I will strictly moderate this and that thread, so if you ask a question in which I have specifically stated you should not ask then I *will* delete your post.
Here is a video tutorial for those who do not wish to read
video tutorialYou can read the DosFlash1.3 thread
HERE - It may be very helpful to you, since you HAVE to use dosflash to flash your benq!
For GENERAL xbox360 help (how do i flash? How do i prepare a boot disk?) Consult Textbook's tutorial
here Benq information is not currrently in the tutorial. Use it for general help.
Yes, you may spoof with benq to any other model drive using Firmtool.
Note for VIA users:
When flashing, you MUST run the erase command first, or it will likely hang on the write process.
Nvidia users (nforce sata chipset with NO via) can use auto mode in dos, which will auto erase and write.
Here is information from the Dosflash thread:
A side note:
For those of you with VIA cards, we recommend trying dosflash32 without the VIA windows driver installed. The port is directly accessed with giveio.sys, and it seems that the VIA drivers can mess things up.
Success stories so far...
onboard VIA8237 (win32 and dos16)
ICH5 w/ VIA 6421 (dos16)
ICH7 w/ VIA 6421 (dos16)
Nforce4 - Nforce6 (both dos and win32?)
Got a different chipset and had luck? PM me or respond here!
I successfully dumped my benq with ICH7 and VIA6421L by doing the following:
Boot into bios, disable sata controller.
restart with benq turned on
run dosflash manual command
Press Y at mtk question, and hit enter
Turn off benq, turn back on benq.
And it should automatically dump!
If you have a VIA card, and need to run dosflash with manual commands, and you MUST erase before running the flash command (or it will likely hang on the write process) here is how you find your VIA cards port #:
1st way: The easier way is to open up iprep, check custom Serial ATA box, click list SCSI based controllers, select your VIA card, and look at the first 4 letters/numbers of the Dev IO. That is your port.
2nd way:
Start, Run, msinfo32. Select Components, Storage, SCSI, then look for your VIA card. Should look 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&1AF1648C&0&08F0
I/O Port 0x0000CF00-0x0000CF0F
It is the last for digits/letters of the first I/O address range for your VIA card(in this example, the port is CF00). You can also reach this by going to your device manager, selecting your VIA card under scsi/raid controllers, and clicking properties, then resources tab. It is the first 4 digits/letters displayed on the first I/O range setting.
If the motherboard is a NFORCE chipset with native sata (e.g. nf3 or higher, dont think nf2 had sata?) then this software read/write will work in dos, and *possibly* windows. If you have a ICH (or other non nforce/ICH chipsets/motherboards) and a 6421 VIA, you should be able to dump in dos by disabling your sata controller and trying the described method in the readme).
Do not post links or pictures of the VIA 6421* series asking "will this work", because the answer is half a inch above this line. Those posts WILL be deleted.Nvidia (nforce) sata controllers seem to be able to use auto mode of dosflash16, which will automatically erase before writing (no manual erase neccesary)
This post has been edited by Iriez: Oct 29 2007, 07:06 PM
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