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MS28 & VIA VT6421 TUTORIAL
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David891
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13. December 2007 @ 10:21 |
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Originally posted by sh4dow:
how come i need a new 360 did i really do that much by not backing up the original firmware?
The xbox needs a dvd drive that matches the code from the xbox 360.
If you lost the code you cant do anything anymore, cause a new drive has a number that doesnt match the number from your xbox.
You better search very good every were (like waste bin on pc) or restore to other system point were the orig.bin file still is.
Maybe you still have the previous firmware you installed on xbox that worked, the code has to be in that file too.
And for all other people, just upload your orig.bin to a email adress (better 2 different cause if 1 server crashes..) and you will never loose it.
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sh4dow
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13. December 2007 @ 10:42 |
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okay i think it is or something.. I can styll get into the dashboard
it just won't let me play any games (not even original) so is that really bricking my drive
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lilg_06
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13. December 2007 @ 11:11 |
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Your drive is not bricked, it just does not have the valid key on it, if the key on the drive does not match that of the motherboard, it will not play any games, original or copies. Try to recover that orig.bin somehow.
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David891
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14. December 2007 @ 09:23 |
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Originally posted by lilg_06:
Your drive is not bricked, it just does not have the valid key on it, if the key on the drive does not match that of the motherboard, it will not play any games, original or copies. Try to recover that orig.bin somehow.
The original code is also in the previous ixtreme firmware you had on your xbox 360. Maybe you still have that file (like ix13.bin) cause its not so old as the orig.bin file.
Try to find it everywere on computer cause withou the code you cant do (yet) anything woth your drive.
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sh4dow
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14. December 2007 @ 09:31 |
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Originally posted by David891:
Originally posted by lilg_06:
Your drive is not bricked, it just does not have the valid key on it, if the key on the drive does not match that of the motherboard, it will not play any games, original or copies. Try to recover that orig.bin somehow.
The original code is also in the previous ixtreme firmware you had on your xbox 360. Maybe you still have that file (like ix13.bin) cause its not so old as the orig.bin file.
Try to find it everywere on computer cause withou the code you cant do (yet) anything woth your drive.
well thanks for all your guys support your really helping me keep faith that i didn't really f*&k up my drive, but ima make this clear on what excatly happened
i dumped my 360.. tryed to flash it didnt work
formatted my floppy disk, with my orig.bin file on it
then with 12x 1.4 extreme i didnt do the 10second i just left the 360 on.. it worked buh when i tryed to play orginals it didnt work.. soo i dunt kno whats going to happen so far im hearing the drive is bricked , new xbox, BUT im taking my xbox to a local expert on this stuff if anything im pretty shure he should know what to do
unless you guys have a way of getting that bin file back someway
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David891
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14. December 2007 @ 13:31 |
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Originally posted by sh4dow:
well thanks for all your guys support your really helping me keep faith that i didn't really f*&k up my drive, but ima make this clear on what excatly happened
i dumped my 360.. tryed to flash it didnt work
formatted my floppy disk, with my orig.bin file on it
then with 12x 1.4 extreme i didnt do the 10second i just left the 360 on.. it worked buh when i tryed to play orginals it didnt work.. soo i dunt kno whats going to happen so far im hearing the drive is bricked , new xbox, BUT im taking my xbox to a local expert on this stuff if anything im pretty shure he should know what to do
unless you guys have a way of getting that bin file back someway
We all have that .bin file but every file is different so ours wont work on yours xbox 360.
You probably didnt put you ''code'' from ur xbox 360 in the ix14.bin file, then it wont work cause it has to be same code as your xbox 360 is.
If the orig.bin file isnt on the floppy I think you screwed up the drive. I think you can do two things:
1) waiting till there is a other way to find out what your ''code'' is. This will maybe never come so you probably have to wait very long if it even comes some time.
2) Sell some parts of your xbox 360, cause some people want to buy a harddrive, dvd drive, the case of the xbox or even processor and that things.
It's maybe difficult to sell most parts but you have more money back to buy new one (and than be more carefull with modding or let it be do ne by a professional).
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yash_dhan
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5. February 2008 @ 03:26 |
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Originally posted by SmoothD:
FYI - I successfully flashed my sammy MS28 using this tutorial word for word last night. Thanks PS2MENACE!
i hav done everything as said in tutorial but cant able to read the original firmware. after selecting xtreme primary and waiting for 10 sec
i switch on xbox360 but it does not do anything.plz help
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yash_dhan
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5. February 2008 @ 03:57 |
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Originally posted by PS2Menace:
Originally posted by yungstax:
I Had The video cable pluged in the floppy disc failed now i have an Error E65 When I Turn My System on And I Know Every Step To Flash It But It Will Not Flash the green light flashes constantly i don't know what to do i guess i will have to go on ebay and buy a new ms28 drive
Do you have the original firmware? If you do, then follow the guide but DO NOT do the 10 second trick.
Brief explination
Plug everything up and turn on the 360
Turn on PC
Boot to dos and type mtkflash w /m /sata orig.bin
Select Xtreme Primary
It will then flash the orig.bin file back on the drive. When everything is done, test.
10 sec method is not working for me can u please help
i have tried xbm method iprep method but has same problem
after selecting xtreme primary and waiting for 10 sec and turning on xbox 360 nothing happens
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bob45211
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6. August 2008 @ 23:49 |
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I have just personally confirmed that you do not need a VIA chipset to flash a MS28 drive! I personally just flashed one with Ixtreme 1.3 and it now plays my backup games just fine! So for all of those who tell people you MUST have a via chipset or use the VCC method, you are unfortunately wrong. I have Nforce4 sata onboard controller and used dosflash to do it. It took me a bit of time to figure out exactly how, but I finally did it flawlessly and fairly easily!
One other thing... I didn't have to wait 10 seconds either to do it! I'm not sure if any other chipset other than Nforce4 or VIA will work though. Maybe we can have some other people test this out with their chipsets...?
I guess I need to tell people how to do this now and then you can all thank me for saving you about 10-20 bucks...lol
First off, here is what I had to use and have to do it...
1)Nforce4 onboard sata
2)dosflash
3)usb flash drive made bootable using iprep with the two dosflash files copied onto it as well.. dosflash.exe and dosflash.typ
4)obviously a 360 with a Toshiba Samsung MS28 dvd drive
5)Ixtreme version that includes a "Make ixtreme firmware.cmd" file
Getting Started
NOTE:Remember to have the 360's DVD Drive plugged into the computer's primary sata port during the entire procedure. There should be no reason to unplug it at anytime. When you have your hard drive plugged into your computer, just use the secondary sata port on your computer since you want to have the 360 drive always in the primary port!
ONLY UNPLUG THE 360 DVD Drive if Windows locks up while booting with it plugged in! I had no such problem and was able to leave the 360 drive plugged into the primary SATA port the entire time. Also, keep the power plug from the 360 motherboard plugged into the 360 DVD Drive at all times!
1)First thing to do is have your computer with Nforce4 sata booted into Windows. I used Vista.
2)Plug in your usb flash drive. Run the latest version of IPREP, configure it for ixtreme samsung, check patch mtkflash, select the first Nvidia nForce SATA Controller on the list(this should be the primary master), making sure that you choose the usb drive as your destination and check the "make bootable" option, then click Prepare Destination.
3)You then need to install dosflash and then copy dosflash.exe and dosflash.typ from the dosflash folder onto your usb flash drive. DO NOT COPY THEM INTO ANY FOLDERS, just right onto the drive so when you boot from the usb drive, you can simply type dosflash at the C:\ prompt and the program will run. (The C:\ wil be the USB Flash Drive actually since your hard drive will not be plugged in)
4)Next, shut down your computer and make sure you unplug ALL SATA AND IDE DRIVES FROM YOUR COMPUTER as this step is very important! Have your
360's case opened and plug the 360 MS28 DVD Drive into the primary Nforce sata port of your computer. Boot the 360 and computer at about the same time. You will be booting the computer from the USB Flash Drive, so do what you have to do to make the computer boot from the USB flash drive.
Your computer will boot up to a C:\ prompt.
5)Type dosflash.
6)During the scan for the MS28's ports, it will ask if you want to resend the MTK vendor intro command. Press ?y? and enter.
After you type "y" and hit enter, you should see a list of available drives. If you unplugged all of your computers other drives, you should only see one option with any description after it. It should say TS-H943 after one of the choices and this will be the one you choose.
7)Enter the number to the left of the TS-H943 choice, then hit enter.
You will now see something along the lines of 0X50, which may possibly alternate from some numbers like this to another set of numbers, back and forth they may switch. You now need to shut off your 360 for a couple seconds, then restart the 360 again and access should be granted.
8)Dos flash will now ask if you want to: [R] Read, [W] Write or [E] Erase.
Type R then hit enter.
9)It will now ask for a backup file name, type ORIG.bin and hit enter.
It will then say ?Reading Bank 0...... OK!? all the way to Bank 3.
The entire Reading process should take 2mins max. If the First Bank hasn?t moved by the 2 min mark, restart the process. Once successful, turn off the 360 and the computer.
10)Plug your hard drive back in and boot back into Windows. You then need to copy the orig.bin file from the USB flash drive into your folder with an ixtreme version that has a "Make ixtreme firmware.cmd" file included.
11)Double click the "Make ixtreme firmware.cmd" file and it will produce your hacked firmware file. Make sure you write down the exact name of the hacked firmware file that was created!
12)Copy the new hacked .bin file that was created back onto the usb flash drive and shut down the computer. Unplug the hard drive again, reboot both the 360 and the computer again, making sure to boot from the usb flash drive, and wait for the C:\ prompt again. Now its time to flash your MS28 with the new firmware you just created!
13)At the C:\ prompt, type dosflash.
14) Type "y" again and hit enter. You should see a list of available drives. If you unplugged all of your computers other drives, you should only see one option with any description after it. It should say TS-H943 after one of the choices and this will be the one you choose.
15)Enter the number to the left of the TS-H943 choice, then hit enter.
You will now see something along the lines of 0X50, which may possibly alternate from some numbers like this to another set of numbers, back and forth they may switch. You now need to shut off your 360 for a couple seconds, then restart the 360 again and access should be granted.
16)Dosflash will then ask if you want to: [R] Read, [W] Write or [E] Erase.
17)Press ?W? and enter.
18)It will then ask for the new Firmware?s location.
19)Type the name of the hacked firmware that was created which you wrote down and hit enter. (Will be something like ix13.bin)
20)The drive will then begin erasing the firmware. Once this is done it will say ?Writing Bank0... OK!? all the way to bank 3.
After writing has finished, turn off your 360 and your computer. Unplug the sata cable from the back of the 360 drive, replug the 360 motherboard sata cable, and reassemble your 360. Don't forget to replug all your computer drives again that you had unplugged as well! You are now ready to play your backup games! And guess what!? You didn't have to go buy a VIA card! Glad I could save you a little bit of money and prove all the people wrong that said you couldn't flash an MS28 without a VIA card or the VCC method! Amazing what a little hard work and dedication can achieve!
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7. August 2008 @ 16:48
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Fiero
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7. September 2008 @ 23:09 |
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Originally posted by iwillrace:
I purchased a pci via vt 6421 with 2 sata ports, an ide port and 4 usb ports. In my device manager the card comes up as via vt 6421 raid controller, now it is the correct chipset from what I have read. I use the xtreme boot maker v0.3.6.1442 to make a bootable floppy and start up the 360 and cpu just like the tut says but when I use the mtkflash cmd get a drive not found error does anyone know what I may be doing wrong I have even tried the samread cmd and I get the same error
Thanks
Greg
Originally posted by iwillrace:
Never mind I figured it out there are 2 sata ports one is internal (primary) and an external (secondary) I did not even think about that! with the drive pluged into the external port the cpu could not see it once I plugged it into the internal port the cpu saw it I hope this may help someone in the future!
Greg
Thanks iwillrace that was my issues the the VIA detection. I plugged it to the connector on the far inside (cn2) and it worked.
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Fiero
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7. September 2008 @ 23:31 |
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I ran the MTKflash and the SAMREAD to make the orig.bin file and I get a blinking cursor. How long this this process take?
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8. September 2008 @ 13:12 |
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Originally posted by Fiero:
I ran the MTKflash and the SAMREAD to make the orig.bin file and I get a blinking cursor. How long this this process take?
You must turn the 360 off when you see the option to select xtreme primary. Then select "2" in your case, count to 10 and turn the 360 back on. I wouldn't even use SAMREAD if I were you.. Here's the commands I use on MS28's
mtkflash r /m /sata orig.bin
Get the original, boot windows, check the key, make xtreme fw, check it for proper key and then boot back into dos
mtkflash w /m /sata ix14.bin (whatever it's called in your case)
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Fiero
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9. September 2008 @ 18:09 |
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Thanks PS2Menace! That seem to have worked...
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9. September 2008 @ 22:07 |
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Originally posted by Fiero:
Thanks PS2Menace! That seem to have worked...
No Problem.
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wilmero
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20. September 2008 @ 12:10 |
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Thank You! After reading many confusing tutorials, this one was straight to the point and worked like a charm! Thanks bro.
The other tutorials are great however, for a noob they can be confusing due to the fact that the pdf says one thing and the video it points you to says another. I appreciate everyone's help though!
Will the 360 section ever get it's own sub forums section like all the others here?
Thanks again!
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mycoffee
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30. October 2008 @ 04:01 |
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Originally posted by bob45211:
I have just personally confirmed that you do not need a VIA chipset to flash a MS28 drive!
Written by bobbyk45211
I would very much agree with bobbyk45211. I signed up to this forum so I could thank the author of This page. I spent ages trying every know flashing utility from iprep to xtreme bootmaker with no success until I used dosflash with my nforce chipset.
Cheers.
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Tibballs
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9. December 2008 @ 18:33 |
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Hey guys,
I have been wanting to flash my 360 for a couple of months now, I decided to give it a go a few days back. I have bought myself a VIA VT6421A, I have installed Xtreme Boot Maker. My first problem is I don't know which firmware to download from xbins. My second and biggest problem at this stage is that I run Xtreme Boot Maker and click 'Use custom MTKFlash, look on the list and my VIA sata card isn't listed... I installed the software and now I have no idea. I could really use some help and I hope that someone replies.
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bob45211
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9. December 2008 @ 18:58 |
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Tibballs, unfortunately, I have never used Xtreme Boot Maker. I have only used Iprep and, before I had a flash drive, I used NTFS4DOS disc with a modified mtkflash file that corresponded to my Nforce chipset. I would try using Iprep first, then, if you have any problems, I can more than likely help you. I just can't help you with Xtreme Boot Maker since I have never even messed with it.
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nolaboy
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9. December 2008 @ 20:29 |
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can anyone here help me with this whole flash thing i have tried to start this tutorial and cannot get xtreme bootmaker because it says it is no longer available on website that is hyperlinked in this tutorial. i read a different tutorial earlier that said i needed to get ixtreme v1.4 fw. what is the difference between the ixtreme & xtreme fw?
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9. December 2008 @ 20:40 |
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Originally posted by nolaboy:
can anyone here help me with this whole flash thing i have tried to start this tutorial and cannot get xtreme bootmaker because it says it is no longer available on website that is hyperlinked in this tutorial. i read a different tutorial earlier that said i needed to get ixtreme v1.4 fw. what is the difference between the ixtreme & xtreme fw?
You can still get xtreme bootmaker from xbins. The difference between extreme and ixtreme fw's is that ixtreme won't boot games that aren't stealth patched.
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Tibballs
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9. December 2008 @ 20:46 |
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I got it working, now I open Make Xtreme firmware.cmd and get Error: Please copy your orig.bin file into this directory first.
Now I'm guessing I have to hook up the 360's drive with my VIA chip and do something??
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nolaboy
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9. December 2008 @ 20:52 |
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which would you say is better ps2 menace? and also on the xbins that i got only gives you one option and that is to go the ixtreme way. i really could use some help if you dont mmind that is? im not vry strong at doing technical computer things like this i guess im a dumba**.
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Tibballs
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9. December 2008 @ 21:04 |
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I have MS28 obviously, what fw do I use? Xtreme52? ixDef_1.4? what is the difference?
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nolaboy
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9. December 2008 @ 21:08 |
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tiballs i see youre new to this thing like me i cant get it figured out either will you talk to me private?
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9. December 2008 @ 21:27 |
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Look guys... Get the ixtreme 1.4 fw for Samsung drives. Inside the .rar file you will find different speed folders. I suggest using the 12x FW.
You need to obtain your orig.bin file before you run the "make xtreme fw" command. Follow the guide as you make your boot disk/usb/ect...
The only files you need on the disk after xtreme bootmaker formats it is mtkflash.exe and mtkflash.typ
You can delete EVERYTHING on the bootdisk but these 2 files.
Follow the guide for dumping your FW.
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