Bad flash on samsung MS28

[CoFree]

if you have run the recover software.
look through all the files well.
it will take some time.
its going to be 256k or very close(it maybe smaller if it was not a whole firmware dump.
it may/could be named "ofw"

[gerryb10]

There is a file called IO.SYS and its about 217.18kb but thats not it I dont think it seems I wont find it.

[CoFree]

if you cant find that key .
that is bad news man.
that druve is bricked and the only thing it will play is dvd movies.
and
that is only after you flash in a orig firmware

[gerryb10]

will there be any thing to fix these type of drives in the future?

[sadalius]

Only if hackers can find a way to totally gain control over the 360. They have control over two different kernel versions, but those kernels have long since been patched by Microsoft. Basically, you might be waiting a long time for something like that to come along.

[gerryb10]

This was the error I was getting at first.

c:\>dSam xxxxxxx xxxxx


directory already exists
directory already exists
###################################################################
Ensure your Samsung 360 DVD drive is turned ON
Press any key to continue...



###################################################################
for the following steps, you need to:
wait for the devices to be listed then turn off the 360s drive,
press the port number that matches to your SATA port
wait for 10-15 seconds
Turn on the drive, reading should start
DO NOT REBOOT UNTILL YOU SEE --REBOOT SAFE__
Turn ON the drive, reading should start
MTKFLASH by Joseph Lin, MTK 1998 (ver1.83c)
please wait...
No drive detected

firmware tool v1.2 by caster420

error:file backups\xxxxxxx\xxxxx\Sam-OFW.bin does not exist! Program Aborted!

I then flashed the drive after that.

[gerryb10]

does my last post shed anymore light on the situation?

[sadalius]

It tells me that there had been previous attempts at dumping the drive. It also tells me that it did not detect your drive when trying to dump it. After trying to dump the drive, it does not detect the sam-ofw.bin file.

In all honesty, I don't see how it flashed the drive, but if for some reason it made a bogus sam-cfw.bin file then that answers that question.

In the end, what you've got is a samsung drive thats been flashed with a firmware that doesn't have a key. You've no ofw.bin with which to restore with or pull the correct key from. It really looks like this one is bricked. Sorry....

[parminder]

the reason that it said was because as sadilius said it did not detect the drive. did you try dumping the drive using the via card if so, then i know you did not sit the card properly. once i done a sammy drive and had a iprep usb from ages and didnt know my via card wasnt sitting in properly i tried to dump the drive even though it showed up, and when i dumped it i got the error like yours that i can remember of, though i did not flash it straight away, found the problem and then i redumped it to get a good firmware and key. to me it looks like there is nothing left to do, you have both nachered xbox's man soory.

[gerryb10]

what do you mean I did not sit the card properly? And sorry my error didnt say no drive detected I just got that screenshot after somw browsing, mine did detect the drive it sed XTREME pri master. And also I fixed the rrod on the hitachi and its playing backups fine now.

[gerryb10]

thanks for your help guys I know what went wrong this drive is done for as sadalius said I am now going to send this one to be repaired can see in my other post I was quering about repairing one with a bad flashI, ts gonna cost €88 or £60-£65 so its not too bad considering it was €80.

gerryb10

[gerryb10]

im thinking of buying the infectus 2 modchip to try and extract the key of the mobo as i got rrod with my hitachi after 4 months of use, if anyone has any link to some guides on doing this just post them up.

gerryb10

[CoFree]

im not read good stuff on the "infectus 2"
they are saying that the support is not there for it.

[gerryb10]

ya I was reading more into it last night and it says on their website 'Another service related purpose for these chips is to extract the DVD drive key that is stored in the motherboards Nand flash, this is an essential feature for a console that has had a drives bios be deleted completely due to a bad flash, or some kind of electrical fault where the DVD drives bios chip has been damaged and the DVD key lost. You would now be able to talk to the Nand flash on the motherboard and read the drive key to imbed into a new drive. Without having the key from the original DVD drive to imbed into a new DVD drive after it has failed, the console would be rendered useless. This will no longer be the case if you have one of these puppy’s laying around with a time attack add-on PCB. If the above service features were not enough for you, the guys have another awesome feature for the Infectus 2 still under development. Coupled with the 360 CPU time attack board, it is now possible to change the serial number of your console.' but ive read on other forums that its just not able to do this and Ive not come across anyone who has said they done this so im not too sure.

gerryb10

[CoFree]

well
i think you can get your key from the mobo and do the timing attack,but its by no means for the beginner.
also i know there is a problem with doing the attack on console with to new of a kernel.