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[Vrtclhykr]

Okay. I just built a new computer and put in a VT6421L SATA card. I have the 520c drivers installed and I am trying to read a MS25 drive. I first tried a simple mtkflash routine from cdrom using original mtkflash then the first edited mtkflashvia, and the second edited mtkflashvia. I then tried hex editing myself. When I boot NTS4DOS all the steps go fine and I am able to run mtkflash from C: drive. The problem is that it does not continue and show my SATA controller as suggested.
It says "PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0"

So I figured it was a boot from cd issue so used xtreme bootmaker to create a booting usb drive with 5.1b fw
When I type "samread xxserialxxxxx" it says "directory already exists then displays the same "PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0" message.
I tried then putting in the serial without the space and it prompted me to input the serial with the space in it. I do and it says PORT:1F0, MASTER/SLAVE:a0" message again and sits there doing nothing.
So I rebooted PC, explored the usbkey but there is no orig.bin on the drive.

So here I am. I am assuming that the controller card is not being seen but at this point I am at a loss as what to try.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

This post has been edited by Vrtclhykr: Dec 28 2006, 02:59 PM

[cyclopsw]

It sounds like your not hexediting your card properly. You might want to try picking up something like Xtremebootmaker and using that to hlep you hexedit.

[Vrtclhykr]

for anybody interested the problem for me turned out to be the external plug on the SATA controller card. As soon as I used the SATA plug on the inside of the machine for the Via card all worked perfect. No need to unplug any onboard IDE or SATA plugs.

[vinomarky]

for anybody interested the problem for me turned out to be the external plug on the SATA controller card. As soon as I used the SATA plug on the inside of the machine for the Via card all worked perfect. No need to unplug any onboard IDE or SATA plugs.

Ahh - good catch
Yes, that has been reported a few times already, but always good to get a reminder