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Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Xbox-Scene on July 10, 2007, 12:39:00 AM
Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Posted by Iriez | July 10 02:03 EST | News Category: Xbox360
 
A new software flasher for the xbox360 dvd-rom, Hitachi-LG GDR-3120 ..
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The credit on ixtreme firmware is for Commodore4eva, I only ported to 360 Firmware Toolbox(info)(info) to support all variants of 78/79 drives (and upper).

SPECIAL NOTE ON FLASHING HITACHI 79FK DRIVES:
Sorry for the confusion that the "79 flashing" video have caused, that video was uploaded by one no-more-beta-tester without my permision. I wake up this morning flooded by tons of emails for congratulations and I feel the need to clarify the situation.

It is possible to flash by software the 79 drives but needs the previous installation of a physical device (as the one proposed by team xecuter).

Hardware devices will be needed until a better solution arrives (our research never stop). Me and some friends have developed also a small device to allow the flashing, the info can be accesed here: v79 FlashKey

New in 4.0:
- Added: Smart Hack Patcher now implements ixtreme 1.2 (thanks to c4e)
- Added: Now Supports 100% BENQ Firmwares (spoof, key changing, etc)
- Added: Option to Restore Original Firmwares based on any dump you have
- Corrected: Several other bugs
- Added: OCX's included on the release (there are available on Microsoft site anyway)


Note, this does NOT mean that you can dump and flash benq firmwares with fw toolbox. It simply supports reading the firmware and spoofing it.

Official Site: http://www.maximusgames.net/
Download: n/a (May be illegal under EULA/DMCA)
News-Source: xbins.org

Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 10, 2007, 12:06:00 AM
THIS DOES NOT SOFTWARE READ & FLASH V79

THIS DOES NOT SOFTWARE READ & FLASH BENQ

This post has been edited by Iriez: Jul 10 2007, 08:11 AM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: joe90 on July 10, 2007, 12:09:00 AM
Cheers for all the hardwork guys..

will playabout with tonight..
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: lufeig on July 10, 2007, 12:18:00 AM
amazing!!!

great work!!!

it's a shame i'm banned, so no need to upgrade my drive...

but keep up the good work, you guys impress me every time!!!

cheers!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: BigSteel on July 09, 2007, 11:46:00 PM
Too bad about the news on the v79  sad.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: andyb22 on July 10, 2007, 12:29:00 AM
QUOTE(BigSteel @ Jul 10 2007, 07:22 AM) *

Too bad about the news on the v79  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Yes this is some horrible news about my 79 also. Great work tho guys!!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: carranzafp on July 10, 2007, 12:22:00 AM
QUOTE(comhen @ Jul 10 2007, 07:36 AM) View Post

Has any one tried flashing BenQ yet?

I haven't come across a BenQ yet to try it. Also are there much of these drive out there?


Sorry, re read the first post, you cannot dump/flash benq drives with this one, but if you have one (dumped with external programmer) you can open with toolbox and read keys, change them, spoof it, etc

I only have seen 2 boxes here in mexico with benq drives and both of them have manufacturing date of december 2006, I have seen like 15 xbox elite but all of them had 79 drive.

Regards
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: vtec626 on July 10, 2007, 03:50:00 AM
i got it to work but some games wont boot up on the hitcachi but will boot up on the samsung anyone else getting this problem?  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/uhh.gif)

btw it the game is fully stealth patched burned with verbatim but reads unplayable disc on the hitachi but runs fine on samsung.

This post has been edited by vtec626: Jul 10 2007, 10:54 AM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: tuxen on July 10, 2007, 03:53:00 AM
Thanks alot for this great software! I have one question tho..

How would one go about using the new restore function for <58 versions (its not mentioned in the tutorial.txt or read.me)
Do I have to load my original firmware and then go to the menu: Tools-->Direct Drive Flash-->Differential Flash (RESTORE) or is there a way to restore without loading my original firmware? Like with the bat files?

From the readme file:
- Added: Option to Restore Original Firmwares based on any dump you have

What does 'based on any dump you have' mean?

Thanks Again (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by tuxen: Jul 10 2007, 11:12 AM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: FOOL BUN GIE on July 10, 2007, 05:45:00 AM
Good job guys who worked on this.

I was a little disapointed about the 79.(IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

This post has been edited by FOOL BUN GIE: Jul 10 2007, 12:49 PM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Telix on July 10, 2007, 07:19:00 AM
Got this last night before I went to bed. All my games that pass through Mulleter work great, the one that doesn't will not load, giving me a white screen with the text "please insert game into an Xbox 360 system". So it appears to be working quite well.

Thanks for the effort.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: BanditRW on July 10, 2007, 08:37:00 AM
Excellent job...now my Hitachi works just as great as my Sammy.Now I expect to see the Ebay auction prices of the Hitachi's to start going up.... rolleyes.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Bandits007 on July 10, 2007, 09:26:00 AM
so there is absolutely nothing I can do with my 79fk right now besides going with the normal stuff?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: sosotiit on July 10, 2007, 09:31:00 AM
solder/desolder chip on it or
add on chip to allow toolbox to be used such as team Xecuter x79 or maximus passkey.

-soso
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: tom_mandory on July 10, 2007, 10:34:00 AM
I just tried v3 of the toolbox the other day, so I have some questions about v4

in vista, I couldnt get the app the recognise the ocx files, no matter where i put them. what am i doing wrong?

in winxp, the app stalled every time it tried to send a command to the drive. what am i doing wrong? i used slax to get in modeB and it had a dive letter.

can i use v4 and still have non stealth rips playable or is it stealth or bust?

cheers
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Lush on July 10, 2007, 11:00:00 AM
Thanks for the great update carranzafp... Works great!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: kidshenlong on July 10, 2007, 11:54:00 AM
Great Work! signed in to find i was already banned! waited threee months for nothing lol! still great work! keep it up
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Sankyou on July 10, 2007, 11:46:00 AM
QUOTE(tom_mandory @ Jul 10 2007, 10:34 AM) View Post

I just tried v3 of the toolbox the other day, so I have some questions about v4

in vista, I couldnt get the app the recognise the ocx files, no matter where i put them. what am i doing wrong?

in winxp, the app stalled every time it tried to send a command to the drive. what am i doing wrong? i used slax to get in modeB and it had a dive letter.

can i use v4 and still have non stealth rips playable or is it stealth or bust?

cheers


I don't know if this will help - but you can try right-clicking on the executable and choosing "Run as administrator."   I don't recall running into problems in Vista at all but this is always a good first step.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 10, 2007, 11:48:00 AM
QUOTE(Sankyou @ Jul 10 2007, 01:22 PM) View Post

I don't know if this will help - but you can try right-clicking on the executable and choosing "Run as administrator."   I don't recall running into problems in Vista at all but this is always a good first step.


If that doesnt do it for you, run the compatibility mode wizard and use XP settings.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: DCP on July 10, 2007, 02:34:00 PM
so y does it keep crashing the 360 after i flash with new toolbox didnt happen b 4 on originals does now,
i got a 78 drive and it crashs on verbs and datasafe disks
now got a E64 hmmm
think some1 fuked up

DCP

restored orig.bin still have E64

This post has been edited by DCP: Jul 10 2007, 09:47 PM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: joe90 on July 10, 2007, 02:42:00 PM
works fine here
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: ratis on July 10, 2007, 02:54:00 PM
just flash a 78 using vista ultimate and didnt have one problem
maybe its the uac b.s. thats screwing you guys turn it off and see if it works
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Nasscar][ on July 10, 2007, 03:33:00 PM
I think I know what the problem people are having.

You may need to change the folder & files attributes from read-only. This would cause the problems that I am reading about in Vista.

As a standard this is the first thing that I do before anything else.


Give it a try.


Nas,

This post has been edited by Nasscar][: Jul 10 2007, 10:52 PM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: mattrb on July 10, 2007, 04:02:00 PM
I used firmware toolbox 3 for a 0078fk 4b00 iextreme-hitachi flash and it worked like a charm. I really like the firmware toolbox 4.0 with the orig.bin recovery system. I used the new 4.0 for another 360, the 0078fk but with a 4d20 key and that modded successfully.

I really like the new firmware toolbox it does as its told.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: eurodeseo on July 10, 2007, 09:06:00 PM
I experienced some weirdness when I tried flashing my v78 w/ this new toolbox.  After putting the drive in modeB and being detected in Windows, I attempted a "raw dump".  I ejected the drive and put in a game.  The drive would start to spin up, then spit the disc back out.  After an hour or so of frustration, I tried something.  After putting in the disc, I held down the eject button until the drive would spin completely up.  I then let go and did the raw dump.  I just thought I would share this on here in case anyone else had this problem and didn't know what to do.  

Thanks to all those involved with the firmware and the toolbox.   smile.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: war-nerve on July 10, 2007, 10:16:00 PM
@eurodeseo - I think the reason your drive was acting the way you describe is because it is in mode B and the tray ejecting is an indicator of that.  You could've just pressed the eject button 3 times or pressed the eject button once and then pushed in the tray manually.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: sekone on July 11, 2007, 01:36:00 AM
have you tried the new FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0? got it to work on a h-lg78. but when i tried it with a h-lg47, windows would not act right.. my via VT6421L chipset listed the drive but was not responding correctly. the pointer would not work for 10-15 seconds, then move some, then pause again. you get the idea.. now it worked with the 78, but i had to plug in sata cord on the chipset after my bios loaded. while windows was loading i had to press the eject button and unplug/plugin the sata cord. finally windows and my chipset listed the drive. so when i tried the 47(multiple times) i could not get windows to act right again. and ended up flashing without the toolbox. but with C4EVA iXTRM HITACHI v1.2 Stealth and sata-to-usb. it was my first time flashing with the toolbox. i really liked it, it was very easy to use. also i like programs that walk you through the process instead of one command does it all. i really want to figure out why my computer was not booting correctly. not allowing the chipset to boot the drive in windows without freezing up. never the less the new toolbox is great. i can't wait till the next update. flash/dump on 79 will be a dream come true.. if i can figure out my problems by then?
thanks for listening,
sek
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Illithid on July 11, 2007, 03:12:00 AM
Iv flashed my friends 360 with the tool and it works as intended.

But then i read this...
QUOTE
WHATS NEW ON V4.00:

   - Added:    Smart Hack Patcher now implements ixtreme 1.2 (thanks to c4e)


Is this iXtreme 1.2 rev2 or is it iXtreme 1.2 with the 3 byte bug?


Anyway, thanks for the tools and firmware.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: peachy997 on July 11, 2007, 05:06:00 AM
jus wondering if there is any news on sata => usb support for ant later versions as appears it hasnt made it in to v4.

but great work guys can now sign in to live and see if ive been banned lol
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: itsme185 on July 11, 2007, 06:15:00 AM
hey guys need ya help on my firmware that i made.
bassicly i used my orig firmware from my 78fk dvd drive
then used FW toolbox 4.0 to patch the firmware, then flashed dvd with new frimware, is this what im supposed to do to get the latest FW onto my drive
(you know the FW tht you dont get banned by MS)

Cheers guys

oh when i finished the FW in FW toolbox it was called

"hitachi-GDR3120L-0078 - [iXtreme :78:V1.2]"


cheers james
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: bob_barker on July 11, 2007, 06:25:00 AM
So.. how long until we see a US reseller for Maximus' 79 passkey?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: kt3x on July 11, 2007, 08:13:00 AM
i updated my 78fk with this and all game load inclued non stealth ist normal or no thanks.


i reflash with toolbox 4 and all game load. help me please for xbox live thanks.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Knasen on July 11, 2007, 07:55:00 AM
QUOTE(kt3x @ Jul 11 2007, 04:13 PM) View Post

i updated my 78fk with this and all game load inclued non stealth ist normal or no thanks.
i reflash with toolbox 4 and all game load. help me please for xbox live thanks.


If your hitachi still loads non stealth games after flashinq then you did something wrong. I did a flash yesturday for a friend owning a hitachi and one of his backups refused to start due to not being 100% stealth. I suggest you reflash it and do it step by step following the tutorial in the readme.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Lush on July 11, 2007, 09:18:00 AM
After flashing my 78...only properly stealthed games are loading....  I put a non-stealthed game in the drive and it doesn't boot....  the same non-stealthed game was previously working when i flashed using toolbox 3.0...  Toolbox 4.0 is working great...
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: DCP on July 11, 2007, 11:26:00 AM
ok i finally got it done had to flash back to orig.bin still had E64  sad.gif
i then flashed with fw toolbox 3.0 drive now worked with backups  uhh.gif
i then flashed back to orig.bin drive working now with original fw  smile.gif
flashed with new fw toolbox 4.0 and all is fine  biggrin.gif

Big thanks to all involved with the new Toolbox

DCP
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 11, 2007, 02:05:00 PM
QUOTE(DCP @ Jul 11 2007, 01:02 PM) View Post

ok i finally got it done had to flash back to orig.bin still had E64  sad.gif
i then flashed with fw toolbox 3.0 drive now worked with backups  uhh.gif
i then flashed back to orig.bin drive working now with original fw  smile.gif
flashed with new fw toolbox 4.0 and all is fine  biggrin.gif

Big thanks to all involved with the new Toolbox

DCP


lol smile.gif Sounds complicated. Glad you got it working though.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: goexplodex4 on July 11, 2007, 08:48:00 PM
THIS BRICKED MY DRIVE.  I plugged in my v78 did a diff with the recovered original firmware.  It said "there are a lot of differences....continue?"  I did cause I thought that was normal and it froze halfway through.

Guess im ordering me a v47 on ebay.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 11, 2007, 08:20:00 PM
QUOTE(goexplodex4 @ Jul 11 2007, 09:48 PM) View Post

THIS BRICKED MY DRIVE.  I plugged in my v78 did a diff with the recovered original firmware.  It said "there are a lot of differences....continue?"  I did cause I thought that was normal and it froze halfway through.

Guess im ordering me a v47 on ebay.


There are many many many posts on every thread for every single hitachi fw that has been released that states warnings for powering off your drive after a unsucessful flash. If you have to restart the program, and flash, or restore again, then do so. But never turn it off.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: war-nerve on July 12, 2007, 03:16:00 AM
QUOTE(Iriez @ Jul 11 2007, 09:56 PM) *

There are many many many posts on every thread for every single hitachi fw that has been released that states warnings for powering off your drive after a unsucessful flash. If you have to restart the program, and flash, or restore again, then do so. But never turn it off.


Long story short - My computer froze 3 times when I was applying the hacked firmware to my Hitachi 78fk.  I never turned off my console, but obviously had to restart my computer.  I did restore my firmware back to the original (which would work like a charm every time) before flashing it to the hacked firmware which would freeze my computer up.  It eventually flashed successfully thank goodness, so now I'm at iXtreme 1.2 and all my back-ups and originals work.  Is it because I didn't switch off my console that I didn't brick my 78fk drive?  Or am I just freakin' lucky?  Please shed some light on this matter because I've been trying to search the internet for this answer and no luck... Thank you.

Click HERE if you'd like to read the full story of what I just mentioned ^

P.S.  How do I check that this new firmware is working as it's supposed to (like not booting unstealthed copies) if all the games I have made backups of have been ripped with my Kreon drive?  Besides getting a copy of an unstealthed game or removing the ss/dmi/pfi sectors from the ISO (DL discs aren't cheap - well, not yet). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 12, 2007, 11:27:00 AM
QUOTE(war-nerve @ Jul 12 2007, 04:16 AM) View Post

Long story short - My computer froze 3 times when I was applying the hacked firmware to my Hitachi 78fk.  I never turned off my console, but obviously had to restart my computer.  I did restore my firmware back to the original (which would work like a charm every time) before flashing it to the hacked firmware which would freeze my computer up.  It eventually flashed successfully thank goodness, so now I'm at iXtreme 1.2 and all my back-ups and originals work.  Is it because I didn't switch off my console that I didn't brick my 78fk drive?  Or am I just freakin' lucky?  Please shed some light on this matter because I've been trying to search the internet for this answer and no luck... Thank you.

Click HERE if you'd like to read the full story of what I just mentioned ^

P.S.  How do I check that this new firmware is working as it's supposed to (like not booting unstealthed copies) if all the games I have made backups of have been ripped with my Kreon drive?  Besides getting a copy of an unstealthed game or removing the ss/dmi/pfi sectors from the ISO (DL discs aren't cheap - well, not yet). tongue.gif


Light has been shed on this matter. It was shed quite vibrantly and straightforward in the post directly above yours. The answer is right there. You even quoted it. *confused look*

If you are really eager to test it, take a invalid pfi/dmi/video data, and patch it to the iso you've created with your kreon drive using xdvd mulleter. I cant post the site on the forums here, but you can reach it by visiting #fw on efnet, IRC.

Why you would want to waste a disc, when you are making the disc's yourself using the kreon method, beats me. Its pretty fully proof.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: tgrinch on July 15, 2007, 10:32:00 AM
Flashed great under VISTA, no problem!  One question, however-- does this Firmware Toolbox v4 flash using the iXtreme v1.2 rev 2 that was released, or the original (rev 1 i suppose) of iXtreme 1.2?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Iriez on July 15, 2007, 09:25:00 PM
Anyone with a hitachi v46/47/59 that had sense errors with restoring or flashing, can you please try these updated batch files? It is intended to elimate such errors by eliminating any questionable varibles that dos sometimes has issues with.

The main difference is you'll notice it no longer automatically assignes a varible of your drive (%1). At the prompt it will first ask you what your drive letter is. Simply open up my computer to determine what drive letter your hitachi was assigned. If you cant figure that out, then I advise taking a basic computer class.

ixtreme 1.2 hitachi batch file updates

Drag these into your hitachi 1.2 rev 2 folder, therefore replacing the current bats with the ones contained within the archive.

Those who did not have problems, i would still greatly apreciate if you could help us test, to determine if any issues exist with this batch setup.

All credit for the batch updates go to Lahey. Thanks!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: goexplodex4 on July 20, 2007, 12:19:00 PM
QUOTE(Iriez @ Jul 11 2007, 10:56 PM) *

There are many many many posts on every thread for every single hitachi fw that has been released that states warnings for powering off your drive after a unsucessful flash. If you have to restart the program, and flash, or restore again, then do so. But never turn it off.



Just so I dont look totally stupid here, my computer completely froze.  I did restart first and the drive was no longer recognizeable by windows, there was NOTHING i could do.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: ichigoxxx on July 20, 2007, 05:25:00 PM
can i get the drive keys of a 79fk so i could spoof it with this toolbox??
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: delahmed on July 24, 2007, 02:18:00 PM
Just like to say thanks to Maximus and C4eva for toolbox 4.0. Great easy tool.

Ill give my quick story as it is one of good news.

I have PAL premium XBOX 360 which was bought in December 2006. I updated my Hitachi 78FK drive with toolbox 1.6 and backed up my original 360 games via my Kreon and Pioneer 111D drive, using XBC 2.3 and 2.4 (when it was released) and therfore all my games were 'stealthed'.

I do not play regularly online but do sign onto LIVE once a month or so and therfore my dashboard was updated quite regularly.

I updated to 1.7  jitter fix before i connected to update to the spring 07 dashboard, and was playing halo 3 beta for the first few days and then on the 18th of April 07 (I think) , ppl reported that there was bans for consoles which logged on to live whilst having unstealthed media in the 360. However i was not banned at that time but did not want to stay online to find out if i was next....

I did not connect to live at all and waited patiently for toolbox 4.0 and then updated to this fw last night. I then connected to XBL with no game in the DVD drive and i am pleased to say that i connected fine to MSN, updated my GS, etc..... i also checked to make sure i could still play both original and backed up versions of my originals offline too..... which leaves me to believe i was not banned at any time or wave of banning.

So it does look like M$ were detecting unstealthed media in the drive back in dec 06, recording the console ids, and then applied the banhammer a few months later. I was lucky to stealth all backups and believe this is what M$ were detecting.

Thanks for all the advice on this forum - hope this helps ppl in the same scenario as me who are too scared to check thier status online.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: danybloke on July 26, 2007, 09:59:00 AM
Sounds like the same story as mine.

Do you use xdvd mulleter to check that stealth is enabled on an image?

And also those which I didn't stealth - would I expect to see the game boot like they were in a dvd player i.e say that "the game needs to be run in a xbox360"? as I tried an old game and it now does this.

Thanks
Dan

This post has been edited by danybloke: Jul 26 2007, 05:08 PM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: walterg74 on July 29, 2007, 06:56:00 PM
Guys, can you help me out here?

I need to flash a 78 drive, that has already been flashed with xtreme 1.6.

I managed to connect the drive and do a dump of it, but I don't have the original fw (original.bin file).

What confuses me is that the readme for toolbox 4 says:

- Added:     Option to Restore Original Firmwares based on any dump you have

But on the tutorials.txt it also says:

To "upgrade" without restoring:

- Launch Fw Toolbox and Open your Original.bin file (the original that comes
   with the drive).

 - MAKE SURE THE DETAILS SHOWS AN FULLY ORIGINAL FILE, if labels as "Spoofed"
   or "XTREME" appear on the details then IS NOT AN ORIGINAL FILE.


To RESTORE:

To do a Restore on Hitachi 78 and above you will need the original.bin
   file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
   of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
   but ATM you will need it.


On the other hand I've been told you just load up the dump you have, then go to:

Tools---> Recover Lost Original File

And that's how you obtain a valid original FW for your drive.

So am I just confusing things and while you do need the original.bin file, if you don't have it you can still do this but not in one step  (which is what maximus meand on the .txt when he says:
 
 "you will need the original.bin
   file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
   of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
   but ATM you will need it. ")

That is, if I do the restore option, and THEN start the steps the tutorials say am I OK ?

Thanx!!


Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: walterg74 on July 30, 2007, 06:25:00 PM
Anyone?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Joe7248 on August 07, 2007, 05:00:00 PM
Has anyone used a Cardbus/Expresscard to boot and flash 078fk?? or use USB to SATA?? and which brands if so?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: sonejis on August 07, 2007, 06:45:00 PM
I hope someone has seen this happen before;

I flashed my 47DH drive using the toolbox and it looked like it ran the process successfully.  After putting the drive back into the Xbox now when I try to open the drive it says, "opening."  If I push it again it says, "closing" then "reading" but the drive never actually opens.

I've tried restoring it back to the original using the restore.bat file but I have the same results.  The toolbox is able to open and close the drive so I'm hoping I didn't brick it.  This is my first attempt at flashing a drive.

I used the diygadget to get the drive into ModeB, FYI

Thanks!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: maggiesgrandpa on August 07, 2007, 07:32:00 PM
great prog!!  i was having crazy mad problems flashing a sammy with via sata so i said hell wit it and traded it for a hitachi 47 and took like 5 min to program with 4.0  maximus you rule!!!!!!!
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: delahmed on August 08, 2007, 06:25:00 AM
QUOTE(danybloke @ Jul 26 2007, 04:59 PM) View Post

Sounds like the same story as mine.

Do you use xdvd mulleter to check that stealth is enabled on an image?

And also those which I didn't stealth - would I expect to see the game boot like they were in a dvd player i.e say that "the game needs to be run in a xbox360"? as I tried an old game and it now does this.

Thanks
Dan


I use Xbox Backup Creator to check stealth.

Not sure what you would see ona  non stealth game tho... probably the video or the message you have written.

Anyway - just backup the ones that dont work again.... and reburn with stealth.... should be all good to go.

Del
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: BorgKing on August 22, 2007, 04:14:00 AM
QUOTE(walterg74 @ Jul 30 2007, 04:56 AM) View Post

Guys, can you help me out here?

I need to flash a 78 drive, that has already been flashed with xtreme 1.6.

I managed to connect the drive and do a dump of it, but I don't have the original fw (original.bin file).

What confuses me is that the readme for toolbox 4 says:

- Added:     Option to Restore Original Firmwares based on any dump you have

But on the tutorials.txt it also says:

To "upgrade" without restoring:

- Launch Fw Toolbox and Open your Original.bin file (the original that comes
   with the drive).

 - MAKE SURE THE DETAILS SHOWS AN FULLY ORIGINAL FILE, if labels as "Spoofed"
   or "XTREME" appear on the details then IS NOT AN ORIGINAL FILE.
To RESTORE:

To do a Restore on Hitachi 78 and above you will need the original.bin
   file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
   of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
   but ATM you will need it.
On the other hand I've been told you just load up the dump you have, then go to:

Tools---> Recover Lost Original File

And that's how you obtain a valid original FW for your drive.

So am I just confusing things and while you do need the original.bin file, if you don't have it you can still do this but not in one step  (which is what maximus meand on the .txt when he says:
 
 "you will need the original.bin
   file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
   of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
   but ATM you will need it. ")

That is, if I do the restore option, and THEN start the steps the tutorials say am I OK ?

Thanx!!


Did you get an answer to your question? If not, can anyone shed some light on this? I am in exactly the same pos. Have bought a second hand xbox 360 and the previous owner lost the orig.bin file.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: ichigoxxx on August 22, 2007, 08:42:00 AM
QUOTE
Guys, can you help me out here?

I need to flash a 78 drive, that has already been flashed with xtreme 1.6.

I managed to connect the drive and do a dump of it, but I don't have the original fw (original.bin file).

What confuses me is that the readme for toolbox 4 says:

- Added: Option to Restore Original Firmwares based on any dump you have

But on the tutorials.txt it also says:

To "upgrade" without restoring:

- Launch Fw Toolbox and Open your Original.bin file (the original that comes
with the drive).

- MAKE SURE THE DETAILS SHOWS AN FULLY ORIGINAL FILE, if labels as "Spoofed"
or "XTREME" appear on the details then IS NOT AN ORIGINAL FILE.
To RESTORE:

To do a Restore on Hita

chi 78 and above you will need the original.bin
file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
but ATM you will need it.
On the other hand I've been told you just load up the dump you have, then go to:

Tools---> Recover Lost Original File

And that's how you obtain a valid original FW for your drive.

So am I just confusing things and while you do need the original.bin file, if you don't have it you can still do this but not in one step (which is what maximus meand on the .txt when he says:

"you will need the original.bin
file that should be readed on the first installation. On future versions
of Toolbox new features will be added to skip the need of having this file
but ATM you will need it. ")

That is, if I do the restore option, and THEN start the steps the tutorials say am I OK ?

Thanx!!


yes u need the original bin its the correct way to do it. u can also just get the key from youre spoof firmware and just qet and original bin from another 78fk drive and write youre to it and it will work.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: walterg74 on August 28, 2007, 08:16:00 PM
QUOTE(ichigoxxx @ Aug 22 2007, 11:42 AM) *

yes u need the original bin its the correct way to do it. u can also just get the key from youre spoof firmware and just qet and original bin from another 78fk drive and write youre to it and it will work.


Please don't listen to this advice.

The 78s DON'T all have the same FW, there are variations.

Just use the recover FW option in toolbox 4. It recreates your original FW and you're set.

Worked fine for me.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on June 29, 2008, 11:17:00 AM
hi just a quick question from a noob. toolbox 4.6 states it includes all hitachi iextreme 1.4 versions within?
if I open the toolbox 4.6 all I can see is the old firmware originals ?
Am I  missing something ?  
thanks in advance anyone ??   huh.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: Ranger72 on June 29, 2008, 11:21:00 AM
QUOTE(logicwatch @ Jun 29 2008, 06:53 PM) View Post

hi just a quick question from a noob. toolbox 4.6 states it includes all hitachi iextreme 1.4 versions within?
if I open the toolbox 4.6 all I can see is the old firmware originals ?
Am I  missing something ?  
thanks in advance anyone ??   huh.gif



When you read the firmware from your drive and use the tools menu to create hacked firmware Toolbox creates the hacked firmware from the firmware you read from your drive.
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on June 29, 2008, 02:34:00 PM
ok thanks I was expecting to see a ixtreme 1.4 folder or file somewhere within toolbox itself?
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on June 29, 2008, 02:47:00 PM
is there a good tutorial for toolbox 4.6 the one supplied seems a bit vague in areas especially as I dont have the original.bin and I understand  this program can recreate this from my current older extreme firmware
but theres no instructions supplied with the readme on exactly what to do ? I have a 78 hitachi drive and
textbooks mega tutorial pdf doesnt appear to cover details on using toolbox 4.6 ?
thanks in advance  smile.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on June 30, 2008, 04:58:00 AM
anyone ??  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

also the readme states in newer releases a newbie simple wizard is to follow its been a while since 4.6 was released
does anyone also know if maximus is releasing soon or where I can go for any news ?

This post has been edited by logicwatch: Jun 30 2008, 12:02 PM
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: podger on July 01, 2008, 04:55:00 AM
Toolbox does a lot of things, most are pretty seft explanitory.... Is there anything in particular you would like to achieve......

The basics are covered in Textbook tutorial in the sections for the 78 and 79, i.e. Dumping, Flashing, hacking, Spoofing, encrypting, decyrypting (obfuscating, deobfuscating), changing Keys etc....
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on July 02, 2008, 02:28:00 AM
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Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on July 02, 2008, 12:34:00 PM
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Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: podger on July 02, 2008, 01:17:00 PM
The recovery process is pretty straight forward and I agree it is not documented and I only figured it out by accident.... This process basically dumps your drive and gets the relevant data like AES key, serial number etc and then inserts them into a virgin stock firmware... These firmwares are included with the package in the \orig_fw folder... It then saves that file as your "Recovered" orig.bin....

If you then use the

>Tools>Direct Flash Drive>Differential Patch(Restore)

You can restore the drive...

BTW I figured this out while trying to restore a 79 with a friend, you will see that for the 78 there are 4 flavours for the different key locations... however the package is missing 2 of the 79 files and I needed one of those, if gave an error saying that I needed a virgin firmware in the \orig_fw folder..... When I got a file from someone, and put it in the folder it worked....
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: podger on July 02, 2008, 02:32:00 PM
It will if it's not spoofed. However, if you leave the tray open and then power on it should go into mode B, just pull the plug with the tray open......
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on July 03, 2008, 04:56:00 AM
QUOTE(logicwatch @ Jul 2 2008, 10:19 PM) View Post

its not spoofed its just a extremed 78 that I just want to change to iextreme 1.4 for obvious reasons !
can anyone list me a 1-10 point guide on how to restore to original then upgrade to iextreme 1.4 or am I asking too much ? uhh.gif




I guess I was asking too much ?

thanks anyway  sad.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: radyboysmith on July 03, 2008, 05:20:00 AM
i had a 78fk and i had afew problems with it. i think i corrupted something. if that happens then you have to go to someone that owns chip programmer to unsolder the chip , then erase , then re-programm chip with new ixtreme 1.4. then re-solder to pcb board.

also try on different pc 's . better with windows xp . older pc , the better i my opinion.
best way to get into mode(cool.gif is the wire trick (if  ......you know what your doing).

good luck  wink.gif
Title: Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V4.0
Post by: logicwatch on July 06, 2008, 01:44:00 PM
phew I did it !!!
thanks to everybody with all your help using info given and bits of the tutorial I successfully just flashed to
iextreme 1.4  biggrin.gif
thank you