Hitachi 59 Comes and goes

[savatora]

A bit of weird situation is this. I have my hit 59 hooked up the onboard via set it to mode b with slax.
First problem i found xp didn't see the hit. I've turned off the pc, unplugged the sata cable.
Turned the pc back on (hit still in mode b) in win xp I plugged the sata back in... Nothing happend at first, but...
I searched for new hardware in computer management and there was the hit hdl something. Had to restart and it was gone.
I repeated this step again and there he was in computer management when i checked for new hardware. As soon as i saw him he was gone again while refreshing the page about 2 times. What can this problem be?

[djshauny1]

Have you tried looking for the drive in jungleflasher??
Sometimes windows wont recognise the drive but jf will

Also

Have you used that onboard sata before??

[savatora]

I've tried JF but it only finds my standard dvd-rom and cd-rom. I never used the onboard to flash a drive, only for my HD.
The weird thing is, that the hit showed up and then disappeared. I did not try to switch between the 2 sata ports yet.
To get in mode b with slax was a piece of cake.

[djshauny1]

What onboard sata are you using??

[savatora]

vt8237

[djshauny1]

Hmm i think its compatible. Have u selected every single I/0 port in jungle flasher??
Also check the box with include non-IDE ports on the dvdkey 32 tab
Also slax isnt needed to put the drive in mode b as jungleflasher can do that for you.
Be careful with trying to flash the hitatchi drives mate as if u follow the steps incorrectly u mite brick your drive
Double check everything

Anyway give that a try and post back mate

[savatora]

Yep, i've heard that is is compatible. I tried the I/O ports and at one port my screen went grey. I can try to check the non IDE box. I am using jf 1.51 now or do i need the newest?

[djshauny1]

Yep, i've heard that is is compatible. I tried the I/O ports and at one port my screen went grey. I can try to check the non IDE box. I am using jf 1.51 now or do i need the newest?

have u checked the via ports only box also???

[savatora]

Yep, i've heard that is is compatible. I tried the I/O ports and at one port my screen went grey. I can try to check the non IDE box. I am using jf 1.51 now or do i need the newest?

have u checked the via ports only box also???

Yes i did. No luck. I will give it a try tonight.

[djshauny1]

Yep, i've heard that is is compatible. I tried the I/O ports and at one port my screen went grey. I can try to check the non IDE box. I am using jf 1.51 now or do i need the newest?

have u checked the via ports only box also???

Yes i did. No luck. I will give it a try tonight.

ok man let me no how it goes.

[savatora]

It''s been a while. Meanwhile i have bought a pci sata card. And i dumped the origfw. Now i came across another problem.
Read back mis-compare, Flash process has errors... I tried a restore but no luck. Do you know what to do about it?
The drive still plays dvd's on wmp...


Mode-B Done!
Scanning for hardware changes
Found drive A: - Removable.
Found drive C: - Hard Drive.
Found drive D: - Hard Drive.
Found drive E: - Hard Drive.
Found drive F: - Hard Drive.
Found drive G: - CD/DVD.
Found drive H: - CD/DVD.
No Hitachi drives were found!
Scanning for hardware changes
Found drive A: - Removable.
Found drive C: - Hard Drive.
Found drive D: - Hard Drive.
Found drive E: - Hard Drive.
Found drive F: - Hard Drive.
Found drive G: - CD/DVD.
Found drive H: - CD/DVD.
Found drive I: - CD/DVD. <--- Hitachi found

Dumping f/w of Hitachi 0058/0059 by Mode Select Method via WIN32 API
UnLocked!
................................
Drive is rev 0059

Dumped in 5000mS

Hitachi Dump file saved to E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Mijn documenten\Hitachi original firmware\Hit-OFW.bin
Loading Hitachi Dump to Source Buffer
Inquiry string found
Identify string found
Firmware is rev 0059
DVD key found @ 0x4F00 key is *************************F152 edit by lilrevuk: don't post your full key up
Firmware is Hitachi OSIG: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR3120L0059
Firmware type is: Stock
Key added to database
Key data saved to E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Mijn documenten\Hitachi original firmware\Key.bin

Flashing Hacked f/w to Hitachi 0058/0059 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
UnLocked!
Dumping Flash:................................
Drive is rev 0059

Hitachi Dump file saved to E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Mijn documenten\Hitachi original firmware\Hit-OFW2.bin
Loading Hitachi Dump to Source Buffer
Inquiry string found
Identify string found
Firmware is rev 0059
DVD key found @ 0x4F00 key is ******************************F152
Firmware is Hitachi OSIG: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR3120L0059
Firmware type is: Stock
Key database updated

Drive is Stock, rev 0059
Auto-Loading target file E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Bureaublad\JungleFlasher.0.1.66.Beta\JungleFlasher v0.1.66 Beta (49)\firmware\ix151-59.bin
Target File MD5 hash is: cdea001b9ecf0f3e5368fb2db7c6f585
Inquiry string found
Identify string found
Firmware is rev 0059
DVD key found @ 0x4F00 key is 00000000000000000000000000000000
Firmware is Hitachi OSIG: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR3120L0059
Firmware type is: iXtreme:1.51:v59S-12x
12 Sector Differences Found
Flash Stability Test
Flashing Sector 9003F000
Dumping Sector 9003F000:....
Read back & compare completed, Flashing Stable!
Repairing Test Sector.
Flashing Sector 9003F000
Done !
Flashing Sector 9003E000
Flashing Sector 90003000
Flashing Sector 90005000
Flashing Sector 90006000
Flashing Sector 9000A000
Flashing Sector 9001C000
Flashing Sector 90027000
Flashing Sector 9002E000
Flashing Sector 90031000
Flashing Sector 90033000
Flashing Sector 90034000
Flashing Sector 90035000
Done !
Write verify test..
Dumping Flash:................................
Read back mis-compare, Flash process has errors




Restoring Stock f/w to Hitachi 0058/0059 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
UnLocked!
Dumping Flash:................................
Drive rev undetermined, Aborting!
Restoring Stock f/w to Hitachi 0058/0059 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
UnLocked!
Dumping Flash:................................
Drive rev undetermined, Aborting!
Restoring Stock f/w to Hitachi 0058/0059 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
UnLocked!
Dumping Flash:................................
Drive is rev 0059

Drive is rev 0059
Auto-Loading target file E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Bureaublad\JungleFlasher.0.1.66.Beta\JungleFlasher v0.1.66 Beta (49)\firmware\orig59.bin
Target File MD5 hash is: 8788995e164450f026f7bc0ac828e353
Inquiry string found
Identify string found
Firmware is rev 0059
DVD key found @ 0x4F00 key is 00000000000000000000000000000000
Firmware is Hitachi OSIG: HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR3120L0059
Firmware type is: Stock
10 Sector Differences Found
Flash Stability Test
Flashing Sector 9003F000
Dumping Sector 9003F000:....
Read back & compare completed, Flashing Stable!
Repairing Test Sector.
Flashing Sector 9003F000
Done !
Flashing Sector 90006000
Flashing Sector 9000A000
Flashing Sector 9001C000
Flashing Sector 90027000
Flashing Sector 9002E000
Flashing Sector 90033000
Flashing Sector 90034000
Flashing Sector 90035000
Flashing Sector 90003000
Flashing Sector 90005000
Done !
Write verify test..
Dumping Flash:................................
Read back mis-compare, Flash process has errors

[lilrevuk]

Hi mate, did a quick edit of your post...

Did you try putting the drive back in the console after the first flash? Looking at your log, it looks likes you restored without your key, but that's not a big problem... The most important thing is that you have a good key in your OFW. At the very least with this you can spoof another drive in if something goes wrong.

The older hits are a pain in the arse, no matter what sata/pc I've used, I seem to run into problems with them. Have you tried Firmware Toolbox out? The one thing I would say is don't flash until you're sure you have the right key, and that the drive is recognised properly by windows. If something goes wrong with a hit, and the firmware ends up corrupt/incomplete, then the drive is shagged, finito, kaputsky etc....

[savatora]

Hi there,

Thanks for the edit!

No i didn't try putting it back in the console, assuming the first flash wasn't ok.
I've managed to restore the OFW yesterday. And ofcourse tried to flash it again with no luck.

I haven't tried FWT yet. But how do I know if i have the right key? edit: when dumping the drive I saved the key to a folder in my documents. So it was not in the JF fw folder because I did this Hitachi Dump file saved to E:\Documents and Settings\xxx xxx\Mijn documenten\Hitachi original firmware\Hit-OFW2.bin

[lilrevuk]

Yours looked fine to me

[savatora]

Ok. I've tried firmware toolbox a few minutes ago and it came up with the error that it can't read the drive.

i;ve opened the hit-ofw with firmware toolbox to see if there was a key because i wasn't sure if the restore of
yesterday was a good one. Is that the key we''re looking for? It opened and looked ok with me. Same key as what you;ve edited earlier today.

But what's next after having this out of the way...