help with hitachi 78

[sawboss76]

hello i tryed to flash this drive but something went wrong and i dont know what, now the drive tray will not open. i am using iextreme 1.75 conectivity kit v3 i can get the drive into mode b my computer reconises the drive as drive f and iextreme says hitaci found but when i flash iextreme


Drive, answers normal Windows Inquiry 12 0 0 0 24 0
0000: 05 80 00 32 5B 00 00 00 - 48 4C 2D 44 54 2D 53 54 ...2[...HL-DT-ST
0010: 44 56 44 2D 52 4F 4D 20 - 47 44 52 33 31 32 30 4C DVD-ROM GDR3120L
0020: 30 30 37 38 0078

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: - CD/DVD. <--- Hitachi found
Flashing Hacked f/w to Hitachi 0078/0079 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
Dumping Flash:Ram Upload - Execute Failed



i dont know what to do next please help

[CoFree]

have a look at this its old but may help

[sawboss76]

thanks for the replying so quick i have watched this video before and it looks easy thats why when i seen this video i tryed this but i went wrong someplace now the drive tray wont even open


i just tried this a moment ago

JungleFlasher 0.1.75 Beta (152)
Session Started Wed Oct 13 18:04:36 2010

This is a 32 bit process running on 2 x 32 bit CPUs
portio32.sys Driver Installed
portio32.sys Driver Started, thanks Schtrom !
Found 8 I/O Ports.
Found 1 Com Ports.
Found 4 windows drives A: C: D: E:
Found 0 CD/DVD drives

Drive is Hitachi.. 78/79.

Drive, answers normal Windows Inquiry 12 0 0 0 24 0
0000: 05 80 00 32 5B 00 00 00 - 48 4C 2D 44 54 2D 53 54 ...2[...HL-DT-ST
0010: 44 56 44 2D 52 4F 4D 20 - 47 44 52 33 31 32 30 4C DVD-ROM GDR3120L
0020: 30 30 37 38 0078

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: - CD/DVD. <--- Hitachi found
Flashing Spoof ID's to Hitachi 0078/0079 by Ram Upload Method via WIN32 API
Dumping Flash:Ram Upload - Execute Failed

[HaGGardSmurf]

First you need to know hitachi's are the biggest pain of all the drives (even the 8 series or 9 series lite-on's) sometimes they just wont play nice, not dumping or writing for no reason.

Anyhow, whenever I do hitachi's I prefer to use an older version of JF, personally I think it works better, you might want to try that see if it helps.

What I would do right now is try the mode select method instead of ram upload. You'll notice near your drive properties it will have ram upload selected, try changing to mode select.

Also, are your via drivers installed, and/or are you using a via card?

[sawboss76]

First you need to know hitachi's are the biggest pain of all the drives (even the 8 series or 9 series lite-on's) sometimes they just wont play nice, not dumping or writing for no reason.

Anyhow, whenever I do hitachi's I prefer to use an older version of JF, personally I think it works better, you might want to try that see if it helps.

What I would do right now is try the mode select method instead of ram upload. You'll notice near your drive properties it will have ram upload selected, try changing to mode select.

Also, are your via drivers installed, and/or are you using a via card?

thanks for replying i am using onboard sata i can only change the mode select method if i change drive revision to anything other than a 78 or 79 i will try with diferent drive revision selected thanks for your help

[HaGGardSmurf]

Ram upload may be the only method for 78/79 I cant quite remember I havent seen a hitachi in a long time.

You may need a via card with the drivers removed. I'd recommend that as a last resort though.

[sawboss76]

Ram upload may be the only method for 78/79 I cant quite remember I havent seen a hitachi in a long time.

You may need a via card with the drivers removed. I'd recommend that as a last resort though.

yes ram upload is only method for my 78 maybe its bricked? i can get as far as mode b nothing works after this the drive tray is shut and wont open thank you for your help.

[HaGGardSmurf]

yes ram upload is only method for my 78 maybe its bricked? i can get as far as mode b nothing works after this the drive tray is shut and wont open thank you for your help.

Well to open it, you should need to hit eject twice, and to close it same thing, eject twice.

Are you on windows 7 or xp, and running 64 or 32 bit?

[sawboss76]

yes ram upload is only method for my 78 maybe its bricked? i can get as far as mode b nothing works after this the drive tray is shut and wont open thank you for your help.

Well to open it, you should need to hit eject twice, and to close it same thing, eject twice.

Are you on windows 7 or xp, and running 64 or 32 bit?

the drive tray wont open any more it seems to be stuck shut i can get it to mode b anyway i am running windows 7 32bit

[HaGGardSmurf]

What happened to it, why wont it eject now? Did it stop ejecting after you attempted to dump the drive?

[sawboss76]

What happened to it, why wont it eject now? Did it stop ejecting after you attempted to dump the drive?

yes i think it did

[HaGGardSmurf]

That could be bad news, the hitachi drive cant be recovered if it gets bricked.

That may be what happened here.

[windowpain]

I think you're right HS. It unfortunately sounds like it is bricked. I had this happen to me, but was fortunate to at least get the key. Which I in turn spoofed to a BenQ.