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5. December 2007 @ 12:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

can someone please check that these are the correct steps to take from opening the case of the 360.

1. Place grounding clips from PC case to 360 case
2. Power down everything with the slax 2.1 disc in the PC
3. Unplug the 360 SATA cable and plug in the PC?s Sata Cable
4. Make sure the video cable and power cables are in the 360 and the power cable is supplying power to the 360 and the drive.
5. Boot the PC from the slax 2.1
6. Power on the 360
7. eject the 360 drive if the ?spinning up disc? error in slax comes up
8. wait til slax has finished
9. check for mode B by pressing the eject button twice/flashing 360 LED/Ejects itself
10. Reset the PC and remove the slax 2.1 disc and boot to windows
11. eject the 360 drive a few times when the widows bar appears
12. Boot into windows as normal
13. Put an original DVD in the 360 drive, then close the tray by pressing the eject button 3 times
14. Wait for PC to autoplay the DVD to check the drive is detected.
15. Go to Firmware Toolbox and select direct drive dump
16. select the 0078fk DVD drive and select RAW Dump firmware As
17. Save the original firmware in a folder as ?original?
18. Select YES on checksum Validation
19. hopefully will say firmware dumped is fine, so you want to open now? Then select YES
20. Copy the drive KEY into a word document and save it as your original 0078fk drive key.
21. when that?s saved go on Tool> Smart hack Patcher
22. Select Ok on the warning about original firmware
23. Browse and save an output file and save as ?hacked? or similar filename.
24. Select a rule set for which firmware you want to upgrade to.
25. select generate file and when that?s successfully generated select Yes on ?do you want to open this now?
26. select Tools>Direct Drive Flash>Differential Flash (PATCH)
27. Select your 0078fk DVD drive
28. Select ?Read Drive and Detect Differences?
29. hit start flashing
30. Select Ok on ?All sectors flashed?
31. Save your folder with the hacked and original drive firmware for backup purposes.
32. Close down the 360 Firmware Toolbox
33. Take out your original DVD and power-off the 360
34. Unplug the PC?s Sata able and plug in the 360?s motherboard SATA cable.
35. Power cycle the xbox twice, turn on the 360 with the tray open and wait for tit o automatically close. Then turn off the 360 again and turn it back on
36. Hopefully have a working 360 that plays backups!

These are the steps I have taken in my own words from the tutorials and watching the videos. I would just like someone to read through them and check if im missing anything or if these seem the right way. these are the steps i will be taking PROVIDING nothing gos wrong or gives me an error.

thanks
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cvsre140
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5. December 2007 @ 12:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They are the exact steps i took with my 78fk drive less than two weeks ago, and everythings working just fine!
miltont
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5. December 2007 @ 13:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
will this steps work on a 0079FL Drive?


Milton Torres
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5. December 2007 @ 13:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi,

no please search for how to flash a 0079 drive.

i am jsut interested as im stil waiting for my SATA card to arrive. when you go to select the firmware you wish to use? what options do you get in the firmware toolbox?

i want to use iextreme 1.3 but i dont know if its incorperated in the toolboc software.

can you shed any light on this?

thanks

cvsre140
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5. December 2007 @ 14:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i'm fairly sure that iextreme 1.3 isn't avalible for hitachi drives
tyler1993
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5. December 2007 @ 14:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by newbie234:
hi,

no please search for how to flash a 0079 drive.

i am jsut interested as im stil waiting for my SATA card to arrive. when you go to select the firmware you wish to use? what options do you get in the firmware toolbox?

i want to use iextreme 1.3 but i dont know if its incorperated in the toolboc software.

can you shed any light on this?

thanks
i can't say for sure because i am not at my PC, but I'm 99% sure it is iXtreme 1.2...which works very well.

also - for a hitachi 78fk, you may not need to wait for your pci sata card. the hitachis are compatible with a lot of sata chipsets. i flashed mine right off the motherboard
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5. December 2007 @ 15:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi,

ok thanks for that i mean 'the latest ixtreme'. apparently they are working on 1.4 which might be available by the tiem i flash mine.

i am aware it might work right off ym motherboard but i havnt got a SATA card and the PCi card i bought includes one and was fairly cheap.

how do i go about adding a firmware into the 360 Firmware Toolbox software so that i can folash my hitachi drive with it.

fir instance, Firmware tollbox 4.5 only has ixtreme 1.2 but if 1.4 comes out for 0078fk hitachi drives how would i go about flashing it with 1.4 in firmware toolbox?

thakns
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tyler1993
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5. December 2007 @ 17:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i'm not sure you can just "insert" a new firmware into the toolbox. take a look at this link under the "another important note!" section. reading this lead me believe you can't just import a new firmware to the toolbox.

http://www.360mods.net/News/article/sid=110.html
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