Help With Via Card And Benq Options

[Poopchute]

I am trying to flash a Benq drive. I am using a Via 6421 card. I have them both connected with a SATA wire and it just says 0x7f or something. It wont do anything when I turn the 360 on and off or any combonation. I have tried dosflash and iprep. So Im starting to think that it must be the via card. I would like to know how to check to see if its working. As of right now I dont know if the card is on or off.

[th3 duckst3r]

firstly is the sata card installed correctly in windows btw which windows u using silly question i know
and u should have the same card as most which would give u 3 sata ports plus 1 ide
u need to use the first sata port which is the one to the right not the one with the shielding nor the one next to the ide port at the top.make sure your drivers "ARE" installed.

get back to me wen u think u have dun this

[Poopchute]

Im using windows XP
Im using a rosewill rc-212 card. I did install the drivers for it and it seems to be installed physically correct.
Right now I have been using iprep to boot from. I can atleast say that Im booting properly cause I get into the whole program. It asks me y/n if i wanna use the program. I hit y. Then I type in dBen 1234567 12345 and hit enter. It says hit any button to continue (xbox should be off right now)then it asks me if i wanna retry untill the drive responds and I hit y. Then i turn on the xbox.
NOW
the status just stays as 0x7F
it was saying 0xFF but I messed with my setup on the setup screen on the computer.
It just seems like it doesnt see the benq drive. I just cant get it to say d1...

This post has been edited by Poopchute: Mar 21 2008, 09:46 PM

[th3 duckst3r]

wen u boot pc up does it show that the benq is detected
on the first splash screen itll be quick so hit pause
it should do wen its detecting the drives
make sure its the only drive connected
no other hds or cd/dvdrs should be.

is the blaster set right
mode should be on
flick switch should be on too
slide switch set to 360?

the 360 should be off wen u first boot your pc

u then get to iprep
press yes
enter serial number dben ------- -----
press y
if it says do u want to resend to mtk vendor press y
turn 360 on u should get a status of about 0x51 or 0xd1
turn it off it should stay at 0xd1
wait a couple of secs turn it back on u should get a 0x73 status then it should dump firmware

if u get a success
power off the 360
and restart pc
xbox off of course
repeat the proccess above to flash it
only wen u enter serial number its fben ------ -----

ull the get a message saying its erasing

then itll say PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE " DONT"
power 360 off wait a few secs power it back on wait a few secs
then press any key
it should then write the firmware back

if it does this rest is straight forward turn 360 off and pc remove sata turn blaster switchs to off/off/360
put ya pc back together plug ya 360 in to pc power it up and test
hope this helps

[scuba156]

its actually better to have your Benq on before booting the PC, even though iPrep says the opposite. and when did he say he was using a blaster360?

try replacing the sata cable, it happens alot.

try connecting the drive before you type dben 1234567 12345

also make sure you have the drive connected to slot 1 of your PCI card. your chipset may also be incompatible with a benq

[Poopchute]

OK...
the fact that i can get it to that red and green colored screen that says something about ...do you want to use this software y/n? Then you hit enter and then type in dben 1234567 12345. and all that stuff. If i get there that means that my boot disk is working right? I can rule that out?
Like I say...it just hangs at 0x7f. Does that number mena anything?
From what im thinking...it seems to me like everything is working except the computer cant see the xbox drive. It just doesnt realize its there so it doesnt do its thing. I DO have the proper drivers installed for that. And I have tried all 4 ports on it. 2 inside and 2 outside. Nothing.
So can i atleast say that I have the boot disk working?
And I have done this before with a samsung on the same computer and via card so i think they should work...
HELP

[scuba156]

yes, we can rule out that it is the boot disk

did you try a different sata cable? did you try powering the xbox on at a different time?

try this as well, turn the 360 on after you press 'y' to start the program, then try to type dben 1234567 12345

have you tried using dosflah32? this program allows you to flash the drive in windows

[rowandacres]

why not use the windows version to flash, i flashed my benq without havin to turn pc off ??

[dpderr]

You need to check the I/O port of your Via card.
1. From your start menu, click on run and type msinfo32
2. Go to Components->Storage->SCSI

Mine looks like this:

Name VIA RAID Controller - 3249
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\4&CF81C54&0&10F0
I/O Port 0x0000EC00-0x0000EC0F
I/O Port 0x0000E880-0x0000E88F
I/O Port 0x0000E800-0x0000E80F
I/O Port 0x0000E480-0x0000E48F
I/O Port 0x0000E400-0x0000E41F
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000E0FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 19
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\viamraid.sys (5.1.6000.562, 112.25 KB (114,944 bytes), 3/6/2008 7:15 PM)

If you're looking at the front of the card with the metal bracket to the left, port one is on the right. The I/O address for mine is the first one above: I/O Port 0x0000EC00-0x0000EC0F

The numbers you're concerned with are EC00 (zeros not the letter O).

3. If you used iPrep, it made three batch files for your Benq drive: rben.bat, dben.bat, fben.bat
right click on each of these, click edit, and change the I/O address to match the one you found in msinfo32 (for example mine is EC00)

This is my dben.bat:

@echo off
if "%1" == "" goto usage
if "%2" == "" goto usage
md BACKUPS\%1
md BACKUPS\%1\%2
if not exist BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-OFW.BIN goto step1
echo BenQ-OFW.BIN for 360: %1 %2 already exists - aborting!
goto end
:step1
echo ######################################################################
echo Ensure your BenQ DVD drive is turned OFF
pause
echo ######################################################################
echo For the following steps, you need to:
echo Press YES to resend the MTK vendor intro command
echo Turn ON the drive, wait for status to change to D1
echo turn OFF the drive for 2 seconds
echo Turn ON the drive, reading should start
Tools\dosflash r EC00 1 a0 1 4 BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-OFW.BIN 0
if exist BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-CFW.BIN del BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-CFW.BIN
copy CFW\BenQ-CFW.BIN BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-CFW.BIN > null
Tools\FIRMTOOL BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-OFW.BIN BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-CFW.BIN
if errorlevel 1 goto end
echo.
echo Ready to run fBen %1 %2
goto end
:usage
echo Usage: %0 7-digit serial 5-digit serial
echo e.g. %0 1234567 61005
echo This will create a folder for that particular Xbox 360, read the original
echo firmware (as BenQ-OFW.BIN) and create a modified firmware (as BenQ-CFW.BIN).
echo If BenQ-OFW.BIN for that Xbox 360 already exists THE PROCESS IS ABORTED!
:end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

About half way down you see this line:

Tools\dosflash r EC00 1 a0 1 4 BACKUPS\%1\%2\BenQ-OFW.BIN 0

That's where you change the I/O address to match your card.

4. Make sure you check the batch files closely because fben.bat and rben.bat have the I/O address twice

5. Boot your PC with the Benq drive on. Boot with your boot disk or flash drive and follow the prompts.

To read Firmware and make a hacked Firmware ready for flashing:
dBen 7-digit serial 5-digit serial
e.g. dBen 1234567 61005

To flash Firmware:
fBen 7-digit serial 5-digit serial
e.g. fBen 1234567 61005

I use "dben 1111111 11111"

They'll tell you when to unplug the drive. Answer "yes" to resend the vendor MTK command, then plug the drive back in. You should be able to follow from there.

This post has been edited by dpderr: Mar 22 2008, 11:11 PM

[Poopchute]

Yes I did try a completely new Sata cable...( I had an extra new one laying around). I tried using I think dosflash16 the very first time I tried it. But for some reason I cant get dosflash to boot from the usb anymore.
Im wondering if the other drive might be easier

[scuba156]

you dont need to run dosflash from a boot disk, it can be run in windows (dosflash16 runs in command prompt, dosflash32 uses a GUI)

[Poopchute]

Well I have gotten my xbox to read I beleieve. It now says that Benq-ofw.bin already exists and says abort. I got it to go thru bank 0 ,1,2,3, and I think 4 . Maybe there wasnt a 0 but it read all 4 banks and said something like sum LC43 at the end. Then I turned everytthing off and rebooted the pc and I tried to find the orig.bin firmware and add it to the fast or quiet folder of my firmware but I cant find it.

[dpderr]

''Benq-ofw.bin" is your original firmware. Did you use iPrep from a boot disk to make it? It should have made a Benq-cfw.bin. If not, go ahead and rename your "Benq-ofw.bin" to "orig.bin" and create the custom firmware. After it creates that firmware, rename it to "Benq-cfw.bin" and flash it the same way you obtained "Benq-ofw.bin" except use the command fben.bat. I.e. "fben 1234567 12345"

How are you powering your drive to flash it? If you're using the Xbox 360 itself, make sure when it prompts you to turn your drive off, you pull the power cord completely out for a couple of seconds.

[Poopchute]

I just wanna get one last thing straight. I take the BENQ-OFW.bin that I got from reading the xbox360 with iprep and I rename it orig.bin. Then I take the orig.bin I just renamed and put it in the firmware folder of my choice...(8x). Then I run the firmware generator program and it gives me a ix-bin something. I then take that ix.bin file and rename it BENQ-CFW.bin ......
But where do I put that? I can figure on the bootable drive I have been using but where? what folder?


NEVERMIND...
I GOT IT Thanks To All who walked me thru it...[b]

This post has been edited by Poopchute: Mar 24 2008, 09:38 PM

[MAX-240]

I have the same problem as you
And i never even reach the phase one (den 1234567 12345). after the second turn on , it toggle again between 0xd1 and 0x51…………. I wish ican see the 0x73