Mtkflash Constantly Freezes! Options

[Braveheart1980]

I've read most of the topics regarding my problem,but i haven't came up with any solution yet!

Here is my problem

I've tried to boot from floppy/usb pen drive etc but whenever i try to mtkflash r original.bin my 360 green light starts to flash,but the whole procedure freezes after this message

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port 960,master/slave a0

I've tried all 4 sata ports of my mobo,no luck

My mobo is msi k8n sli platinum ( http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mai...ail.php?UID=641 )
which of course has nforce 4 chipset

I had no luck at all even trying the original mtkflash
mtkflash-nf4 didn't work for me

I even made a fat32 partition to which i copied the mtkflash utility, booted from hirens boot cd,ran mtkflash from that partition but again no luck!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[Braveheart1980]

Anyone?

[Braveheart1980]

Well after a lot of effort and post reading i've decided to hexedit my mtkflash

But i c 2 entries in msinfo32.exe that match the criteria!

Here it is

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System Information report written at: 06/09/06 21:23:28
System Name: AMD
[SCSI]

Item    Value    
Name    NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller    
Manufacturer    NVIDIA Corporation    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0054&SUBSYS_71001462&REV_F3\3&2411E6FE&0&38    
I/O Port    0x000009F0-0x000009F7    
I/O Port    0x00000BF0-0x00000BF3    
I/O Port    0x00000970-0x00000977    
I/O Port    0x00000B70-0x00000B73    
I/O Port    0x0000F600-0x0000F60F    
Memory Address    0xFE02B000-0xFE02BFFF    
IRQ Channel    IRQ 20    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvatabus.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 91,38 KB (93.568 bytes), 28/2/2006 10:00 πμ)    
        
Name    WDC WD740GD-00FLA2    
Manufacturer    NVIDIA Corporation    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    IDE\DISKWDC_WD740GD-00FLA2______________________31.08F31\R4457572D414D454B383136333037003200000000    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvraid.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 75,25 KB (77.056 bytes), 28/2/2006 10:00 πμ)    
        
Name    WDC WD740GD-00FLA2    
Manufacturer    NVIDIA Corporation    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    IDE\DISKWDC_WD740GD-00FLA2______________________31.08F31\R4457572D414D454B383135353937003700000000    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvraid.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 75,25 KB (77.056 bytes), 28/2/2006 10:00 πμ)    
        
Name    NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller    
Manufacturer    NVIDIA Corporation    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0055&SUBSYS_71001462&REV_F3\3&2411E6FE&0&40    
I/O Port    0x000009E0-0x000009E7    
I/O Port    0x00000BE0-0x00000BE3    
I/O Port    0x00000960-0x00000967    
I/O Port    0x00000B60-0x00000B63    
I/O Port    0x0000F100-0x0000F10F    
Memory Address    0xFE02A000-0xFE02AFFF    
IRQ Channel    IRQ 21    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvatabus.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 91,38 KB (93.568 bytes), 28/2/2006 10:00 πμ)    
        
Name    VAXSCSI Controller    
Manufacturer    (Standard mass storage controllers)    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    ACPI\PNPA000\4&59CCF4D9&0    
I/O Port    0x0000FFE0-0x0000FFEF    
IRQ Channel    IRQ 9    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\vaxscsi.sys (, 217,90 KB (223.128 bytes), 1/3/2006 12:15 πμ)    
        
Name    SCSI/RAID Host Controller    
Manufacturer    (Standard mass storage controllers)    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    ACPI\PNPA000\4&59CCF4D9&1    
I/O Port    0x0000FFA0-0x0000FFAF    
IRQ Channel    IRQ 9    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\dtscsi.sys (, 217,90 KB (223.128 bytes), 1/3/2006 12:17 πμ)    
        
Name    NVIDIA nForce(tm) RAID Class Controller    
Manufacturer    NVIDIA Corporation    
Status    OK    
PNP Device ID    ACPI\_NVRAIDBUS\3&2411E6FE&0    
I/O Port    0x000004D2-0x000004D2    
Driver    c:\windows\system32\drivers\nvraid.sys (5.10.2600.0552 built by: WinDDK, 75,25 KB (77.056 bytes), 28/2/2006 10:00 πμ)    

I have tried both of them with no luck at all!

I think a similiar problem has this m8 here http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?option...g13027#msg13027

Any ideas?????

[njgsng2004]

The Xtreme package comes with one pre-hexedited, also I think it's reading your CD-ROM drive.

[Braveheart1980]

The Xtreme package comes with one pre-hexedited, also I think it's reading your CD-ROM drive.

I hve tried the pre hexedited mtkflash , no luck

I haven't got any cd rom connected during original firmware backup

[PurpleHippo]

Try using orig.bin instead of origional.bin (some boards dont like names with more than 8 characters)
Try not connecting your 360 to the pc untill you see the dos promt.
Try booting 360 immediately before you execute the mtkflash r orig.bin command
Try mtkflash r /SATA orig.bin
Try mtkflash r /m orig.bin
Try mtkflash r /m /SATA orig.bin

This post has been edited by PurpleHippo: Jun 9 2006, 08:23 PM

[Braveheart1980]

Try using orig.bin instead of origional.bin (some boards dont like names with more than 8 characters)
Try not connecting your 360 to the pc untill you see the dos promt.
Try booting 360 immediately before you execute the mtkflash r orig.bin command
Try mtkflash r /SATA orig.bin
Try mtkflash r /m orig.bin
Try mtkflash r /m /SATA orig.bin

Thank you very much hippo but that didn't work either!

When i press escape i get an error like value=00, should be 70

The two values for mtkflash hexedit i've tried are
(1) DE 10 55 00 E0 09 60 09
(2) DE 10 54 00 F0 09 70 09

but no luck!

PS My firmware is ms25

[Braveheart1980]

I am now trying a bios update.
Maybe that'll fix it....

[Braveheart1980]

Of course i had no luck!

I managed to find a floppy drive

I've made a floppy disk and copied the same 2-3 mtkflash i've made and the original pre-nforce4 hexedited one

The strange thing now is that my pc freezes right after i ran mtkflash
It freezes where it asks me about the options (1 NFORCE sata 1 pri etc)

Ican't even press any button-not even ctrl+alt+reset!

BUT when i boot from my usb pen drive ,with the same mtkflash , my xbox360 green light starts to blink and the whole procedure stops at "port 960, master slave a0"
But now i can press escape which gives me the above mentioned error ( "value=00,should be 70" )

What on earth is going on!!!

[Braveheart1980]

The error i am getting if i press escape is

"Status = 00 , should be 70"

[PurpleHippo]

The "port 960, master slave a0" error that you are getting woul seem to suggest that your drive has been dectected correctly.

Name NVIDIA nForce4 Serial ATA RAID Controller
Manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0055&SUBSYS_71001462&REV_F3\3&2411E6FE&0&40
I/O Port 0x000009E0-0x000009E7
I/O Port 0x00000BE0-0x00000BE3
I/O Port 0x00000960-0x00000967
I/O Port 0x00000B60-0x00000B63
I/O Port 0x0000F100-0x0000F10F

Are you sure that Raid has been disabled in your bios, or perhaps set to IDE mode ?
Also in Bios you may need to set sata bootrom to off. ? (I have no practical experience with an nforce board)

other than that all I can realy suggest is that you try different combinations of when to connect / power up the dvd rom, as there does not seem to be a surefire method that woorks for everyone.
Some people need to have the 360 booted but not connected to the pc untill they see the dos prompt.
some people connect the 360 to the pc, but do not power it up untill the dos prompt.

I realy do think that there is a little trial and error involved in this step, but as your drive has been dected, you should be able to dump your firmware with a bit af fiddeling with boot sequence etc.

I see that you have also read Rampantscot's thread on "mtkflash hangs with flashing cursor." The origional article that inspired that idea "recovering from a bad flash" (found at the bottom of GEEBEE's v1.5 tutorial on flashing/extracting etc, did say that you mat have to try the fix (type the mtkflash command then power on the 360 then hit enter) may need to be repeated a few times before it works.

I am sorry that I am unable to be more help, but I realy do think that you are now at a stage where you just need to experiment with when to connect / power up your 360. And of course tripple check you various bios settings.

[rampantscot]

Hi Braveheart, i see you are using the 2nd sata port "0960" try changing the sata connector on the motherboard to the other port"09E0" as this is the Primary Master, this may not fix your problem but is what i had to do.

[Braveheart1980]

I must be th ONLY man on the whole wide universe that CAN'T HACK hiw own samsung drive

That's it !
I quit!

A lot of guys here tried to help me but with no luck!

I just can't get the right timming to read my drive's firmware!

mtkflash sees my samsung drive ok but than nothing more!

Today or tomorrow i'll try to find a retailer to do that 4 me,even if it costs me some $$$ !

[kollision]

ok bye

[Sharky]

Braveheart 1980

you need to disconnect all ide cables from your board that means completely pull them out also no power to any of the drives except the floppy drive

you may need to press ctrl + F1. in the bios menu to see some of the things I have listed below

make sure that in standard cmos features that all ide drives are set to none an nothing else
you must also make sure that in integrated peripherals in the bios menu that onboard sil3132 is set to disabled.
also under the integrated peripherals menu you will also see ide device configuration press enter on it and it will give you some more options.
set the on chip ide channel 0 & 1 to disabled
and the ide dma transfer access to disabled
sat 1/2 to enabled
sata 3/4 disabled
now go back to the integrated periperals menu
and select Nvidia raid config
under this option is raid enable, set this to disable
now go to the cell menu
under this section you should see an option for sata spread spectrum set this to down spread
now you need to save your changes

plug your sata cable from the 360 into sata 1 thats the second one over nearest the battery
boot to the command prompt from the floppy disk with mtkflash on it
type mtkflash r /m orig.bin
switch the xbox on
wait 2 or 3 seconds and press enter on your keyboard
your 360 drive should now flash

good luck