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thompa25

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2. September 2009 @ 17:03

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Hi i have decided to flash my hitachi 46 drive on my xbox and was just wondering which is the best way? I have a laptop with vista 64 on it with a esata port so i bought an esata to sata cable, i have the iextreme firmware and want to know what is the best way to flash the drive, cheers

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jpizzle

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2. September 2009 @ 17:18

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dont quote me on this but i am pretty sure you need 32 bit to use Jungle Flasher so you might need to go with dosflash

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leerage

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2. September 2009 @ 17:19

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You are going to have to boot Slax 2.1 to get the drive in Mode B then you should be able to use Jungle Flasher to flash.

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jpizzle

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2. September 2009 @ 17:23

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wont he have to install port I/O32 ?

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leerage

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2. September 2009 @ 17:25

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Originally posted by jpizzle:
wont he have to install port I/O32 ?

PortIO doesn't have support for 64 bit OS. If you boot Slax 2.1, that will put the drive in Mode B. Once in Mode B, Windows will recognize the Hitachi and he can dump the firmware.

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jpizzle

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2. September 2009 @ 17:35

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i didnt know that you could use slax instaed of port I/O

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leerage

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2. September 2009 @ 17:38

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Originally posted by jpizzle:
i didnt know that you could use slax instaed of port I/O

Before Jungle Flasher/PortIO was Slax. Slax was used to put Hitachi drives into Mode B. However, Jungle Flasher is now able to send a command to the Hitachi drive over PortIO to put it into Mode B. Unfortunately with PortIO, it does not have any 64bit OS support.

Now that I think about it and re-reading the OPs original post, he has a 46 Hitachi and I'm not for sure if Slax will put it into Mode B. There was the 2 wire trick but that was a little dangerous. I always used a connectivity kit to put the Hitachis 59 and lower into Mode B. So I hope Slax works in this scenario.

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