I GET IT LOL

I would also like a copy of the rom to boot of cdrom.

ok problem.
I got hold of a fd (wow did I have to search long for that.)

When I boot and the initial bios screen shows it finds the drive, but asks for the PW! Since I dont have it it locks up the system.... WTF? ??! Im so disapointed.. Am I the only one with this problem ?


MB: Abit sr7 8x.

Something is not correct, it should not be asking for a password, it is not to access the drive, sounds like you have the IDE-0 booting first then it is jumping to boot a:.

I just woke up so give me time to get it loaded up and I will post the link, it's small and once compressed, it very tiny. (I had it one one of my servers but the darn thing crashed... so much for supporting locally so I'll place it on another)

Sorry for the double post but I had to due to the time constraints.


Here is a link to the ISO, sorry for the popups from the site but it was a free dump;

-http://www.savefile.com/files/6376624


If you have problems with the use of it please let me know.

The rar password for this is; "XBOXSCENE" without the quotes...

thanks for the iso sorry to hear about em problems.

Ive found a way to fix this now. I have a unlocked st310014ace and a locked st3102A11 (or whatever). I booted with the unlocked drive, hotswaped em, and the flash tool recognized it as the correct disk joy joy joy , its all working now.

wow, good going mate.

Sorry but are you saying that you used this to unlock a ST310014ACE or you just booted with an unlocked one then unlocked the ST310211A?

sorry for the mixup. I only unlocked the ST310211A . The other was unlocked with my xbox. But I got past the BIOS password check (wouldnt even let me boot without password)..

im sure this is a dumb question but i gotta ask is there somewehere that says how to burn this iso

Yes there is (not that particular ISO though, just how to make your own one), I said how to do it on page 1 of this very thread .....

Does no one read anything other than post 1 of a thread these days I'm starting to wonder?? (sigh)



Cheers,

PimpleX

For Nero, just open "Nero Burning Rom" and go the the "Recorder" tab, choose "Burn Image" and then check the "Finalize CD" box and away you go....

Sorry, I tried that, but nero said it couldnt be done in windows 2k. Might be me thats stupid, or have an old version

I'm using version 6 but any version of nero that allows bootable CDs to be made using a floppy disk as the boot image (i think that's all versions) will work I should think... Nero Express may not do it as it's a cut down version.

You did download this file and then extract the xrghdd.IMA?:

http://www.xboxrepairguide.com/XRGHDD/xrghdd.imz

Here's what nero should look like:



Then just burn an empty CD.

Cheers,

PimpleX

Good stuff


Burned to cd, rebooted with all other drives disconnected , reconected DVD drive , Rebootedc - flashed away and me a happy chappy

But now what do i use as my paper weight???

has anyone found a way to do this to the stock western digitals?

Nope...

This is a flashing program that Seagate themselves created and fortunately the 310211A was included so it allows us to reflash the firmware thus removing the lock tags. It does not work on any of the other xbox drives but it does open our eyes that it can be done through a software route.

It might be interesting to see if anything comes from this...

there is a app called A-FF Repair Station that will do it but it has a pricetag of 50$

Yes I'm very much aware of that, it has been around for atleast a year already. I can also do it with PC3000 but that does not help the masses here

Edit, I also want to let those who don't know about the site that the price of $50 is per drive trial, if you error, loose connection or change drives then it's another $50 unless you opt for the big package.

i need something for a seagate ST3120026A...its locked to the old dead xbox and it'd be great if i can flash that firmware...if anyone can help me shoot me an email at automaddox@hotmail.com

Your Hdd is an Alpine model which is covered with this software, you just have to designate the program to the Alpine model. You can change the information in the autoexec.bat file to seek your drive automatically.

it says unable to load app file....if only there was a way i can get the hdd password...the damn xbox it was in is very very dead....i need serious help...

i don't know if i'm doing anything wrong or what....i have no idea on how to dump the eeprom from the dead board and i can't solder for the life of me....

Sorry to say but the list on the first page of drives accessable is with the flash program, the firmware and certificate is only for the U5 drives, I ran a few tests just to be wishful but it was not working (Although the name indicates that id is for U5 drives I just wante4d to make sure).

So once again the flash utility will work with the selected drives but there is only the firmware for the U5 family of drives. If someone has access to other firmware indicated then please let me know, you must have the file extenstions as *.CRT. *.FLS and *.OVL for it to work properly.

Has someone know how to run the process for ST310014ACE?

Regards...seadolph

Anyone got a ST310014ACE unlocked yet?.

The Seagate ST310014ACE is in a different family than the ST310221A, the ST310221A is in the U5 family of drives while the ST310014ACE is in the Ux family. There is a different firmware configuration. This program currently has the flash, direction and certificate for the U5 family only.

Yes there has to be the software package for this fash utility on the Ux but right now it is not accessable. You can track down firmware rips from places like shostatsky and hddguru but these formats are for hardware/software such as PC3000 and HRT.

Once again this tool (SF) will flash the drive if we had the data for it in the .CRT, .FLS and .OVL format.

Edit

Well in theory anyway, I do not have the software to test so I can not be 100% sure...

Hi Kris, you listed all drive models tha work with the seaflash tool, mine is included in your list because it's ST3120022A. However this message appears: "Model ST3120022A on generic PC1 ATA BUS 0. Not in Specified Family.
So it inmediately drives me to A:\

Kris or someone please tell me, What could I do in order to run the process for this model.


Regards....Seadolph

Well, I'm not Kris but let me answer.

The hdd you have (ST3120022A) is not in the U5 family which this program is designed for, it is in the Alpine family of models so the flash program will work for it if you had the Alpine firmware which this does not have.

Thanks, now I know that my ST3120022A (120gb HDD) is not in U5 family. In a last try, I put this HDD in my chipped Xbox(it was previously there) and even when the data that I found in the eeprom txt files(Disk model # & serial #) were for a 300gb HDD (currently installed there) this 120gb could be unlocked. As a recap I tell you that in my Chipped Console: 1st=Retail HDD 2nd=120gbHDD 3rd=300gb HDD. The eeprom backups were for the 300gb HDD so I am awesomed that these eeprom files worked for the 120gb even when the model and serial of the HDD are different.

In the other hand I have another console with a virtual chip. There the retail HDD was a ST310014ACE and currently it has a 200gb HDD. So I re-installed the ST310014ACE (the retail one) in order to unlock it, but it doens't load because the console gave me an error (I can't remember the number) and the eeprom files are the same for the retail and for the 200gb, so I guess that it wouln't happen in a chipped Xbox.

Reading through this posts I found that ST310014ACE belongs to UX family (neither U5 nor Alpine) and that its firmware update is under development, so I guess that I have to wait until the release to successfully use this retail HDD because I coulnd't unlocked it in my sofmoded Xbox.

Ciao to all.

Unlock Solution for ST310014ACE
---------------------------------------

This is the only working unlock solution :

First of all you have to build an Terminal

Adapter http://www.mytempdir.com/287344

I made it with the schematic AdaptorSeagate2.gif

Connect 5V to the adapter, conect the RS232 to

PC an the other cable to the serial diagnostic port

of the ST310014ACE (Its there were you plug in the

Jumper for Master / Slave etc.. ) look @ the schematice


read more here ->

http://pc3000.3.forumer.com/index.php?showforum=1

I currently run both PC3000 and HRT, do you not still need the PCI card?

Those diagrams look like Greek to me. Does .1 mkF mean .1 micro farad? (aka 100 nano farad)

yes, the elko is .1 micro farad , an no the diagramm is russian.

there is an emulator for for PC3000 with emulates the hardware, look in the forum link i posted

the password of the seagate is stored in the SA area.

You have to dump module u25 from the drive...

the password is there in HEX 40 characters

please help to make a valid boot disk from this file

-> http://www.mytempdir.com/254943

this is the emulator and the tool you need to unlock the drive

That is good to know, now if anyone wanted to take the time to make the adapter then they can utilize a powerful tool.

Isn't it possible now that someone can extract the unlocked firmware with the adapter hack and makes a firmware file with it... in the same way that the other drives are done ?

Ok, Simple question (I hope)

I have a non-moddex X-box that lost it's files, and is locked. I have no key for it.

I can unlock it with this program, then throw it into my modded box and copy the files I need to it...

My question is however, can I re-lock it to work with my unmodded box? Will it still have the same EEPROM key?

I really hope so, cuz this would make a great gift for my younger siblings.

Thanx again!

If it is a ST310211A and only the ST310211A Seagate drive then you can unlock it with this software but as far as locking it to the unmodded xbox, you will need to know what the key is for that xbox first. The easiest way would be to use a solderless chip and place the unlocked hdd in the system then lock it and remove the chip (After the hdd has be rebuilt of course).

There is really no simple way to retrieve the key from a stock xbox without some manipulation.

I was afraid you would say that.

The key MAY be stored on the HD... Will this firmware flash erase the files that are on the drive?

Nope, the only thing this does is updates the firmware and thus removes the lock, all files are intact unless they have been corrupted before (This happened to me the first time I tried and I thought it damaged the files but after a few other drives that worked perfectly I relized the data was corrupt before use).


EDIT

When you do unlock the hdd, if you backed up your EEPROM data then it iwll only be for the first xbox. If you want to place it in an xbox the hdd what never in before then you will still have to manipulate the process to access the key.

still aiming at unlocking teh ATA PASSWORD protected Seagate HDD?

this tool will do the job:

http://www.hdd.profesjonalnie.pl/to.html

questions?

use contact from the left hand side menu on the page

Kinga

Nice work.

I havn't tried the boot disk yet, but it would be cool if other drives were supported as well, ie,
Press 1 for Western Digital
Press 2 for 8gig Seagate
Press 3 for 10gig Seagate
Press 5 for 20gig seagate (apparently they were around)
Press 0 to Exit

Would require more work but would be the ultimate tool. If you were selfish you could sell it for a small amount but u'd make heaps cos this would be extremely popular

Has anyone ever thought of dumping the firmware on other models of unlocked drives and then flashing over the firmware of locked drives to reset the flags? The flags are set in the firmware correct?

I don't know about patching firmware on hard drives, I've done it with alot of other hardware, but are there generic patch utils from the respective companies that would allow for this sort if thing?

I have the ST310014ACE drive and trying to unlock it. I tried the XRG Seagate Drive Unlock Bootdisk, but it says Not in specified family.

I also tried the seagate firmware boot disk at: http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/utils/...flash_eula.html
After making the bootable Floppy, I try to boot up with it but it complains that it can't boot DOS, and then ask me to press any key, at which it reboots the PC after I press something.

I downloaded these firmware also: http://files.hddguru.com/index.php?&direct...s/U-series%20xx , but I have no idea what to do with these files.

Anyone had any luck unlocking the XBOX seagate ST310014ACE?

Check out this post then; http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=466408

Yikes, thats way too much trouble to go through just to unlock a 10G harddrive. This drive belonged to a friend's xbox which I modded a while ago. I have it laying around for over a year now and thought I could make use of it for an OS drive in a PC. I was hoping for a easy method to do this, but looks like its way more difficult than its worth. I'll just get my friend's xbox and put the drive back in, and unlock it that way.

Yep, that's the easiest way to go.

sorry to bring up an old post, but this is the only one i can find pretaining to my problem. i have an xbox which bit the dust, power pack toasted, replacing it still give me a dead xbox. i had a seagate st3160021a 160 gig hard drive in it, and im trying to unlock it. did not save any of the info from the xbox. i dont need the info on the hard drive. cant find any firmware for it to replace it, and i need to unlock it for my computer. any free unlocker programs out there? i have tried the seagate site, the firmware is not listed, and the program there will not unlock the drive. the sites that could unlock it are sites that you have to pay to get it unlocked. any help would be appreciated...thanks..........

I've got a Seagate drive that has faulty firmware, it doesn't even get recognized bij the pc bios anymore. Does anyone know if I can force sf.exe to write the firmware to the IDE 1 Master?

I had a Seagate ST340014A (think it's the slim version) out of a faulty XBox and wanted to unlock it so I could use it in a PC. Been spending weeks trying to get into that thing, without avail. I was just about to throw the drive away, until I found this page with simple advice, and lo and behold, it worked. In my case, the first method functioned perfectly with the first password Seagate+25 spaces.

SeagateUnlock

As I write this I'm coping Windows install files to the drive, so I wanted to share this with others who might be just as frustrated as I was.

UPDATE: I cached this message until I actually got to my fully-installed desktop. It DOES work, and to all those countless websites where I read that a drive can't be unlocked without being installed in the original Xbox, you have no idea what your missing!