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Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Xbox-Scene on August 27, 2007, 11:57:00 AM
Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Posted by Iriez | August 27 13:21 EST | News Category: Xbox360
 
If any of you have had the following error flashing your hitachi:
"DeviceIOControl() failed 0"                    
"failed to execute flasher (sense: [xx/xx/xx])"

Then this is the fix for you!
The error is not caused by the orig bats, but caused by the way CMD negotiates the commands within the bats!
This update should solve bad sector calls, during the first attempt of flashing (or) restoring of the drive!

If these errors are witnessed throughout the restore/flashix process,it may result in an unsuccessful flashix/restore attempt, excessive read errors, and/or cause bad flash scenarios to occur! eg. "3RLOD" after flashing!

Until now, running flashix/restore.bat multiple times or until the absences of errors is witnessed, was the only sure fire way to get 100 compliance!

Note: I have noticed that if certian sectors are not flashed (by old batch files) things may appear to be ok, but certian games will cause your system to lockup. This process eliminates those mistakes and possible lockups.

And remember, *always* restore before flashing!

Official Site: n/a (Update by Lahey)
Download: n/a (May Be illegal under EULA/DMCA)
News-Source and full readme: xbins.org



Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: bucko on August 27, 2007, 11:21:00 AM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Iriez on August 27, 2007, 11:31:00 AM
I would like to note that I have seen this game 'lockup' occur in backups of madden 08, in which specific sectors if are unflashed or flashed improperly, will cause the game and/or system to lock.

And kudos to Lahey, who spent quite a long time completely re-writing the batch process from scratch to fix these problems (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This post has been edited by Iriez: Aug 27 2007, 06:31 PM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: SpiderX1016 on August 27, 2007, 12:40:00 PM
It said those when I was restoring but I still flashed it after and it Flashed 100% but it received Disk Read Errors and Open Trays as my Customer said.

So I could just Restore and Flash normally with the new Ixtreme?
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: greendayz on August 27, 2007, 02:18:00 PM
Hello
When I was restoring I had that error but then I flashed and all went ok, no errors and 100% complete.
Should I restore and reflash again?
Thanks a lot

Nuno
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: AirRage on August 27, 2007, 04:41:00 PM
Only if this would come out yesterday. I havnt touched my xbox in months and i flashed it yesterday getting the error. Sheesh, a day late but better late then never.  Yea all my games freeze up and driving me nuts.
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: jmbear on August 27, 2007, 04:57:00 PM
I've had those errors plenty of times during flashing... but Im not, nor have I had any problems with lockups or freezing. I guess this would just be for folks who are having said problems?

This post has been edited by jmbear: Aug 27 2007, 11:59 PM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Hack_kid on August 27, 2007, 05:20:00 PM
wow love the layout of the new bat file, almost makes it too easy lol
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MetalRampage on August 27, 2007, 06:59:00 PM
I had this issue when restoring... and flashing, but... it hasn't caused any problems yet. I haven't played too many games since, but I had completely beaten BioShock with said problem, as well as played a bit of monster madness. Oh well, I hope I can get to mode B on the old ixtreme without much trouble, Slax never worked for me. Let's hope I remember how to do the old two wire trick right.

-MR1
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: trealnyce on August 27, 2007, 07:09:00 PM
need serious help, the errors mentioned above occurred when restoring to orginal fw after an hour or so past. My stupid a$$  for what ever reason figured that i was having computer problems so before I attempted to re-attempt the restore I figured to restart my computer. Having said that, you guys know what I'm about to say next: My computer doesn't recongize the hitachi drive 47d, the drive doesn't eject, error 65 when plug to tv. So, after days of reading, stressing, reading and some more streessssssiiiing. I am politely asking what should I do next? I have serveral ideas but I do not want to mess things up even more! Please give me a strong solid idea Thanks a mill guys

This post has been edited by trealnyce: Aug 28 2007, 02:15 AM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MetalRampage on August 27, 2007, 09:13:00 PM
Well, I think this release works just as it's supposed to, from what I can tell anyway. I am however unable to use the packaged restore.bat

   What is the Hitachi drive letter?

   k

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


RESTORING DRIVE k:\ HITACHI V.59b FIRMWARE..



Restoring 00/11 sector 90033000 (UnStealth)...

---------- RES.BIN

---------- RES.BIN

---------- RES.BIN

ERROR: Hitachi DVD drive is NOT restoring..

WARNING: One of FOUR4 things could be wrong

#1: Shut-down all your back-ground programs
#2: Windows is in-compatible, try SAFE MODE
#3: Your DVD drive is not a working version
#4: Start mode B with DVD disk in the drive

===========================================

ARE YOU SURE DRIVE "k" IS THE HITACHI DRIVE


   What is the Hitachi drive letter?



I wasn't able to restore, or flash that part, res.bin with the previous version either, hope it's not too important. Hopefully the next restore.bat won't be so picky... or at least ignore it like the previous one did. (I do get the I/O error when restoreing 10b/11, I hope that's not bad).

But flashing works fine, besides the mentioned res.bin, it worries me, but not too much.

@trealnyce, I've found that it's more effective to flash, like I got fewer I/O errors when the drive was opened while flashing... I really don't know what that is or is not supposed to do, but it helped me. Try restoring that way then flash again with this version.
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Lahey on August 27, 2007, 09:59:00 PM
MetalRampage:

It appears that you are using an older version of the .bats, please update your files with the RC2 version.

MD5's should be:

- RESTORE.bat = df1281f1d3ce8bf9858904b848971b0b
- FLASHIX.bat  = 0613093138aa70e0ab0f11ded68829d7

Furthermore, res.bin is not a fw sector, so no worries!

Good luck!

This post has been edited by Lahey: Aug 28 2007, 05:04 AM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MetalRampage on August 27, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
No... as I said... I have had the problem with restore.bat for a while, not able to restore res.bin.
But I was specifically talking about the new one packaged in this very release. That's where my log comes from.
If that first part 00/11 sector 90033000 (UnStealth) isn't important, then alright, I'm tired of trying to mod this thing anyway, I'll just close it up and forget about the details.

Thanks.
-MR1



This post has been edited by MetalRampage: Aug 28 2007, 05:12 AM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MaximusX15 on August 28, 2007, 04:57:00 AM
Awesome! I had those error's during flash. I didnt think that it was a big deal because it still said it was completed 100% Now, Im going to reflash and I hope to god all of my backups that werent working with that flash will work now!!!

I will re-flash my xbox when I get home and tell you all if I am successful with my backups...

This post has been edited by MaximusX15: Aug 28 2007, 11:58 AM
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: idog on August 28, 2007, 05:37:00 AM
Huh ? I mean.. huh ?

I always read the readme accompanying the hitachi flashers and it always said that you don't have to worry about errors. All sectors will be checked anyway, again and again, until flashing is 100%. It will not exit before that.

And now.. for the first time, since the release of the first hitachi flashers.. it appears (or so it is said in the message on the frontpage) that these flashers could even have brought about the 3RLOD ?

Is this for real ?

Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for the efforts put into this rewrite of the batch files, but this seems to be a SERIOUS f***up by the almighty hackergods (whom I of course can't thank enough for all their hard work, but still) ..

QUOTE(MetalRampage @ Aug 28 2007, 02:59 AM) View Post

I had this issue when restoring... and flashing, but... it hasn't caused any problems yet. I haven't played too many games since, but I had completely beaten BioShock with said problem, as well as played a bit of monster madness. Oh well, I hope I can get to mode B on the old ixtreme without much trouble, Slax never worked for me. Let's hope I remember how to do the old two wire trick right.

-MR1


Switch on your 360. Eject.
Take out the power cable of the 360 with tray open.
Put power cable back in.
Turn on 360.
Eject and open a few times.
Your drive is now in mode B.

Beats the two wire trick by a mile smile.gif

p.s. This only works if your drive is already flashed (which is the case with your 360).
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: radyboysmith on August 28, 2007, 09:31:00 AM
restore.bat still doesnt work .
tried it and it doesnt go passed unstealthing
  mad.gif
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Lahey on August 28, 2007, 10:25:00 AM
radyboysmith:

"restore.bat still doesnt work"
Still? did you have this prob with the orig as well?

The code to unstealth sector 90033000 is pretty much the same as the old .bat. If you received an error much like this after you used the previous Hitachi fw flashix.bat...

"STEALTH STEP FAILED
But All other flashing 100% OK
Will Exit now"

Chances are, sector 90033000 (FW STEALTH HACK) was poorly flashed to begin with, and would require a "hard flash"

Most common explanation however, is that your drive is not communicating with windows.
During the restore process, that would force the error...

"ERROR: Hitachi DVD drive is NOT restoring..
WARNING: One of FOUR4 things could be wrong
#1: Shut-down all your back-ground programs
#2: Windows is in-compatible, try SAFE MODE
#3: Your DVD drive is not a working version
#4: Start mode B with DVD disk in the drive"

Please post your findings so i may better understand your issue!
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Iriez on August 28, 2007, 10:42:00 AM
QUOTE(idog @ Aug 28 2007, 07:13 AM) View Post

Huh ? I mean.. huh ?

I always read the readme accompanying the hitachi flashers and it always said that you don't have to worry about errors. All sectors will be checked anyway, again and again, until flashing is 100%. It will not exit before that.

And now.. for the first time, since the release of the first hitachi flashers.. it appears (or so it is said in the message on the frontpage) that these flashers could even have brought about the 3RLOD ?

Is this for real ?

Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for the efforts put into this rewrite of the batch files, but this seems to be a SERIOUS f***up by the almighty hackergods (whom I of course can't thank enough for all their hard work, but still) ..
Switch on your 360. Eject.
Take out the power cable of the 360 with tray open.
Put power cable back in.
Turn on 360.
Eject and open a few times.
Your drive is now in mode B.

Beats the two wire trick by a mile smile.gif

p.s. This only works if your drive is already flashed (which is the case with your 360).



3ROD's by flashing is a very rare thing. Its usually caused by user error, not because of the batch files. Its been made very clear over the past year that the firmwares need to be successfully and fully written, and re-done 50 times if need be to get a full flash. I dont know where you read that buisness about it automatically fixing the sectors, because it never did (until now)

As far as modeb with eject, all you have to do is power on your 360 with eject to get it in modeb after flashing xtreme fw. You dont have to do all that stuff mentioned above.
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MetalRampage on August 28, 2007, 02:45:00 PM
@Lahey

Same problem for me, that first part doesn't flash, but everything else is just fine. Also the restore.bat gives me the mentioned problem.

What is a "hard flash"? Is it a problem for that part not to be flashed? I've already been on XBOX Live, just today, without any problems.

Thanks,
-MR1
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: trealnyce on August 28, 2007, 04:01:00 PM
ERROR: Hitachi DVD drive is NOT restoring..
WARNING: One of FOUR4 things could be wrong
#1: Shut-down all your back-ground programs
#2: Windows is in-compatible, try SAFE MODE
#3: Your DVD drive is not a working version

so now i am really stuck, I don't know in which direction to go in and believe me I have spent hours reading, and streessssinng

any ideas! Remember right now the drive is not ejecting and i only get one red light on the lower left with error 65 when plug into the tv
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: MetalRampage on August 28, 2007, 05:28:00 PM
@ trealnyce

This problem that I'm describing only occurred during this exact release, for prior releases, I didn't have this problem, try an older restore.bat from a previous release. You know, a while ago, I too had that problem, but this was over a year ago... so before the fall update and error 65, I told my friends, damnit, sorry guys but I bricked my box. Well, I kept playing around with it more and more... I tried manually ejecting the drive by pushing a pin in somewhere, kept trying to restore it, flash it, whatever... now I remember what it was that happened. When I did the two wire trick... I had to pull some pins out of the sockets. Well, guess what, when I put them back in, they were loose... that is, I didn't put them in far enough and they came out of place one day. when I put them back... presto, in working order. In my case, it took me about a week of tinkering with it, going back and forth trying different... and all too similar approaches, until I just... noticed it. I'm not saying that's your particular problem, but I am saying that it's useful to be persistent. So keep at it, and I'm sure you'll be able to get it to work.

Best of luck,
-MR1
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: AirRage on August 30, 2007, 06:58:00 AM
Used Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme and flashed perfectly the first time but hell now my 360 freezes in seconds every time. Anybody know whats going on with my 360. Is it just toast and needs to be sent in?  Am i able to send it in after it has been opened?
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: Lahey on August 30, 2007, 09:29:00 PM
Please elaborate!

when does it freeze, what does it do, did you restore before flashing, is your sata cable plugged in correctly...?
Title: Hitachi Sense Fix for ixtreme
Post by: AirRage on August 31, 2007, 08:34:00 AM
QUOTE(Lahey @ Aug 31 2007, 12:05 AM) View Post

Please elaborate!

when does it freeze, what does it do, did you restore before flashing, is your sata cable plugged in correctly...?


  Yes, restoring and flashing went fine. 100% no errors.   Freezes like with in 2 minutes like screeching halt after this update. Wierd. Loads all my games fine for a minute but then wham, freezes. Even on the dashboard at times.