Post by: Shareef187 on February 09, 2008, 07:51:00 PM
I use the firmtool 1.2 to spoof the Samsung 8x iXtreme 1.4 firmware (ix14-8x.bin) with my original Hitachi 47 firmware (was.bin) and it said it was successful. My problem lies with trying to get iPrep to accept this spoofed firmware. First thing I tried was re-compile the Samsung.iXtreme.1.4.rar file, and open that with iPrep. Usually when I load this file without the spoofed firmware, it will first ask me if I want to use the 8x version of the firmware, but when I load the file with the spoofed firmware, it completely skips the 8x, and asks if I want to use one of the others, and when I say no to each, says no acceptable firmwares. I've tried opening the spoofed firmware file directly, and it gives an error.
So, if I may ask, can anyone please help me with the next step(s) for getting this firmware flashed onto my MS25 drive? Any help will be most appreciative.
Post by: Shareef187 on February 09, 2008, 10:03:00 PM
Also, what I did to solve my problem from before was I just used the regular ixtreme firmware without spoofing to set up the files on my drive, and I replaced the Sam-CFW.bin file with my spoofed fw file in the iprep\cfw\ folder. Will this work? Could I then just directly flash this to the drive without needing to backup the original firmware since this drive did not come from my motherboard?
Also, if anyone is actually reading this, if I may say, I had not received a response to my first question after waiting several hours (I know it's the weekend and all, but when something you're trying to do doesn't work, every minute feels like an eternity), and I've noticed in my searches for this info that many other people whom ask for help never get a response. I know I'm probably going to be stepping on toes saying this, and I hope you'll understand I'm just trying to get some helpful advice here, but come on! I've tried the pinned threads, and the tutorials are mostly outdated, referring to Xtreme fw's instead of iXtreme's, and using old versions of these tools. I know how annoying it can be when people ask the same questions answered in the pinned threads, but it would be nice to either keep them updated, or be helpful to people who ask. Some of them might be like me, whom have tried to get the info on their own, but can't since they are no longer viable tutorials. I'm not trying to be rude here, and mean no offense. I'm simply asking for someone to take the time and provide some assistance.
This post has been edited by Shareef187: Feb 10 2008, 06:14 AM
Post by: caster420 on February 10, 2008, 11:45:00 AM
QUOTE(Shareef187 @ Feb 10 2008, 12:03 AM) 
Also, what I did to solve my problem from before was I just used the regular ixtreme firmware without spoofing to set up the files on my drive, and I replaced the Sam-CFW.bin file with my spoofed fw file in the iprep\cfw\ folder. Will this work? Could I then just directly flash this to the drive without needing to backup the original firmware since this drive did not come from my motherboard?
Yup, flash away. Since you're replacing your hitachi dvd-rom, the firmware from the ms25 is of no use to you. Flash the firmware you created with firmtool and you should be good to go.
Caster.
Post by: Shareef187 on February 10, 2008, 03:37:00 PM
Post by: podger on February 10, 2008, 04:41:00 PM
You might be just quicker using a floppy with iPrep...
This post has been edited by podger: Feb 11 2008, 12:42 AM
Post by: Shareef187 on February 10, 2008, 06:24:00 PM
This post has been edited by Shareef187: Feb 11 2008, 02:29 AM