My 2 Cent On E66, Ms28, Mktflash Options

[JJBIGS]

I beleive in the trial and error method to get a hypothesis done about things. Now after doing it for about a month I have come to alot of conclusions about alot of things, which I thought was not possible:

MTKFLASH: myth: all sata/ide devices has to be disconnected.... FALSE! I have flashed several drives (ms28/ms25) with all my devices(1 SATA HD, 1 IDE HD, 1 IDE DVD-R) connected, infact I have now just taken in use an external sata port on the back side of my shuttle computer(small box) and using an extended sata cable to hook it up to the xbox360, works like a charm.

THE MAGIC METHOD: there are several different types of methods listed, but this one works 100% and im gonna try to explain it as easy as possible:
-Boot up in dos with USB Key
-write: mtkflash r /m orig.bin.... dont hit enter yet, turn on the xbox360, then when the ring starts blinking, hit enter... most likely the first time its just gonna show IDE device, so press F3 and do it again, now its gonna show the SATA device,
-now turn off the xbox 360, wait a while...
-now select the sata option on the MTKFLASH menu and immediatly turn on the xbox360, this method has worked with both MS25/MS28 drives, on several different chipsets(VIA/NFORCE) etc...
-patch your firmware with key and then redo the steps above for writing it back to the DVD drive...

THE E66 problem: just open 5.2A/B/C/D firmware in Maximus Firmware Tooblox 3.0, insert your key, and also make it spoof as a MS28 firmware, thats all.

This post has been edited by JJBIGS: Feb 18 2007, 10:22 AM

[jabski]

MTKFLASH: myth: all sata/ide devices has to be disconnected.... FALSE! I have flashed several drives (ms28/ms25) with all my devices(1 SATA HD, 1 IDE HD, 1 IDE DVD-R) connected, infact I have now just taken in use an external sata port on the back side of my shuttle computer(small box) and using an extended sata cable to hook it up to the xbox360, works like a charm.

Yeah i have flashed many drives with sata/ide devices still connected

[scrano]

MTKFLASH: myth: all sata/ide devices has to be disconnected.... FALSE! I have flashed several drives (ms28/ms25) with all my devices(1 SATA HD, 1 IDE HD, 1 IDE DVD-R) connected, infact I have now just taken in use an external sata port on the back side of my shuttle computer(small box) and using an extended sata cable to hook it up to the xbox360, works like a charm.

I wanna say first off, that I always have other IDE devices connected when flashing but having all SATA/IDE devices disconnected is not a myth, it's a safeguard to stop people from flashing/dumping the wrong device.

Also on occasion it helps MtkFlash to detect the 360 drive

THE E66 problem: just open 5.2A/B/C/D firmware in Maximus Firmware Tooblox 3.0, insert your key, and also make it spoof as a MS28 firmware, thats all.

Why on earth would you spoof an MS25 drive to identify itself as an MS28 unless your 360 originally had an MS28 drive in it. This is the exact reason a lot of e66 errors occur.

THE MAGIC METHOD: there are several different types of methods listed, but this one works 100% and im gonna try to explain it as easy as possible:
-Boot up in dos with USB Key
-write: mtkflash r /m orig.bin.... dont hit enter yet, turn on the xbox360, then when the ring starts blinking, hit enter... most likely the first time its just gonna show IDE device, so press F3 and do it again, now its gonna show the SATA device,
-now turn off the xbox 360, wait a while...
-now select the sata option on the MTKFLASH menu and immediatly turn on the xbox360, this method has worked with both MS25/MS28 drives, on several different chipsets(VIA/NFORCE) etc...
-patch your firmware with key and then redo the steps above for writing it back to the DVD drive...

This is really up to the individual to find what works best for them

This post has been edited by scrano: Feb 18 2007, 12:01 PM

[kidman64]

so is it possible to flash ms28 using non-via chipset? (without any desoldering)

[scrano]

so is it possible to flash ms28 using non-via chipset? (without any desoldering)

I'm yet too see this happen and if it were possible you can bet you'd see posts everywhere about the SATA chipset that was used and how to do it.

I'd say that he's managed to do it this way on an MS28 drive and using a ViA SATA card and not an nForce4 (or at least not an MS28 that hasn't had the VCC mod done).

I'd also be willing to bet that the nForce4 chipset has only worked with an MS25 drive unless he has done the VCC mod on an MS28.

If JJBIGS can provide some actual proof of being able to flash an MS28 with a chipset other than a ViA chipset without doing the VCC mod then I'm sure people would be willing to take a look

There are plenty of more well known and respected people in the scene, (including moderators on this forum and others like Xbox-Hacker), that haven't been able to do an MS28 with a chipset other than a ViA chipset without doing the VCC mod

This post has been edited by scrano: Feb 18 2007, 12:32 PM

[DV8ORMODSTHEKING]

non via chipsets vcc method but just use via method seems to work everytime

[disc]

every time I try to flash my 360 (ms-28) with my via chipset it says no drive detected... any ideas?

This post has been edited by disc: Feb 18 2007, 05:40 PM