Opened A Xbox To Find A Hitachi-lg Dvdrom, **MERGED TOPICS** Options

[STICKY_BUD]

i cannot test the program and dvd drive myself until tomorrow, but i went ahead and executed the program from my home pc in the dos window. i cannot connect the drive to this pc, but the program did execute properly. i assume some have already done this, but for speckles sake here is what i typed and the results i received.

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c:\temp>dwld8163.exe
LG GDR-8163B Download Tool, Ver. 0.02

Scanning CD/DVD Drives...

ERROR: Unable to locate any GDR-8163B drives
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i will test it tomorrow myself since i came up with a plausible excuse to get out of the house already and since i am looking forward to playing ghost recon 2 in a dark conference room sitting in an aeron chair with the projector and led's my only light source and 5.1 audio pounding through the hallways.

This post has been edited by STICKY_BUD: Jan 22 2005, 06:48 AM

[ferrari_rulz_02]

The program wasn't designed to work in dos.  It was designed to work in the windows dos prompt.  It will not work without being run within windows.

so if the drive cant be recognised under windows, and the program only works in windows (dos window) then how is this going to work?

[kbarton77]

I got the xbox, opened the case and DOH!!! It was the sdg 605f I must have been retarded when I modded the box sorry I can't do it!!! If I come across another drive I will try, if sticky_bud is not succesful first.

Good luck "buddy"

Kbarton

[LenteSubigo]

so if the drive cant be recognised under windows, and the program only works in windows (dos window) then how is this going to work?

We are trying to get a dos version of the program made. I sent pm's to people who I sent the other software to. They have the e-mail address of the guy who is going to make the extractor for us. He will e-mail the new software directly to them.

[STICKY_BUD]

maybe an xbe would work better for our purposes? like i said, i will test it myself today anyways...

[kbarton77]

Any luck sticky bud? Did it work out for you?

[LenteSubigo]

Anyone send an e-mail to the address I pm'ed you and get a reply? Have they sent you a dos version? If you don't know what I am talking about ignore me please.

This post has been edited by LenteSubigo: Jan 23 2005, 05:59 AM

[STICKY_BUD]

i tried booting the pc with hitachi-lg drive connected via ide cable and powered by xbox. i attempted at least 10 different combinations of cable position and software including windows xp plus three different flavors of dos. the dvd drive was not recognized by any of them and of course, that means the program would not work either. i think converting the app i used today to a dos app will be of no use since the pc cannot recognize the drive. maybe linux will boot the drive, but i did not attempt that.

stay green!!

[LenteSubigo]

i tried booting the pc with hitachi-lg drive connected via ide cable and powered by xbox. i attempted at least 10 different combinations of cable position and software including windows xp plus three different flavors of dos. the dvd drive was not recognized by any of them and of course, that means the program would not work either. i think converting the app i used today to a dos app will be of no use since the pc cannot recognize the drive. maybe linux will boot the drive, but i did not attempt that.

stay green!!

Anyone try running this prog in windows 98/Me?

[fritz_fx]

Heres one
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...ssPageName=WDVW

.......and they want 100 Aussie dollars for it.

[kbarton77]

Someone mentioned this before, but what about making a xbe? I think it was sticky bud that said it, but not sure. Is there a way we could compile the source code to and xbe. Or is someone getting this program from some where else?

LenteSubigo the guys your get the program from did they write the code them self's or did they get it from some where? If they have the source code we could (with some changes) make it into a bootable xbe.

I'm pretty sure it could be done, but I don't have the xbox programing skills (not to mention the setup yet, SDK and MS VB) to be able to pull that off!

KBarton

[TeeTylerToe]

sounds like what happened when I tried a thomson on my x86, win2K wouldn't recognize it, and linux gave a "could not open" error. maybe linux with WINE?

[TKramka]

My thomson worked fine under Linux, even booted Knoppix off it. It like the HL and Philips wasn't seen under windows. I think they are set to Cable Select, as my compaq BIOS could see it and boot off it as a Master. Try adding a spare hard drive or something as master on the same bus as the CD drive.

[STICKY_BUD]

Anyone try running this prog in windows 98/Me?

just replying once more to verify that my tests included a win98 boot disk, an ms-dos(i think is the same as win98) boot disk, a pc-dos boot disk and a ghost disk with c-dos(i call it c-dos because i cant remember the name which starts with a c).

if it is possible to port the code simply, i think an xbe is the best bet since we know the drive works in the xbox, but my skills do not include this kind of thing.

stay green!

[LenteSubigo]

Someone mentioned this before, but what about making a xbe?  I think it was sticky bud that said it, but not sure.  Is there a way we could compile the source code to and xbe.  Or is someone getting this program from some where else?

LenteSubigo the guys your get the program from did they write the code them self's or did they get it from some where?  If they have the source code we could (with some changes) make it into a bootable xbe.

I'm pretty sure it could be done, but I don't have the xbox programing skills (not to mention the setup yet, SDK and MS VB) to be able to pull that off!

KBarton

The guys I got the original program from are working on a dos version of the firmware extractor. I can promise that they won't want to give out any source code even if they have it. I guess we just have to wait until they give someone the new version of the extractor so we can get a copy of the firmware. Anyone who has a gdr-8163b can help find the signals though!