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FIRST ATTEMPT AT FLASHING FAILED!... NEED HELP
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 08:43 |
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hi guys,
i tried flashing my xbox elite yesterday and failed miserably... basically as soon as i attempted to put the elite into mode b, my damn desktop froze and caused me to get the e65 error on my xbox!
i did not even get to the flashing stage at all!
all i want to know is, is there any known solution to this, or should i just throw my xbox in the bin?
cheers
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25. June 2009 @ 10:49 |
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If it froze in the middle of flashing, you Hitachi is probably bricked. Does the drive eject?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 10:56 |
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hi leerage,
i didnt even get to the flashing stage, i was just attemping to get the xbox into mode b when it all went wrong.
and no the drive doesnt eject. everytime i start up the xbox i get a red flashing light in the bottom right quadrant. and a E65 ERROR message on the tv screen.
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25. June 2009 @ 10:59 |
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So were you able to dump the original firmware? You really can't ruin a drive until you try to flash it. What exactly "went wrong"?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 11:16 |
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ok basically i followed the jungle flasher tut down to T...
i connected the xbox drive via sata to the via pci card, i then opened jugnleflasher on my desktop, once opened i attempted the 'half disc tray' method to get xbox into mode b. i used the 'take out the poer lead from drive' technique. once i did that, i clicked on the 'mtk flash' tab and noticed that the device was not being detected.
sio i tried that 'half tray' method again hoping this time the drive will be detected.... but alas, my b****d of a desktop froze on me while the xbox disc tray was half open.
and it stayed open.... so i restarted my desktop, turned off my xbox and switched it back, only to be welcomed by 1 red light and the E65 error.
t1kk is gutted :(
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25. June 2009 @ 11:20 |
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So do you have a Hitachi drive? If so, you don't use the "half open trick" to get it into Mode B.
Look at the top of the DVD drive and what model/ROM version does it say?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 11:31 |
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sorry leerage,
i forgot to mention its the benq drive... not hitachi.
cheers
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25. June 2009 @ 11:34 |
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So will the drive eject or close, is it still half open right now?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 11:37 |
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it doesnt open anymore at all. it was half open when everything froze. so i closed the tray (not knowing it had e65 error at the time) when i restarted the xbox i got the red lights and the tray just wouldnt open.
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25. June 2009 @ 11:38 |
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Can you eject or close with the connectivity kit, or are you not using one?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 11:51 |
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im not using a connectivity kit. i assumed it wasnt that important
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25. June 2009 @ 12:00 |
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Open up the BenQ drive. On the bottom side is a bar, push it in and then pull the tray all the way out.
Leave the tray open and reassmeble the drive, and then try that out in the 360, see if you can close the drive now.
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 12:02 |
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ok i will try that and get back to you.
thanks dude.... i appreciate the help
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 13:02 |
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hi leerage,
i have opened up the drive but i cannot seem to find the bar, as the pic you have shown looks different to the drive i have.
cheers
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 13:07 |
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never mind! ive found the little bar on my drive. i have opened the tray manually, now i will reassemble and connect it. i shall let you know what happens.
cheers
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 13:11 |
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right... still no joy. i have the tray open, and i started up my xbox, the centre light sonctantly blinks, then the top left hand quadrant flashes a green light for a split second, then the bottom right hand quadrant starts flashing red constantly.
looks serious
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25. June 2009 @ 13:20 |
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What "E" error are you getting? E64?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 13:23 |
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i am getting the E65 error message
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25. June 2009 @ 13:29 |
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E65: DVD Drive Error.... DVD Timeout, Wrong firmware, dvd is without f/w chip, etc. This can also be caused by the tray not being fully closed on boot.
Make sure both ends of the power cable to the drive and the motherboard are plugged in. Did you happen to plug the power cable in upside down?
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 13:33 |
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all cables are correctly plugged int. i too extra care in ensuring i did not put the power cable into teh drive upside down. funnily enough, i was just fiddling around with the tray and eject button and it closed! but then it wouldnt open again so i pushed the bar on the dvd drive in again to release it.
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 14:07 |
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right it seems i have had some kind of break through!
i connected the sata cable from the via pci card to the xbox dvd drive and it seems the xbox starts up perfectly, i can negotiate my way around the dashboard with no issues. but the centre light in the middle does not stop blinking, and the dvd tray does not move at all, if it is open it wont close and vice versa.
also when i start up the xbox, although it boots up fine, my dekstop freezes when i do so!
so far it seems like it can be a number of things:
the sata cable on the xbox mobo which is connected to the xbox drive seems to have become faulty?
or the actual drive is buggered. because although the xbox boots up, the eject button is not working at all.
maybe the xbox might even be stuck in mode b??? if it is stuck in mode b, if my desktop didnt freeeze everytime i boot up the xbox, i may of had a chance of working some magic on it through jungleflasher.
either that or this is some completely new fault for the books!
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25. June 2009 @ 14:24 |
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If the drive closed, it is still responsive. It sounds like a connection problem with power some where. Keep messing around with it, you should be able to get it back to life.
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t1kk
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25. June 2009 @ 17:12 |
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leerage,
do you think if i change the sata cable on the xbox that might make a difference?
or even the power cable being replaced might help?
either way i shall check it out tomorrow. i spent more or less all day trying to salvage something out of this... know i am absolutely knackerer! :D
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26. June 2009 @ 11:26 |
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Originally posted by t1kk:
leerage,
do you think if i change the sata cable on the xbox that might make a difference?
or even the power cable being replaced might help?
either way i shall check it out tomorrow. i spent more or less all day trying to salvage something out of this... know i am absolutely knackerer! :D
Can you check the connections on the inside of the BenQ drive.
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