File"
13. Again, it will ask if you want to open the firmware, select "Yes"
14. Go to Tools > Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
15. Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
16. Select your Hitachi DVD drive from the drop-down list
17. Hit "Read Drive and Detect Differences"
18. Select "Start Flashing" and wait for it to finish (very fast)
19. Test it all out
20. Donate to Maximus if it worked
Don't forget to plug that small black sata cable back in so your Hitachi drive is actually connected to the Xbox 360 motherboard! Also, make sure you power-cycle the system twice after flashing. I'm not sure if this version has the "ModeB on Open Tray" but if it does, it means that you will have to power-cycle twice after flashing the first time. This is because you probably flashed the drive with it open, and when you powered it off the first time, the tray remained open. Then, when you power back up, it will be in ModeB because of the ModeB on Open Tray. So.. you have to power cycle again to go back to normal mode.
Slax 2 does work with SATA > USB adapters, and yes, you can use pretty much any generic no-name cheapo SATA > USB adapter. I got one off ebay for $17 shipped and I used it last week on my laptop to flash two Hitachi 47 drives. Works great with Slax 2 and was able to flash both drives just fine.
Post by: metaphaze on December 17, 2006, 12:17:00 PM
QUOTE(olii1 @ Dec 17 2006, 12:51 PM)
Do you need to use the special firmware developed for the 0078FK drive, or can you use the normal firmware for all Hitachi drives?
- Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 (FW package we currently recommend for this drive v78 - use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash)
Note the bold, there is a FW made specifically for the 78 drive.
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 12:55:00 PM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 09:24 PM)
- Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 (FW package we currently recommend for this drive v78 - use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash)
thank you
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 12:21:00 PM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 17 2006, 01:40 PM)
Great and I justed ordered one, b/c when he said the 360 wasn't needed, I was hooked. Tell me they make adapter for it or something..
Yes, the connectivity kits.
Post by: caster420 on December 17, 2006, 12:58:00 PM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 10:54 AM)
the via cards don't work with slax.
With the slax2 cd they work just fine.
Caster.
Post by: BlackBurN on December 17, 2006, 12:22:00 PM
QUOTE(BoNg420 @ Dec 17 2006, 05:50 PM)
does slax work with Nforce 4 chipsets?
yes...
i flashed 2 hitachi 47d with nforce 4 sli chipset
using slax boot disc to set mode B
Post by: dimmellee on December 17, 2006, 12:24:00 PM
However as I had safely dumped the key got my old sammy ms25 drive in and working no problem.
Thanks Maximus.....
Post by: olii1 on December 17, 2006, 12:27:00 PM
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 12:29:00 PM
QUOTE(BlackBurN @ Dec 17 2006, 09:29 PM)
yes...
i flashed 2 hitachi 47d with nforce 4 sli chipset
using slax boot disc to set mode B
that on a dfi board lol ?
Post by: adamscybot on December 17, 2006, 12:30:00 PM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 09:24 PM)
- Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 (FW package we currently recommend for this drive v78 - use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash)
Note the bold, there is a FW made specifically for the 78 drive.
But you dont actually need it do you? At least i think you dont?
This tool patches the firmware all by itself and note PATCH - hence its not illegal to own the program.
Post by: Poopninja on December 17, 2006, 12:30:00 PM
This was my first firmware hack and everything went without a hitch. Followed Textbook's mini-tutorial in this thread to the letter and had no problems at all.
Onboard Via 6420 sata chipset on my Asus K8V
Post by: krayzie on December 17, 2006, 01:08:00 PM
QUOTE(caster420 @ Dec 17 2006, 08:29 PM)
With the slax2 cd they work just fine.
Caster.
Yeah I read that after I posted. I was under the impression the author of slax stated that if your chipset wasn't compatible with slax1 it isn't with 2 either. well must have misread. Better for me since I have a via card too.
This post has been edited by krayzie: Dec 17 2006, 09:10 PM
Post by: fatmatt1978 on December 17, 2006, 12:33:00 PM
can anybody help plz
Post by: pechvoge on December 17, 2006, 12:36:00 PM
``Cannot Read The Drive``
I can flash a 47 with the SIL3112 chip set but know it JUST DON`t WORK!!! I also tried a 6421.
NOTE:
HITACHI IS IN MODE-B CAUSE I CAN SEE IT IN WINDOWS WITH DRIVE LETTER: E
HEEEEEEEELP
Post by: Modify_inc on December 17, 2006, 12:37:00 PM
And if so, then no more flashing in DOS.
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 12:39:00 PM
QUOTE(fatmatt1978 @ Dec 17 2006, 09:40 PM)
hello im having problems get drive into mode b seen in widows when i press dump raw firware it says insert a game or dvd and wait 20 secs i do that then it says save as press ok then the program locks up
can anybody help plz
read the forums its been answerd 10 times
QUOTE
Known Issues:
* If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then Options-Enable Windows Context Menu.
* RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks.
* If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then Options-Enable Windows Context Menu.
* RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks.
and no only for hitachi's
Post by: Textbook on December 17, 2006, 12:41:00 PM
QUOTE(pechvoge @ Dec 17 2006, 02:43 PM)
Does SOMEONE know why I`m getting this message when I want to dump the original from a 78:
``Cannot Read The Drive``
I can flash a 47 with the SIL3112 chip set but know it JUST DON`t WORK!!! I also tried a 6421.
NOTE:
HITACHI IS IN MODE-B CAUSE I CAN SEE IT IN WINDOWS WITH DRIVE LETTER: E
HEEEEEEEELP
There was corruption from firmware reads using SIL SATA chipsets. They are not supported at this time. Use a different SATA controller if possible, or wait until they can figure out the issue.
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 17 2006, 02:44 PM)
So you can use this toolset to flash both the Samsung and Hitachi drives or did I misread the readme?
And if so, then no more flashing in DOS.
Hitachi flashing only. Samsung is still flashed in DOS.
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 12:59:00 PM
Post by: Techz on December 17, 2006, 01:05:00 PM
QUOTE(joeya @ Dec 17 2006, 08:10 PM)
ok well i got the smart hacker to work but when i go to flash the drive it comes up with alot of sectors and says flashing to many sectors can cause you to brick your drive.. anyone else getting this?
Having same problem m8 :-(
Post by: fatmatt1978 on December 17, 2006, 01:05:00 PM
QUOTE(ben1989 @ Dec 17 2006, 07:46 PM)
read the forums its been answerd 10 times
and no only for hitachi's
im using a newlink pci sata card that has worked with other hlg drives and samsung drives
it says its ali raid in divice manager
Post by: anteperra on December 17, 2006, 01:07:00 PM
This post has been edited by anteperra: Dec 17 2006, 09:10 PM
Post by: dom0012 on December 17, 2006, 01:08:00 PM
QUOTE(joeya @ Dec 17 2006, 09:06 PM)
has anyone tried flashing with a sli chipset yet? cause i can get everything done except when it reads the differences it comes up with alot and i dont want to brick my drive.
for now SIL3112 wont work. you have to use some other hitachi compatible chipset.
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 01:10:00 PM
Post by: redfoxert on December 17, 2006, 01:11:00 PM
Turned on the xbox360 (dont have a connectivity kit yet)
Booted my pc (with Asus P4C-800E) with Slax 2.0
Reset my pc and booted to windows.
A couple times the Xbox just shut down because it failed to boot too many times or something, hence cutting the power. I timed it with a stopwatch and it was about 5 minutes before it shuts down.
Then I set everything right again, keeping track of time.
Finally i managed to do everything Textbook wrote down and voila .... I now have a patched 0078 Hitachi drive in my Xbox
I'm about to test one of my backups to see if it really works but so far i havent seen any problems. The drive works just fine with originals and movie dvds so i dont see why it wouldnt work with a backup
THANKS MAXIMUS !! BE SURE TO FIND A DONATION SOON
Post by: espionix on December 17, 2006, 01:23:00 PM
- opened it
- connected drive via SATA to my DFI Expert NF4 Controller
- booted Slax2 alpha to set ModeB
- Reset PC
- Read firmware with Toolbox
- Patched and wrote firmware with toolbox
- All back together and it plays originals (don't have a backup to test yet, working on how to backup GoW)
Just if that helps anyone ill answer any questions (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by espionix: Dec 17 2006, 09:27 PM
Post by: ollie40 on December 17, 2006, 01:40:00 PM
Thanks for all the hard work mate.
Ollie.
Post by: sp1200 on December 17, 2006, 01:50:00 PM
Post by: Phunt on December 17, 2006, 01:52:00 PM
- Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 (FW package we currently recommend for this drive v78 - use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash)
Note the bold, there is a FW made specifically for the 78 drive.
QUOTE(adamscybot @ Dec 17 2006, 07:37 PM)
But you dont actually need it do you? At least i think you dont?
This tool patches the firmware all by itself and note PATCH - hence its not illegal to own the program.
I was also wondering about this. Its not made very clear in the tuts whether we actually need the 1.6 firmware.
Post by: supercoop on December 17, 2006, 01:53:00 PM
Post by: modtek on December 17, 2006, 01:53:00 PM
Your work is appreciated by all,
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 02:01:00 PM
I have a Sil 3512
What chip is best for the 78
Post by: bricklayer on December 17, 2006, 02:07:00 PM
78fk hacked and fully working!
my donation is sent to show my appreciation, hope all who use this software do the decent thing and donate also.
regards,brickie
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 02:22:00 PM
I have a couple questions though. I have a laptop and im about to head to frys for a sata to usb or a sata card what ever they have in stock. What am im looking for when it comes to picking a sata card for my laptop? and certain things to look for on the box?
second question. I was reading that you need to ground the xbox to the pc? How would i do this? I plan on just connecting a sata cord from the drive to my laptop sata card and using the xbox to power the drive? i dont understand what needs grounding? any help Thanks!
Post by: supercoop on December 17, 2006, 02:26:00 PM
QUOTE(mat82284 @ Dec 17 2006, 09:29 PM)
second question. I was reading that you need to ground the xbox to the pc? How would i do this? I plan on just connecting a sata cord from the drive to my laptop sata card and using the xbox to power the drive? i dont understand what needs grounding? any help Thanks!
just use some croc clips.
Post by: tom_mandory on December 17, 2006, 02:26:00 PM
QUOTE(Xbox-Scene @ Dec 18 2006, 03:03 AM)
Also features a new RAW memdump wich is not fooled by the stealth method on currently hacked drives.
So i've read the whole and I still have one question
Does this mean that the current Hitachi 'stealth' firmware is not as stealth as it claims to be?
Post by: Techz on December 17, 2006, 02:27:00 PM
QUOTE(Techz @ Dec 17 2006, 10:12 PM)
Having same problem m8 :-(
ok changed sata port to sata 1 main on board and got no checksum error and all worked fine
games all worked :-)
abit 7 max ich5
now to crack the ms28
Many Thanks
Maximus send him money he is the god :-)
Post by: dajuice on December 17, 2006, 02:40:00 PM
QUOTE(supercoop @ Dec 17 2006, 01:33 PM)
just use some croc clips.
So if I was to use a laptop, one end of the crop clip would be clipped to the 360 case while the other is clipped to my Desktop PC?
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 02:41:00 PM
QUOTE(supercoop @ Dec 17 2006, 09:33 PM)
just use some croc clips.
Where so i ground it because im using a laptop and dont have any grounds to use??? I have a vga port on the back of the latop could i just connect it the outside of that or is this dangerous? also where would i connect it to on the xbox the dvd drive or the casing?
This post has been edited by mat82284: Dec 17 2006, 10:45 PM
Post by: ben1989 on December 17, 2006, 02:43:00 PM
Post by: metaphaze on December 17, 2006, 02:44:00 PM
QUOTE(mat82284 @ Dec 17 2006, 03:48 PM)
Where so i ground it because im using a laptop and dont have any grounds to use???
I don't think the common ground thing is a real problem if they are plugged in to the same power strip.
However you could always remove that cover that hides your memory modules and attach a crock clip on the metal on the bottom of the shell of the laptop.
ETA: I'm not talking out of my ass either, I've done several 360's without the ground wire connected to each chasis.
This post has been edited by metaphaze: Dec 17 2006, 10:46 PM
Post by: 16v on December 17, 2006, 03:23:00 PM
Post by: No.1 G on December 17, 2006, 02:57:00 PM
And also i have a Silicon 3112A pci chipset and it works flawlessly for me with the 78.
Cheers dude.
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 03:07:00 PM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 09:51 PM)
I don't think the common ground thing is a real problem if they are plugged in to the same power strip.
However you could always remove that cover that hides your memory modules and attach a crock clip on the metal on the bottom of the shell of the laptop.
ETA: I'm not talking out of my ass either, I've done several 360's without the ground wire connected to each chasis.
So what your saying is if i have the power cable connected to the same outlet or (same surge protector) then i should be fine? Also whats the worse that can happen if its not grounded (not being able to pull the data or a bricked drive?)
Also what kind of sata card do i pick??
This post has been edited by mat82284: Dec 17 2006, 11:09 PM
Post by: pepeloco on December 17, 2006, 03:08:00 PM
Thanks Maximus.
Post by: metaphaze on December 17, 2006, 03:15:00 PM
QUOTE(mat82284 @ Dec 17 2006, 04:14 PM)
So what your saying is if i have the power cable connected to the same outlet or (same surge protector) then i should be fine? Also whats the worse that can happen if its not grounded (not being able to pull the data or a bricked drive?)
Also what kind of sata card do i pick??
Not the same wall outlet, the same grounded surge protector, I should have made that more clear. A powerstrip is just that, it has no surge protection.
What is the worst that could happen? Well nothing is going to happen unless you lost power or your house was hit by lightning. In any event it wouldn't matter that the two units weren't properly grounded, you would just be SOL.
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 03:20:00 PM
When I do it it says
Do you want to perform a checksum validation to check if the dump is fine
yes
the data dump does not match its own checksum ( you can try dumping again)
do you want to accept this dump anyway?
yes
why it it doing this is it becauce I have a Silicon chip?
Also when I want to dump the firmware it asks for a games or movie is this normal?
Post by: draken333 on December 17, 2006, 04:00:00 PM
Donation sent
Post by: No.1 G on December 17, 2006, 03:37:00 PM
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 03:41:00 PM
and 8 times it gave me this key
should I risk flashing the drive and backup both these keys?
This post has been edited by foaley77: Dec 17 2006, 11:52 PM
Post by: asspop on December 17, 2006, 03:45:00 PM
yea just back up both keys, but im not sure why its giving you 2 diffrent ones. thats weird.
This post has been edited by asspop: Dec 17 2006, 11:45 PM
Post by: Morninglight on December 17, 2006, 03:46:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 17 2006, 11:27 PM)
why it it doing this is it becauce I have a Silicon chip?
Did you even read the readme? there are issues with the SIL chipses.
Donated (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
This post has been edited by Morninglight: Dec 17 2006, 11:47 PM
Post by: TristanBlade on December 17, 2006, 03:52:00 PM
QUOTE(asspop @ Dec 17 2006, 05:52 PM)
i dont think you should be posting your keys. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
yea just back up both keys, but im not sure why its giving you 2 diffrent ones. thats weird.
It's because he has a sata chipset that has been identified as having issues. I don't think he wants to accept that yet. Maybe he thinks if he posts about it enough it will magically work.
QUOTE(No.1 G @ Dec 17 2006, 05:44 PM)
Is this firmware just as safe as the other hitachi firmwares to go on xbox live with?
post number 137.
I was wondering how long it would take to get one of these.
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 03:54:00 PM
QUOTE(TristanBlade @ Dec 18 2006, 08:29 AM)
It's because he has a sata chipset that has been identified as having issues. I don't think he wants to accept that yet. Maybe he thinks if he posts about it enough it will magically work.
post number 137.
I was wondering how long it would take to get one of these.
Ok so what card should I buy Via cards don't work with Slax do they?
I also used Slax 1 as Slax 2 did not work
Post by: TristanBlade on December 17, 2006, 03:59:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 17 2006, 06:01 PM)
Ok so what card should I buy Via cards don't work with Slax do they?
I also used Slax 1 as Slax 2 did not work
Pretty much anything other than a sil.
There are at least two posts in this very thread that have said that slax 2.0 works for via chipsets.
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 04:25:00 PM
QUOTE(TristanBlade @ Dec 18 2006, 08:36 AM)
Pretty much anything other than a sil.
There are at least two posts in this very thread that have said that slax 2.0 works for via chipsets.
ok cheers I will give it a try
Crap the drive wont show up in Windows using my VIA 6421 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
I tried Slax 1 and 2 and it wont show up
This post has been edited by foaley77: Dec 18 2006, 12:34 AM
Post by: ehelvig on December 17, 2006, 04:36:00 PM
Is it just me or is the focus on donating getting a little out of hand? Dont get me wrong, I am under the impression that one should be rewarded in some way for excellent work like this, but if I were anyone of the other guys that have contributed greatly to the scene - I`d feel a little boned..
Just a thougt.
Post by: frosty0705 on December 17, 2006, 04:52:00 PM
Thanks to all on the scene especially the guy who wrote the simple to follow walkthrough. too late now for me to be bothered checking back through 5 pages to find out who it was but you know who you are. first 78 succesfully done i am off to bed now it is getting very late over here in the uk.
Post by: foaley77 on December 17, 2006, 04:55:00 PM
Post by: Murc on December 17, 2006, 05:06:00 PM
Post by: shauno on December 17, 2006, 05:24:00 PM
QUOTE(Murc @ Dec 18 2006, 09:43 AM)
flashing is beyond me...I've spent many hours reading about it to try and understand it...but I've given up...when does the damn X78 come out?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) seriously mate if you can't flash it through software, best of luck removing black epoxy and soldering a chip
Post by: jamiethomas on December 17, 2006, 05:32:00 PM
Post by: bigghek on December 17, 2006, 06:16:00 PM
Post by: CrAzYfAssSst on December 17, 2006, 06:17:00 PM
then it eventually goes to (Not Responding) through windows....
any ideas...?
thanks
in general
I can NOT RAW dump or read the drive in any way... the program just does nothing at all.....
Post by: dbz_goku7 on December 17, 2006, 06:53:00 PM
I already have Nforce4 for SATA.
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 07:04:00 PM
Post by: BasicAir on December 17, 2006, 07:16:00 PM
I am wondering how likely my stock Dell motherboard's SATA ports will work fine for flashing. I know no one can say for sure, but does anyone think it will or will not work? I don't know the brand or anything but it's from my 1-year old Dell Dimension 8400.
I would really like to have an idea if it's sata ports will work for flashing this 78 drive or not before I try it tomorrow. Anyone have a good guess or absolutely no clue? It seems everyone is using PCI Sata boards but obviously I'm talking about straight motherboard connections....
Thanks in advance.
Post by: SiLeNtKiLLa'06 on December 17, 2006, 07:26:00 PM
I tried using my xeon connectivity kit, but my pc wouldnt boot pass bios logo, so used Slax, and Boom! I was in, then booted into windows vista, and everything worked with absolutely not problems. But for some reason I cant boot into XP, shyt just hangs at bootscreen. But Nice job fellaz, will be donating ASAP!
Post by: caseyhalone on December 17, 2006, 07:26:00 PM
i have chipped many xbox but nothing with 360 yet.
Post by: gugudelaroche on December 17, 2006, 07:26:00 PM
any advice would be appreciated
gugu
Post by: federico69 on December 17, 2006, 07:48:00 PM
QUOTE(gugudelaroche @ Dec 18 2006, 11:57 AM)
ok heres the thing i put slax 2.0 it works, but my drive 0078 is in mode B on the tray open. i get into windows it recognized my drive, then i start the toolbox 3.0 , when i get to the 1st step to Direct Drive Dump , i choose the 0078 drive , i click on RAW dumping Firmware As and i get the message insert movie or game DVD and wait 20 seconds after inserting it, before continue , i've put a movie a original 360 game and it ejects again after about 10 seconds , i then i get the same message over insert movie..... So, I'm not sure what to try next
any advice would be appreciated
gugu
Hi just wanted to let you know that this question has been answered earlier in the post ...
"Something I found that may also fix the "movie dvd for twenty seconds"
Well, it's not really a fix, but it is a method of keeping your drive closed when it's in ModeB. When your drive is closing, hit eject again. So, if it takes two presses to close your drive, hit it a third time WHILE it's closing. Instead of opening back up, the tray will stay closed." - Textbook (legend that he is).
I personally haven't had a chance to try this yet but hopefully I'll get some time tonight. Major props 2 Maximus.
Post by: waraey on December 17, 2006, 07:48:00 PM
QUOTE(gugudelaroche @ Dec 18 2006, 02:57 AM)
ok heres the thing i put slax 2.0 it works, but my drive 0078 is in mode B on the tray open. i get into windows it recognized my drive, then i start the toolbox 3.0 , when i get to the 1st step to Direct Drive Dump , i choose the 0078 drive , i click on RAW dumping Firmware As and i get the message insert movie or game DVD and wait 20 seconds after inserting it, before continue , i've put a movie a original 360 game and it ejects again after about 10 seconds , i then i get the same message over insert movie..... So, I'm not sure what to try next
any advice would be appreciated
gugu
Try to Hit the eject button on the xbox360 once, then push the drive in manually, worked for me just make sure there is a disc in it.
Post by: nuke field ET on December 17, 2006, 07:53:00 PM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 10:54 AM)
the via cards don't work with slax.
wow, I wish I would've known that a long time ago
just ordered a sil3114 card though and got it installed, so hopefully it'll work with that
Post by: jamiethomas on December 17, 2006, 07:55:00 PM
Post by: waraey on December 17, 2006, 07:55:00 PM
QUOTE(CrAzYfAssSst @ Dec 18 2006, 01:48 AM)
when i click on RAW dump firmware as (with a real 360 game in the drive currently spinning) i can save as original.bin and then the 360 game stops spinning but the program does nothing at all
then it eventually goes to (Not Responding) through windows....
any ideas...?
thanks
in general
I can NOT RAW dump or read the drive in any way... the program just does nothing at all.....
This always happens to me when I have the drive in modeb via slax and am using the X360 USb adaptor. Hook the drive up via sata and give it a try. For some reason even though the drive is in modeb and is recognized in windows, the firmware toolbox just doesnt seem to work, just freeze. This is after putting the drive in modeb via usb and slax using utter chaos's method.
Post by: CrAzYfAssSst on December 17, 2006, 08:11:00 PM
this is the connector i am suing (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16812156014)
any other ideas?
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 17, 2006, 08:21:00 PM
i currently have my drive into mode b, i know this because it takes two pushes on the eject button to close. as the drive is closing, i push the button one more time, which causes the drive to stay closed. when i go to dump the firmware , the program freezes. ive tried probably close to 10 times. still no sucess. any tips would be greatly appreciated
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 08:22:00 PM
QUOTE(jamiethomas @ Dec 18 2006, 02:26 AM)
I have the Hitachi 78FK and i'm using the USB360 with the new software i get into mode b easily.When i hit direct drive dump it freezes up and says not responding any help with this please.
im having this exact same problem. I only have a laptop and this sata to usb adapter how can i fix this? what else do i need to do?
Post by: gugudelaroche on December 17, 2006, 08:47:00 PM
QUOTE(h23jdmlude @ Dec 17 2006, 09:52 PM)
i am having the same problem as well ..
i currently have my drive into mode b, i know this because it takes two pushes on the eject button to close. as the drive is closing, i push the button one more time, which causes the drive to stay closed. when i go to dump the firmware , the program freezes. ive tried probably close to 10 times. still no sucess. any tips would be greatly appreciated
try instead to push eject once (only once) and then manually push the dvd door but make sure you have game inside or movie, it worked for me i had the same issue and now my problem is resolved sucessfully
hope it helps
Post by: ColdBrew on December 17, 2006, 08:50:00 PM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 04:54 PM)
the via cards don't work with slax.
I used the $15 raid via card from newegg to get a Hitachi to modeb.
Post by: jimjom on December 17, 2006, 08:56:00 PM
Post by: OttawaModder on December 17, 2006, 09:00:00 PM
QUOTE(federico69 @ Dec 17 2006, 09:19 PM)
Hi just wanted to let you know that this question has been answered earlier in the post ...
"Something I found that may also fix the "movie dvd for twenty seconds"
Well, it's not really a fix, but it is a method of keeping your drive closed when it's in ModeB. When your drive is closing, hit eject again. So, if it takes two presses to close your drive, hit it a third time WHILE it's closing. Instead of opening back up, the tray will stay closed." - Textbook (legend that he is).
I personally haven't had a chance to try this yet but hopefully I'll get some time tonight. Major props 2 Maximus.
I had this same issue and the extra eject press didn't help UNTIL I tried pressing it just before the drive closed. If I pressed it just before, not right when it closed, not right when I pressed eject twice to start it closing, but about 1cm before it closed. Then the drive stayed closed, read the disc, and let me flash it.
Thank you Maximus.
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 17, 2006, 09:08:00 PM
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 09:22:00 PM
QUOTE(h23jdmlude @ Dec 18 2006, 03:39 AM)
thank you for your help gugudelaroche, but it didnt help . my dvd drive is connected through a usb ->sata connector . possibly that is my problem . once ive hit dump, ive waited 10 minutes . i check the folder where i saved original.bin , and sure enough the file is there, but its size is 0kb. i restart, and try over and over, still no luck. next i guess i will try pushing eject when its 1cm from being closed, perhaps that will help
Im having the same exact problem i cant it it to dump my firmware. ive restarted pc many times and tried so many ways but im stuck. If you figure it out please let me know what you did to fix this problem. If anyone else knows how to fix this please tell me. I just wish it worked
Post by: CrAzYfAssSst on December 17, 2006, 09:27:00 PM
and the 1cm 3rd eject press doesnt seem to work either....
i am USB->SATA and have already flashed a 47DJ successfully using the same connector
Post by: taximan89 on December 17, 2006, 09:35:00 PM
Post by: gugudelaroche on December 17, 2006, 09:41:00 PM
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 09:59:00 PM
QUOTE(CrAzYfAssSst @ Dec 18 2006, 03:58 AM)
same the 1press/ manual push does not work
and the 1cm 3rd eject press doesnt seem to work either....
i am USB->SATA and have already flashed a 47DJ successfully using the same connector
I have gotten windows to reconize my movies and i can even copy the files to my hard drive. But the xbox games come up as movies as well and i cant see the game files. What about you? I take it nothing is working for you either i wonder what is causing this to happen to just us? There has to be another way.
Post by: CrAzYfAssSst on December 17, 2006, 10:00:00 PM
Post by: waraey on December 17, 2006, 10:01:00 PM
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 10:08:00 PM
QUOTE(CrAzYfAssSst @ Dec 18 2006, 04:31 AM)
how are you connecting the drive to the PC?
im connecting it through a sata to usb adapter but its not working still. hmmm i wonder if it'll work in safe mode has anyone tried?
anyone using a sata2usb get this to work?
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 17, 2006, 10:09:00 PM
ive tried everything else. different games, different times pressing the eject button for 3rd time .. eh a few others. im convinced USB is causing the trouble . someone prove me wrong so i can flash !!
Post by: joeya on December 17, 2006, 10:10:00 PM
Post by: Murc on December 17, 2006, 10:10:00 PM
QUOTE(shauno @ Dec 17 2006, 06:31 PM)
seriously mate if you can't flash it through software, best of luck removing black epoxy and soldering a chiptrue true.
I'm never done any firmware flashing...so its all new to me, I good with computers...I'm just new to the whole firmware scene. I guess I'll probably do the flash...I'll just wait until Textbook can make a tutorial...that guy is the god of tutorials, he puts it all step by step...I love that.
I have bought the X360USB, with the connectivity kit, a few weeks back (when I got my 360)...then I learned about the whole 78 garbage. I hooked up my 78 drive to mp pc and it detected it...but I couldn't power the drive...at least I think that the problem, I've never used my connectivity kit before, I think it might be broken...the "X" doesn't light up for me, I've seen in pictures that it s red "X" using led's, but mine stays off, which leaves me thinking that its broken. I guess I'll have to lug the 360 power brick to my pc and try it that way. Textbook had a little step by step a few pages back...but the part I didn't like (unless I read it wrong) was that you need the video cables hooked up as well...i didn't know that...and since I'm not gonna shove my big screen into my computer room...that way wont work for me.
BTW, this will sound like a very big noob question...but...what does TSOP mean???
Post by: GrandPipe on December 17, 2006, 10:19:00 PM
Post by: dvandriesen on December 17, 2006, 10:19:00 PM
Post by: noise36 on December 17, 2006, 10:19:00 PM
I jumped on a different pc and used sata and everything worked fine.
Everything worked exactly like the tutorial posted said it would.
Problem is that the x360 wont boot correctly. I puts out a snowstorm of graphics on the screen but oddly does not get any red error lights.
anyone know whats going on? I reboot the pc with the x360 drive a couple of times to get it out of modeb is there something else I was supposed to do?
cheers
Post by: tonemgub on December 17, 2006, 10:34:00 PM
Post by: noise36 on December 17, 2006, 11:03:00 PM
I thought it would make no difference but How do you know you are in mode b when you only have the eject button on the kit to open and close.
Post by: SiLeNtKiLLa'06 on December 17, 2006, 11:32:00 PM
QUOTE(GrandPipe @ Dec 17 2006, 11:50 PM)
Does anyone know how this works with Vista? any issues?
Used Vista, everything worked flawlessly, as a matter fact, I cant get my drive to read in XP only in Vista
QUOTE(noise36 @ Dec 18 2006, 12:34 AM)
can someone post a tutorial using the executer connectivity kit to power the drive?
I thought it would make no difference but How do you know you are in mode b when you only have the eject button on the kit to open and close.
I tried using my xeon connectivity kit (virtually the exact same as xecutre connectivity kit) but I couldnt get pass my bios scree.
Try using slax, thats what I did and I had absolutely no problems.
I am using a VIA VT6420, VT8237 Chipset on my motherboard
Used Slax 2 cd, burned with nero
Powered drive from 360 itself (just like the tutorial said)
Booted into Vista, and followed the tutorial step by step and my boys 360 is working flawlessly!
*By the way, Slax does work with Via (response to a post on page 11)
Post by: mat82284 on December 17, 2006, 11:45:00 PM
QUOTE(SiLeNtKiLLa'06 @ Dec 18 2006, 06:03 AM)
Used Vista, everything worked flawlessly, as a matter fact, I cant get my drive to read in XP only in Vista
I tried using my xeon connectivity kit (virtually the exact same as xecutre connectivity kit) but I couldnt get pass my bios scree.
Try using slax, thats what I did and I had absolutely no problems.
I am using a VIA VT6420, VT8237 Chipset on my motherboard
Used Slax 2 cd, burned with nero
Powered drive from 360 itself (just like the tutorial said)
Booted into Vista, and followed the tutorial step by step and my boys 360 is working flawlessly!
*By the way, Slax does work with Via (response to a post on page 11)
With all the people trying to flash does it matter if the hard drive is in?? i have mine currently off because its apart.
Post by: SiLeNtKiLLa'06 on December 17, 2006, 11:48:00 PM
QUOTE(mat82284 @ Dec 18 2006, 01:16 AM)
With all the people trying to flash does it matter if the hard drive is in?? i have mine currently off because its apart.
I didnt have my hardrive in, just drive connected to 360 for power. I followed tutorial word for word, no extras.
Post by: kickerman888 on December 17, 2006, 11:59:00 PM
Post by: foaley77 on December 18, 2006, 12:08:00 AM
I finally got my drive to show up with the Via 6421 card using Slax 2 CD
What I did this time was I booted Slax cd then when that was done I pressed Eject on the 360 drive then pressed reset on the pc and it showed up before I was pressing Ejected once it locked up at the windows loading screen then it would not show up.
When I was trying to do this with my Silicon chip it gave me 2 different keys and I did the read about 10 times 2 times it gave me one key and 8 times it gave me another when I did this with the Via chip the one that did it 2 times was the right one, so this must be the problem with the Silicon chips it still could work though.
Post by: ice625 on December 18, 2006, 12:23:00 AM
Post by: rezn8 on December 18, 2006, 12:28:00 AM
anyone had success with chilifix chips? I'd try one but I havent heard anyones actual experience with them yet.
Post by: noise36 on December 18, 2006, 12:31:00 AM
1) removed x360 hitachi dvd drive and plugged into pc via xecuter v2 for power and xecuter USB to the pc. I booted slax2 and it seemed to go fine. I wasnt sure if i was in modeb but assumed I must be because there were no errors and it seem to take two click of the xecuter v2 to open the drive. reboot using the linux comand and ejected the slax2 cd. Booted into windows and opened up maximus's flash program. started the steps and it would hang the program and my pc when I tried to dump the firmware. Tried a couple mroe times with same results.
2) went to my other pc and repeated the same steps as above with the only difference being direct connection to sata on the motherboard instead of USB. This time once in windows I followed the steps to the letter using maximus's flash program and everything did what it was meant to do. No errors or problems or things not doing what the tutorial said they would.
3) put x360 back together and turned it on. snowstorm across the screen, no proper clear images at all. The lights on the front are all green, no red lights at all.
4) remove hitachi drive and connect back up via sata as in step 2) and this time follow the steps to store the original firmware. All seems to go as its supposed to.
5) put x360 back together and turn it on only to find the same problems as 3) snowstorm of graphics and no red error lights.
6) decide to follow the tutorial textbook posted to the lettter and use the x360 itself to power the drive and connect to pc via sata. This time I know I am in modeb because everything the tutorial says happens. I get back into windows and rip the original firmware that i previously restored, modify it and reflash the drive.
7) I put it back together and you guessed it ...it doesnt work. no red error lights but no display either. I did notice how ever that a movie auto played with no problems if i put it in the drive.
don't I feel like an idiot!@
don't anyone make the same mistake, follow the instructions to the letter.
feel free to offer me suggestions.
cheer
Post by: Exobex on December 18, 2006, 12:31:00 AM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 09:51 PM)
I don't think the common ground thing is a real problem if they are plugged in to the same power strip.
However you could always remove that cover that hides your memory modules and attach a crock clip on the metal on the bottom of the shell of the laptop.
ETA: I'm not talking out of my ass either, I've done several 360's without the ground wire connected to each chasis.
This has been discussed to death before. The Xbox metal chassis is not connected to mains ground, so the power strip won't link it to the PC. You may be able to do it without grounding them together, but grounding them together would be safer. This only applies if using the 360 to power its drive though. If using a connectivity kit you won't need to ground it as the 360 is shut down anyway.
QUOTE(ehelvig @ Dec 17 2006, 11:43 PM)
Is it just me or is the focus on donating getting a little out of hand? Dont get me wrong, I am under the impression that one should be rewarded in some way for excellent work like this, but if I were anyone of the other guys that have contributed greatly to the scene - I`d feel a little boned..
Just a thougt.
I wrote X360SAM, but don't feel that it's great enough a contribution (it just copies bits of files together, FFS) to warrant paying for it. Therefore I don't feel boned.
What Maximus has done is one hell of a contribution though, putting 0078FK drives back on the map for all of us (after all, who wants to desolder epoxied TSOPs?) If I get it working, I'll be donating.
Just got to figure out how to triple-boot my flashing PC now (Win98 DOS mode, Win2000, Slax).
Note to Windows 2000 users
If you get a MSCOMCTL.OCX error when running the toolbox, click http://www.majorgeeks.com/faqshow.php?id=8 for the fix.
Post by: SiLeNtKiLLa'06 on December 18, 2006, 12:47:00 AM
QUOTE(noise36 @ Dec 18 2006, 02:02 AM)
I am kind of distressed at the moment as I made my friends x360 stop working. I will give him mine to use till I can get his going again. I will explain below how I stuffed his up in the hope of helping others to not repeat my mistakes and also to hopefully get some help to resolve the issue.
1) removed x360 hitachi dvd drive and plugged into pc via xecuter v2 for power and xecuter USB to the pc. I booted slax2 and it seemed to go fine. I wasnt sure if i was in modeb but assumed I must be because there were no errors and it seem to take two click of the xecuter v2 to open the drive. reboot using the linux comand and ejected the slax2 cd. Booted into windows and opened up maximus's flash program. started the steps and it would hang the program and my pc when I tried to dump the firmware. Tried a couple mroe times with same results.
2) went to my other pc and repeated the same steps as above with the only difference being direct connection to sata on the motherboard instead of USB. This time once in windows I followed the steps to the letter using maximus's flash program and everything did what it was meant to do. No errors or problems or things not doing what the tutorial said they would.
3) put x360 back together and turned it on. snowstorm across the screen, no proper clear images at all. The lights on the front are all green, no red lights at all.
4) remove hitachi drive and connect back up via sata as in step 2) and this time follow the steps to store the original firmware. All seems to go as its supposed to.
5) put x360 back together and turn it on only to find the same problems as 3) snowstorm of graphics and no red error lights.
6) decide to follow the tutorial textbook posted to the lettter and use the x360 itself to power the drive and connect to pc via sata. This time I know I am in modeb because everything the tutorial says happens. I get back into windows and rip the original firmware that i previously restored, modify it and reflash the drive.
7) I put it back together and you guessed it ...it doesnt work. no red error lights but no display either. I did notice how ever that a movie auto played with no problems if i put it in the drive.
don't I feel like an idiot!@
don't anyone make the same mistake, follow the instructions to the letter.
feel free to offer me suggestions.
cheer
1. Never guess when messing with something so precious, always be for sure!
2. Did you flash modded firmware on top of modded firmware? If so, deffiently not reccomended!
3. Instead of typing reboot, just hit reset on your PC, at least thats what I did, and everything worked with no problems.
4. Probably would have been best to follow th tutorial back when it was posted on I believe page 4!
5. Good luck on the fix, hell if not, just take it back and swap out with a new box, Ive swapped out many of em, Just tell them tha shyt keeps scrathin ur disk, or better yet just wont read some of them. thats what I did today with my boys 360 cuz he had a ms25 that I couldnt get my pc 2 read, then ended up with this one, and our lucky day, a prgram to flash released the same day.
Post by: noise36 on December 18, 2006, 01:01:00 AM
QUOTE(SiLeNtKiLLa'06 @ Dec 18 2006, 04:18 PM)
1. Never guess when messing with something so precious, always be for sure!
2. Did you flash modded firmware on top of modded firmware? If so, deffiently not reccomended!
3. Instead of typing reboot, just hit reset on your PC, at least thats what I did, and everything worked with no problems.
4. Probably would have been best to follow th tutorial back when it was posted on I believe page 4!
5. Good luck on the fix, hell if not, just take it back and swap out with a new box, Ive swapped out many of em, Just tell them tha shyt keeps scrathin ur disk, or better yet just wont read some of them. thats what I did today with my boys 360 cuz he had a ms25 that I couldnt get my pc 2 read, then ended up with this one, and our lucky day, a prgram to flash released the same day.
UPDATE: I tried booting without the dvd-rom drive dis-connected and got the same problem, so its def nothing to do with the firmware. Then after a few minutes it stops booting at all.
no red lights nothing just wont even boot.
Pretty annoying this xbox 360 is only a couple of months old.
I will probably just do the old switch-a-roo trick at a big department store and get a new one.
Post by: SiLeNtKiLLa'06 on December 18, 2006, 01:12:00 AM
QUOTE(noise36 @ Dec 18 2006, 02:02 AM)
7) I put it back together and you guessed it ...it doesnt work. no red error lights but no display either. I did notice how ever that a movie auto played with no problems if i put it in the drive.
don't I feel like an idiot!@
Maybe an solution because of what just happend to me and this may work for you, after reading the problems you were having, I though to hook my boys 360 back up to see if everything is still cool after being disconnectd for such a long time.
I hook it up, and what do you know red lights, kinda figured it was the video cable, took it out put it back, still same thing. So I switch from HDTV to TV on the cable, no red lights no picture, switched it back to HDTV, red lights again.
So I decided to take his cables out of the box and hook those up without connecting to tv, power on with HDTV selected, no red lights, take cables out, connect mine back wich are connected to TV, still using HDTV selection, and BAM! Back in servcice.
Not sure why and what happend, but give it a shot, it may do the same for ya!
*****UPDATE*****
I decided for kicks to disconnect the cable once again just to see what will happen, and Im back to red lights again, so I decided it has to be something with the cable, so I then applied more force to the cable, holding it in and red lights go away and 360 boots, I release the cable, back to red lights and no picture, my guess is there has to be some type of issue with the connector on newer boxes and older 360 cables. I put the cables that came with my boys box and it works fine and my cables work fine on my box, but do the switch and back at disaster, so dont give your hopes up, it could be something this simple!
Post by: mat82284 on December 18, 2006, 01:18:00 AM
Post by: Tonycrew on December 18, 2006, 01:25:00 AM
Ok i have an Nforce 3 chipset, will this be ok, as i could never get my 46 to show up in XP with the connectivity kit before...?
Post by: Textbook on December 18, 2006, 01:33:00 AM
I should be getting a 78 hopefully in the next few days to play with. I'll try to see if I can figure out what's going on with the movie/dvd problems and the drive ejecting.
The whole process seams easy enough, going by the video and from what people have told me, it's just as easy as all the other drives. Once I get one of these drives, I'll be testing with both my onboard VIA 8237 as well as my cheap SATA > USB on my laptop.
To anybody waiting for "Textbook to update his tutorial" .. it'd be a waste of time. You can go by the video now and see what you have to do. When I get a chance to update the tutorial, it won't be anything different from what you can already find right in this thread.
Post by: redfoxert on December 18, 2006, 01:48:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 18 2006, 09:04 AM)
Just so people don't get a false sense of security, the "mini-tutorial" I wrote was based entirely off of watching the video tutorial provided. I do not have an 0078FK drive, I have not flashed an 0078FK drive. All I did was watch the video and put it into words - what any of you could have done. That's also the reason why I missed the step about needing a game or movie.
I should be getting a 78 hopefully in the next few days to play with. I'll try to see if I can figure out what's going on with the movie/dvd problems and the drive ejecting.
The whole process seams easy enough, going by the video and from what people have told me, it's just as easy as all the other drives. Once I get one of these drives, I'll be testing with both my onboard VIA 8237 as well as my cheap SATA > USB on my laptop.
To anybody waiting for "Textbook to update his tutorial" .. it'd be a waste of time. You can go by the video now and see what you have to do. When I get a chance to update the tutorial, it won't be anything different from what you can already find right in this thread.
Don't worry, it works
Verified it myself last night and everything is working A OK
Indeed, the drive sometimes ejects without a command but i figured this was normal. Haven't seen anything strange yet.
Post by: flintstoneshuffle on December 18, 2006, 01:54:00 AM
Used slax2 with the onboard sata from my 8400 dell to get into mode b.
Thanks for the great step by step tutorial textbook.
Post by: Cee9 on December 18, 2006, 02:37:00 AM
Worked flawlessly using VIA VT6421L PCI SATA card (SYBA SY-VIA-150) and SLAX 2.0 CD.
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 18, 2006, 02:44:00 AM
QUOTE(Cee9 @ Dec 18 2006, 10:08 AM)
A BIG thanks to Maximus!
Worked flawlessly using VIA VT6421L PCI SATA card (SYBA SY-VIA-150) and SLAX 2.0 CD.
w3rd..I just got a 78FK from a friend..will be trying later on thanks for the confirmation !
Post by: alfrediio on December 18, 2006, 02:46:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 18 2006, 09:04 AM)
Just so people don't get a false sense of security, the "mini-tutorial" I wrote was based entirely off of watching the video tutorial provided. I do not have an 0078FK drive, I have not flashed an 0078FK drive. All I did was watch the video and put it into words - what any of you could have done. That's also the reason why I missed the step about needing a game or movie.
I should be getting a 78 hopefully in the next few days to play with. I'll try to see if I can figure out what's going on with the movie/dvd problems and the drive ejecting.
The whole process seams easy enough, going by the video and from what people have told me, it's just as easy as all the other drives. Once I get one of these drives, I'll be testing with both my onboard VIA 8237 as well as my cheap SATA > USB on my laptop.
To anybody waiting for "Textbook to update his tutorial" .. it'd be a waste of time. You can go by the video now and see what you have to do. When I get a chance to update the tutorial, it won't be anything different from what you can already find right in this thread.
The mini tutorial helpme alot!! i just flashed 2 v78..
thanks textbook!!!
Post by: Knasen on December 18, 2006, 02:59:00 AM
Post by: frosty0705 on December 18, 2006, 03:16:00 AM
Cant wait to see what M$ do next to try to stop things with the hitachi v5000z or whatever they call it next. if i was them i would call it the 'wegiveupcozmaximusisgod'. Rumour has it that the v78 was a temporary fix while they wait for samsung to work on their new firmware. We have been told that the new samsung may not be ready for use until March at the earliest and could be as late as august. This is coming from a guy at Sony who also says that the two companies are looking at working together to a small degree to try to combat this problem. He also says that sony are shitting it with ps3 as they cant believe what people have been able to do already with their machine. he reckons one of their guys has found at least 3 major holes in the security which they are going to sort out with the next update.
Post by: dynt on December 18, 2006, 03:19:00 AM
Post by: huobin on December 18, 2006, 03:31:00 AM
QUOTE(CrAzYfAssSst @ Dec 17 2006, 07:48 PM)
when i click on RAW dump firmware as (with a real 360 game in the drive currently spinning) i can save as original.bin and then the 360 game stops spinning but the program does nothing at all
then it eventually goes to (Not Responding) through windows....
any ideas...?
thanks
in general
I can NOT RAW dump or read the drive in any way... the program just does nothing at all.....
Exact same problem:
0)READ through all posts in this thread already.
1)in mode B for sure, use 1st sata port for sure.
2)insert game , after 20 second for sure
3)windows assign the drive letter and can read the dvd-movie-like folder of the game
FREEZE after save as orig.bin
ASUS P5VDC-MX with VT8251 on board SATA.
any tip / suggestion / advice / hint will be much appreciated!
Post by: villan_au on December 18, 2006, 04:04:00 AM
fix the "movie dvd for twenty seconds"
Well, it's not really a fix, but it is a method of keeping your drive closed when it's in ModeB. When your drive is closing, hit eject again. So, if it takes two presses to close your drive, hit it a third time WHILE it's closing. Instead of opening back up, the tray will stay closed.
I had the same problem using a movie so i used a backup game and hit the eject on the way it. As soon as i did that i could flash the 0078 drive and its working fine.
Post by: X-Staff on December 18, 2006, 04:07:00 AM
QUOTE(Murc @ Dec 18 2006, 05:41 AM)
I've never used my connectivity kit before, I think it might be broken...the "X" doesn't light up for me, I've seen in pictures that it s red "X" using led's, but mine stays off, which leaves me thinking that its broken.
have you tried that little switch that turns the led's on and off........
QUOTE(noise36 @ Dec 18 2006, 06:34 AM)
can someone post a tutorial using the executer connectivity kit to power the drive?
I thought it would make no difference but How do you know you are in mode b when you only have the eject button on the kit to open and close.
I have tested Connectivity Kit v2 to power the drive - i dont have an original version to hand to test.
Post by: Sydor on December 18, 2006, 04:09:00 AM
Post by: Menion on December 18, 2006, 04:23:00 AM
Post by: stevebox1 on December 18, 2006, 05:47:00 AM
Post by: bourke on December 18, 2006, 06:38:00 AM
That was the easiest mod I have ever performed!
First try it worked, and I only needed to watch the youtube video once.
I thought Slax would require some sort of user interaction - but all you do it chuck it in that's it - what is the point of Linux without requiring any skill :-P
Anyway, as I wrote - out of the 2,000 mods I have performed over the past five years that had to be the easiest by FAR!
Cheers,
Bourkie
P.S. both of my VIA and NForce chipsets worked fine :-)
Post by: cklennon on December 18, 2006, 06:47:00 AM
If so SPEAK UP
Post by: alz123 on December 18, 2006, 07:12:00 AM
followed tutorial took less than 5 mins works perfect
using via 6421a pci card
slax2
donation going to maximus
keep up the the great work m8
and a big thanks
Post by: odgaf on December 18, 2006, 07:41:00 AM
should be an interesting month
Post by: BasicAir on December 18, 2006, 08:15:00 AM
QUOTE(flintstoneshuffle @ Dec 18 2006, 09:25 AM)
Confirmed working!
Used slax2 with the onboard sata from my 8400 dell to get into mode b.
Thanks for the great step by step tutorial textbook.
Awesome. I was waiting to hear that as I was going to try it with my Dell 8400 but wanted confirmation on the onboard sata ports first. Surely mine will work, too.
Post by: 16v on December 18, 2006, 08:28:00 AM
Used slax2 to get in mode b window regonised and flashed without flasher tool frezzing or not responding
i got two sata ports 1 didnt work but port 2 did
Post by: adamscybot on December 18, 2006, 08:31:00 AM
It does appear they simply hang at this point...most likely a small fault in the program.
If ANYONE has had sucess with a USB adapter give us a shout!
Adam
Post by: SNAAAKE on December 18, 2006, 08:39:00 AM
donation on the way..my friend is the one doing it of course since he had his 78FK for like forever..and it was giving him hard time playing originals too(gears of war..brand new and still froze at times) but a backup works PERFECT !
Thanks again maximus ! (and textbook for the 3 eject press tip)
Post by: BigSteel on December 18, 2006, 08:48:00 AM
Post by: hiros on December 18, 2006, 09:12:00 AM
Lets start a campaign to donate money to Commodore4eva !
After all, ability to flash DVD-ROM without FW is useless, both deserve our thanks.
Commodore4Eva please let us know your PAYPAL email address
Cheers
Post by: m0z on December 18, 2006, 09:14:00 AM
QUOTE(BigSteel @ Dec 18 2006, 03:19 PM)
I wonder how C4E feels about all of these generous donations that Maximus is apparently receiving
I was thinking the exact same thing.
Post by: BasicAir on December 18, 2006, 09:28:00 AM
Tested original CoD3 and GoW discs as well as my backups for them.
Followed Textbook's tutorial to the letter since I can't see crap in the tutorial video.
After flashing, your Hitachi will be blinking green. What I did, to avoid any issues, was close the Toolbox app, shut down my pc, opened up my dvd-rom since the 360 wouldn't shut off. That stopped the blinking so I took out my game disc (which I put in to keep the drive closed to flash it). Drive closed, blinking stopped. I was then able to turn off my 360 with the power button.
From there, I disconnected it from my PC Sata (btw, I used my Dell 8400's onboard SATA. Didn't even have to change RAID setting in bios or anything!) and put my 360 back together. Like I said, I've tested 2 originals and the 2 backups I made for those 2 originals weeks ago.
The only other note I'd say is that like Textbook said, you will need to power cycle your 360 before you can really test your discs as the tray will still want to eject (as if it's still in Mode
. Oh, and as far as his tip about opening the tray a couple times while on the Windows loading screen, to get Windows to recognize it, I didn't do that and Windows still recognized it fine.Happy flashing! I feel bad for MS really.... They're probably pissed.
Donation on the way, Maximus. Viva Mexico!!!
Post by: jmc2k2 on December 18, 2006, 09:49:00 AM
my xbox360 0078fk drive play ok
Great Work Maximus !!!
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 10:26:00 AM
Currently I have my IDE HD on Primary 1 (Master), and my 2 DVD drives on Secondary 1 and 2. I'm using the standard ATA, IDE, not SATA so I have 2 free SATA ports. I used the first SATA port for the Hitachi Drive. I'm running XP.
This is my first flash ever with the 360, and I was really hoping my chipset would be compatible, since I hadn't heard from anybody regarding my chipset being compatible or not.
Thanks guys
Mike
Quick Edit: I remember reading that RAID needs to be disabled. So I checked in the BIOS and found the section for the SATA controller. There is a option for either RAID or IDE, but not disable. RAID was selected, so I change it to IDE, was I correct in doing that?
Thanks again
Post by: Kypreos on December 18, 2006, 10:30:00 AM
Does anyone know is Maximus is looking into this?
Post by: thetig on December 18, 2006, 10:53:00 AM
I start up toolbox and put in a game , close the drive and select raw dump, i name the .bin file and hit save , then the drive spins down and the toolbox locks up, i get a .bin file of 0kbs.
I have to disconnect the drive for a moment to get the toolbox unlocked to try again but it's always the same.
Anybody have any ideas?thanks,Tig.
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 11:24:00 AM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 18 2006, 01:02 AM)
I tried my VIA 6421 card using Slax 1 and 2 and the drive wont show up I noticed when I go into Computer Management the via card has a Yellow warning symbol near it and when I don't have the drive hooked up its fine I don't have any problems doing Samsung 25's and 28's
Thats me, but I'm using a VIA 8237. Did you ever get yours to work or did you have to order a alternative card? I'm looking to buy one, that is compatible with the Hitachi drive and the Samsung drive, if there is one.
Post by: krayzie on December 18, 2006, 11:28:00 AM
Post by: dvandriesen on December 18, 2006, 11:39:00 AM
Post by: m0z on December 18, 2006, 11:57:00 AM
QUOTE(dvandriesen @ Dec 18 2006, 06:10 PM)
Well i find out what my chipset is and then realize i dont have a sata cable what can i do around this anything ????
make one out of string
Post by: dvandriesen on December 18, 2006, 12:02:00 PM
Post by: fireburster on December 18, 2006, 12:30:00 PM
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 12:51:00 PM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 18 2006, 06:59 PM)
People with yellow exclamation marks should try not powering on the drive untill they've reached the windows loading screen.
The problem with that is, it requires you to power off the 360 after the slax disc sets modeb on the Hitachi drive. So if I turn the 360 back on during windows loading, modeb is disabled, atleast it is for me. Can I remove the ATA serial cable from the board until the windows loading screen comes up, or can that mess it up? That way I can keep power to the 360, and it will pass the BIOS as my always hangs there about 4 minutes before it contiunes to boot.
Post by: T3rry on December 18, 2006, 12:52:00 PM
QUOTE(thetig @ Dec 18 2006, 06:24 PM)
Hi evryone here's how it stands for me at the moment, can't use via 8237 onboard chipset as it hates hitachi's, i have the usb to sata lead and after i boot to slax(no problem) i then eject the dvd drive tray and hit f8 to boot into windows safe mode, as long as i eject the tray then the drive is detected , assigned a drive letter and there is no slowing of windows even when i access the drive info etc.
I start up toolbox and put in a game , close the drive and select raw dump, i name the .bin file and hit save , then the drive spins down and the toolbox locks up, i get a .bin file of 0kbs.
I have to disconnect the drive for a moment to get the toolbox unlocked to try again but it's always the same.
Anybody have any ideas?thanks,Tig.
I've for VT8237 on my Biostar P4M800-M7 and i flashed mine last night, no problems at all.
Did you try the double eject button press so the drive will hold in in modeB?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 12:58:00 PM
QUOTE(fireburster @ Dec 18 2006, 08:01 PM)
buy a pci sata card. I think newegg has them for 20 bucks or so. Just get one that works with slax.
Just becasue it's compatible with slax doesn't mean it's compatible with the Hitachi drive, atleast in my experience. The reason I say that, is slax works fine with my VIA VT8237 chipset, and modeb works like it's suppose to, but for some reason when I reboot the PC, it hangs at the POST for about 4 minutes (yes I have timed it), then finallys shows a list of my drives, HD, CD-rom Drive, but not the Hitachi. It then continues to load, and I even eject the tray like the tutorial says to help XP find it, yet when I get into windows and check the device manager, I have a yellow exclamation point everytime on SCSI and RAID Controllers.
Post by: samlaver on December 18, 2006, 12:59:00 PM
I have several backups playable on the samsung, and do not want to reburn everything again. Can I use the spoof function of the new 360 toolbox to allow my samsung dvd to work in my new xbox. Basically swapping drives and hopefully remarrying them.
If the answer is yes...do I just need to edit the file with the toolbox and then reflash Samsung drive?
I am having problems finding any information on the spoof function of the toolbox...anyone have additional links that I can research?
Thanks in advance for the help...
Post by: mat82284 on December 18, 2006, 01:03:00 PM
QUOTE(huobin @ Dec 18 2006, 10:02 AM)
Exact same problem:
0)READ through all posts in this thread already.
1)in mode B for sure, use 1st sata port for sure.
2)insert game , after 20 second for sure
3)windows assign the drive letter and can read the dvd-movie-like folder of the game
FREEZE after save as orig.bin
ASUS P5VDC-MX with VT8251 on board SATA.
any tip / suggestion / advice / hint will be much appreciated!
QUOTE(cklennon @ Dec 18 2006, 01:18 PM)
Sounds like no one has gotten this working with a USB connection yet huh? That really sucks for those of us without desktops ... is this a known bug for the software? Has anyone using SATA->USB successfully flashed a 78 with this method?
If so SPEAK UP
QUOTE(adamscybot @ Dec 18 2006, 03:02 PM)
Hmmm. I have paused the creation of the next version of tyhe X360USB guide until SATA --> USB adapters are confirmed working.
It does appear they simply hang at this point...most likely a small fault in the program.
If ANYONE has had sucess with a USB adapter give us a shout!
Adam
QUOTE(Kypreos @ Dec 18 2006, 05:01 PM)
Seems a lot of people are having issing with usb2sata including myself.
Does anyone know is Maximus is looking into this?
QUOTE(thetig @ Dec 18 2006, 05:24 PM)
Hi evryone here's how it stands for me at the moment, can't use via 8237 onboard chipset as it hates hitachi's, i have the usb to sata lead and after i boot to slax(no problem) i then eject the dvd drive tray and hit f8 to boot into windows safe mode, as long as i eject the tray then the drive is detected , assigned a drive letter and there is no slowing of windows even when i access the drive info etc.
I start up toolbox and put in a game , close the drive and select raw dump, i name the .bin file and hit save , then the drive spins down and the toolbox locks up, i get a .bin file of 0kbs.
I have to disconnect the drive for a moment to get the toolbox unlocked to try again but it's always the same.
Anybody have any ideas?thanks,Tig.
QUOTE(Kypreos @ Dec 18 2006, 05:01 PM)
Seems a lot of people are having issing with usb2sata including myself.
Does anyone know is Maximus is looking into this?
QUOTE(thetig @ Dec 18 2006, 05:24 PM)
Hi evryone here's how it stands for me at the moment, can't use via 8237 onboard chipset as it hates hitachi's, i have the usb to sata lead and after i boot to slax(no problem) i then eject the dvd drive tray and hit f8 to boot into windows safe mode, as long as i eject the tray then the drive is detected , assigned a drive letter and there is no slowing of windows even when i access the drive info etc.
I start up toolbox and put in a game , close the drive and select raw dump, i name the .bin file and hit save , then the drive spins down and the toolbox locks up, i get a .bin file of 0kbs.
I have to disconnect the drive for a moment to get the toolbox unlocked to try again but it's always the same.
Anybody have any ideas?thanks,Tig.
It seems like alot of people are having the same problem with this usb thing and i take it no one is caring about it right now because its working another way but us laptop users are stuck still!!! no flashing 0078 for us its like its never been hacked. Im tired of trying and its been a day and no one seems to say anything about this being a software problem and a possible fix so im just going to take back my sata2usb and buy a usb card for my laptop i sugest you guys do the same (even with the mass amount of donations hes received i guess he doesn't have time to notice this glitch even though he said it worked with x360usb which obviously doesn't) don't get me wrong this program is still hot i just wished everyone that has it working would at least try this method so we could all get it to work instead of just forgetting about it. Back to the drawing board
Post by: carranzafp on December 18, 2006, 01:50:00 PM
I never stated works with X360 USB adapter. All my tests were done on native sata. I just got a X360 USB adapter right now, and this is what I found:
Classic memdump works fine, also start and stop the spin, the only problem is with RAW memdump because maybe (AND A BIG MAYBE) the X360 USB does not support all subsets of commands, maybe they only implement on the product the commands that seventhson program used.
Maybe X-STAFF could confirm if their product supports E7 subcommand 6 and subcommand 7. Note that I am not saying it does not support them it is just that the program hangs when try to issue that commands...
This is not an application issue, the application relies on MMC commands, if the windows/adapter/chipset etc does not support them then that is the problem.
Post by: BasicAir on December 18, 2006, 02:13:00 PM
A few people I know are going to send me their 78's to flash for them since they don't have the right hardware in their PC and/or don't want to mess with it.
I don't mind doing it for them. Not charging them a dime, of course. Just doing it out of kindness.
Post by: cklennon on December 18, 2006, 02:18:00 PM
QUOTE(mat82284 @ Dec 18 2006, 08:34 PM)
It seems like alot of people are having the same problem with this usb thing and i take it no one is caring about it right now because its working another way but us laptop users are stuck still!!! no flashing 0078 for us its like its never been hacked. Im tired of trying and its been a day and no one seems to say anything about this being a software problem and a possible fix so im just going to take back my sata2usb and buy a usb card for my laptop i sugest you guys do the same (even with the mass amount of donations hes received i guess he doesn't have time to notice this glitch even though he said it worked with x360usb which obviously doesn't) don't get me wrong this program is still hot i just wished everyone that has it working would at least try this method so we could all get it to work instead of just forgetting about it. Back to the drawing board
QUOTE(carranzafp @ Dec 18 2006, 09:21 PM)
Just some clarifications
I never stated works with X360 USB adapter. All my tests were done on native sata. I just got a X360 USB adapter right now, and this is what I found:
Classic memdump works fine, also start and stop the spin, the only problem is with RAW memdump because maybe (AND A BIG MAYBE) the X360 USB does not support all subsets of commands, maybe they only implement on the product the commands that seventhson program used.
Maybe X-STAFF could confirm if their product supports E7 subcommand 6 and subcommand 7. Note that I am not saying it does not support them it is just that the program hangs when try to issue that commands...
This is not an application issue, the application relies on MMC commands, if the windows/adapter/chipset etc does not support them then that is the problem.
Anyway, looking very much forward to hearing your results from X360 USB testing, us laptop users will be extremely appreciative if you find a fix!!
Post by: foaley77 on December 18, 2006, 03:23:00 PM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 04:59 AM)
Just becasue it's compatible with slax doesn't mean it's compatible with the Hitachi drive, atleast in my experience. The reason I say that, is slax works fine with my VIA VT8237 chipset, and modeb works like it's suppose to, but for some reason when I reboot the PC, it hangs at the POST for about 4 minutes (yes I have timed it), then finallys shows a list of my drives, HD, CD-rom Drive, but not the Hitachi. It then continues to load, and I even eject the tray like the tutorial says to help XP find it, yet when I get into windows and check the device manager, I have a yellow exclamation point everytime on SCSI and RAID Controllers.
I had the same problem as you with my Via 6421
Try this I have tried this 2 times and it works for me
What I did this time was I booted Slax 2 CD then when that was done I pressed Eject on the 360 drive then pressed reset on the PC and it showed up before I was pressing Ejected once it locked up at the windows loading screen then it would not show up.
I was using a Connectivity Kit V1 and the drive had power the whole time
Post by: mat82284 on December 18, 2006, 03:24:00 PM
QUOTE(cklennon @ Dec 18 2006, 08:49 PM)
This wouldn't obviously be the BEST solution, but it would work for most of us, except for the fact that--as far as I can tell from my readings of tutorials, FAQs, and the boards--that there isn't a PCMCIA/CardBus SATA controller for laptops that has a chipset that will work with Hitachi/the Toolset. Am I wrong about this? Can you confirm one that works, and what chipset it uses, and where to buy it?
Really i thought that it would work. I didnt know i need a specific one. Can anyone confirm this before i return mine for another one?? will this one work?
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3812377?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Post by: TristanBlade on December 18, 2006, 03:44:00 PM
QUOTE(Murc @ Dec 17 2006, 11:41 PM)
Textbook had a little step by step a few pages back...but the part I didn't like (unless I read it wrong) was that you need the video cables hooked up as well...i didn't know that...and since I'm not gonna shove my big screen into my computer room...that way wont work for me.
You don't need the video cable hooked up to your TV - just to your xbox 360 to keep it from powering down unexpectedly.
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 18 2006, 01:39 AM)
Great I got my 78 Drive Flashed after 3 months of waiting
I finally got my drive to show up with the Via 6421 card using Slax 2 CD
What I did this time was I booted Slax cd then when that was done I pressed Eject on the 360 drive then pressed reset on the pc and it showed up before I was pressing Ejected once it locked up at the windows loading screen then it would not show up.
When I was trying to do this with my Silicon chip it gave me 2 different keys and I did the read about 10 times 2 times it gave me one key and 8 times it gave me another when I did this with the Via chip the one that did it 2 times was the right one, so this must be the problem with the Silicon chips it still could work though.
Glad to see you finally got it to work.QUOTE(noise36 @ Dec 18 2006, 02:02 AM)
I am kind of distressed at the moment as I made my friends x360 stop working. I will give him mine to use till I can get his going again. I will explain below how I stuffed his up in the hope of helping others to not repeat my mistakes and also to hopefully get some help to resolve the issue.
1) removed x360 hitachi dvd drive and plugged into pc via xecuter v2 for power and xecuter USB to the pc. I booted slax2 and it seemed to go fine. I wasnt sure if i was in modeb but assumed I must be because there were no errors and it seem to take two click of the xecuter v2 to open the drive. reboot using the linux comand and ejected the slax2 cd. Booted into windows and opened up maximus's flash program. started the steps and it would hang the program and my pc when I tried to dump the firmware. Tried a couple mroe times with same results.
2) went to my other pc and repeated the same steps as above with the only difference being direct connection to sata on the motherboard instead of USB. This time once in windows I followed the steps to the letter using maximus's flash program and everything did what it was meant to do. No errors or problems or things not doing what the tutorial said they would.
3) put x360 back together and turned it on. snowstorm across the screen, no proper clear images at all. The lights on the front are all green, no red lights at all.
4) remove hitachi drive and connect back up via sata as in step 2) and this time follow the steps to store the original firmware. All seems to go as its supposed to.
5) put x360 back together and turn it on only to find the same problems as 3) snowstorm of graphics and no red error lights.
6) decide to follow the tutorial textbook posted to the lettter and use the x360 itself to power the drive and connect to pc via sata. This time I know I am in modeb because everything the tutorial says happens. I get back into windows and rip the original firmware that i previously restored, modify it and reflash the drive.
7) I put it back together and you guessed it ...it doesnt work. no red error lights but no display either. I did notice how ever that a movie auto played with no problems if i put it in the drive.
don't I feel like an idiot!@
don't anyone make the same mistake, follow the instructions to the letter.
feel free to offer me suggestions.
cheer
Do you have the video cable set up correctly for your TV - that is TV or HDTV?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 03:48:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 18 2006, 10:54 PM)
I had the same problem as you with my Via 6421
Try this I have tried this 2 times and it works for me
What I did this time was I booted Slax 2 CD then when that was done I pressed Eject on the 360 drive then pressed reset on the PC and it showed up before I was pressing Ejected once it locked up at the windows loading screen then it would not show up.
I was using a Connectivity Kit V1 and the drive had power the whole time
I'm sorry, but I'm not quite clear in what your saying. I'm pretty sure I'm already doing most of what you saying I think.
I used Slax 2 and it finds my drive. When it's complete, I hit eject hit it twice to close, and after about 3 seconds it opens back up. I then reboot the PC, with my 360 still on, b/c if I turn it off I will lose modeb. The PC then does POST, and stalls for 4 minutes b/c of the Hitachi drive. It finally gets to loading windows, yet it never finds my drive. I use to get the yellow exclamantion mark under SCSI and RAID Controllers, but since I updated my VIA chipset with the ViaArena drivers v5.10, I don't get that anymore, plus I don't even see the SCSI and RAID Controller catergory anymore in device manager, whats the deal with that?
I don't know what else to try...as this is all new to me, and this was my first drive I have ever tried to flash. Seems pretty straight forward, just don't understand why windows can't find it, yet the Slax CD using Linux apparently finds it, since it does set it to modeb.
Post by: Exobex on December 18, 2006, 03:50:00 PM
QUOTE(carranzafp @ Dec 18 2006, 08:21 PM)
I never stated works with X360 USB adapter.
The exact statement was "Works with X360USB(buy now) and Sata" but carranzafp wasn't the one who said it...
Post by: IanJ on December 18, 2006, 03:50:00 PM
Slax V2 boots and puts the drive in mode B just fine.
Can see the drive in Windows just fine.
Start the Toolbox and following the instructions mine just hangs same as others and at the same point.
Note:- PCI based SATA card.....a card that supposed to be fine.
Move my kit over to a 2nd PC with SATA on the MB (NForce SATA) and repeat..........100% fine. Job done.
Hmmmmm!
Ian.
Post by: mat82284 on December 18, 2006, 03:56:00 PM
QUOTE(Exobex @ Dec 18 2006, 10:21 PM)
The exact statement was "Works with X360USB(buy now) and Sata" but carranzafp wasn't the one who said it...
they knew xecuter wouldn't be making any money of that product now that the new flasher is out. they knew everyone would just buy a cheap $30 usb one instead of the x360usb thats probably why it said exactly that (buy now) and even the x360usb doesnt work with the flash. Im so happy i didnt jump on it and buy that crap. because id not only be out $60+ id still not have my drive flashed:o!
Post by: Exobex on December 18, 2006, 04:09:00 PM
Post by: foaley77 on December 18, 2006, 04:42:00 PM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 07:49 AM)
I'm sorry, but I'm not quite clear in what your saying. I'm pretty sure I'm already doing most of what you saying I think.
I used Slax 2 and it finds my drive. When it's complete, I hit eject hit it twice to close, and after about 3 seconds it opens back up. I then reboot the PC, with my 360 still on, b/c if I turn it off I will lose modeb. The PC then does POST, and stalls for 4 minutes b/c of the Hitachi drive. It finally gets to loading windows, yet it never finds my drive. I use to get the yellow exclamantion mark under SCSI and RAID Controllers, but since I updated my VIA chipset with the ViaArena drivers v5.10, I don't get that anymore, plus I don't even see the SCSI and RAID Controller catergory anymore in device manager, whats the deal with that?
deb.
When I get to the login screen from Slax 2 I press eject on the 360 drive then I reset the PC while the 360 drive is still ejected once I'm in windows I close the tray on the 360 have you tried this?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 04:51:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 19 2006, 12:13 AM)
When I get to the login screen from Slax 2 I press eject on the 360 drive then I reset the PC while the 360 drive is still ejected once I'm in windows I close the tray on the 360 have you tried this?
I'm pretty certain that's the way I've done it, not everytime, but I have. The tray is open when I reboot the PC since it won't stay closed unless I hit it a third time rigth before it closes. (so far we are the same here) While the PC boots up I have opend and closed the tray, and a few times I have left it closed, but not longer than 2 minutes, as I didn't think it was good for it while the light continued to blink on the drive. Does the tray need to be closed while the windows is loading at the splash screen or after I log in to windows? But like I said now, since I've update my VIA drivers to 5.10, I don't even see the SCSI and RAID Controllers in my device manager. Do I need to revert back to my orginal version?
Post by: foaley77 on December 18, 2006, 05:02:00 PM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 08:52 AM)
I'm pretty certain that's the way I've done it, not everytime, but I have. The tray is open when I reboot the PC since it won't stay closed unless I hit it a third time rigth before it closes. (so far we are the same here) While the PC boots up I have opend and closed the tray, and a few times I have left it closed, but not longer than 2 minutes, as I didn't think it was good for it while the light continued to blink on the drive. Does the tray need to be closed while the windows is loading at the splash screen or after I log in to windows? But like I said now, since I've update my VIA drivers to 5.10, I don't even see the SCSI and RAID Controllers in my device manager. Do I need to revert back to my orginal version?
Go back to the original version and try again I think I had my drive out when I was loading windows
Post by: federico69 on December 18, 2006, 05:11:00 PM
Just wanted to report another success story for all you looking to flash that pesky (formerly) v78. I used the onboard ICH5 sata chipset that came with my Abit IC7-G Mobo. I had a SATA HD on SATA1 and my v78 on SATA2, I used the Slax 2 to get it into Mode B and speaker wire to ground the thing to the PC case (had bad experiences with floating ground).
Followed Textbooks mini tutorial that's much better than watching a video in my opinion (although I had seen it too) and the tips on getting the Slax stuff going and how to verify Mode B were brilliant. How good is this guy who can write a tutorial without even owning the drive! THANKS Textbook you ROCK.
So too Maximus ... "Muy Chevere, y que le vaya mejor a Mexico en el proximo mundial!"
My kids are forever grateful and my original discs are safe at last ... (No it's not a piñata hijo, it's an XBOX game called "Viva Piñata"!)
- Fed.
Post by: Modify_inc on December 18, 2006, 05:12:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 19 2006, 12:33 AM)
Go back to the original version and try again I think I had my drive out when I was loading windows
I uninstalled the new updated VIA drivers through the add/remove programs, and rebooted, yet the RAID controller is still not back in my device manager. What could be causing that. I can still run Slax and it detects my drive and puts it in modeb so that's good. XP though, can still not find my hitachi drive. I tried it with the drive closed from the very begining (before I rebooted the PC, I verified I was in modeb, by hitting eject 2x, then hit it a 3rd time to keep it closed, and then reboot the PC) to just closing after windows log-in and no go either way.
Post by: tintan21 on December 18, 2006, 05:13:00 PM
Post by: codered88 on December 18, 2006, 05:28:00 PM
Post by: Kypreos on December 18, 2006, 06:05:00 PM
QUOTE(carranzafp @ Dec 18 2006, 08:21 PM)
Just some clarifications
I never stated works with X360 USB adapter. All my tests were done on native sata. I just got a X360 USB adapter right now, and this is what I found:
Classic memdump works fine, also start and stop the spin, the only problem is with RAW memdump because maybe (AND A BIG MAYBE) the X360 USB does not support all subsets of commands, maybe they only implement on the product the commands that seventhson program used.
Maybe X-STAFF could confirm if their product supports E7 subcommand 6 and subcommand 7. Note that I am not saying it does not support them it is just that the program hangs when try to issue that commands...
This is not an application issue, the application relies on MMC commands, if the windows/adapter/chipset etc does not support them then that is the problem.
I've just ran a test with my system...
I was using the x360 connectivity kit v2 and a sata2usb cable.... I was getting the same results as everyone else... the tool would hang when performing a Raw Dump.
I've taken the x360 connectivity kit out of the picture and powered the dvd drive directly off of my xbox 360. I used Slax to get into ModeB which worked flawlessly.
Booted into Windows and the device was detected properly and was assigned a drive letter.
Again I attempted to perform a Raw Dump and same thing.. the tool hung trying to save out the file.
This tells me that the problem is with the sata2usb that us laptop users are using and not the x360 connect kit....
Just my 2 cents....
Post by: Duck_Dude on December 18, 2006, 06:07:00 PM
Post by: sethalooch on December 18, 2006, 06:31:00 PM
I was able to perform the flash using the Slax2 boot cd and a VIA6421A SATA card.
I had some troubles with Slax. I followed Textbooks mini-guide but no matter what I tried, I was never able to get to a Slax "Log In" screen. My screen would just go black and stay that way no matter how long I waited.
On my final attempt, after the Slax clover screen my screen went black and stayed that way. I ejected the Hitachi tray and this prompted a lot more activity from my cd-rom drive with the Slax cd, but my screen still remained black. However, when I tested to see if the Hitachi was in Mode-B, it definately was. So I rebooted and followed the rest of the instructions with no problems at all.
Post by: scibot on December 18, 2006, 06:43:00 PM
( I will donate as soon as I can, xmas got me stretched )
Just a few notes on my experience, I have an intel 945 chipset, with 82801GB Sata controllers (as reported by XP) But I am lucky to have a Sil sata raid chipset also built in.
Slax didnt pick up the drive with the intel sata chipset, but worked fine with the Sil to set my drive to modeB.
The Sil 3132 chipset would not dump my firmware cleanly, so I rebooted with it plugged into the Intel sata, and it was seen in windows no problems, dumped software quickly and wrote to it with no problems. As my first venture into flashing a Xbox 360 drive goes, it was bloody decent.
Thanks for all the info cause I was sweating at one point, may be worth mentioning to press the eject button 3 times to get the tray to stay in was the tip that saved me from throwing it out of the window!
Cheers again.
Scibot.
Post by: taximan89 on December 18, 2006, 07:49:00 PM
Post by: KeFe on December 18, 2006, 08:17:00 PM
My chipset (NF4) is compatible, the drive is in modeB (I can dump an original firm). The checksum is ok (I tried about 10 times... same result)
Now what?
Post by: brokenb0x on December 18, 2006, 08:28:00 PM
ok so ive read all the post and everying thing and ive realized something im way to new to this to try and flash my drive myself so i was just wondering if anyone is in chicago around here who could help me out with flashing my v78 drive im a little hesitant to do it myself i dont want or need back ups i can do this myself but i dont want to brick my drive so if someone could help me(im only looking for someone trusted to help with this issue) im sure i could make it worth there while
i just got done reading the rules and dont see anything about asking about help with this but if there is sorry and i must have missed it
Post by: questionator on December 18, 2006, 08:38:00 PM
- ASUS P4P 800 Motherboard
- Xecuter conectivity kit for power
- Slax 2.0 for MODE B
> Just let slax boot to login screen (takes a while) then reset computer.
> Wait for windows to boot.
> Eject tray and back while selecting "START > MY COMPUTER" to see the drive in windows.
> Start 360FwTb.exe .
This is what i have done to make it work for me, hope it helps for you.
Succes!
Questionator
Post by: BasicAir on December 18, 2006, 08:54:00 PM
QUOTE(brokenb0x @ Dec 19 2006, 03:59 AM)
First of all ill get in line and say thanks to ALL involved in this step forward....
ok so ive read all the post and everying thing and ive realized something im way to new to this to try and flash my drive myself so i was just wondering if anyone is in chicago around here who could help me out with flashing my v78 drive im a little hesitant to do it myself i dont want or need back ups i can do this myself but i dont want to brick my drive so if someone could help me(im only looking for someone trusted to help with this issue) im sure i could make it worth there while
i just got done reading the rules and dont see anything about asking about help with this but if there is sorry and i must have missed it
I'm only a couple states away... If you want to send me your 78 drive I'll flash it and return it to you ASAP. No charge, either.
PM me or IM me via AIM (check my signature for my screenname) if you're interested.
Post by: Houmack on December 18, 2006, 09:01:00 PM
FYI everyone - I'm running an Intel chipset. Used Slax 2.0 and it worked great. WOOOT
Post by: DaniloMQ on December 18, 2006, 09:03:00 PM
Tried for an hour to get the drive detected using Slax 2.0 + VIA6421A Sata Card and got nothing... no MODEB thank from kev... only lock ups on WXP splash screen...
Then tried on a Nf4, flashed 100% and then tried again just for the fun of it with the VIA6421A and got modeb normally and windows XP with the new Hitachi Drive letter...
This is crazy
Post by: jitster on December 18, 2006, 09:16:00 PM
Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 and the Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 ?
Post by: federico69 on December 18, 2006, 09:22:00 PM
QUOTE(jitster @ Dec 19 2006, 01:47 PM)
Hi can someone clear this up for me please.. So do I need the
Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 and the Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 ?
Hi jitster,
No you don't need it. It comes with the toolkit and the smart patcher applies Xtreme 1.6 to your specific version of the rolling firmware, so it doesn't flash the entire thing just patches your existing firmware.
Cheers,
Fed.
Post by: BoNg420 on December 18, 2006, 09:22:00 PM
QUOTE(jitster @ Dec 18 2006, 10:47 PM)
Hi can someone clear this up for me please.. So do I need the
Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 and the Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 ?
no you only need the toolbox, it builds the 78fk FW for you.
Post by: jitster on December 18, 2006, 09:25:00 PM
Post by: jitster on December 18, 2006, 10:03:00 PM
Post by: 19Ripper75 on December 18, 2006, 10:05:00 PM
QUOTE(jitster @ Dec 18 2006, 09:34 PM)
Also is there anything I should worry about ? I will be using my xecuter conn kit. I have flashed many older hitachi drives but not one of these yet.
Based on what I've read here so far, the connectivity kit is pretty much useless, as it locks up the program during the RAW DUMP.
Post by: jitster on December 18, 2006, 10:26:00 PM
Post by: federico69 on December 18, 2006, 10:43:00 PM
QUOTE(jitster @ Dec 19 2006, 02:57 PM)
o really ? Has anyone got it to work so far with the xecuter conn kit (not the usb one)
I think Ripper is getting confused on this one. The Xecuter USB kit is not working at this stage due to some of the Low Level DVD commands not being supported by the kit (Maximus explained it better). Anywayz I've seen plenty of people report success with the normal Connectivity kit. Obviously it doesn't put the v78 drive into Mode B, you still need SLAX for that, but it is good for providing power to the drive and not bother to have to ground your XBOX 360 to your PC.
Cheers Fed.
Post by: jitster on December 18, 2006, 10:52:00 PM
Post by: tintan21 on December 18, 2006, 11:28:00 PM
Post by: mat82284 on December 19, 2006, 12:08:00 AM
Post by: IanJ on December 19, 2006, 12:50:00 AM
QUOTE(jitster @ Dec 19 2006, 06:57 AM)
o really ? Has anyone got it to work so far with the xecuter conn kit (not the usb one)
I used the kit with my on-board MB SATA, thus no need to power up the Xbox......but still needed the Slax V2 CD coz the ModeB doesn't work. Eject works fine.
Ian.
Post by: Textbook on December 19, 2006, 02:02:00 AM
Post by: SpeedfightNL on December 19, 2006, 02:11:00 AM
and it got an Hitachi drive, probably the v78 (havent opened it yet, MFR 2006-10-04). Do I need the "Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_3_Stealth_Rev2" as firmware in the toolbox?Also I saw that the newest firmware release for Samsung drives support Single Layer to be burned and played does anyone know if this is possible in the future with the v78 Hitachi drives?
And a final question: If my flashing is done, is my drive stealth for xbox live or is the v78 easy to block for Microsoft in now and in the future?
Post by: KoRnedbeaf on December 19, 2006, 02:25:00 AM
I have the connectivity kit v1 and a 46DH.
Do I now have to use slax2 to get it into mode b or is that just the case for the v78 and I still can use the kit?
Post by: foaley77 on December 19, 2006, 02:34:00 AM
QUOTE(KoRnedbeaf @ Dec 19 2006, 06:26 PM)
Im a little confused now regarding the connectivity kit.
I have the connectivity kit v1 and a 46DH.
Do I now have to use slax2 to get it into mode b or is that just the case for the v78 and I still can use the kit?
Just for the v78
Post by: Mumid on December 19, 2006, 03:59:00 AM
What i did was this,
1) plug sata in to xbox.
2) turn on pc (with slax 2.0) disk in, turn on xbox
3) sata card post screen detects hitachi, but then freezes
4) press eject on xbox to get past sata screen
5) pc boots from slax cd, wait for it to say spinning up drive and press reset on pc, take out slax cd
6) pc reboots, hangs at sata screen again, press eject on xbox to continue
7) pc boots into windows with new drive available,
8) put game in xbox drive, drive opens up again after a bit so close it and it now stays closed with disc in (green light still flashing on xbox)
9) load toolbox and flash
All done and fully working - easiest drive to flash yet!
Post by: solpadeineking on December 19, 2006, 03:29:00 AM
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 04:35:00 AM
QUOTE(Mumid @ Dec 19 2006, 11:30 AM)
I have done normal hitachis, ms28's but used this for a friends box last night and it was the easiest to use yet. Ive got a via sata card and slax 2.0.
What i did was this,
1) plug sata in to xbox.
2) turn on pc (with slax 2.0) disk in, turn on xbox
3) sata card post screen detects hitachi, but then freezes
4) press eject on xbox to get past sata screen
5) pc boots from slax cd, wait for it to say spinning up drive and press reset on pc, take out slax cd
6) pc reboots, hangs at sata screen again, press eject on xbox to continue
7) pc boots into windows with new drive available,
8) put game in xbox drive, drive opens up again after a bit so close it and it now stays closed with disc in (green light still flashing on xbox)
9) load toolbox and flash
All done and fully working - easiest drive to flash yet!
Yeah, but what do you do when step 7 never happens? Is it my chipset or my PC hardware that could cause it not to detect my drive in windows? I have 3 other computers in the house, and a labtop but this one is the only one that has the onboard SATA using the VIA VT8237 chipset. I'm tempted to order a SATA PCI card and try it in one of the other other computers, but I keep getting mixed reviews on which one to get.
I'm been looking at the VSYBA SY-VIA-150 PCI SATA, it uses the VT6421L chipset. Anybody have any recommendations?
Post by: EviL AnGeL on December 19, 2006, 05:13:00 AM
Post by: Phunt on December 19, 2006, 05:40:00 AM
Post by: zyo on December 19, 2006, 05:45:00 AM
I have tried Nforce 430, Intel 975X and Via VT6421 but no luck.
This thing is driving me crazy, I think a command promt program with "proper error message" is better than GUI which hides a lot of the information.
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 05:12:00 AM
QUOTE(Phunt @ Dec 19 2006, 01:11 PM)
Worked a treat for me using direct connection to onboard Via VT8237 Sata controller. Can this be used for all Hitachis or is it just for the 78's?
Great, you got yours to work and windows found the drive and everything, then that just proves it's my HW that causing the problem since I have the same chipset. Did you have to do anything special to get windows to recongize your Hitachi drive in windows?
Mike
Post by: Mumid on December 19, 2006, 05:51:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 11:42 AM)
Yeah, but what do you do when step 7 never happens? Is it my chipset or my PC hardware that could cause it not to detect my drive in windows? I have 3 other computers in the house, and a labtop but this one is the only one that has the onboard SATA using the VIA VT8237 chipset. I'm tempted to order a SATA PCI card and try it in one of the other other computers, but I keep getting mixed reviews on which one to get.
I'm been looking at the VSYBA SY-VIA-150 PCI SATA, it uses the VT6421L chipset. Anybody have any recommendations?
What id do is try both different versions of slax. My vt6421l card only works with slax 2.0 however my onboard card in a different pc (vt8237) only works with the earlier version of slax. If you cant get either version to put your drive into mode b i would definately suggest buying the vt6421l which definately works with slax 2.0
Post by: 19Ripper75 on December 19, 2006, 06:30:00 AM
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 06:42:00 AM
QUOTE(Mumid @ Dec 19 2006, 01:58 PM)
What id do is try both different versions of slax. My vt6421l card only works with slax 2.0 however my onboard card in a different pc (vt8237) only works with the earlier version of slax. If you cant get either version to put your drive into mode b i would definately suggest buying the vt6421l which definately works with slax 2.0
Modeb is not my problem, I can get in modeb all day with my drive, it just that windows will not recongize my drive. I tried all day yesterday from sun up to sun down trying to get my drive detected in windows but no go. For the longest I got the yellow exclamation mark in device manager under SCSI and RAID Controllers, but since I updated the VIA drivers, using VIA 510c drivers I don't get it anymore, I don't even get the SCSI and RAID catergory anymore. Wish I knew where it went hiding to. I uninstalled that and tried the VIA 4 in 1 driver and still can't find it in the device manager.
I'm out of options to try other than order a card, but if it's HW, then a new card won't make a difference.
Post by: Alcoholx on December 19, 2006, 06:40:00 AM
QUOTE(19Ripper75 @ Dec 19 2006, 01:01 PM)
The connectivity kits DO NOT work with this drive. Whenever you try to do the RAW DUMP, it freezes the program. This has been said throuhout this thread.
why do folks make such statements.. with the confidence of the all knowing bloody oracle.
i flashed a 78 using slax 2 and the connectivity kit with abosolutely no problems at all..
its posts like that that cause so many fxxxing bricks.
Post by: Mumid on December 19, 2006, 06:42:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 01:13 PM)
Modeb is not my problem, I can get in modeb all day with my drive, it just that windows will not recongize my drive. I tried all day yesterday from sun up to sun down trying to get my drive detected in windows but no go. For the longest I got the yellow exclamation mark in device manager under SCSI and RAID Controllers, but since I updated the VIA drivers, using VIA 510c drivers I don't get it anymore, I don't even get the SCSI and RAID catergory anymore. Wish I knew where it went hiding to. I uninstalled that and tried the VIA 4 in 1 driver and still can't find it in the device manager.
I'm out of options to try other than order a card, but if it's HW, then a new card won't make a difference.
Id suggest getting your sata ports working with a normal sata drive first before trying to use it for your xbox. It sounds to me like a driver\software issue unless theres something wrong with your sata port which is unlikely. Try using a different port as well.
Post by: Mumid on December 19, 2006, 07:50:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 02:28 PM)
I finally got my SCSI and RAID Controller to show backup in the device manager, but I'm still getting the yellow exclamation mark when I have the hitachi drive connected. I had to turn RAID back on in the BIOS, then boot up, installed the Via 530c drivers, reboot and they were back. I then rebooted again, disabled RAID, or more less changed it to IDE since that is my only option in my BIOS. Check to make sure it was still in device manager when it booted up, and it was so looklike everything is atleast back to where it was, plus my via RAID drivers are updated. I reboot with the Slax 2 disc again, put the drive in modeb, and reboot again. Got into windows, and there again in the device manager is my big fat yellow exclamation mark again under SCSI RAID Controller. I hate that, why is this only happening to me...Most people only have trouble with Slax not being compatible with there chipset, but I don't see anybody that can't get there windows to detect the drive.
Is it only showing a yellow exclamation mark when the drive is connected? Try putting the drive in mode b, then unplugging the sata from the xbox drive, restart your pc and plug the sata back in when windows is on the loading screen
Post by: BasicAir on December 19, 2006, 07:54:00 AM
- Change your RAID setting in your bios
I personally didn't have to do this but my bios has like 3 or 4 settings for this. I remember I had to fool around with it back when I flashed my 47 drive, though.
- Purchase a SATA adapter for your pc
Luckilly I have SATA onboard that works like a charm, so I didn't have to do this. Keep in mind some people are still having trouble with many of the SATA controller cards, though. Read the thread to make sure you don't get one that's not compatible but also know that even if one is that you may still have trouble with it. So all in all, this solution is not a guaranteed fix for those without SATA.
- Get ahold of a friend so you can try it on their pc
Many pc's made in the last couple of years of SATA ports onboard the motherboard. My pc is almost 18 months old but has them and it's a Dell (the first pc I didn't build in almost 10 years). Make sure your friends know that you will not be harming their pc in any way and that it will only take you 5-10 minutes to try it. No harm, no foul.
- Send in your drive (or your 360 if you don't know how to take out the drive)
There are many modding service sites on the internet that will flash it for you. I don't know of any off-hand, but I know there are many. Other sites that offer services but don't mention flashing can still do it - find a way to contact them on the website and ask if they can flash it for you and I bet many will. Just be prepared to pay a high fee in a lot of cases.
- Just wait
You can wait it out until Maximus updates the program and/or other people here figure out work-arounds. Maximus hasn't announced anything yet, but you know he will be updating his program. It's like a 99% guarantee. It's also a guarantee that people on these forums will post work-arounds. Not every situation will be solved, though.
- Or...
You can send your 78 drive to me. I won't charge a dime, but I won't pay for the shipping either. If you send your drive USPS Priority or FedEx/UPS Ground it shouldn't cost you more than $4-8 and I should get it within 2-4 days. The very day I receive it, I will flash it, verify the flash, and send it back and you should get it within 2-4 days as I will use the same method to send it back. I've already got a few people sending their drives out today. If sent today or tomorrow, you would probably get it back a day or two after Christmas sincew there's only ~5 business days left before then.
FYI: I don't run a modding service whatsoever. I am merely trying to help all the people on this massive thread who can't flash their 78 drive for themselves. To anyone interested, simply PM me or IM me on AIM (check my signature for screenname). Don't email me as I haven't checked my email as I haven't been checking it for over a month. If anyone's skeptical I can show you my ebay account with 100% feedback.
'Tis the season for giving!
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 08:15:00 AM
QUOTE(Mumid @ Dec 19 2006, 03:57 PM)
Is it only showing a yellow exclamation mark when the drive is connected? Try putting the drive in mode b, then unplugging the sata from the xbox drive, restart your pc and plug the sata back in when windows is on the loading screen
I have, I was scared at first, didn't know if it was safe to disconnect and connect the SATA cable while PC was running , but yes, I have tried that nurmeous times. I have tried alot of things.
And yes, it only give me the yellow mark when the Hitachi drive is connected, any other time, it's normal.
Thanks
Post by: jabroniekilla on December 19, 2006, 08:20:00 AM
QUOTE(BasicAir @ Dec 19 2006, 10:01 AM)
You can send your 78 drive to me. I won't charge a dime, but I won't pay for the shipping either. If you send your drive USPS Priority or FedEx/UPS Ground it shouldn't cost you more than $4-8 and I should get it within 2-4 days. The very day I receive it, I will flash it, verify the flash, and send it back and you should get it within 2-4 days as I will use the same method to send it back. I've already got a few people sending their drives out today. If sent today or tomorrow, you would probably get it back a day or two after Christmas sincew there's only ~5 business days left before then.
FYI: I don't run a modding service whatsoever. I am merely trying to help all the people on this massive thread who can't flash their 78 drive for themselves. To anyone interested, simply PM me or IM me on AIM (check my signature for screenname). Don't email me as I haven't checked my email as I haven't been checking it for over a month. If anyone's skeptical I can show you my ebay account with 100% feedback.
'Tis the season for giving!
I dont have the 0078 but as long as you stick to your word, that is very kind and noble to offer help to those in need. happy holidays!
Post by: trueimage on December 19, 2006, 08:49:00 AM
but on the main window, my serial #, owner, date are blank, is this ok?
Post by: Textbook on December 19, 2006, 09:33:00 AM
First, Update Your SATA Drivers
After running Slax and verifying that the drive is in ModeB, pull the SATA cable. Reboot your PC, take out the Slax CD and get your SATA cable ready. As soon as you see the Windows loading bar (like .. immediately) plug the SATA back in and eject the Hitachi a few times.
Try both SATA ports as well.
Post by: gsmmad on December 19, 2006, 09:52:00 AM
what do u guys think
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 10:00:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 19 2006, 05:40 PM)
Modify_inc:
First, Update Your SATA Drivers
After running Slax and verifying that the drive is in ModeB, pull the SATA cable. Reboot your PC, take out the Slax CD and get your SATA cable ready. As soon as you see the Windows loading bar (like .. immediately) plug the SATA back in and eject the Hitachi a few times.
Try both SATA ports as well.
Thanks for the reply Textbook, and great guide even if I can't get mine to work, it's not your faught. Anyways, that update you provided is the one I currently have as I updated it earlier this morning. I have tried to use my 2nd SATA port, but during Slax, it never says disc is spinning up, it just goes through all the motions, then goes to the login screen and of course the drive is not in modeb. Now SATA port 1 works, fine, it says disc is spinning up and it waits for me to open the tray, once I do it kicks in and finishes and goes to the Slax login. I wonder why port 2 has issues with the drive?
I have also disconnected the cable before I rebooted, and then reconnected right before windows begins to load. Usually when I do that, it acts like the windows has stalled, but it always kicks back in, and laods up, but I still continue to get the yellow mark.
I went to buy the VT6421L card from ebay and there out of stock. Does anyone no where I can purchase one?
Thanks again
Mike
Post by: SpeedfightNL on December 19, 2006, 10:10:00 AM
Also I saw that the newest firmware release for Samsung drives support Single Layer to be burned and played does anyone know if this is possible in the future with the v78 Hitachi drives?
And a final question: If my flashing is done, is my drive stealth for xbox live or is the v78 easy to block for Microsoft in now and in the future?
Post by: fr3aky on December 19, 2006, 10:22:00 AM
in my opinion, everyone should have the latest bios for their motherboardand the oldest drivers for their chipsets especially on via ones
give me feedback please
also i flashed a 0078 on a A8N Deluxe SLi on the Sil3114 ports using Slax 2.0 for mode B all i had to do i play with the eject botton to keep the drive closed after thet it went like a knife in butter
ppl seems to forget about the main peace of their hardware witch is their motheboard, keep it to date an u shouldnt have any issues
Post by: T3rry on December 19, 2006, 10:37:00 AM
QUOTE(ryanmp32 @ Dec 19 2006, 06:38 PM)
Can sombody post a link or something to the semi-tutorial that textbook wrote. I am interested to read through it. I saw an original version posted back on page 4 or something of this thread, but it sounds like it has been updated. Thanks.
post #49 of this thread, it works great.
Post by: Modify_inc on December 19, 2006, 10:38:00 AM
QUOTE(fr3aky @ Dec 19 2006, 06:29 PM)
Can i suggest something.... since i see a lot of ppl with the same chipset and some can and some dont,
in my opinion, everyone should have the latest bios for their motherboardand the oldest drivers for their chipsets especially on via ones
give me feedback please
also i flashed a 0078 on a A8N Deluxe SLi on the Sil3114 ports using Slax 2.0 for mode B all i had to do i play with the eject botton to keep the drive closed after thet it went like a knife in butter
ppl seems to forget about the main peace of their hardware witch is their motheboard, keep it to date an u shouldnt have any issues
My motherboard is unknown, atleast that's what Everst's says. It does show the Motherboard ID, which is 03/01/2004:Kt600-8237-6A6LYFKCC-00. The mother board has FoxConn printed on it, so I went to foxconn but couldn't find anything. I did a search for it using Google, and found this link: http://www.wimsbios....nuf/foxconn.jsp
but says website not found.
Quick question, what is the difference between updating the BIOS and the MB or is that the same? I have a Phoinex Award BIOS if that helps.
Post by: Inaba on December 19, 2006, 10:44:00 AM
Things I've learned:
1. Raid does NOT need to be disabled on nForce4 chipsets. What I mean by this is RAID can be enabled, but it needs to be disabled on the specific port you have the Xbox hooked up to. For example, I have SATA Master 3 and 4 in raid mode, which is my boot/windows drive, so I can't disable raid. But I have SATA Master 1 and 2 set to non-raid mode, and have the Hitachi hooked up to SATA 1. So the MASTER Raid enable/disable can be enabled, the individual raid must be disabled on the port the Xbox drive is connected to.
2. The SIL chipsets don't work. I know this has been posted before, but I figured I'd reiterate it, since I see people posting about it every 3rd page or so. You get "Checksum doesn't match" message if using a SIL chipset. Don't bother with it.
3. To those of you having the problem is the "Put movie or game disc in drive for 20 seconds" issue, but the disc pops out 5 seconds after you put it in... the easiest, quickest and 100% foolproof method to fix this is to look at the Xbox screen, it will say "Close Tray" on it. That status message doesn't change if you press the eject button (since the status line is hooked up to your computer, not the Xbox). What you need to do is Press the "Close Tray" box with the Xbox controller, then close the drive with the eject button. Now the drive will stay closed and you can RAW DUMP it at your leisure.
So here are the steps I followed to flash my 78FK drive successfully:
- Download Slax 2. (http://www.360mods.n...ads/get=59.html)
- Burn it to a CD
- Download Firmware Toolbox v3.0 (http://dwl.xbox-scen...wtoolbox_30.rar)
- Hook up a ground wire between your Xbox 360 and your desktop case
- Hook up the Xbox 360 SATA port to your Desktop SATA port
- Power on your Desktop and put the Slax 2 CD in your CD Drive
- Make sure that RAID is turned off on the port the Xbox DVD Drive is attached to
- Boot off of the Slax CD in your Desktop.
- When you see the Slax 2 green cloverleaf, power on your Xbox 360
- Once Slax 2 starts to boot, you should get a message about "switching to ModeB, thanks kev.u"
- If you get a message "Spinning up disc..." and it seems to hang, eject the XBox Drive with the eject button and it should continue to boot.
- Once the Slax 2 CD is booted, login as "root" with the password "toor"
- Type "reboot" and hit enter, then wait for it to reboot.
- Eject the Slax 2 CD and boot into windows normally
- While windows is booting, eject the Xbox DVD drive repeatedly to be sure windows will recognize it.
- Once in Windows, go to your device manager and make sure you see the Xbox DVD drive
- If you do see the DVD drive, open Firmware Toolbox 3.0
- From within Firmware Toolbox 3.0, Select Tools -> Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
- Make sure your Xbox DVD drive is in the drop down box
- Press "RAW Dump Firmware As"
- If you get a message about "Insert a movie or game disc for 20 seconds," insert a movie or game disc
- If your drive will not stay closed when you insert a disc, grab your Xbox controller and look at the Xbox screen, it should say "Close Tray". Navigate down to the close tray and select it with the A button, then close the tray (with a movie or game disk in it!) manually on the Xbox. The drive should now stay closed.
- If the drive stays closed, press the "RAW Dump Firmware As" again, and it should read the firmware
- Save the original file somewhere safe
- If you get a message other than "Firmware has been dumped" and it asks if you want to open it, you have a bad dump, don't go any farther
- Select YES to open the firmware
- Select Tools -> Smart Hack Patcher
- Accept the warning (after reading it!)
- Click the box with the three periods in it next to "Output File"
- Navigate to where you want to save the file and give it a name (like hacked.bin)
- Make sure you have the proper ruleset for the Hitachi drive (should be the only option)
- Click "Generate File"
- It should come back with the same message about opening the file. Select "Yes"
- Next select Tools -> Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
- Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
- Make sure your Xbox DVD drive is selected
- Select "Read drive and detect differences"
- Differences should show up, if so, select "Start Flashing"
- Follow the same previous steps and detect differences. There should be no differences this time. If so, continue on. If there are differences, there is a problem!
- Close Firmware Toolbox
- Power down your Desktop and the Xbox
- Disconnect the SATA and grounding wires
- Reconnect the internal XBox SATA to the Xbox DVD drive
- Fire up the Xbox with a backed up disc and see if all went well. If so, you're done. Button up your XBox and away you go. If it doesn't work, then you have to start all over again. Possibly you should do searches here on XBox Scene before making a post
Post by: nibbles on December 19, 2006, 11:11:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 17 2006, 07:14 PM)
1. Open 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
2. Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
5. Save the original firmware as original.bin somewhere safe
6. It will tell you that the firmware has been dumped and ask if you want to open it, select "Yes"
7. Make sure everything looks pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary
8. Go to Tools > Smart Hack Patcher
9. Read the warning and then accept it
10. On the line labelled "output file" click the box to the right with the ellipsis (three dots) and save your output file as hacked.bin
11. Make sure the rule set is for Hitachi v78 drives
12. Hit "Generate File"
13. Again, it will ask if you want to open the firmware, select "Yes"
14. Go to Tools > Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
15. Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
16. Select your Hitachi DVD drive from the drop-down list
17. Hit "Read Drive and Detect Differences"
18. Select "Start Flashing" and wait for it to finish (very fast)
19. Test it all out
20. Donate to Maximus if it worked
Post by: 19Ripper75 on December 19, 2006, 11:49:00 AM
QUOTE(Alcoholx @ Dec 19 2006, 06:47 AM)
why do folks make such statements.. with the confidence of the all knowing bloody oracle.
i flashed a 78 using slax 2 and the connectivity kit with abosolutely no problems at all..
its posts like that that cause so many fxxxing bricks.
I'm just saying this based on everyone else in here not being able to get their connectivity kits to work, including me. So far, yours is the only post I've seen using a connectivity kit, that was successful, so take it easy with the attitude. But it's not like I sit here all day and read every update. I have a job.
Post by: nibbles on December 19, 2006, 11:57:00 AM
QUOTE(19Ripper75 @ Dec 19 2006, 08:56 PM)
I'm just saying this based on everyone else in here not being able to get their connectivity kits to work, including me. So far, yours is the only post I've seen using a connectivity kit, that was successful, so take it easy with the attitude. But it's not like I sit here all day and read every update. I have a job.
USB connectivity kits dont work but the v1 connectivity kits do work, though all they really do is make it so you dont need the drive connected to the xbox to flash it.
Post by: Alcoholx on December 19, 2006, 12:08:00 PM
QUOTE(19Ripper75 @ Dec 19 2006, 06:56 PM)
I'm just saying this based on everyone else in here not being able to get their connectivity kits to work, including me. So far, yours is the only post I've seen using a connectivity kit, that was successful, so take it easy with the attitude. But it's not like I sit here all day and read every update. I have a job.
your right... no attitude needed, i apologise...
Post by: SpankIt on December 19, 2006, 12:23:00 PM
Post by: alexr1 on December 19, 2006, 12:43:00 PM
Post by: KoRnedbeaf on December 19, 2006, 12:49:00 PM
QUOTE(Razz @ Dec 19 2006, 08:13 PM)
The X360 USB Adaptor doesn't work but the connectivity kit that comes with it does, most people believe they are the same thing. You can not use the mode switch on the connectivity kit though.
Sorry for asking again, but all this talk gets me confused and I dont want to brick my drive.
I have a connectivity kit v1 and a 46dh, so can I still use my kit as allways with this drive and the toolbox, also the mode b button?
Or does the drive, no matter which version, hast to be put into mode b with slax 2 for the toolbox?
Post by: nibbles on December 19, 2006, 01:10:00 PM
QUOTE(KoRnedbeaf @ Dec 19 2006, 09:56 PM)
Sorry for asking again, but all this talk gets me confused and I dont want to brick my drive.
I have a connectivity kit v1 and a 46dh, so can I still use my kit as allways with this drive and the toolbox, also the mode b button?
Or does the drive, no matter which version, hast to be put into mode b with slax 2 for the toolbox?
You can use the connectivity kit to power it but it wont put this drive into mode b, you need to use slax to do that.
Post by: 19Ripper75 on December 19, 2006, 01:24:00 PM
QUOTE(Alcoholx @ Dec 19 2006, 12:15 PM)
your right... no attitude needed, i apologise...
That's ok dude. I shouldn't have lashed out at you either, just having a bad day at work. Anyway, thanks everyone for clearing the connectivity kit issue up. I've pretty much decided to leave the flashing alone for now. My first 360 died 11 days after I opened the case and just LOOKED inside. I had an MS28 that I was going to flash, but, like I said, it died before everyhitng I needed to flash it, came in the mail. I got a brand, spanking new one with the 078, and I'm waiting for the warranty to expire before I flash. Good luck to all who do it successfully!
Post by: zyo on December 19, 2006, 02:05:00 PM
Post by: TristanBlade on December 19, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
QUOTE(KoRnedbeaf @ Dec 19 2006, 02:56 PM)
Sorry for asking again, but all this talk gets me confused and I dont want to brick my drive.
I have a connectivity kit v1 and a 46dh, so can I still use my kit as allways with this drive and the toolbox, also the mode b button?
Or does the drive, no matter which version, hast to be put into mode b with slax 2 for the toolbox?
I'm pretty sure you only need slax to put 78FK's into mode b - you should be able to put any other hitachi into mode b using whatever other method.
The thing about using this to program other hitachi's is it's not clear how it modifies the firmware for older hitachis. I think the speculation is that it uses v 1.6 for 78FK's but who knows what it does for the others.
Post by: shardphoenix on December 19, 2006, 03:13:00 PM
1. I disconnected the xbox sata controller and connected the drive to the motherboard of my pc (no raid sata) when I boot from the slax2 cd my xbox flashes red AND grean instead of turning on the green light. I assume this is because the drive is not connected to the motherboard of the xbox360 itself?
2. if the xbox shuts down in the mean time (not during flashing) does the drive switch out of modes b?
3. if so I have a problem because my xbox shuts down automatically after a few minutes and I cannot prevent it...not even by pressing je eject button constantly or pressing buttons on the remote...it simply shuts down after a few minutes....of course it goes without saying that you do not want this to happen when you are flashing the nw firmware!!!
Post by: LeeWatkins on December 19, 2006, 04:00:00 PM
Donation on way
For everyone else:
Would not work on Gigabyte GA-M51GM Mobo NForce430 AMD X2 4200+ with either SATA oy my Xecuter usb to Sata converter
My second system (at girlfriends) Winfast 760gxk8mc socket 754 with 3400+ AMD flashed it on SATA.
this system I use for all sammys and now for all hitachi`s ( it must be it`s VIA chipset)
In order to get slax v2 to recognise drive had to switch on 360 when green slax icon on screen.
Any help on NFORCE430 system would be appreciated
P.S. make sure u install xbox creator 2.3 before u run maximus or u get file missing msg.
Answer to SHARDPHOENIX plug in the AV lead to 360 not necessarily to tv stops 4 red lights and shut down
This post has been edited by LeeWatkins: Dec 20 2006, 12:14 AM
Post by: Inaba on December 19, 2006, 03:50:00 PM
QUOTE(shardphoenix @ Dec 19 2006, 04:20 PM)
I have a few questions...I am a noob so please do not flame but I just want to make sure I got things right
1. I disconnected the xbox sata controller and connected the drive to the motherboard of my pc (no raid sata) when I boot from the slax2 cd my xbox flashes red AND grean instead of turning on the green light. I assume this is because the drive is not connected to the motherboard of the xbox360 itself?
2. if the xbox shuts down in the mean time (not during flashing) does the drive switch out of modes b?
3. if so I have a problem because my xbox shuts down automatically after a few minutes and I cannot prevent it...not even by pressing je eject button constantly or pressing buttons on the remote...it simply shuts down after a few minutes....of course it goes without saying that you do not want this to happen when you are flashing the nw firmware!!!
Something is wrong with your Xbox if you are getting red/greens. That is not normal behavior. Does it do this when it's hooked up normally to play games?
Post by: TristanBlade on December 19, 2006, 04:32:00 PM
QUOTE(shardphoenix @ Dec 19 2006, 05:20 PM)
I have a few questions...I am a noob so please do not flame but I just want to make sure I got things right (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
1. I disconnected the xbox sata controller and connected the drive to the motherboard of my pc (no raid sata) when I boot from the slax2 cd my xbox flashes red AND grean instead of turning on the green light. I assume this is because the drive is not connected to the motherboard of the xbox360 itself?
2. if the xbox shuts down in the mean time (not during flashing) does the drive switch out of modes b?
3. if so I have a problem because my xbox shuts down automatically after a few minutes and I cannot prevent it...not even by pressing je eject button constantly or pressing buttons on the remote...it simply shuts down after a few minutes....of course it goes without saying that you do not want this to happen when you are flashing the nw firmware!!!
LeeWatkins answered this but it was kinda mixed in there with other stuff so I'll say again.
Plug in your av cable to the 360 - the red lights and the auto shutdown is because your av cable is not plugged in. It doesn't need to be plugged in to your TV just to your 360.
Post by: LeeWatkins on December 19, 2006, 04:32:00 PM
Post by: bassv2 on December 19, 2006, 04:37:00 PM
I heard it worked with older hitachis but with v78 ?
Post by: fubarphill on December 19, 2006, 04:40:00 PM
I booted to the slax 2 cd, when getting the "spinning" message i ejected to carry on the loading. when it loaded i confirmed i was in mode b (2 ejects to close, and a re-open)
rebooted my machine, and it got stuck at the windows loading bar. rebooted my machine and disconnected the drive briefly so the laoading bar started and reconnected. got into windows and confirmed the drive was now there in my computer.
opened up the toolbox and tried dumping firmware but got the "insert game/movie" message. did this and then it kept reopening the drive so read this thread and used the 3 eject presses trick to get it to stay closed but still it comes up with this message. i have tried everything i can think of, safe mode, usb>sata and onboard via sata but cannot get it to dump.
when i go into my computer and try to open the drive with a disc in, i just get "there is no disc in drive"
what am i doing wrong?!
i have done countless flashes on sammy drives and not a problem but this is the first hitachi i have tried!
Post by: blobranza on December 19, 2006, 04:33:00 PM
Anyway, what is the currently best/easiest method to flash a Sammy drive with the latest Xtreme firmware 5.0?
I've been waiting for the new Xtreme Boot Maker for quite a long time, now.
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 19, 2006, 05:17:00 PM
Post by: joeya on December 19, 2006, 05:07:00 PM
QUOTE(fr3aky @ Dec 19 2006, 06:29 PM)
Can i suggest something.... since i see a lot of ppl with the same chipset and some can and some dont,
in my opinion, everyone should have the latest bios for their motherboardand the oldest drivers for their chipsets especially on via ones
give me feedback please
also i flashed a 0078 on a A8N Deluxe SLi on the Sil3114 ports using Slax 2.0 for mode B all i had to do i play with the eject botton to keep the drive closed after thet it went like a knife in butter
ppl seems to forget about the main peace of their hardware witch is their motheboard, keep it to date an u shouldnt have any issues
Wonder what ver drivers he running cause i have the same motherboard as him and keep getting checksum errors.
Post by: Broomop on December 19, 2006, 06:10:00 PM
anyway it works on this its confirmed... im wondering this lets u play backups right and then u can play these online?
Post by: joeya on December 19, 2006, 06:50:00 PM
Donation sent Maximus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: empyreal on December 19, 2006, 07:01:00 PM
Has anyone tried flashing on an ATI SB600 chipset? Its on a ASUS M2R32-MVP Crossfire motherboard. If its no go, can anyone recommend a PCIe 1x sata controller, this board has few PCI slots.
Thanks for you time, and im sorry if this is a dup question of sorts.
Post by: joeya on December 19, 2006, 08:18:00 PM
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 19, 2006, 08:51:00 PM
1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16816132009
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16816126001
3) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16815123014
4) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16815124023
most of the people in this thread have been very helpful so far, so im hoping you guys continue to help (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
in irc i was told to get a 6421a, but i dont see any of them on newegg? ...
Post by: numlockhome on December 19, 2006, 09:07:00 PM
Took power from connectivity kit V2. Also tried with the USB360, but failed like all the others.
on a sidenote, the VT8237 chipset takes care of everything i throw at it, ms25, ms28 (with the bad flash trick) all the hitachis ive tried so far etc. I highly recommend getting this one.
All hail the king (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif), donation on the way!
Post by: triple360 on December 19, 2006, 09:27:00 PM
Post by: dalton4life on December 19, 2006, 09:56:00 PM
This post has been edited by dalton4life: Dec 20 2006, 05:56 AM
Post by: mat82284 on December 19, 2006, 10:31:00 PM
Post by: triple360 on December 19, 2006, 10:34:00 PM
Post by: federico69 on December 19, 2006, 10:39:00 PM
QUOTE(joeya @ Dec 20 2006, 12:49 PM)
what media and burners are you guys using to get the games to work? and how do you make your own backups with this drive?
Hi joeya I've been backing up my games using my Samsung SH-D162C with the Kreon firmware. Then burning on a Pioneer 111 crossflashed to a 111L. My media is Verbatim DVD+R DL writing at 2.4x with ImgBurn.
No pot tweak on my 78fk as yet and backup work fine (possibly a little longer loading times compared to the originals).
- Fed.
Post by: empyreal on December 19, 2006, 11:41:00 PM
QUOTE(SiLeNtKiLLa'06 @ Dec 18 2006, 01:03 AM)
Used Vista, everything worked flawlessly, as a matter fact, I cant get my drive to read in XP only in Vista
I tried using my xeon connectivity kit (virtually the exact same as xecutre connectivity kit) but I couldnt get pass my bios scree.
Try using slax, thats what I did and I had absolutely no problems.
I am using a VIA VT6420, VT8237 Chipset on my motherboard
Used Slax 2 cd, burned with nero
Powered drive from 360 itself (just like the tutorial said)
Booted into Vista, and followed the tutorial step by step and my boys 360 is working flawlessly!
*By the way, Slax does work with Via (response to a post on page 11)
I am very tempted to call you a liar. BUT before I do so; i will ask you how you were able to run the toolbox without MSCOMCTL.OCX.
I am using Vista 32bit X86 RC2. I have used SLAX to put my drive in modeb and verified. Its visible in Vistas' "My Computer". I am at the step at which i need to run the toolbox software. I am immediately met with a 339 error, regarding MSCOMCTL.OCX or dependencies. I have run some searches and noticed that Vista wont be distributed with MSCOMCTL.OCX.
I am curious if you've installed VB or another piece of software to allow use of this extension. Please ffs do tell. I dont want to have to go and install another OS only to flash this drive.
--- Side note --- ATI SB600 chipset onboard an ASUS M2R32-MVP "so far" has been working. (ModeB and seen in Windows Vista).
Post by: Broomop on December 20, 2006, 01:38:00 AM
QUOTE(empyreal @ Dec 20 2006, 08:12 AM)
I am very tempted to call you a liar. BUT before I do so; i will ask you how you were able to run the toolbox without MSCOMCTL.OCX.
I am using Vista 32bit X86 RC2. I have used SLAX to put my drive in modeb and verified. Its visible in Vistas' "My Computer". I am at the step at which i need to run the toolbox software. I am immediately met with a 339 error, regarding MSCOMCTL.OCX or dependencies. I have run some searches and noticed that Vista wont be distributed with MSCOMCTL.OCX.
I am curious if you've installed VB or another piece of software to allow use of this extension. Please ffs do tell. I dont want to have to go and install another OS only to flash this drive.
--- Side note --- ATI SB600 chipset onboard an ASUS M2R32-MVP "so far" has been working. (ModeB and seen in Windows Vista).
to fix that problem download the mscomctl.ocx file put it in system32 then register it.http://www.filesearching.com/ and http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108199
ok hope this helps.. and u pay me many $'s even though im UK just looks like you gave me more money!!
Post by: KoRnedbeaf on December 20, 2006, 01:48:00 AM
QUOTE(TristanBlade @ Dec 19 2006, 10:41 PM)
I'm pretty sure you only need slax to put 78FK's into mode b - you should be able to put any other hitachi into mode b using whatever other method.
The thing about using this to program other hitachi's is it's not clear how it modifies the firmware for older hitachis. I think the speculation is that it uses v 1.6 for 78FK's but who knows what it does for the others.
So this toolbox is only for the v78?
I thought its fo all hitachis since the readme says this "- Allow copy-paste of the keys between firmare not matter if
they are crypted or not or if they are different vendor or
even better, not matter wich version of Fw (46,47,59,78 etc)"
Anybody tried to flash something else than the v78 with the toolbox?
The reason Im asking is that the whole commandline gary opa thing never worked for me for whatever reason.
I flashed my drive back then with the birdy windows flasher, so my hopes are that this windows flasher will also work
Post by: empyreal on December 20, 2006, 02:42:00 AM
QUOTE(Broomop @ Dec 20 2006, 03:09 AM)
to fix that problem download the mscomctl.ocx file put it in system32 then register it.http://www.filesearching.com/ and http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108199
ok hope this helps.. and u pay me many $'s even though im UK just looks like you gave me more money!!
Its resolved. I feel like a fool. Would have been simple, if vista wasnt such a bitch about UAC. I had already done what you said, and struggled with the 2 day old install of vista. Figured it out, beleive it or not it took me making a shortcut to CMD, then right clicking to run as admistrator (again, feel like a fool). It wasn't an issue with the toolbox. I appologize for trolling the thread, although i hope it help somebody else.
Let you know in 10 minutes if it flashes properly on ATI SB600 chipper.
Post by: davbere on December 20, 2006, 02:46:00 AM
QUOTE(KoRnedbeaf @ Dec 20 2006, 09:19 AM)
So this toolbox is only for the v78?
I thought its fo all hitachis since the readme says this "- Allow copy-paste of the keys between firmare not matter if
they are crypted or not or if they are different vendor or
even better, not matter wich version of Fw (46,47,59,78 etc)"
Anybody tried to flash something else than the v78 with the toolbox?
The reason Im asking is that the whole commandline gary opa thing never worked for me for whatever reason.
I flashed my drive back then with the birdy windows flasher, so my hopes are that this windows flasher will also work
Yes all current version hitachis work with this program.
Its pretty simple you open up an already decrypted hacked version of fimware for the drive you are flashing then you select tools/ direct drive flash/differential flash
It detects the difference between the hacked firmware and the onboard firmware of your drive then asks if you want to flash these sectors.
note: Its advisable to inject the hacked firmware with your key first although the differential patch will ask if you want to keep your current key. .. just a safty precaution.
Post by: scienide on December 20, 2006, 03:07:00 AM
QUOTE(empyreal @ Dec 20 2006, 07:12 AM)
I am using Vista 32bit X86 RC2. I have used SLAX to put my drive in modeb and verified. Its visible in Vistas' "My Computer". I am at the step at which i need to run the toolbox software. I am immediately met with a 339 error, regarding MSCOMCTL.OCX or dependencies. I have run some searches and noticed that Vista wont be distributed with MSCOMCTL.OCX.
He is not a liar ....
I got vista running on my test machine which i use for firmware reprogramming...
It worked like a charm... i never remember installing anything out of the ordinary ... did two 0078 drives yesterday...
Will look for those files u said as soon as i get home...
I noticed i had to press eject once before i inserted the game/movie.... If i did not press the eject, the game would come right out ....
Post by: fubarphill on December 20, 2006, 03:13:00 AM
QUOTE(fubarphill @ Dec 19 2006, 11:11 PM)
im having serious issues getting a v78 to work properly in windows.
I booted to the slax 2 cd, when getting the "spinning" message i ejected to carry on the loading. when it loaded i confirmed i was in mode b (2 ejects to close, and a re-open)
rebooted my machine, and it got stuck at the windows loading bar. rebooted my machine and disconnected the drive briefly so the laoading bar started and reconnected. got into windows and confirmed the drive was now there in my computer.
opened up the toolbox and tried dumping firmware but got the "insert game/movie" message. did this and then it kept reopening the drive so read this thread and used the 3 eject presses trick to get it to stay closed but still it comes up with this message. i have tried everything i can think of, safe mode, usb>sata and onboard via sata but cannot get it to dump.
when i go into my computer and try to open the drive with a disc in, i just get "there is no disc in drive"
what am i doing wrong?!
i have done countless flashes on sammy drives and not a problem but this is the first hitachi i have tried!
any help on this would be greatly appreciated! its as if the drive doesn't recognise there is anything in it when in mode b
Post by: empyreal on December 20, 2006, 03:19:00 AM
Now I am going to rip open my Pioneer 111D, get some work done. Thank you to everyone that posted step by step tuts.
Post by: darkmaster2 on December 20, 2006, 04:00:00 AM
QUOTE(fubarphill @ Dec 20 2006, 11:44 AM)
any help on this would be greatly appreciated! its as if the drive doesn't recognise there is anything in it when in mode b
Are you using an original game?
Post by: fubarphill on December 20, 2006, 04:06:00 AM
QUOTE(darkmaster2 @ Dec 20 2006, 10:31 AM)
Are you using an original game?
yeah, original 360 game, original xbox game and original movie all tested. i havent tried any backups, should i?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 20, 2006, 05:35:00 AM
QUOTE(numlockhome @ Dec 20 2006, 04:38 AM)
Worked perfectly on my VT8237 onboard sata chipset. followed the instructions, and had no problems at all.
Took power from connectivity kit V2. Also tried with the USB360, but failed like all the others.
on a sidenote, the VT8237 chipset takes care of everything i throw at it, ms25, ms28 (with the bad flash trick) all the hitachis ive tried so far etc. I highly recommend getting this one.
All hail the king (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif), donation on the way!
That just kills me when I read that, knowing that's the same chipset I have and I can't get windows to recognize the drive. I can get it into modeb using Slax, but once I boot up windows it will not recognize my Hitachi drive. I continue to get a yellow exclamation mark in my device manager under Raid controllers. Yes I have Raid set to IDE in the BIOS. Does nobody know what causes that? I have tried for 2 days, it has to be something other than my chipset since Slax will put it in modeb.
I just need to know a few reasons why windows would not detect, well shouldn't say detect, since it does find something, that's why it give the yellow exclamation mark, but why it doesn't see it properly like it does everybody elses. I'm running XP if that helps. I've tried to order a sata pci card but there out of stock at newegg, but like everyone says, I have the correct chipset, so I need some more ideas to try to get this bad boy to show up in my computer.
I hooked my 360 back up to the TV just to make sure I havent messed up the drive from working with it for 2 days straight, and it still works great, so the drive is good (thank goodness)...
Thanks guys
Mike
Post by: m0z on December 20, 2006, 05:53:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 20 2006, 12:06 PM)
That just kills me when I read that, knowing that's the same chipset I have and I can't get windows to recognize the drive. I can get it into modeb using Slax, but once I boot up windows it will not recognize my Hitachi drive. I continue to get a yellow exclamation mark in my device manager under Raid controllers. Yes I have Raid set to IDE in the BIOS. Does nobody know what causes that? I have tried for 2 days, it has to be something other than my chipset since Slax will put it in modeb.
I just need to know a few reasons why windows would not detect, well shouldn't say detect, since it does find something, that's why it give the yellow exclamation mark, but why it doesn't see it properly like it does everybody elses. I'm running XP if that helps. I've tried to order a sata pci card but there out of stock at newegg, but like everyone says, I have the correct chipset, so I need some more ideas to try to get this bad boy to show up in my computer.
I hooked my 360 back up to the TV just to make sure I havent messed up the drive from working with it for 2 days straight, and it still works great, so the drive is good (thank goodness)...
Thanks guys
Mike
sata drivers?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 20, 2006, 06:07:00 AM
QUOTE(m0z @ Dec 20 2006, 01:24 PM)
sata drivers?
I installed these from the viaarena: via_raid_v530c. I had to enable Raid in the BIOS before I could get it to recongize I had the proper hardware. I had also tried this earlier: via_hyperionpro_v510a, and even this when that didn't work: VIA_4in1_443v.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks for the quick reply
Mike
Post by: gsmmad on December 20, 2006, 06:42:00 AM
what happens is i get a bad dump...how can i sort this ....
i think this lead to the warning to the message too many sectors later on when im trying to flash the xbox360
need help asap
ty ppl
Post by: Modify_inc on December 20, 2006, 06:54:00 AM
Question though, does the drive need to be closed after rebooting from Slax, becuase there was no mention of it in the tutorial. I'm keeping it closed during windows to, it that why it's taking so long to laod windows?
Post by: gsmmad on December 20, 2006, 07:10:00 AM
i get stuck here ..either it freeze's when doing the raw dump ot gives me a bad dump...
what shud i do?
heeelllppp
Post by: dingoshake on December 20, 2006, 07:22:00 AM
QUOTE(joeya @ Dec 19 2006, 07:14 PM)
Wonder what ver drivers he running cause i have the same motherboard as him and keep getting checksum errors.
First post, and I can confirm it works perfectly on an Asus a8n-sli deluxe, with the 1016 bios version, and 6.86 nvidia sata controller.
onboard is a sil 3114 controller. I had gotten the checksum errors until i updated to the latest bios and the latest nvidia drivers. After doing that, I finished the flash in about 20 minutes.
Post by: Modify_inc on December 20, 2006, 07:45:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 20 2006, 02:25 PM)
Ok, finally, I got my BIOS to detect my drive, which just blew my mine. The only thing I done different upon boot this time, is I closed the drive and kept it closed. It's usually open because after Slax puts it in modeb, it pops open after you close it unless you do the 2 hit, then hit right before it closes. Well I did that during the reboot, and my bios seen the Hitachi drive, what a surprise that was. Never the less windows is still loading, so I won't know for sure until it finishes. Been loading for 5 minutes now, atleast the bar is moving across the bottom.
Question though, does the drive need to be closed after rebooting from Slax, becuase there was no mention of it in the tutorial. I'm keeping it closed during windows to, it that why it's taking so long to laod windows?
Well I waited about 20 or 30 minutes, went and ate some breakfast, came back and windows was still loading, just my luck. I rebooted and started over, but for the life of me I can't get my BIOS to see my drive again, still not sure how I was fortunate enough to get it it show up that last time. I thought I read somewhere that the BIOS isn't suppose to recongize the drive only windows. It's defiantly a timing issue if you want the BIOS to see it. I made sure the drive was closed when I reboot this time, as that was the only thing I done diffferent last time, and it still hangs at the BIOS for about 4 minutes, and never fines it, then loads into windows.
Post by: immike on December 20, 2006, 07:45:00 AM
But why do things like this never work for me at all or the first 10 times I try them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) /.
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I keep getting this error when trying to generate the hacked firmware, I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out. Thanks in advance,
Mike
edit: is there maybe a place were you can just download the hacked firmware?
This post has been edited by immike: Dec 20 2006, 04:02 PM
Post by: spark plugs. on December 20, 2006, 08:09:00 AM
78fk flashed with my dfi ultra-d nf4 board.
can someone hook me up with commodore4eva and maximus's paypal addy for a donation?
Post by: ichigoxxx on December 20, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
when drive on mode b and window freezes open the drive tray and leeve it open ok now windows its up and running youre drive should still be open open maximus tool put a original game i used GRAW press
eject one time and manually close the tray it should stay closed wait about 20 seconds and follow the next step on the tut. dont take the game off .
good luck hope this works.
i used slax 2 via 8237 on board chipset
Post by: gsmmad on December 20, 2006, 08:20:00 AM
im still stuck i get a bad dump....im gona update the bios and try ....prtty annoyed now...(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
someone hep me plz what can i do to sort this out
Post by: ichigoxxx on December 20, 2006, 08:47:00 AM
Post by: chipxtreme on December 20, 2006, 09:52:00 AM
It did however work a treat on my other pc which has nforce4 motherboard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: leonarnold on December 20, 2006, 10:41:00 AM
Is this toolkit for the 78 drives only? I ask because i have a 47 and am hitting a few snags. ModeB goes without a hitch on my ECS 945P-A board with ICH7. Drive recognized by windows although keeps ejecting after few seconds. Read about that problem further up in posts and tried with PGR3 game in; no joy. Press eject button 3 times, disc stays in but says unable to read. Does classic dump fine just not RAW. Tried on another board with ICH5 and same result. Not complaining, just trying to find out if i'm on the right track.
Post by: carranzafp on December 20, 2006, 10:50:00 AM
QUOTE(immike @ Dec 20 2006, 03:16 PM)
first I want to thank Maximus for his awesome program.
But why do things like this never work for me at all or the first 10 times I try them (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) /.
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I keep getting this error when trying to generate the hacked firmware, I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out. Thanks in advance,
Mike
edit: is there maybe a place were you can just download the hacked firmware?
Please send me you original.bin file to my email (carranzafp at hotmail) ... to check if it is a good dump.
If it is a good dump and the Smart Patcher does not work, then maybe I should update the Smart Patcher
This post has been edited by carranzafp: Dec 20 2006, 06:54 PM
Post by: fubarphill on December 20, 2006, 11:02:00 AM
i have completely run out of ideas! have tried reading original xbox, 360 and movie and also a backed up 360 game! the drive is visible in my computer and i can even get windows to eject the tray by right-clicking in my computer but still it will not spin/read anything that i put in it!
have tried both sata>usb and my onboard via 8237
Please guys, any help?
Post by: Modify_inc on December 20, 2006, 11:53:00 AM
QUOTE(chipxtreme @ Dec 20 2006, 05:23 PM)
I tried it on my VIA 8237 motherboard but couldn't get it to work - how are you guys doing it?
It did however work a treat on my other pc which has nforce4 motherboard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
which part, modeb or getting windows to recongize the drive, or just doing the dump via the toolset. There are few different spots where you can have trouble, like I can't get windows to recongize my drive for anything.
Post by: alz123 on December 20, 2006, 12:14:00 PM
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Post by: rextency on December 20, 2006, 02:11:00 PM
How do you verify if the dump is good or not?
Post by: davuk on December 20, 2006, 03:03:00 PM
Please Help.
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And Yes I am a NOOB at this!!
This post has been edited by davuk: Dec 20 2006, 11:17 PM
Post by: LeeWatkins on December 20, 2006, 03:48:00 PM
QUOTE(fubarphill @ Dec 19 2006, 11:11 PM)
im having serious issues getting a v78 to work properly in windows.
I booted to the slax 2 cd, when getting the "spinning" message i ejected to carry on the loading. when it loaded i confirmed i was in mode b (2 ejects to close, and a re-open)
rebooted my machine, and it got stuck at the windows loading bar. rebooted my machine and disconnected the drive briefly so the laoading bar started and reconnected. got into windows and confirmed the drive was now there in my computer.
opened up the toolbox and tried dumping firmware but got the "insert game/movie" message. did this and then it kept reopening the drive so read this thread and used the 3 eject presses trick to get it to stay closed but still it comes up with this message. i have tried everything i can think of, safe mode, usb>sata and onboard via sata but cannot get it to dump.
when i go into my computer and try to open the drive with a disc in, i just get "there is no disc in drive"
what am i doing wrong?!
i have done countless flashes on sammy drives and not a problem but this is the first hitachi i have tried!
What I had to do was boot PC with Slax V2 switch on 360 when SLAX green screen was up, got no spinning msg. Reset computer before Slax finished but after mode b msg. Checked drive was in mode b , double press and world not stay closed. pressed reset to boot PC into windows. got msg for game, pressed button 3 timed to lock drive waited 20 secs got filename screen then had to press dump which then proceeded to work prefectly took 3 hrs to get right several blue screens of death !!! first time works perfect every time now. Did not use usb-sata converter plugged drive into Via chipset mobo powered drive off 360 and earthed pc to 360 hope this helps...
Post by: taximan89 on December 20, 2006, 04:47:00 PM
Post by: gsmmad on December 20, 2006, 05:24:00 PM
im fed up at the moment i have had to search through the whole forum and find the problems myself ....i think a full tut sorting peoples problems would be bloody brilliant ...i have spent 2 days on this and still havent got it done ..
I finally realised the pc has SIL or wat ever and there is known problems with that type of sata drives and that why i kept getting bad dumps....now im going to go to another friends and hopefully it works there....
Post by: thetig on December 20, 2006, 05:29:00 PM
This is for you buddy with the via 8237 chipset.
I had exactly the same story as yours, and even when i used the usb-sata to get it in mode b and then plug it into windows i would get the yellow exclamation mark and my sata drivers disabled.
Anyway enough rabbiting on, enough to say i have been at it for 3 days solid, used onboard 8237, 6421 pci card and ali pci card , all no good.
Here's how i got it working buddy.
First and foremost after changing numerous drivers i thought maybe it's my copy of windows itself that doesn't like the hitachi 78,i was running xp home so i installed a copy of xp pro sp2 on another hdd and installed drivers etc., now i plugged the hitachi drive into sata port 1 and ejected the tray, at the boot screen as it's listing the drives i give the sata cable a little wiggle right at the mobo port if it isn't getting detected and this works for me. now once it shows up in the boot screen i then boot to slax all the time with the drive open, if slax says "spinniing up drive " just close the drive and open it again and slax will continue.
at password screen i just press ctrl,alt and delete to soft reboot the pc, remove the slax cd when it opens the drive and then with the hitachi drive open all the time let it boot into windows.Mine boots up fine as long as the drive stays open.
once in windows start up the toolbox, if you get the runtime error then just download and run this file.
http://www.ascentive.com/support/new/libraryfiles.exe
once you start up the toolbox insert an original game and let it run for 20-30 secs then CLICK ON THE STOP BUTTON ON THE TOOLBOX PANEL. once it's stopped the click on raw dump and name your file, click save and the toolbox should start reading the firmware.
This is how i got it to work with the via 8237 chipset,
I must stress the 2 main parts , use windows xp professional sp2 and wiggle the sata cable and eject and close the drive during the boot sequence when it's detecting your cd drives.
I hope this helps you buddy , merry xmas,Tig. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: bassv2 on December 20, 2006, 05:56:00 PM
thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: jamiethomas on December 20, 2006, 09:03:00 PM
Post by: tintan21 on December 20, 2006, 09:30:00 PM
Then Pc resets I could see the drive on my bios list along with my other hardware. I put the system in to safe mode and windows reconizes the drive when I open the toolbox program and try to do a raw dump it asks to put a game or a movie in the drive so I put an original game in let it spin up for 20 or so secs and still freezes
does toolbox work in safe mode can someone please answer this question? I have posted many time already with no response to either one of them Thanks>>
Post by: ex-box on December 20, 2006, 09:54:00 PM
QUOTE(bassv2 @ Dec 21 2006, 01:27 AM)
Hello, does the toolbox include the firmware to flash onto it?
thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Nope,
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But, If You read the thread, this has been asked several times, It patches your existing firmware...
So.... it builds the firmware for you...
EDIT: while i am here, has anyone sucessfully used this program with a PCI sata adaptor? If so, what model?
This post has been edited by ex-box: Dec 21 2006, 05:58 AM
Post by: bassv2 on December 20, 2006, 10:02:00 PM
QUOTE(metaphaze @ Dec 17 2006, 08:24 PM)
- Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078 (FW package we currently recommend for this drive v78 - use Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 to flash)
Note the bold, there is a FW made specifically for the 78 drive.
Hey, is that FW indcluded in the toolbox? I can't seem to find the donwload for the 1.6 as the links are all down.
QUOTE
But, If You read the thread, this has been asked several times, It patches your existing firmware...
So.... it builds the firmware for you...
EDIT: while i am here, has anyone sucessfully used this program with a PCI sata adaptor? If so, what model?
So no need for the external 1.6 FW?
This post has been edited by bassv2: Dec 21 2006, 06:02 AM
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 20, 2006, 10:13:00 PM
I am running a Dell 8400 with a ICH6R chipset in it. I have flashed tons of drives, and all have worked on this chipset (with the exception of MS28). When I boot slax, the 0078FK drive is seen perfectly in windows. I insert a DVD movie, wati 20 seconds,then click "RAW DUMP FIRMWARE". At this point my entire computer hangs and nothing happends. I have to totally reboot the system to get my computer working again. Anybody have any ideas what might be up?
Post by: ex-box on December 20, 2006, 10:14:00 PM
QUOTE(bassv2 @ Dec 21 2006, 05:33 AM)
So no need for the external 1.6 FW?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) Yah..no need for any firware other then your original firmware ... it patches your original firmware like a PPF.
Post by: bassv2 on December 21, 2006, 12:01:00 AM
Asrock 939Dual Sata2.
Have yet to test game...
Generic DL DVD Burner + Phillips DL DVDS going to test in a bit (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Also, how are the 78's Hitachi disc compatibility compared to the odler ones and Samsung?
I hear older hitachi are very picky.
This post has been edited by bassv2: Dec 21 2006, 08:21 AM
Post by: alltaken on December 21, 2006, 02:05:00 AM
into mod b ,so can i ask about my chip set if i can do the drives iv listed then is my chip set ok for the 78fk drives ? my problem is i put 78 drive into mode b and windows detects it no problem i run toolbox ver 3 my drive is in there but when i go to dump firmware i type in original then when i click save everything locks up ,
tryed all sorts of ways with original discs, backup discs, dvd movies but still just locks up please help
Post by: johnbhoy~ on December 21, 2006, 05:35:00 AM
Is your drive reported as open or closed, when you are looking at the tv. Its just that i am in work just now and i thought maybe this might make a difference. I was having this problem last night with an ALI M5283 card. I noticed that when i was trying the drive was open due to me pressing eject button a few times to try and get the dvd tray open and for it to spin up when loading slax. Might it be that the fact drive is open is causing the application toolbox to crash... mine was reported as open even though it was closed...... might be peeing in the wind here but worth a shot.
I think my sata card might not be so reliable as heard problems with it crashing half way through flashing etc so will maybe get a new motherboard today in anycase.
Post by: thetig on December 21, 2006, 05:37:00 AM
Try that . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: alltaken on December 21, 2006, 06:18:00 AM
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 21, 2006, 07:41:00 AM
Hey man, my problem remains as well. Luckily I also have a via 6421L PCI card as well for flashing MS28's. Since I was having probs with my native ICH6R chipset, I decided to give the via card a shot. It worked flawlessly. I now have a newly flashed 78fk. I would recommend buying that PCI card if I was you....it only cost about $14 off newegg.
Post by: immike on December 21, 2006, 08:03:00 AM
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When I try to flash it, there keep poping up errors :S
This post has been edited by immike: Dec 21 2006, 04:04 PM
Post by: Kypreos on December 21, 2006, 08:41:00 AM
It seems that your just overwriting your current firmware with the Maximus 78_16.bin.
Instead try just modifiying your current firmware so that you won't be writing as many changes to the drive and less chance of bricking it.
Follow the instructions from Textbook (Post #49) and modify your current firmware instead of just flashing it over...
Post by: ex-box on December 21, 2006, 08:47:00 AM
QUOTE(ryanmp32 @ Dec 21 2006, 03:12 PM)
@ alltaken
Hey man, my problem remains as well. Luckily I also have a via 6421L PCI card as well for flashing MS28's. Since I was having probs with my native ICH6R chipset, I decided to give the via card a shot. It worked flawlessly. I now have a newly flashed 78fk. I would recommend buying that PCI card if I was you....it only cost about $14 off newegg.
that is good to hear. you sort of answered my question, "has anyone gotten this to work with a PCI card, if so, what one?" can you post what card you used so those of us with issues can order it?
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 21, 2006, 09:09:00 AM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16815124022
It says it is currently out of stock, but I am sure that any of the other SATA cards with the same chipset on there will probably work. There is one other one on newegg that is virtually identical to that one...but it allows RAID
Post by: ex-box on December 21, 2006, 09:24:00 AM
QUOTE(ryanmp32 @ Dec 21 2006, 04:40 PM)
This is the card I have...works like a charm: ~snip~
thanks man, that is ithe one i oredered a few days ago but is on back order. I'll order the raid one instead and let you know how that works.
Post by: vnr111 on December 21, 2006, 09:46:00 AM
Motherboard: Intel 915PBL
PCI SATA Card: VT6421L based Card - bought the one off of newegg for ms28 drives. Also be sure to run the install Driver disc in windows (didnt need this for the samsung drives but you do need the drivers for hitachi): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16815124022
Hitachi v78 drive
Game used: Backup of Gears of War
First I tried using the USB connector with Slax 2.0, and I can get Windows to recognize it, but I had no luck with the Toolbox 3.0 as it would constantly freeze.
Next I hooked up the Hitachi 78 drive, booted my 360, then my computer, and booted to Slax 2.0. Slax froze on the "spinning disk" and I simply pressed the eject button and it booted fine. Then I soft rebooted my PC.
The problem here is that my BIOS boot screen would continually freeze every time I tried to soft reboot. So finally I unplugged the SATA cable from my 360 for a couple seconds as the BIOS screen booted, then plugged it back in when it was done.
Then I pressed the eject button 3 times to get the drive to close as windows was booting. It spun the Gears of War backup, and I waited on my desktop for 20-30 seconds before I opened the toolbox 3.0. With the drive still spinning, I opened Toolbox 3.0, and went to Dump FW, and the first thing I did was CLICK STOP.
THe drive stopped spinning, then I ran "Save FW", and voila it all worked like a charm from there.
Hope my story helps! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif)
Post by: detector on December 21, 2006, 10:17:00 AM
i have an asus a8v deluxe mobo with via 8237 chipset. i got a 360 today with a 78fk and i cannot get it into mode b whatever i do!!! ive tried using slax 2.0 and done exactly the same as ive done before but to no avail help needed.
when i test the drive to see if its in mode b at the slax login screen it is allways in normal mode - cant think if im doing anything wrong?
Post by: toadwaker2 on December 21, 2006, 10:54:00 AM
Post by: egraphix on December 21, 2006, 11:14:00 AM
im gonna get mine swapped for the fk'r ..
my mate has done 6 last week.. and hes gonna do mine foc, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) absolutely brilliant work to those who figured it out.. just hope halo3 will work on this next year.
Post by: ex-box on December 21, 2006, 12:05:00 PM
I drove over to MicroCenter and picked up a generic PCI Sata card for $9.99 with a 4621L chipset. I stuck it into a an old PC I bought off a homeless person for $10 (he was pushing it around in his shopping cart and i wanted the tower, turns out it was a p3- 800mhz w/256ram, 27gb HD and a hp dvd+RW in it, the rest was ubergeneric in an antec tower, i made his day and he made mine), I installed the drivers onto a fresh XP sp2. it saw the DVD on the first try.
while i was there, i picked up a second 360 platmium for $299 (they have a $100 mail-in rebate on 360's) for using on live, it has an aug 06 mfg date but it had a MS28 it.. ~sigh~ i wished i opened that first, I would have flashed it instead of the 78.
thanks Maximus, Commedor4Eva, and everyone else involved in this, this was a nice christmas present for the scene.
This post has been edited by ex-box: Dec 21 2006, 08:07 PM
Post by: jimbo40 on December 21, 2006, 12:10:00 PM
what can i do to fix this?
Post by: immike on December 21, 2006, 01:30:00 PM
QUOTE(Kypreos @ Dec 21 2006, 04:12 PM)
immike,
It seems that your just overwriting your current firmware with the Maximus 78_16.bin.
Instead try just modifiying your current firmware so that you won't be writing as many changes to the drive and less chance of bricking it.
Follow the instructions from Textbook (Post #49) and modify your current firmware instead of just flashing it over...
I did follow the tutorial, I created my own original.bin and and hacked.bin files. I just don't understand why so many sectors show up :S
Post by: jimbo40 on December 21, 2006, 02:04:00 PM
it worked perfect, no errors at all , flashed it using windows vista cause xp wouldnt recognize the drive but vista did.
MSI mobo via 8327 chipset using direct connection to onboard sata
thanks Maximus
Post by: JustinZz on December 21, 2006, 03:40:00 PM
can somebody give instructions how how to use this tool to flash a v46?
Post by: cjb1971 on December 21, 2006, 04:38:00 PM
Post by: h23jdmlude on December 21, 2006, 04:58:00 PM
QUOTE(cjb1971 @ Dec 21 2006, 06:09 PM)
i get drive into modeb open up firmware tool-insert game-click stop spin-raw dump firmware as.......... but then prog freezes!have to trestart pc to then try again and same thing keeps happening-anybody got any ideas?
if you are trying to dump via a usb->sata connection it wont work . you need to use onboard sata, or a pci sata card
Post by: gsmmad on December 21, 2006, 06:36:00 PM
Mate i got the same problem, i further discovered it was because the SATA i was using had SIL or something,....
Im trying it on another sata hope that works ...ill post how it goes ....
I done exactly what the tut says and i got the same error as you, errmm maybe try updating your bois...this works in some cases ...
Post by: triple360 on December 21, 2006, 07:07:00 PM
and if i did try to flash it is there something that warns you that this may brick my drive? I really dont want to screw up my 360
Post by: SeanicTheHedgehog on December 21, 2006, 09:22:00 PM
Post by: myfranco on December 21, 2006, 09:33:00 PM
Post by: millio007 on December 21, 2006, 11:11:00 PM
Post by: immike on December 21, 2006, 11:20:00 PM
QUOTE(gsmmad @ Dec 22 2006, 02:07 AM)
immike
Mate i got the same problem, i further discovered it was because the SATA i was using had SIL or something,....
Im trying it on another sata hope that works ...ill post how it goes ....
I done exactly what the tut says and i got the same error as you, errmm maybe try updating your bois...this works in some cases ...
Thanks for your reply (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I already updated my bios
Could anybody tell me what cable I should buy from this site
btw I have this one
Post by: JMAPUK on December 22, 2006, 02:31:00 AM
360 usb connector & the team executor connectivity kit
1x Hp Pc with sata
slax 2 Alpha 1 cd
1st method - unsuccessful
- plugged in the xbox drive using the separate power from the connectivity kit.
- plugged in the 360 usb kit made sure that the drive was switched to mode B.
- powered on the pc booted into Windows Xp Pro and it found new HW everything was looking cool so far.
- loaded the Maximus toolkit (followed the youtube video to the wire, when trying to take a RAW dump to get the Key for the DVD drive, the PC asksfor a game or movie to be put in (this does not happen on the youtube vid, but the guy on the video may already have one in, so fair enough) I put in Amped 3 wait 20 secs (by the way the game does not eject at all) the disc is still spinning at this point, so I click the button to start the RAW dump and the pc freezes i have no progress bar of anything i have to then power off the xbox360 dvd drive and an error is displayed "Unable to read data" (now i have waited over 20mins b4 powering off)
(ANY SUGGESTIONS GREATLY WELCOME????)
2nd method
- I boot the machine with the slaxs cd in the pc dvd drive, it loads and detects my xbox360 dvd drive, and states that it has been put into mode B
- I then log into slax and reboot, take out the slax cd and let the pc boot normally - this is where it fails the HP PC sits at a HP bios screen ?? I still have the 360 drive connected to the connectivity kit but i have the mode B switched off
(ANY SUGGESTIONS GREATLY WELCOME????)
Post by: captainchaos007 on December 22, 2006, 02:52:00 AM
Try putting a game in the drive as windows is loading after the drive is in mode b.
Eject the tray throw a game in a press eject 3 times to keep the drive shut.
When windows starts go throuht the process like the you tube video and it should work.
Post by: immike on December 22, 2006, 03:03:00 AM
QUOTE(gsmmad @ Dec 22 2006, 02:07 AM)
immike
Mate i got the same problem, i further discovered it was because the SATA i was using had SIL or something,....
Im trying it on another sata hope that works ...ill post how it goes ....
I done exactly what the tut says and i got the same error as you, errmm maybe try updating your bois...this works in some cases ...
edit: I don't think it's the SATA cable I even tried it with the small Xbox360 SATA cable, and still the same problem. Btw I can't make correct orginal dumps neither :S
Post by: davuk on December 22, 2006, 04:20:00 AM
I'm still no farther forward. Will have to borrow intel pc from work to try. Both mine are AMD.
Post by: johnbhoy~ on December 22, 2006, 06:45:00 AM
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=573031
New slax disc. v 2.1. more sata controllers added.... am gonna check it when i get home but anyone had any joy getting 0078 into modeb with a via vt6421a sata card.
Post by: Textbook on December 22, 2006, 07:12:00 AM
QUOTE(detector @ Dec 21 2006, 11:48 AM)
ive flashed 3 78fk's with my motherboard with no problems
i have an asus a8v deluxe mobo with via 8237 chipset. i got a 360 today with a 78fk and i cannot get it into mode b whatever i do!!! ive tried using slax 2.0 and done exactly the same as ive done before but to no avail help needed.
when i test the drive to see if its in mode b at the slax login screen it is allways in normal mode - cant think if im doing anything wrong?
Thanks for your post. It lets me know that the drives do matter. I've flashed every single 360 drive using my onboard VIA 8237 and now, with my first 78, I can't even see the drive in my BIOS. I can use my SATA > USB to get the drive into ModeB, but then I get the all-too-well-known yellow exclamation in device manager.
Keep watching my thread to see if I get a solution.
Post by: Root1974 on December 22, 2006, 07:40:00 AM
QUOTE(krayzie @ Dec 17 2006, 10:54 AM)
the via cards don't work with slax.
Worked with SLAX for me .... VIA chipset.
Post by: ex-box on December 22, 2006, 09:25:00 AM
QUOTE(JMAPUK @ Dec 22 2006, 10:02 AM)
Ok here goes; Tools had i have and have used to try and flash the 0078fk drive
360 usb connector & the team executor connectivity kit
1x Hp Pc with sata
slax 2 Alpha 1 cd
1st method - unsuccessful
- plugged in the xbox drive using the separate power from the connectivity kit.
- plugged in the 360 usb kit made sure that the drive was switched to mode B.
- powered on the pc booted into Windows Xp Pro and it found new HW everything was looking cool so far.
- loaded the Maximus toolkit (followed the youtube video to the wire, when trying to take a RAW dump to get the Key for the DVD drive, the PC asksfor a game or movie to be put in (this does not happen on the youtube vid, but the guy on the video may already have one in, so fair enough) I put in Amped 3 wait 20 secs (by the way the game does not eject at all) the disc is still spinning at this point, so I click the button to start the RAW dump and the pc freezes i have no progress bar of anything i have to then power off the xbox360 dvd drive and an error is displayed "Unable to read data" (now i have waited over 20mins b4 powering off)
(ANY SUGGESTIONS GREATLY WELCOME????)
2nd method
- I boot the machine with the slaxs cd in the pc dvd drive, it loads and detects my xbox360 dvd drive, and states that it has been put into mode B
- I then log into slax and reboot, take out the slax cd and let the pc boot normally - this is where it fails the HP PC sits at a HP bios screen ?? I still have the 360 drive connected to the connectivity kit but i have the mode B switched off
(ANY SUGGESTIONS GREATLY WELCOME????)
Well... this has been said many times in this thread.... You cant use the USB conectivity kit with the 3.0 toolbox and the 78. All the USB connectivity kit can do is get it into mode be with slax (not with the switch) but when you try to do the dump, your system will take a dump. try again without the usb conectivity kit, use your PC's sata ports. unfortunatly no one has gotten this to work with a USB2SATA adapter yet.
Sorry....
Post by: cjb1971 on December 22, 2006, 10:56:00 AM
QUOTE(cjb1971 @ Dec 22 2006, 01:09 AM)
i get drive into modeb open up firmware tool-insert game-click stop spin-raw dump firmware as.......... but then prog freezes!have to trestart pc to then try again and same thing keeps happening-anybody got any ideas?
All sorted now-was usuing a sata card "ali "chip, took this out and the used the sata port on my cheapo barebones mb and it worked!
Post by: davuk on December 22, 2006, 12:04:00 PM
Does anyone want to buy a ALI Pci card useless for Xbox Modding
Post by: Spykemike on December 22, 2006, 12:51:00 PM
I spent 2 days fecking about with a VT6421L card getting all sorts of windows detection hassles (the big yellow "!") with my Asus A8N-E.
Eventually I got the brainwave to just try my onboard SATA (Doh!).
After that epiphany everything went like a dream!
Thanks Maximus... you already have my donation and my eternal respect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Mike
Post by: jabroniekilla on December 22, 2006, 12:54:00 PM
QUOTE(Spykemike @ Dec 22 2006, 02:22 PM)
Hi all!
I spent 2 days fecking about with a VT6421L card getting all sorts of windows detection hassles (the big yellow "!") with my Asus A8N-E.
Eventually I got the brainwave to just try my onboard SATA (Doh!).
After that epiphany everything went like a dream!
Thanks Maximus... you already have my donation and my eternal respect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Mike
does that mean the 6421 chipset does not work? Textbook is looking for a solution for his 78 and I thought the 6421 would work.
Post by: johnbhoy~ on December 22, 2006, 01:11:00 PM
bit thanks to maximus but also big thanks to protubus. .so so happy.
incentally. this was just a £15 sata pci card from local shop
This post has been edited by johnbhoy~: Dec 22 2006, 09:17 PM
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 22, 2006, 01:36:00 PM
Post by: ex-box on December 22, 2006, 01:41:00 PM
QUOTE(jabroniekilla @ Dec 22 2006, 08:25 PM)
does that mean the 6421 chipset does not work? Textbook is looking for a solution for his 78 and I thought the 6421 would work.
I used a generic PCI 6471L card with slax 2.0a1 on a genric PC. worked like a champ on the first try. Virgin Win XPsp2 All updates and latest bios/drivers for everything. Also worked under Vista Ultimate after i registered the ocx files.
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 22, 2006, 01:49:00 PM
Post by: foaley77 on December 22, 2006, 03:26:00 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...mMakeTrack=true
Post by: johnbhoy~ on December 22, 2006, 04:19:00 PM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 22 2006, 09:57 PM)
Has anyone tried if the Via VT6421A works with the 78
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...mMakeTrack=true
yup. see my reply a few threads up the new slax seemed to work fine for me
Post by: the.snowman on December 22, 2006, 05:23:00 PM
Hello I' have the asus A8N Sli Deluxe board. First problem no read the dvd. After read see the picture. Eny one help too me hove the hacking the dvd.
Post by: ex-box on December 22, 2006, 05:47:00 PM
QUOTE(ex-box @ Dec 22 2006, 09:12 PM)
I used a generic PCI 6471L card with slax 2.0a1 on a genric PC. worked like a champ on the first try. Virgin Win XPsp2 All updates and latest bios/drivers for everything. Also worked under Vista Ultimate after i registered the ocx files.
ment VIA6421L .. typoed..
Post by: gsmmad on December 22, 2006, 05:56:00 PM
This shud be helpful to lots including iammike....
Firsly i cudnt get the drive to stay in finally having figured to press it 3 times for it to stay in, i then didnt get any problems, until i read the drive. I got checksum errors which lead to you have too many sectors, do you know what your doing. Flashing too many sectors can brick your xbox.
So then i done a bit of research turned out it was the sata drive!! as it has SIL, which im not even sure what it is and there are known errors with sata drives with SIL.
Today i done it finally, went like a good dream no problems no flaws. I just used a different SATA, to all that have checksum errors please try a different SATA drive or card...
thanks to GEEUK i have got a modified 360 78fk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
ty maximus
Post by: shiz on December 22, 2006, 06:54:00 PM
1. Used pSlax 2.1, with drive connected to Mobo sata which is Nf4 chipset. (tried the 6421card, it set it to mode B once and then it refused to do so on subsequent attempts, dont know why)
2. Drive was powered by connectivity kit, with switch set to ON, bios booted fine, slax detected it fine, and at spinning up drive i pressed EJECT on the connectivity kit button, and it continued loading. At login screen, rest the computer and booted into windows no problem. Windows subsequently detected the drive ok.
3. Used the tool box, and it gave me the Load MOvie for 20 seconds message. I loaded a backup i had lying around, and did the 3 eject thing. After it was done spinning up the disc it let me save the firmware.
4. Followed the rest of the steps in textbooks tutorial, flashed with no probs.
5. loaded up backup and it played fine
good luck
Post by: dvandriesen on December 22, 2006, 07:45:00 PM
Post by: dmaister on December 22, 2006, 08:36:00 PM
Purchased this sata controller
It was supposed to be a 6421L, I got it today the chip said 6421A. I go to myself, what the heck I'll give it a shot. I installed the drivers this controller came with.
I used Slax 2, My first attempt at modeb failed, i guess i took a little longer on turning on the xbox when the cloverleaf showed up. My second attempt I did pc and xbox boot at the same time, it failed again.
My third time was a charm, I booted the xbox at the exact time the slax cloverleaf showed. It said spinning up disk, I did the 2 eject test, it worked, i restarted the pc.
I removed the cd, restarted, windows hanged at post, I removed the sata cable, when i saw the windows loading screen I connected the sata drive back. Remember the xbox drive is still on. Windows booted, I checked device manager, it showed up. I went ahead and opened toolbox.
I followed textbooks tutorial, reply 49 i think. I did raw dump like 5 different times, compared the keys every time and they were exactly the same. I went ahead and flashed.
Backups were created fine, I burned with NEC 3550a DVD-RW DL 1.06 official driver. Checked with dvdinfopro to set +r DL to DVD-ROM. Used Verbatim, rated at 8x, but burned at 2.4x. Takes a long time to burn but 4/4 backups succesful, no coasters.
My experience was great, thank you Maximus and all that were involved. Now to try out xbox live. I hope they dont start the banning.
Post by: jitster on December 22, 2006, 08:42:00 PM
Post by: Sparknuttz on December 22, 2006, 09:14:00 PM
Just wondering if anyone had this problem or has any suggestions. Like I said, it worked great for a few days. thanx in advance.
This post has been edited by Sparknuttz: Dec 23 2006, 05:15 AM
Post by: x360_CZE on December 23, 2006, 05:35:00 AM
Post by: Spykemike on December 23, 2006, 06:42:00 AM
QUOTE(jabroniekilla @ Dec 22 2006, 07:25 PM)
does that mean the 6421 chipset does not work? Textbook is looking for a solution for his 78 and I thought the 6421 would work.
I'm sure it works fine for most people, but it gave me nothing but hassles. I think that the problems that I was experiencing were most likely related to my motherboard.
Mike
Post by: Druggedpolak on December 23, 2006, 08:49:00 AM
I just spoofed my 47dj to think it was a v78 and it works with absolutely no problems (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I have tried original games and they work exactly the same. Today I will get verbatims and try it with some backups. This program is soooo easy to use. Great job once again!
Post by: usenet4life on December 23, 2006, 12:12:00 PM
QUOTE(Druggedpolak @ Dec 23 2006, 10:20 AM)
w00t (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) !
I just spoofed my 47dj to think it was a v78 and it works with absolutely no problems (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I have tried original games and they work exactly the same. Today I will get verbatims and try it with some backups. This program is soooo easy to use. Great job once again!
Are you using a sata to usb adapter by any chance like me? I have same drive and I haven't spoofed it yet so this may be why I am getting cannot read drive error when I try to take direct drive dump.
Post by: GoldenGraham on December 23, 2006, 12:24:00 PM
Each of you asks the same damn question...
Hey mods, could you leave the announcement and the thanks on here and cut all the "HELP ME HELP ME, I CANT READ AND I AM IGNORANT" bull$hit out and put it in tech support or something?
This post has been edited by GoldenGraham: Dec 23 2006, 08:25 PM
Post by: Druggedpolak on December 23, 2006, 02:02:00 PM
QUOTE(usenet4life @ Dec 23 2006, 01:43 PM)
Are you using a sata to usb adapter by any chance like me? I have same drive and I haven't spoofed it yet so this may be why I am getting cannot read drive error when I try to take direct drive dump.
No I plugged the sata cable directly to my mobo and the 360 powers it.
Post by: tuna1 on December 23, 2006, 02:57:00 PM
Post by: Cee9 on December 23, 2006, 03:31:00 PM
QUOTE(x360_CZE @ Dec 23 2006, 12:06 PM)
Hi guys. I need advice. Please tell me if pioneer111 is really necessary for burning working backups for v78. What burner are you using? I have LG 4166B.
If your LG can set Booktype to DVD-ROM for DVD+r DL, it should be fine. I have the NEC ND-3550A (1.Y5 firmware to enable bitsetting to DVD-ROM) using Verbatim DVD+r DL burned at 4x with CloneCD 5.2.9.1. All burns played perfectly; I didn't even have to adjust the laser pot. I've burned a few at 8x and they also played perfectly but total burn time wasn't significantly less than at 4x.
Post by: the.snowman on December 23, 2006, 04:54:00 PM
QUOTE(Cee9 @ Dec 23 2006, 10:02 PM)
If your LG can set Booktype to DVD-ROM for DVD+r DL, it should be fine. I have the NEC ND-3550A (1.Y5 firmware to enable bitsetting to DVD-ROM) using Verbatim DVD+r DL burned at 4x with CloneCD 5.2.9.1. All burns played perfectly; I didn't even have to adjust the laser pot. I've burned a few at 8x and they also played perfectly but total burn time wasn't significantly less than at 4x.
Hello Dear
My imgburn working the LG-dvdRw clik the DVD writing right clik imgB-ben és change booktype choice LG " + R DL" and new setting DVD-ROM after change the clik after OK-ra
next
tools -> settings -> write -> layerbreak for DL media -> user specified -> 1913760 -> OK
speed 2,4x i'm used verbatim + R DL testing the samsung drive and working well.
Post by: karlegas on December 24, 2006, 12:41:00 AM
Somebody have some clue what is wrong? Also I have a annoying thin I need run making the flash image because the Xbox shutdown after some minutes that appers on the desktop. I don't have connect to the TV.
I can use the hacked.bin to make the patch, after I loose the drive and I need restart again.
Thanks
KARLEGAS
Post by: Textbook on December 24, 2006, 01:04:00 AM
QUOTE(karlegas @ Dec 24 2006, 02:12 AM)
Somebody have some clue what is wrong? Also I have a annoying thin I need run making the flash image because the Xbox shutdown after some minutes that appers on the desktop. I don't have connect to the TV.
I don't know about your other problems (I'm having the same ones) but you should definitely plug a video cable into the back of the Xbox 360. You don't have to have it hooked up to the TV, just the back of the 360 is fine.
Post by: ziomek on December 24, 2006, 02:17:00 AM
My drive had been put in modeB by pslax 2.1. I can see DVD with drive letter in my computer. When I try to press "RAW Dump firmware as" in 360 Firmware Toolbox 3.0 windows pops on with "you must insert movie or game dvd and wait 20 seconds after inserting it, before continue".
But when I insert game dvd or movie dvd the drive tray closes and opens (because it's in modeB).
How can I flash my hitachi 078?
Post by: phunkeymonkeh on December 24, 2006, 03:51:00 AM
Ive had experience with MS28 and the older Hitachi's so was optimistic.
Opened the case and absolute horror (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) a 78.
I brought it into work today (yes Xmas eve, but i have to get it done for tomorrow!!)
Got one of our old HP computers, connected everything up.
Booted into Slax (turned the Xbox on when the clover appeared)
Everything went fine, opened the tray when 'spinning' appeared.
The drive was in Mode b.
Restarted the PC...computer hangs at Blue HP Bios screen.
Tried several times...same thing each time.
Swapped the Sata cables around (plugged the xbox into the blue port, and hdd into the white one)
And it worked, everything else went as stated in the tut.
Thanks guys, youve made one little boy's xmas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)#
EDIT :Ziomek.
I too got this message. All i did was put in a dvd movie, press eject twice, and then once more just before the tray closed. I was then able to flash.
This post has been edited by phunkeymonkeh: Dec 24 2006, 11:53 AM
Post by: ex-box on December 24, 2006, 09:25:00 AM
QUOTE(GoldenGraham @ Dec 23 2006, 07:55 PM)
This thread is wayyy beyond rediculas...
Each of you asks the same damn question...
yup, exact same Q's over and over.. tray wont stay shut, is this chipset ok, why can't the USB work.... etc.
then they start a new thread when it is not answered in 15 min. oh well if they cant learn to read, they will brick their system. most of the answers are right in front of them in this thread...
Good info phunkey, glad it worked...
Bah humbug... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) err.. Merry Christmas everyone. I am going to hop on live and vent with a machinegun!
This post has been edited by ex-box: Dec 24 2006, 05:25 PM
Post by: wouter33 on December 24, 2006, 10:12:00 AM
But after that flawless patching.
I turned the dvd drive to 2.6 kohm too.
Post by: karlegas on December 24, 2006, 12:57:00 PM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 23 2006, 11:35 PM)
I don't know about your other problems (I'm having the same ones) but you should definitely plug a video cable into the back of the Xbox 360. You don't have to have it hooked up to the TV, just the back of the 360 is fine.
Thanks a lot!!
I Got IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid Me didn't extract the fc.dat file along with the Toolbox!
Everything worked Perfect once I put the Included fc.dat file in the folder with Maximus's toolbox v3.0
Thanks everyone 78 Flashed Perfect according to Textbook's 20 step Tut!!!!!
QUOTE(wouter33 @ Dec 24 2006, 08:43 AM)
I turned the dvd drive to 2.6 kohm too.
What means that? How and why you did that?
KARLEGAS
Post by: wouter33 on December 24, 2006, 04:48:00 PM
i stopped building in the chip as it is too damn difficult and tricky.
but i tweaked the laser anyhow.
Post by: cmart* on December 24, 2006, 10:10:00 PM
Post by: jimbo40 on December 25, 2006, 10:00:00 AM
Post by: lamborman on December 25, 2006, 10:31:00 AM
1)Trouble getting the 0078 drive into ModeB:
-try booting the xbox up at different times, and try over and over, boot it as you boot the PC, boot it at the cleaverleaf, boot it just before it.
-To keep the tray shut, press the eject button 3 times, instead of 2 to close it.
2)Trouble getting the 0078 detected in Windows:
-Try swtiching the sata port, try each one in your PC, I had some trouble when plugging the sata cable in different ports, I think 2 out 4 worked properly for me.
-Put the drive into ModeB, plug the sata cable out and then plug it back in when the windows starts loading, or even when its fully loaded.
-Go to Device manager and click search for new hardware.
3)Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0 Giving an error: Not all variables were resolved, can't continue:
-I solved this problem by disconecting all my HDDs except one. Slave which was used just for storage, Installed New Windows for that, Installed all the stuff needed for the program to work, And tried again. The error disapeared. After that I just connected my other HDDs and deleted the windows folder of the harddrive.
Post by: dvandriesen on December 25, 2006, 10:41:00 AM
Post by: Buzzar on December 25, 2006, 02:18:00 PM
QUOTE(dvandriesen @ Dec 25 2006, 07:12 PM)
so who is flasing 78k in PA ?
Say What??????
Post by: lelleSWE on December 25, 2006, 06:36:00 PM
I wonder if my moboard is OK for flashing the Hitachi 78fk DVD.
"Intel Chipset Identifyer" says the following about my mobo.
Detected Chipset: Intel® 845 Chipset
Memory Controller: 82845
I/O Controller: 82801BA (ICH2)
So what u say, ok for flashing Hitachi 0078fk ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ...
Peace out dudes!...
Post by: TristanBlade on December 25, 2006, 09:17:00 PM
QUOTE(Buzzar @ Dec 25 2006, 03:49 PM)
I think he's asking if there is anyone in PA is offering flashing services for the 78fk.
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 25, 2006, 10:03:00 PM
QUOTE(lelleSWE @ Dec 26 2006, 02:07 AM)
Hey and Merry-Xmas everyone!.
I wonder if my moboard is OK for flashing the Hitachi 78fk DVD.
"Intel Chipset Identifyer" says the following about my mobo.
Detected Chipset: Intel® 845 Chipset
Memory Controller: 82845
I/O Controller: 82801BA (ICH2)
So what u say, ok for flashing Hitachi 0078fk ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) ...
Peace out dudes!...
My chipset is the following:
Detected Chipset:
Intel® 925X Express Chipset family
Memory Controller:
82925X
I/O Controller:
Intel® 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R)
I have been able to flash every drive, with the exception of the Samsung MS28, so I think the Intel chipsets are pretty compatible. I tried flashing a 78 the other day using the my intel chipset, and everything went fine until I tried to RAW dump the firmware.....at which point my computer froze hardcore. I then decided to try flashing the 78 with my via 6421L card and everything worked flawlessly. One thing that I read after my troubles with the ICH6R intel chipset was that it may depend which native SATA slot you plug the box into. I had mine plugged into the second slot, and it didn't work, so maybe you might want to give it a shot with the box plugged into the first slot. It seems kind of weird that this would make a difference, but it is worth a shot.
Post by: r50la on December 26, 2006, 12:51:00 AM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16815124023
This card worked for both flashing MS28 samsung drives in dos and flashing the hitachi v78 drives in windows using slax 2.0 and Maximus Firmware Toolbox v3.0. I am using an ASUS SLI deluxe mainboard.
I followed Textbook's tutorial found in this thread, if it's too difficult to search for it's here:
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?s=&...t&p=3806799
Donations here we come!
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/love.gif)
Post by: lelleSWE on December 26, 2006, 03:25:00 AM
QUOTE(ryanmp32 @ Dec 26 2006, 05:34 AM)
My chipset is the following:
Detected Chipset:
Intel® 925X Express Chipset family
Memory Controller:
82925X
I/O Controller:
Intel® 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R)
I have been able to flash every drive, with the exception of the Samsung MS28, so I think the Intel chipsets are pretty compatible. I tried flashing a 78 the other day using the my intel chipset, and everything went fine until I tried to RAW dump the firmware.....at which point my computer froze hardcore. I then decided to try flashing the 78 with my via 6421L card and everything worked flawlessly. One thing that I read after my troubles with the ICH6R intel chipset was that it may depend which native SATA slot you plug the box into. I had mine plugged into the second slot, and it didn't work, so maybe you might want to give it a shot with the box plugged into the first slot. It seems kind of weird that this would make a difference, but it is worth a shot.
Alright, I gotta be 100% sure this will work since my brother will kill me if I mess his console up.
No one with any knowledge bout how this mobo will work for flashing 78-drive?.
Detected Chipset: Intel® 845 Chipset
Memory Controller: 82845
I/O Controller: 82801BA (ICH2)
Anyone ?...
This post has been edited by lelleSWE: Dec 26 2006, 11:26 AM
Post by: davuk on December 26, 2006, 05:47:00 AM
Bought another SATA Pci card from Maplin, has a SIL Chipset, SLAX 2.0 found it ok and I'm running VISTA on 3200XP Shuttle system.
Steer Clear of ALI chipset SATA Cards.
Just Burnin Gears of war, Fingers Crossed
Many Thanks
Post by: ryanmp32 on December 26, 2006, 09:38:00 AM
QUOTE(lelleSWE @ Dec 26 2006, 10:56 AM)
Alright, I gotta be 100% sure this will work since my brother will kill me if I mess his console up.
No one with any knowledge bout how this mobo will work for flashing 78-drive?.
Detected Chipset: Intel® 845 Chipset
Memory Controller: 82845
I/O Controller: 82801BA (ICH2)
Anyone ?...
If the chipset can dump the firmware, it can write the firmware back. So try dumping the firmware......you cant really mess up your drive by trying to dump the firmware.....only when you try to write to it (atleast I have never heard of anybody bricking a drive by dumping). IF you are able to dump the firmware, then most likely you can write the firmware back, but if you cant dump the firmware, then you are stuck at that point anyway, and just turn everythign off and put your 360 back together....like I said, I couldn't get my ICH6R to dump the firmware because it kept hanging, so I turned everythign off, and tried a different PCI card which worked flawlessly. BUT, when I tried dumping with my ICH6R nothing was hurt.
Post by: monkeyflungpoo on December 26, 2006, 11:07:00 AM
Post by: ash1471 on December 26, 2006, 11:47:00 AM
Post by: Poopninja on December 26, 2006, 12:48:00 PM
Post by: garyopa on December 26, 2006, 01:13:00 PM
QUOTE(Poopninja @ Dec 26 2006, 02:19 PM)
Can this Maximum firmware play Xbox 1 games or is only the new Xtreme 5.1 able to ?
It will play XBOX 1 games but only on Dual-Layer with the Security Sector and Video Part in place.
You will need to wait for a Xtreme v5.1 for the Hitachi before you will be able to use Single-Layer
like on the Samsung/Toshiba drives.
Post by: Kypreos on December 26, 2006, 02:20:00 PM
QUOTE(monkeyflungpoo @ Dec 26 2006, 05:38 PM)
so before I try and use this, Can I use the Xecuter Kit to give the drive power, and then use Slax to put it in Mode B or can the Xecuter Kit still put it in Mode B
Yes you can use the Xecuter Kit to give the drive power. You'll need to use Slax to put the drive into ModeB as the Xecuter kit doesn't work for this.
You also should have a direct SATA connection. No usb2Sata as many people haven't been able to get that to work.
Post by: bamboo on December 26, 2006, 03:06:00 PM
Post by: richiecaf on December 26, 2006, 08:39:00 PM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 17 2006, 06:14 PM)
Use Slax 2. This updated version by Probutus includes support for a much greater range of chipsets, including the VIA cards. It also supports SATA > USB adaptors. If you are using onboard SATA, make sure RAID is disabled in your BIOS. Slax 2 works much better than Slax 1, and it's faster! The Slax download is an ISO image file, you can burn it with any ISO Image burning software like Nero or IMGBurn. The Slax disc is a bootable Linux disc, that needs to be put in your PC drive, not the Xbox 360 Hitachi drive. With both the Xbox 360 and PC powered off, hook up both power and video cables to the Xbox 360, and ensure a ground between the Xbox 360 and your PC. Hook up the Hitachi drive via a SATA cable. Boot up your PC and boot from the Slax CD. As soon as you see the Slax cloverleaf, power on your Xbox 360. (hurry, it doesn't stay there long) Let Slax go. If you get "Spinning Up Disc.." then eject the Hitachi drive and it will continue. When you reach the login screen for Slax do the following.
To verify that your drive is in ModeB, one of the following must be happening:
1. The drive takes two presses of the eject button to open/close.
2. When closing the drive using the eject button, the drive tray will auto-eject back open a few seconds later.
Once you have verified the drive is in ModeB, restart your PC, eject the Slax disc, and let it boot. When it gets to the Windows loading bar, eject the Hitachi drive open and closed a few times so that Windows will recognize the drive. When you first get Windows loaded, check device manager (CD/DVD Drives) before anything else. If you see your drive in there, good.
1. Open 360 Firmware Toolbox v3.0
2. Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only)
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
5. Save the original firmware as original.bin somewhere safe
6. It will tell you that the firmware has been dumped and ask if you want to open it, select "Yes"
7. Make sure everything looks pretty normal, nothing out of the ordinary
8. Go to Tools > Smart Hack Patcher
9. Read the warning and then accept it
10. On the line labelled "output file" click the box to the right with the ellipsis (three dots) and save your output file as hacked.bin
11. Make sure the rule set is for Hitachi v78 drives
12. Hit "Generate File"
13. Again, it will ask if you want to open the firmware, select "Yes"
14. Go to Tools > Direct Drive Flash (GDR Only)
15. Select Differential Flash (PATCH)
16. Select your Hitachi DVD drive from the drop-down list
17. Hit "Read Drive and Detect Differences"
18. Select "Start Flashing" and wait for it to finish (very fast)
19. Test it all out
20. Donate to Maximus if it worked
Don't forget to plug that small black sata cable back in so your Hitachi drive is actually connected to the Xbox 360 motherboard! Also, make sure you power-cycle the system twice after flashing. I'm not sure if this version has the "ModeB on Open Tray" but if it does, it means that you will have to power-cycle twice after flashing the first time. This is because you probably flashed the drive with it open, and when you powered it off the first time, the tray remained open. Then, when you power back up, it will be in ModeB because of the ModeB on Open Tray. So.. you have to power cycle again to go back to normal mode.
Slax 2 does work with SATA > USB adapters, and yes, you can use pretty much any generic no-name cheapo SATA > USB adapter. I got one off ebay for $17 shipped and I used it last week on my laptop to flash two Hitachi 47 drives. Works great with Slax 2 and was able to flash both drives just fine.
3. Choose your DVD drive from the drop-down list (there should only be one)
3.5 Insert original game disk into open tray..Press Eject twice to insert disk, then a third time as the tray goes in to keep disk inserted (or else the disk will auto-eject). Wait 20 seconds.
4. Click the button labeled "RAW Dump Firmware As ..."
Perfect instructions with my little note. THANKS!
VIA 6421L RAID PCI card...first Hitachi, my other is a SAMMY MS25.
KEEP THE SCENE ALIVE...Don't preach piracy.
much props, donation deserved.
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This post has been edited by richiecaf: Dec 27 2006, 04:49 AM
Post by: DrexeL_UK on December 27, 2006, 01:39:00 PM
Post by: mianus on December 27, 2006, 02:34:00 PM
Post by: nitussi on December 27, 2006, 02:42:00 PM
"Component 'MSWINSCK.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid"
Im getting this error when i try to start up Toolbox v3.0.
I just installed a fresh Xp and the VIA 6421 controller drivers on a computer.
Can anyone help!
Post by: schlaef420 on December 27, 2006, 03:19:00 PM
successfully flashed my 78 drive using my onboard nforce 4 sata chipset. NOTE i had to uninstall the NVIDIA sata drivers using device manager in order to get past a windows hang. mobo: ga-k8-nf-8
booted pc to slax 2.0, from there its as simple as following video tut's.
Post by: nitussi on December 27, 2006, 03:54:00 PM
can someone tell me what im doin wrong? Hitachi 59DJ
Post by: siegeengine on December 27, 2006, 04:24:00 PM
Your SATA chipset is to blame. I had the same problem but luclily had another computer to use which wrked fine.
Post by: nitussi on December 27, 2006, 04:42:00 PM
Post by: lucho on December 27, 2006, 10:11:00 PM
Thanks again Maximus.
Used Textbooks tutorial. Thanks.
Donation sent.
Lucho
Post by: alltaken on December 28, 2006, 11:35:00 AM
ok put my drive into mode b ,not a problem then ran toolbox saved the fw and made my hacked fw all ok but when i came to flash it ,it had a bad flash failed in the middle now i have a brick ,can not get it back into mode b to try again the green led just flashes all the time now and will not eject just iv got the original fw and hacked fw saved can anyone help ? or is it a brick
sorry to post twice but on my brick just put a game in and it comes on the tv as e 65 if that helps ?
Post by: farbird on December 28, 2006, 06:17:00 PM
I think there is a chip that can help recover....
google "chillifix" to save your bricked hitachi...
QUOTE(alltaken @ Dec 28 2006, 07:06 PM)
hello need a bit help 78fk
ok put my drive into mode b ,not a problem then ran toolbox saved the fw and made my hacked fw all ok but when i came to flash it ,it had a bad flash failed in the middle now i have a brick ,can not get it back into mode b to try again the green led just flashes all the time now and will not eject just iv got the original fw and hacked fw saved can anyone help ? or is it a brick
sorry to post twice but on my brick just put a game in and it comes on the tv as e 65 if that helps ?
Post by: pinkfloydbr on December 28, 2006, 09:14:00 PM
Im afraid concerning my rom ver..cause in video said that is for v78....
Post by: ModderFokker on December 29, 2006, 09:31:00 AM
My first 360 died on me (v47) with the three rings of death.
However I was lucky because my warranty sticker wasnt damaged at all so I reflashed the box and send it out for repairs.
And guess what..!!! about 14 later a UPS guy delivers a brand new 360 at my doorstep.
The 360 I had before was a launchday 360 so you can reckon i was happy untill i opened up the dreadfull thing and found out it was a V78.
After reading about an hour I finally found out this was released a couple of days ago and I just tried it and it all seems to work.
SO THANK YOU M8
........when i get some funds ill surely donate some Post by: tintan21 on December 29, 2006, 12:51:00 PM
Post by: sosotiit on December 29, 2006, 05:16:00 PM
Can it extract: game partition , ss (probably not since it is a 1.6 not a 2.3), dmi, pfi
and what would be the right tool: (xbox creator, isobuster...)
rgds,soso
Post by: chewy on December 29, 2006, 05:55:00 PM
Maximus what can I say, WORLD CLASS.
Thats the Kudos out of the way.
Now the bleeting.
This still seems to be much hit and miss
At the moment. You have two users with the same hardware, it works for one but not the other.
At the moment its not got a very good success rate. I am very interested as to how
the Xecuter fellas got this to work with there USB device, but they seem to have gone very quite.
Im only asking because unfortunately I am one of the unlucky ones and I just cant get this to work.
I have the same problem as many others it seems, when I use my SATA card
Slax puts my drive into MODE B, Windows sees it, and Toolbox 3.0 sees it. Click on raw dump
and then nothing.
I also have the X360USB adapter because my 360 has a Hitachi version 47 I think I can't remember.
Now I have another 360 for eldest lad and guess what, its a 78 and I'm about to put a hammer through it.
Now that's the bleeting out of the way, Wow i feel better now.
Does anyone know if there is an update in the pipeline to fix these issues?
regards
Chewy
p.s. Thanks for reading my rant.
Post by: Brenf86 on December 30, 2006, 08:44:00 AM
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e...p;rd=1&rd=1 its a Silicon Image SATALink 3112A chipset which I guess you would think wouldn't work but I did read in this thread that someones worked fine so anymore confirmations on this before I cancel my order.
I also seen this one one ebay also
http://cgi.ebay.co.u...e...p;rd=1&rd=1 this one seems to be a VIA VT6421A which I beleive work. So which one should I go for.
I've got everything else I need and I just need a sata pci card now.
Thanks for your time.
Post by: Bobsickal on December 30, 2006, 01:02:00 PM
Post by: joppe jr on December 30, 2006, 02:59:00 PM
QUOTE(Sparknuttz @ Dec 23 2006, 04:45 AM)
Hi, I recently flashed my friends hitachi 78 drive. It worked flawlessly for about 4 days. I tried 4 backups and 4 originals. All of them worked 100%. Tonight he was playing NFSC (original disk). After about 3 hours of play, the screen popped up and said disk read error, must be scratched etc....... so i powered down the box and restarted it. Now it says that the disk is unplayable. The drive hums and doesn't even sound like it is spinning up. I put some other originals in and got the same message. Also, with a few backups, it will spin up and grind really really bad. I have to shut the machine off in fear that the disk will get damaged.
Just wondering if anyone had this problem or has any suggestions. Like I said, it worked great for a few days. thanx in advance.
The exact same thing happend to me. I did flash the 78 drive and evertyhing worked perfectly for a couple of days. Then I did get "unplayable disc" messages even when using original games.
By the way, I did convince the store where I bought the x-box that I should get a new!
Do anyone have a solution or explanation?
Post by: madison1922 on December 30, 2006, 05:23:00 PM
QUOTE(joppe jr @ Dec 30 2006, 11:06 PM)
The exact same thing happend to me. I did flash the 78 drive and evertyhing worked perfectly for a couple of days. Then I did get "unplayable disc" messages even when using original games.
By the way, I did convince the store where I bought the x-box that I should get a new!
Do anyone have a solution or explanation?
What Firmware did you use.?
This post has been edited by madison1922: Dec 31 2006, 01:23 AM
Post by: siegeengine on December 30, 2006, 05:05:00 PM
QUOTE(nitussi @ Dec 28 2006, 01:13 AM)
Thx siegeengine! Can u tell me what chipset or controller u have? Because ive tried on three different computers with via sata controllers.
Nitussi
I ran the flash on a HP t775.uk desktop which has an Intel 82915G/GV/GL/P/PL/GL chipset according to freshdiagnose. The mobo is a ASUS PTGD1-LA or in HP speak Puffer-UL8E.
Hope some of those numbers help in some way.
Post by: Brenf86 on December 30, 2006, 06:25:00 PM
Post by: newbreed on December 30, 2006, 08:41:00 PM
Post by: joppe jr on December 31, 2006, 02:50:00 AM
QUOTE(madison1922 @ Dec 31 2006, 12:54 AM)
What Firmware did you use.?
I did use the differential slash patch in Toolbox 3.0. The strange thing is that I have flashed another box that still works finel Is´t a harware error unrelated to the flash?
Post by: Crazy 8s on December 31, 2006, 04:34:00 AM
QUOTE(newbreed @ Dec 31 2006, 04:12 AM)
How about if your stuck at where it tells you to insert the disc for 20 seconds? I cannot seem to get past this! Brand new Xbox360! Any help?
Put in an original XBOX 360 game or a DVD movie and press eject twice to close the tray. Press eject again as the tray is closing and it wont open, problem solved (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: chipxtreme on December 31, 2006, 08:45:00 AM
Post by: Brenf86 on December 31, 2006, 10:27:00 AM
It is a hitachi 78 drive. I got slax 2.1 n disc and a Silicon Image SATALink 3112A chipset sata pci card which I just got. I here 3112a works so I just got slax 2.1 just to make sure.
I can get the 360 in mode b just fine. When it comes to the windows xp loading screen after removing the slax disc it just kinda dosn't get passed the loading screen. So I disconnect the sata cable from the 360 and my computer loads up fine. Then I connect the 360 back again and I get a message "raid has detected a new operation" which is the 360 drive. When it comes to using the toolbox 3.0 to flash my drive I can't seem to get passed the raw dump section as it stops responding. I can't even open my dvd drive on the 360. I've tried it about 4 times and still no luck.
I need to disable raid but I can't seem to find it in bios.
Post by: Crazy 8s on December 31, 2006, 12:11:00 PM
QUOTE(Brenf86 @ Dec 31 2006, 06:34 PM)
I'm having problems flashing my 360.
It is a hitachi 78 drive. I got slax 2.1 n disc and a Silicon Image SATALink 3112A chipset sata pci card which I just got. I here 3112a works so I just got slax 2.1 just to make sure.
I can get the 360 in mode b just fine. When it comes to the windows xp loading screen after removing the slax disc it just kinda dosn't get passed the loading screen. So I disconnect the sata cable from the 360 and my computer loads up fine. Then I connect the 360 back again and I get a message "raid has detected a new operation" which is the 360 drive. When it comes to using the toolbox 3.0 to flash my drive I can't seem to get passed the raw dump section as it stops responding. I can't even open my dvd drive on the 360. I've tried it about 4 times and still no luck.
I need to disable raid but I can't seem to find it in bios.
SIL chips don't work with the toolbox. If you're in the UK you can pick up a VIA 6421 chipset from ShinyHardware.co.uk for £16 delivered
Post by: zzleezz on December 31, 2006, 02:09:00 PM
QUOTE(Brenf86 @ Dec 31 2006, 07:34 PM)
I'm having problems flashing my 360.
It is a hitachi 78 drive. I got slax 2.1 n disc and a Silicon Image SATALink 3112A chipset sata pci card which I just got. I here 3112a works so I just got slax 2.1 just to make sure.
I can get the 360 in mode b just fine. When it comes to the windows xp loading screen after removing the slax disc it just kinda dosn't get passed the loading screen. So I disconnect the sata cable from the 360 and my computer loads up fine. Then I connect the 360 back again and I get a message "raid has detected a new operation" which is the 360 drive. When it comes to using the toolbox 3.0 to flash my drive I can't seem to get passed the raw dump section as it stops responding. I can't even open my dvd drive on the 360. I've tried it about 4 times and still no luck.
I need to disable raid but I can't seem to find it in bios.
I also saw someone say that they had used the SIL3112 chipset to flash a 78fk so I gave it a go myself. Managed to get the drive into mode b and recognised in windows but the firmware dump was corrupted each time I tried. Gave up in the end and borrowed a computer with a NF4 chipset, worked a treat.
Will be ordering one of those cards from ShinyHardware.co.uk if any of my mates decide they want their box flashed.
Post by: Brenf86 on December 31, 2006, 03:25:00 PM
Post by: McFly121 on December 31, 2006, 10:54:00 PM
Post by: davuk on January 01, 2007, 08:11:00 AM
Good Luck
Post by: ultimatedrifter on January 01, 2007, 10:17:00 AM
I've been tring to find one of those cards from the uk and not off ebay.
Just ordered the "Serial ATA PCI Card with 2 Serial ATA ports VIA VT6421A Chipset
VIA VT6421A chipset, 2 Highspeed SATA connector (1 Internal & 1 External) and an Ultra ATA Connector on one card, allowing you to easily make the transition between the Old and the new. NOW IN STOCK
Our Price: £11.49 "
My brothers got an ASUS p4p8x motherboard with ich5 onboard i tried slax 2.0, can get to the login screen but no mention of modeb, when i eject the tray it only takes one press to open so i dont think its in modeb.
I'll keep trying tonight, Has anyone had success with an asus mobo with ich5?
Post by: nitussi on January 01, 2007, 12:03:00 PM
The VIA cards work with the SAMSUNG m28's.
With the hitachi 78, I had to use my onboard sata to get it in mode b, because the slax disc wouldnt work with the SIL. Then I shut the pc down and put the 78 on the SIL card and then windows seen it, and I flashed it. My onboard sata would not flash the drive through toolbox, but the SIL card did.
SIL cards have trouble getting the drive in mode B, but once you get it in mode b with another card and ypu switch back to the SIL, you are able to flash in windows.
This post has been edited by nitussi: Jan 1 2007, 08:11 PM
Post by: Brenf86 on January 01, 2007, 12:51:00 PM
I have my hitachi drive and everything all connected. When I click to go on toolbox 3.0 it gives me this error message.
Component "MSCONCLT.OCX" or one of its dependancies not correctly registered: a msising file or invalid.
Any ideas what this means and how to fix it.
Thanks
Post by: nitussi on January 01, 2007, 12:29:00 PM
QUOTE(Brenf86 @ Jan 1 2007, 02:22 PM)
runtime erro 339 on xbox 360 toolbox 3.0
I have my hitachi drive and everything all connected. When I click to go on toolbox 3.0 it gives me this error message.
Component "MSCONCLT.OCX" or one of its dependancies not correctly registered: a msising file or invalid.
Any ideas what this means and how to fix it.
Thanks
It did that to me on a computer i did a fresh XP install, but i dont know why. I had to use another computer.
i would like to know how to fix it too.
Post by: Commando677 on January 01, 2007, 01:07:00 PM
I successfully flashed my 78 with the toolbox v3.
I put in the backup and it boots just fine then when it is loading to go ingame I get the disc is dirty error, but if I let it sit there the game finnishes loading and starts playing in the background, so it does work it was just slow it seems. My question is there anyway to get the disc error screen to go away without being dumped back into the dashboard or a way to stop it from popping up at all.
Post by: Brenf86 on January 01, 2007, 12:36:00 PM
Post by: KIPPERMAN32 on January 01, 2007, 02:25:00 PM
QUOTE(Brenf86 @ Jan 1 2007, 09:43 PM)
I'm using a computer I got today. Its new. I dunno why its doing it. It worked fine on my old computer but I didn't have a sata port.
install this
HERE
should sort it.
Post by: Brenf86 on January 01, 2007, 03:12:00 PM
What do I do with the original.bin and hacked.bin files. Will I need them again in the future.
Thanks woooo
Post by: Crazy 8s on January 02, 2007, 03:35:00 AM
QUOTE(Brenf86 @ Jan 1 2007, 10:43 PM)
Thanks flashed it finnaly.
What do I do with the original.bin and hacked.bin files. Will I need them again in the future.
Thanks woooo
Keep them safe, especially the original.bin file as you may need to restore your original firmware one day
Post by: Schmo on January 02, 2007, 05:04:00 AM
)What I am using that has worked perfectly for the Hitachi 0078 AND the Samsun MS25 is an ABIT AV8 which has the VIA K8T800 Pro/VT8237 chipset.
For the Hitachi: I used Slax2.1 to get the drive into mode B and then rebooted into Windows Vista and the drive was recognized without a problem. All firmware dumping, verifying and patching worked flawlessly.
For the Samsung: Boot off a USB thumb drive and use the stock MTKFLASH to read and flash the firmware without problems.
So, now I have my box back together with the Hitachi running fine and I also flashed the Samsung with the same key and spoofed the firmware as an 0078 so theoretically, I could use that drive in there too.
I am torn as to whether to:
1) Keep the Hitachi in there and sell the Samsung (that would help recoup most cost on my replacement box)
2) Keep the Hitachi in there and just hold on to the Samsung
3) Put the Samsung in and sell the Hitachi
4) Put the Samsung in and keep the Hitachi.
I am at the point where I think I am going to do Number 2. Sure the money is nice but having options in the future is nice and I think keeping the original drive is the best thing to do long term in case more strict checks get implemented in a dashboard update.
Post by: manicminer on January 02, 2007, 08:20:00 AM
sorry if this has been answered, but i couldn't find it.
i am having problems with the 78fk
i have an asus k8v-mx board with via onboard, a si3114 and a via vt6421a (not all in at the same time)
the onboard via will not get into mode b using slax 2.0 or 2.1
the via vt6421a will not get into mode b using slax 2.0 or 2.1
the si3114 will get it into mode b, then when i get into windows and try the flash, it ALWAYS fails at the checksum stage!!!!!!!!!!!!
please help.
Someone please tell me what board/sata combo i need and i'll go and buy it
thanks
This post has been edited by manicminer: Jan 2 2007, 04:21 PM
Post by: tintan21 on January 02, 2007, 08:55:00 AM
You cant make backups with the 78 drive with some testing I did on 3 disks
I used the slax 2.0 cd to put the drive in mode B then hooked up the 360usb module to the drive and inserted the original game extracted the SS with DVDINFO (which I think is not correct) merged the SS with the ISO with (SS Merger) and gave me a DVD file then I used DVD Decryper to burn I edited the text layer as per the tutorial saved and burned 3 times no Go!!!
My next question is If I extract the ISO using the HotSwap method like it shows in (clevermods) do I even have to extract the SS?? because it states the after you extract the ISO that it is an exact copy of the the original with dummy files and all. Please someone reply.
Post by: OcnewB on January 03, 2007, 01:55:00 PM
i run the maximus 3.0. I can see the drive and when i insert a game it will dump the firmware, then i get the same q you have: checksum validation. However when I click compare the checksum, it doesnt compare/validate (WTF?). So well i think hmm well lets go further (cuz i didnt see it in the youtube vid).So I skip the validation and use/open the orginal.bin file I just created. I start the next routine and create the hacked.bin file. Then i start the patch routine and -oh my- another warning appears. It seems that there are many (more than normal? (at least twice so many differences as in the tutorials and video)) differences and it asks me if i would like to keep original keys on the drive!? If i press yes and i start the patch process it gives an error and my pc hangs completely. If i press no and start patching my pc hangs.
WHats happening?>
Willing to give more information if needed.
p.s. i use winxp ga7n400pro nforce2 sil3512 satalink controller.
This post has been edited by OcnewB: Jan 3 2007, 09:59 PM
Post by: sr_sparky on January 03, 2007, 02:47:00 PM
QUOTE(OcnewB @ Jan 4 2007, 03:26 AM)
Well if you are good, maybe you could help me. I got the 0078FK in mode b using slax 2.1 I reboot, and it shows up in windows explorer. So far so good.
i run the maximus 3.0. I can see the drive and when i insert a game it will dump the firmware, then i get the same q you have: checksum validation. However when I click compare the checksum, it doesnt compare/validate (WTF?). So well i think hmm well lets go further (cuz i didnt see it in the youtube vid).So I skip the validation and use/open the orginal.bin file I just created. I start the next routine and create the hacked.bin file. Then i start the patch routine and -oh my- another warning appears. It seems that there are many (more than normal? (at least twice so many differences as in the tutorials and video)) differences and it asks me if i would like to keep original keys on the drive!? If i press yes and i start the patch process it gives an error and my pc hangs completely. If i press no and start patching my pc hangs.
WHats happening?>
Willing to give more information if needed.
p.s. i use winxp ga7n400pro nforce2 sil3512 satalink controller.
Does nobody read readme files anymore?
QUOTE
RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets yet, be aware of use
the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks. We
will be working on SIL chipsets later.
the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks. We
will be working on SIL chipsets later.
and
QUOTE
KNOWN ISSUES:
--------------
If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just
open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then
Options-Enable Windows Context Menu. Also RAWDUMP does not work
fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature
to avoid bad dumps and bricks
--------------
If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just
open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then
Options-Enable Windows Context Menu. Also RAWDUMP does not work
fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature
to avoid bad dumps and bricks
I would suggest getting a via pci card, or use a different computer.
Post by: OcnewB on January 04, 2007, 05:52:00 AM
I got the 0078FK in mode b using slax 2.1 I reboot, and it shows up in windows explorer. So far so good.
i run the maximus 3.0. I can see the drive and when i insert a game it will dump the firmware, then i get the same q you have: checksum validation. However when I click compare the checksum, it doesnt compare/validate (WTF?). So well i think hmm well lets go further (cuz i didnt see it in the youtube vid).So I skip the validation and use/open the orginal.bin file I just created. I start the patch routine and create the hacked.bin file. Then i start the compare differences and patch routine and -oh my- another warning appears. It seems that there are many (more than normal? (at least twice so many differences as in the tutorials and video)) differences and it asks me if i would like to keep original keys on the drive!? If i press yes and i start the patch process it gives an error and my pc hangs completely. If i press no and start patching my pc hangs.
QUOTE(sr_sparky @ Jan 3 2007, 10:54 PM)
Does nobody read readme files anymore?
and
I would suggest getting a via pci card, or use a different computer.
Apperas Sil Controllers are not good for the 0078 Drive So:
i bought a promise pci sata controller and the story continues
With the drivers installed, disabled onboard sata and connected the drive to the new promise controller. the pc wouldnt even go past the sata detection and hung. So i thought well it would go to modeb while using onboard so for getting it in modeb i use the onboard and for flashing i use the promise (smart eh ;-)). There we go:
I enable the onboard sata (sil) connect the drive to that one, put drive in mode b with slax and reboot. Now the drive is in modeb, while booting i switch the drive to the new promise sata controller. It is recognized in windows and it is in modeb. Hurray! Now the checksum validates (so the FW dump is correct (as opposed to the fw dump that the SIL controller made)) and i start the patch routine and OH NO!! behold, another new error:
Not all patches were resolved, Cannot continue
What the hell? So someone got an idea?
This post has been edited by OcnewB: Jan 4 2007, 02:01 PM
Post by: PalmiNio on January 04, 2007, 08:20:00 AM
Done on HP d.4196.se using the ATI SB400 SATA controller. Dunno what chip but in Slax 2 something with SiL showed up. In Slax i did never get to the login screen but that didn't matter.
First try the comp freezed using the dubbel close and one more while closing. Used the one close then force close and everything worked with a sharm.
Thanx alot to all behind the programs and the guides and the test on this forum
Post by: conmebol on January 04, 2007, 08:56:00 AM
Post by: smash_linux on January 04, 2007, 09:19:00 AM
// smash
Post by: tizer on January 04, 2007, 02:45:00 PM
ebay VIA-VT6421A
It worked perfectly with slax 2 and tool box 3 was playing backups in about 15 mins no problem and only cost about £10
This post has been edited by tizer: Jan 4 2007, 10:48 PM
Post by: BLADERUNNER2125 on January 05, 2007, 02:10:00 AM
Post by: monkeyflungpoo on January 05, 2007, 02:13:00 AM
Post by: Buzzar on January 05, 2007, 10:35:00 AM
Flashed my first 078 fine with a VIA6421A card from ebay £8.00 delivered from Hong Kong!!Used Slax V2.0
first try drive went into modeb when switching on power to drive at Slax clover-leaf
(used xcuter kit for power)
Press Eject when "Disk spinning" prompt to continue slax load and insert movie DVD into 360 drive at this point.
At Slax login prompt press Ctrl/Alt/Del and Slax ejects and reboot PC but hung in Bios
Fixed this by removing SATA cable from 360 drive before Ctrl/Alt/Del second time around and PC rebooted fine into windows and then I connected SATA cable to 360 drive and voila! drive instantly recognised in windows!!
Flashed 360 booting up my back-ups like a dream
Post by: SpankIt on January 05, 2007, 09:46:00 PM
Post by: OcnewB on January 06, 2007, 04:47:00 AM
QUOTE(OcnewB @ Jan 4 2007, 01:23 PM)
1st: I used: winxp ga7n400pro nforce2 sil3512 satalink controller.
I got the 0078FK in mode b using slax 2.1 I reboot, and it shows up in windows explorer. So far so good.
i run the maximus 3.0. I can see the drive and when i insert a game it will dump the firmware, then i get the same q you have: checksum validation. However when I click compare the checksum, it doesnt compare/validate (WTF?). So well i think hmm well lets go further (cuz i didnt see it in the youtube vid).So I skip the validation and use/open the orginal.bin file I just created. I start the patch routine and create the hacked.bin file. Then i start the compare differences and patch routine and -oh my- another warning appears. It seems that there are many (more than normal? (at least twice so many differences as in the tutorials and video)) differences and it asks me if i would like to keep original keys on the drive!? If i press yes and i start the patch process it gives an error and my pc hangs completely. If i press no and start patching my pc hangs.
Apperas Sil Controllers are not good for the 0078 Drive So:
i bought a promise pci sata controller and the story continues
With the drivers installed, disabled onboard sata and connected the drive to the new promise controller. the pc wouldnt even go past the sata detection and hung. So i thought well it would go to modeb while using onboard so for getting it in modeb i use the onboard and for flashing i use the promise (smart eh ;-)). There we go:
I enable the onboard sata (sil) connect the drive to that one, put drive in mode b with slax and reboot. Now the drive is in modeb, while booting i switch the drive to the new promise sata controller. It is recognized in windows and it is in modeb. Hurray! Now the checksum validates (so the FW dump is correct (as opposed to the fw dump that the SIL controller made)) and i start the patch routine and OH NO!! behold, another new error:
Not all patches were resolved, Cannot continue
What the hell? So someone got an idea?
Anyone?
Post by: hfad on January 06, 2007, 10:04:00 AM
flashed my 0078FK Hitachi drive with 0 problems (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif), and burning goes fantastic with Memorex DL DVD's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Post by: SpankIt on January 06, 2007, 12:02:00 PM
I'm quite disappointed at the moment. After reading your website that stated it worked. I went ahead and purchased the X360USB from Modchips.ca. I've been trying and trying and nothing has worked thus far. After trying every possible way of getting it to work I have had no luck. I decided to go to the best resource for modding Xbox's. After reading all 36 pages of the thread (http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=571755) the only conclusion that has come up with is that it in fact does not work. Since you guys claim that it does work I would recommend you either post the way you got it to work or I would like my money back for the product. This really isn't fair for all the people who have dished the money out for it to make it work based on your claims of it working and it doesn't.
Expecting to hear from you.
Thank you.
-Patrick
Here is all they had to say.
"mmm well we have sold over 90,000 units so far and there are hundreds
of posts from users on many websites who dont have a problem. im sorry
but a really dumb email. maybe just the one you have is faulty ? so
you should contact who you bought it from. i doubt its faulty though
as this email was as dumb as your technology skills - no offence ."
Don't they sound like a bunch of nice people over there. I sent them another e-mail explaining that its an issue with the 00078K drive. Il keep you posted on the progress made with this.
This post has been edited by SpankIt: Jan 6 2007, 08:06 PM
Post by: OcnewB on January 06, 2007, 12:43:00 PM
QUOTE(OcnewB @ Jan 6 2007, 12:54 PM)
Anyone?
Ok so i went to a friend with an intel Sata chipset. Same story :'(
It does everything correct acceptin the patch routine. Seems more people have the same problem, however theyre speaking of an error: "Not all variables were resolved, Cannot continue" While i get the "Not all patches were resolved, Cannot continue" error
anyone?
More people with the same problem:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t572984.html
This post has been edited by OcnewB: Jan 6 2007, 08:45 PM
Post by: coedshowers on January 06, 2007, 02:21:00 PM
Post by: fredfunk on January 06, 2007, 03:10:00 PM
Big thank you
Post by: peachy997 on January 06, 2007, 07:48:00 PM
i initial tried using my laptop and a sata card, only to get as far as booting the drive in to mode b using slax 2.1(slax 2.0didntwork) and recognised in windows, but then to get a bad checksum whilst trying the raw dump,but then only to find out it was a SIL3112 and then finding out the SIL chipsets in general werent compatible with toolbox.
Thankfully i had the good sense to stop there and not end up with a brick and left my xbox disassembled in a corner of my room and wait for my flatmate to get back so i could check his desktop for an onboard sata.
And low and behold he did....twas like a gift from the gods..... and everything went perfectly, follow textbooks excellent guide it all went like clockwork.
did take the best part in total of 10hrs from the idea "i could mode my xbox360" to "i have flashed my xbox" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
but was worth the time to read through all the forums and the posts to make sure i knew what iwas doing and to make sure i didnt end up with a £250 paper weight,i also found it quite fun, better than revision ne way lol
but thanks to everyone and soz if my little flashing story bored you but jus sooooooo happy its finally done!!!!!!!!!! and thank you all again
now jus got to learn how to flash my housemates samsung lol but that will be another story....
Also OcnewB from what you've said and ive read i would say your drive is possibly bricked as ur pc hung during the patching process, im more than probably wrong but in my experience ne disruption in the flashing process of most things will jus result in a brick. but who knows someone with more knowlegde might know of a solution u might be able to reflash the original fw and recover it, also if it is bricked i have heard that there is a chip availible that can un-brick hitachi drive(not sure if compatible with 0078 or ne other details behind it jus remember readinsomething to that effect).but ne way goodluckwith it
This post has been edited by peachy997: Jan 7 2007, 04:05 AM
Post by: OcnewB on January 07, 2007, 03:02:00 AM
QUOTE(peachy997 @ Jan 7 2007, 03:19 AM)
I would jus like to thank everyone in the know for all their help throughout the forum, after several hours of reading up and searching the forums i sucessfully flashed my 0078k.
i initial tried using my laptop and a sata card, only to get as far as booting the drive in to mode b using slax 2.1(slax 2.0didntwork) and recognised in windows, but then to get a bad checksum whilst trying the raw dump,but then only to find out it was a SIL3112 and then finding out the SIL chipsets in general werent compatible with toolbox.
Thankfully i had the good sense to stop there and not end up with a brick and left my xbox disassembled in a corner of my room and wait for my flatmate to get back so i could check his desktop for an onboard sata.
And low and behold he did....twas like a gift from the gods..... and everything went perfectly, follow textbooks excellent guide it all went like clockwork.
did take the best part in total of 10hrs from the idea "i could mode my xbox360" to "i have flashed my xbox"
but was worth the time to read through all the forums and the posts to make sure i knew what iwas doing and to make sure i didnt end up with a £250 paper weight,i also found it quite fun, better than revision ne way lol
but thanks to everyone and soz if my little flashing story bored you but jus sooooooo happy its finally done!!!!!!!!!! and thank you all again
now jus got to learn how to flash my housemates samsung lol but that will be another story....
Also OcnewB from what you've said and ive read i would say your drive is possibly bricked as ur pc hung during the patching process, im more than probably wrong but in my experience ne disruption in the flashing process of most things will jus result in a brick. but who knows someone with more knowlegde might know of a solution u might be able to reflash the original fw and recover it, also if it is bricked i have heard that there is a chip availible that can un-brick hitachi drive(not sure if compatible with 0078 or ne other details behind it jus remember readinsomething to that effect).but ne way goodluckwith it
Thanks for your reply but i did check the working of the drive everytime the pc hung. And fyi ive been playing GOW without a problem. So no its not bricked.
Post by: delahmed on January 08, 2007, 04:10:00 AM
QUOTE(Modify_inc @ Dec 19 2006, 01:13 PM)
Modeb is not my problem, I can get in modeb all day with my drive, it just that windows will not recongize my drive. I tried all day yesterday from sun up to sun down trying to get my drive detected in windows but no go. For the longest I got the yellow exclamation mark in device manager under SCSI and RAID Controllers, but since I updated the VIA drivers, using VIA 510c drivers I don't get it anymore, I don't even get the SCSI and RAID catergory anymore. Wish I knew where it went hiding to. I uninstalled that and tried the VIA 4 in 1 driver and still can't find it in the device manager.
I'm out of options to try other than order a card, but if it's HW, then a new card won't make a difference.
i hooked up my hitachi 78k to my MSI montherboard's (VIA 8237) SATA and did the mode b stuff using salx 2.1 and windows did not detect a new DVD drive. HOWEVER, in device manager - i had a SATA drive which had the yellow excalamtion mark. All i did was right click and go to properties and update driver. Choose automtic location and widnows should automaitcally install it for you (no need to be connected to the net). From then on my 78FK drive is avaiable in windows.
I have been able to dump my original firwmare and use smart patch to create a hacked firmware - however my PC either kills the power or hangs in windows explorer when i try to see the difference between original and hacked firmware. This could be because i have not grounded correctly... both chasis' are touching each other physically. Im going to get some croc clips today.. hope that helps..
Post by: billynomates on January 08, 2007, 09:04:00 AM
but none the less as you all know a great piece of software thanks maximus and you other guys for adding your thoughts i stripped my 360 and hooked the drive straight up to my motherboard sata port , (kn1 sli extreme) i have a hardrive hooked up to sata port one , on using the second port on my first attempt i failed when switched to the third sata port it was a breeze no problemo's maybe i did something wrong the first time . used slax 2
what a BEAUTY!!!
Post by: ryanmp32 on January 08, 2007, 10:58:00 AM
Also, to those of you that flashed it with native SATA ports, did you also have other things hooked to other native sata ports such as a Hard drive, etc? (must have HDD connected somewhere to boot into windows) but I was wondering if you had them connected to the same set of SATA ports as you are trying to flash the drive off of?
Post by: Matric on January 08, 2007, 11:37:00 AM
Post by: maxed on January 08, 2007, 11:36:00 AM
This may appear daft but I think it was all because I was not grounding the PC to the 360 chassis
(no comments required, I know I am a numpty for not doing this first 
), I just could get the drive recognised until I did it.Once I grounded it, everything worked smoothely.....
Card i used in the end was a VIA VT6421L (the VIA VT6421a just caused the PC to hang, and the ALI chipset caused the PC to freeze.
Thankyou all for the endless anoutn of info.
Maxed
Post by: marko19 on January 08, 2007, 12:15:00 PM
Thankyou
Marko19
Post by: delahmed on January 08, 2007, 02:36:00 PM
QUOTE(delahmed @ Jan 8 2007, 10:41 AM)
i hooked up my hitachi 78k to my MSI montherboard's (VIA 8237) SATA and did the mode b stuff using salx 2.1 and windows did not detect a new DVD drive. HOWEVER, in device manager - i had a SATA drive which had the yellow excalamtion mark. All i did was right click and go to properties and update driver. Choose automtic location and widnows should automaitcally install it for you (no need to be connected to the net). From then on my 78FK drive is avaiable in windows.
I have been able to dump my original firwmare and use smart patch to create a hacked firmware - however my PC either kills the power or hangs in windows explorer when i try to see the difference between original and hacked firmware. This could be because i have not grounded correctly... both chasis' are touching each other physically. Im going to get some croc clips today.. hope that helps..
So i read this whole thread and it looks like there are mixed reports concerning the VIA 8237 chipset. I also have this (MSI montherboard). My problem was that the power kept cutting of when it tried to connect to the hitachi drive temprementally. I re-read all the posts in this thread and found that 4 some ppl, it worked once they updated thier bios, chipset, sata raid controllers, etc to the latest version. I did this and then made sure that the 360 chassis was physically touching the PC chassis (could not find crocodile clips in the shops). I then tried again, and this time it worked perfectly. I now have a modified 78K drive. Thanks to maximus and everyone in this thread for thier input. Also a big thanks to Textbook for his step by step tutorial (360mods) - it is the b0llox!
I have ordered a SAMSUNG SH-D162C DVD drive from Pixmania for 12.99 GBP. I intend to flash with Kreon 0.81 and then backup my 360 games using this drive and Xbox Backup Creator 2.3. I have now put my 360 back together again and look forward to NOT opening it ever again (unless maximus releases a 1.7 update).
Donating to maximus now.
Post by: dupfold on January 11, 2007, 11:42:00 AM
I've got drive in to mode b using slax 2.1 and I'm up to the point where I have to insert a movie or game disc and wait 20 sec, however when I insert disc the drive ejects again before 20 sec's is up so I cannot get a raw dump.
What am I doing wrong please?
Post by: ps2martin on January 11, 2007, 12:31:00 PM
Hello,
I just flashed my 0078, and all worked fine. I followed the steps, the flashing etc. all went well, I shut down my pc, reconnected the drive tot the xbox and powered it on... but the leds surrounding the power button are flashing in red and the box doesnt boot up at all... Is it bricked or is it possible that the drive is still in modeb? (thats my theory sinds I hope I didnt brick it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif))
After flashing, I shut off my pc, took the drive of my connectivity kit (only used for power) and hooked it back up with the box. So if its still in modeb, is there an easy trick to get it back in a without taking the box apart again? (and if there isnt, what the other way?)
Thanks,
R
By the way, I also have VIA 8237 and the flashing part went perfect I asume, I didnt get any errors, it went just like in the video tutorial.
This post has been edited by ps2martin: Jan 11 2007, 08:41 PM
Post by: dupfold on January 11, 2007, 12:41:00 PM
QUOTE(dupfold @ Jan 11 2007, 08:49 PM)
Hello
I've got drive in to mode b using slax 2.1 and I'm up to the point where I have to insert a movie or game disc and wait 20 sec, however when I insert disc the drive ejects again before 20 sec's is up so I cannot get a raw dump.
What am I doing wrong please?
sorry, please ignore this question, found the answer in the early pages.
Post by: xMAD4ITx on January 12, 2007, 07:35:00 AM
(Runtime Error '339') componet 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered:a file is missing or invalid) , Does anybody else have this prob. try to run it on XP pro.
Post by: xMAD4ITx on January 12, 2007, 08:00:00 AM
QUOTE(xMAD4ITx @ Jan 12 2007, 02:42 PM)
Just a Quick qestion downloaded tool from here 5 times but still gettin the same error
(Runtime Error '339') componet 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered:a file is missing or invalid) , Does anybody else have this prob. try to run it on XP pro.If you r having the same prob. just download this http://www.ascentive...me=MSWINSCK.OCX
Post by: adachan on January 15, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
Post by: Happiegolucky1 on January 17, 2007, 11:35:00 PM
C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator\Desktop\Xbox 360 stuff\hacked firmwar
e\Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2_3_Stealth_Rev2\Maximus-Garyopa_XTRM-HITACHI_v2
_3_Stealth_Rev2\X-LG>restore.bat g
****************************************
* *
* Maximus-garyOPA: Xtreme v2.2 Stealth *
* HITACHI ALL VERSIONS 8in1 *
* *
* BASED ON THE WORK BY GARYOPA *
* Restores your x360 drive to ORIGINAL *
* *
****************************************
Detecting VERSION of drive...
The system cannot execute the specified program.
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
---------- VER.BIN
ERROR: Hitachi drive build was NOT detected!
WARNING: One of THREE things could be wrong!
#1: Check to see if your drive is in Windows
#2: Make sure you are using the right letter
#3: Your x360 drive is not a working version
Using Via VT6421 pci sata card
Any help highly appreciated
Post by: m0z on January 18, 2007, 07:04:00 AM
QUOTE(SpankIt @ Jan 6 2007, 06:33 PM)
Here is an e-mail that I sent to executer about the X360USB issues flashing the 00078K drives with Firmware toolbox 3.0. I kinda forgot to mention what drive I was having issues with. Woops.
I'm quite disappointed at the moment. After reading your website that stated it worked. I went ahead and purchased the X360USB from Modchips.ca. I've been trying and trying and nothing has worked thus far. After trying every possible way of getting it to work I have had no luck. I decided to go to the best resource for modding Xbox's. After reading all 36 pages of the thread (http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=571755) the only conclusion that has come up with is that it in fact does not work. Since you guys claim that it does work I would recommend you either post the way you got it to work or I would like my money back for the product. This really isn't fair for all the people who have dished the money out for it to make it work based on your claims of it working and it doesn't.
Expecting to hear from you.
Thank you.
-Patrick
Here is all they had to say.
"mmm well we have sold over 90,000 units so far and there are hundreds
of posts from users on many websites who dont have a problem. im sorry
but a really dumb email. maybe just the one you have is faulty ? so
you should contact who you bought it from. i doubt its faulty though
as this email was as dumb as your technology skills - no offence ."
Don't they sound like a bunch of nice people over there. I sent them another e-mail explaining that its an issue with the 00078K drive. Il keep you posted on the progress made with this.
What a bunch of fucking pricks.
Post by: MOE2FREAKY on January 18, 2007, 08:51:00 AM
Post by: mshack102 on January 21, 2007, 12:15:00 PM
i've tried it on 3 different pc's and all lock up when trying to dump original firmware.
i get into mode b, start software, it says to insert game or movie, i insert an original 360 game, wait 15-20 seconds and press start, system locks everytime.
Help please.
This post has been edited by mshack102: Jan 21 2007, 08:16 PM
Post by: SpankIt on January 21, 2007, 12:21:00 PM
QUOTE(mshack102 @ Jan 21 2007, 02:22 PM)
after getting my 78 into mode b and starting the flashing tool, my pc locks up everytime i try to dump per textbooks instructions.
i've tried it on 3 different pc's and all lock up when trying to dump original firmware.
i get into mode b, start software, it says to insert game or movie, i insert an original 360 game, wait 15-20 seconds and press start, system locks everytime.
Help please.
Are you using some kind of sata to USB converter? Because if you are thats what happens. It does not work with X360 USB or with any SATA to USB converter from what I understand. I had the same ssue with my X360 USB. I just bought a VIA 6421L PCI card and it worked great.
Post by: ps2martin on January 22, 2007, 11:28:00 PM
If I want to flash an older drive then 0078 with this tool, lets say a 0046, how do I use this tool on it? Can I use it to dump the original firmware, copy the key from that original, than open 46_16S.BIN from the FWPACK, paste this new key to it, and then reflash it like on a 0078? Is that a correct conclusion? And if so, should I then still use the internal flasher, or choose another flasher from the availeble list? (I believe you can also choose 46FLASH as a flashing protocol)
Thanks in advance,
martin
p.s. My previous post was kind of lame, turns out the AV cable wasnt properly connected... Thats what you get if you dont own an xbox yourself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
Post by: garyopa on January 23, 2007, 02:40:00 AM
QUOTE(ps2martin @ Jan 23 2007, 01:35 AM)
If I want to flash an older drive then 0078 with this tool, lets say a 0046, how do I use this tool on it? Can I use it to dump the original firmware, copy the key from that original, than open 46_16S.BIN from the FWPACK, paste this new key to it, and then reflash it like on a 0078? Is that a correct conclusion? And if so, should I then still use the internal flasher, or choose another flasher from the availeble list? (I believe you can also choose 46FLASH as a flashing protocol)
You got it all correct.
Two notes:
1: If you using the internal flasher, you need a original game in the drive to be able to complete the flashing.
2: On some window setups it will crash with an error if selecting 46FLASH, in those cases just use "internal".
Post by: ps2martin on January 23, 2007, 07:28:00 AM
So the best thing to do is just use the internal flasher I'd say.
Post by: pvolk on January 27, 2007, 11:31:00 AM
Post by: ephesith on January 27, 2007, 02:39:00 PM
Post by: pvolk on January 28, 2007, 04:47:00 PM
QUOTE(ephesith @ Jan 27 2007, 10:46 PM)
Okay I read through about the first 20 of these pages and I got sick of reading. I couldn't find the answer so I will just ask. YOu can yell if it has already been answered in this thread. If it has I'm sorry, but does this tool work on ALL hitachi's or just the 78 version?
From the features section on the tool readme
" - Supports Samsung and Hitachi firmwares All Versions "
Readme Here if interested:
http://xbins.org/nfo...xboxnfo1548.nfo
Post by: Exobex on January 29, 2007, 01:53:00 AM
QUOTE(pvolk @ Jan 27 2007, 06:38 PM)
Quick question regarding the spoofing. (This may have already been answered but the search wasnt working and i didnt feel like reading 39 pages of this thread :-p) But does the firmware already packaged with this toolbox automatically spoof the drive as unmodded?
It's based on the 1.6 (non-spoofing) version. This is how you can do a differential patch back to retail. If it was stealth, you'd try to do a patch to retail and the toolbox would read the drive and think it's already been done!
Post by: HackMy360 on January 29, 2007, 02:38:00 AM
all work without any problems all boot right up amazing. Now I love my 78 so again thanks Maximus
Post by: fredfunk on February 04, 2007, 02:46:00 AM
I built a cheap PC with Via chipset on board to Flash 360's
Everything went well untill the 78.
Flashed 2 x 78's used slax2.1 and worked great
Just tried to flash a 78FK cant get it into modeb cant recognise in windows
Heres the strange part
I built a cheap pc because my system with Asus A8R mobo and ULI chipset would not work with m25,m28, or hitachis
hooked up the 70fk and windows recognises it however it is not supported by slax2.1 so I was unable to flash it
I have tried everything, spent over 6 hours but no good.
Thought I would share this information
Post by: hkmonster on February 23, 2007, 07:55:00 AM
QUOTE(Textbook @ Dec 18 2006, 01:14 AM)
Use Slax 2. This updated version by Probutus includes support for a much greater range of chipsets, including the VIA cards. It also supports SATA > USB adaptors. If you are using onboard SATA, make sure RAID is disabled in your BIOS. Slax 2 works much better than Slax 1, and it's faster! The Slax download is an ISO image file, you can burn it with any ISO Image burning software like Nero or IMGBurn. The Slax disc is a bootable Linux disc, that needs to be put in your PC drive, not the Xbox 360 Hitachi drive. With both the Xbox 360 and PC powered off, hook up both power and video cables to the Xbox 360, and ensure a ground between the Xbox 360 and your PC. Hook up the Hitachi drive via a SATA cable. Boot up your PC and boot from the Slax CD. As soon as you see the Slax cloverleaf, power on your Xbox 360. (hurry, it doesn't stay there long) Let Slax go. If you get "Spinning Up Disc.." then eject the Hitachi drive and it will continue. When you reach the login screen for Slax do the following.
I want to buy a via 6421LLLLLLLLLLLLL pci card........
I live in hong kong. I just can find 6421a card in hong kong.
Who can help me?....... please......
I prefer us$50 to buy it.
Textbook, can you help me?
I believe you, you are good man.........
Post by: ariescr on March 13, 2007, 11:59:00 AM
QUOTE(HackMy360 @ Jan 29 2007, 10:45 AM)
All I can say is that this program is amazing!! Thank you very much Maximus! It was the easiest flash I have ever done. At first when I got my xbox about a week ago I knew it had the 78 without even opening it so I started reading the posts and I finally opened it up today and yep 78 alright so I put it into modeb and followed the instructions and bam 100% now the amazing thing is that all my backups that would not boot with my 47DJ
all work without any problems all boot right up amazing. Now I love my 78 so again thanks Maximus
I did the flash to my 78 and work ok, the problem that I have now it is that backups that work on my friends moded x360 samsung don´t work on mine. All the original I have work perfect with no problem.
is there a problem with the brand of dvds that i must buy ???
Post by: pleo2005 on March 29, 2007, 03:32:00 PM
Can anyone help.
Is this chipset compatible with 0078fk drives ?, If not would a Via 6421 pci card work
Thanks
Post by: sniffinpoprocks on March 30, 2007, 01:00:00 AM
**figured it out**
the tagdata.dat file isn't even created until a key is added to database. Just needed to copy the old tagdata.dat file over to new folder. I tested and added new keys and they updated/appended to the old data fine. Not sure what the fc.dat file contains or if it will need to be migrated in future versions.
Post by: foaley77 on March 30, 2007, 03:32:00 AM
QUOTE(foaley77 @ Dec 18 2006, 09:32 AM)
I tried my VIA 6421 card using Slax 1 and 2 and the drive wont show up I noticed when I go into Computer Management the via card has a near it and when I don't have the drive hooked up its fine I don't have any problems doing Samsung 25's and 28's
Can someone help me Im getting the same problems as above I have done 2 of these drives before I just cant remember how i got it working.
Every time I have the 78 drive hooked up it gives me the Yellow warning symbol in Computer Management I think last time I got it working I just powered the drive the same time as pc using the executer kit once slax finished I press eject on the 360 and pressed the reset button on the PC.
Post by: donpatricio on May 01, 2007, 11:41:00 AM
I've tried to dump my 0078fk without any luck.
I'm using VIA 6421A and got the drive to mode B but when i try to dump my firmware the computer show the bar and freezes. Then after awile a message is pop upped..."Can't read the drive"
Can someone help me?
Post by: mwbuck on May 21, 2007, 10:38:00 AM
QUOTE(ryanmp32 @ Jan 8 2007, 01:58 PM)
Does anybody have any insight as to why if I have 4 native sata ports on my motherboard, some of them may work and others may not to flash the v78 drive? It is a weird thing that this occurs...and I cannot think of an explanation.
Also, to those of you that flashed it with native SATA ports, did you also have other things hooked to other native sata ports such as a Hard drive, etc? (must have HDD connected somewhere to boot into windows) but I was wondering if you had them connected to the same set of SATA ports as you are trying to flash the drive off of?
I have the same exact freezing problem as you with the same setup. Dell Dimension 8400 ICH6 with onboard sata. Latest sata drivers and latest bios (A09) What's frustrating is that there are 2 people with the same setup who got it to work earlier in this thread.
I've tried everything, changing raid settings in the bios, switching sata ports, manually pushing in the disk tray, pressing the eject button 3 times, pressing the stop spin button in the toolbox, trying retail movies, retail games, tried toolbox 3.1b, etc but the toolbox freezes everytime I try to Raw Dump. I really wish we could figure out what the problem is.
Post by: NRG on July 07, 2007, 05:14:00 PM
The tool box will freeze on memory dump.
- i have tried toolbox 3.1b and 3.0
- getting into mode b is not a problem
- sata controller is onboard intel 82801FR Sata Raid controller.
- I tried it with GOW retail disk in the dvd drive and it just spins and spins
- Tried it with the drive closed\openned.
Any ideas, i have other hitachi drives with out a problem, only this 78FK drive.
Post by: Telix on July 09, 2007, 11:31:00 AM
Post by: rfras6885 on November 14, 2007, 05:19:00 PM
My biggest problem is that my spin drive motor in my Hitachi v0078FK is broken. So when I get the drive recognized by windows, after getting it in modeB, I get the error "cannot read from drive" when I try to use the raw dump. I guess what I am asking is what can I do to flash the firmware if I can't even get any original disk or game to play or be recognized? I have already ordered another drive with the hopes of replacing it (Samsung ms25, I think). Does this mean that I can probably just resell the new drive I bought and simply buy a new motor from somewhere and replace it? Any help would be appreciated. I need to get back on to XBL.
Post by: volcomjon on January 04, 2008, 11:11:00 AM
I can get it into modeb no probs using slax, and it is recognised in windows no probs - but surprise surprise the problem occurs when I try to do a RAW dump: "cannot read from drive"
after trying all the recommendations from forums - im still no where.
I am using a dell dimension 9200 with onboard SATA - from the device manager the chipset tells me it is: INTEL® ICH8R/DO/DH SATA
is this the chipset information??? as I have seen people mention the via chipsets and SIL etc etc - but these only seem relevant to PCI cards etc - or "aftermarket" cards. could someone please help me diagnose my problem or give me some clues.
or let me know if anyone has had any success with a similar setup?!?!
I have taken a look on ebay at the sata cards - but am still none the wiser which one I should get - IF I need one at all?!?!
IS THIS MY PROBLEM???
Post by: cypher21 on January 04, 2008, 01:04:00 PM
QUOTE(volcomjon @ Jan 4 2008, 06:47 PM)
hey all - im fairly new to the scene of modding etc - but have read up on all the info I need to know - and am halfway through flashing my hitachi 0078fk drive.
I can get it into modeb no probs using slax, and it is recognised in windows no probs - but surprise surprise the problem occurs when I try to do a RAW dump: "cannot read from drive"
after trying all the recommendations from forums - im still no where.
I am using a dell dimension 9200 with onboard SATA - from the device manager the chipset tells me it is: INTEL® ICH8R/DO/DH SATA
is this the chipset information??? as I have seen people mention the via chipsets and SIL etc etc - but these only seem relevant to PCI cards etc - or "aftermarket" cards. could someone please help me diagnose my problem or give me some clues.
or let me know if anyone has had any success with a similar setup?!?!
I have taken a look on ebay at the sata cards - but am still none the wiser which one I should get - IF I need one at all?!?!
IS THIS MY PROBLEM???
Do you have an original game/movie in the drive before dumping it?
If the drive is recognised by windows, then you don't need another sata card! I have the ICH8R myself and it works fine with hitachi drives
Post by: feroworks on January 12, 2008, 06:29:00 PM
QUOTE(yrrol @ Apr 11 2007, 05:27 AM)
First of all, don't blame me. I know what i've did wrong and now I'm very concerned to know if there is any way I can fix this.
* I replaced my original firmware with the .bin-file you can find in "Maximus Xtreme v1.6 Firmware for Hitachi-LG v0078" (looked exactly like the pictures i quoted).
* When it asked me if I wanted to keep my old files on the Xbox I answered yes (may be possible to recover key?).
* The flash hung up after 5 min with 40% done and I had to restart the computer manually.
* I haven't any backup to restore from (Yeah, i know...).
* When I start up the Xbox the lower right light flashes red, every other of the four.
Any suggestions?
I have had almost the same exact problem flashing my 78fk. I got up to the point of about 80% through the flash. Then i froze up... and restarted. Ever since i have not been able to get my xbox's DVD drive to open at all... and the center light of the circle just continues to blink green. I just assume my Hitachi is bricked and ordered another drive off ebay immediately... I'm praying i will be able to switch the drives and flash from a fresh start without any problem. It was my first time modding the xbox 360 as well. I just wanted to upgrade the ixtreme that was installed by someone else. If you get any suggestions for a fix it would help me out as well. Thank you.
Post by: Nate_Z on July 06, 2008, 07:56:00 PM
Ok Need help everything goes fine until i open 360FwTb (Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.6 (With C4E i-xtreme 1.4 all versions) i Open 360 Firmware Toolbox. Select Tools > Direct Drive Dump (GDR Only) and RAW dump Firmware as... lookk for the new folder i made 78 and save it there as original but when i press save it just gives me "Cannot read from drive" and my pc does recognize the drive and yes there is a 360 game in there im doing everything by the book step by step Help?
Post by: podger on July 07, 2008, 03:30:00 AM
Post by: Nate_Z on July 08, 2008, 06:34:00 PM
Thanks
Post by: Nate_Z on July 10, 2008, 10:55:00 PM
http://www.newegg.co.....ard, Non Raid
But now i have nowhere to put it
i looked and looked in my pc and i cant find a place to put it. I also have a Dell 4600 and there might be a slot to put it there but i'm not sure if its going to fit, on my HP there is a slot that looks the same but its not the same size so it just doesnt fit. Now what should i do? Any help please
Post by: xplicit582 on July 11, 2008, 02:31:00 PM
QUOTE(Nate_Z @ Jul 11 2008, 06:31 AM)
I just got the card
http://www.newegg.co.....ard, Non Raid
But now i have nowhere to put it
i looked and looked in my pc and i cant find a place to put it. I also have a Dell 4600 and there might be a slot to put it there but i'm not sure if its going to fit, on my HP there is a slot that looks the same but its not the same size so it just doesnt fit. Now what should i do? Any help please
This is a shot of a Dell 4600 Motherboard. The white slots are your PCI slots. Your card goes here. But seriously, if you can't figure that out, should YOU be flashing your 360 drive???????
Post by: Nate_Z on July 11, 2008, 05:38:00 PM
Anyways i installed the card everything went fine installed the drivers all set up, i went and did it but i started to get a bunch of errors "port is slow to respond, please wait" "softreset failed trying in 5 secs" "reset failed" "failed to recover some devices" and then "spinnig up disc" i eject like i'm supposed to and it looks like it goes into modeb because i have to eject twice to open and the green light blinks a lot like its supposed to and then it starts again with the "port slow to respond etc" but it looks like it still is in modeb cause the light blinks a lot and finally it starts doing its thing and finishes at the final screen and i reset remove the disc and reboot after that it will not eject again and windows does not recognize the drive. I tried to use a different sata cable but with the other one Slax doesnt even recognize the drive. So i'm screwed i havent used my dell in a while so i'm just going to reformat get it up and running and try again tomorrow and i will also try again with my hp now that the drivers are up to date. And see how it goes cause i got to get it working.I either mess it up trying or i get it done
if i fail i can always buy one thats already modded but at least i got to try
Post by: Nate_Z on July 14, 2008, 04:55:00 PM
i did the reformat on my dell got everything up to date etc... and got the same it did go into modeb but windows didnt detect it tried again with my hp and got the same cannot read from drive error, so im done im going to buy one thats already modded or maybe trade or work out a deal with this one since i didnt mess it up after all i was just playing GTA4 live. Anyways thanks for all the help.