Quick Question before i load firmware

[R3Ap3R]

Ok so i follow instructions to the T but i am unable to get out of Status : 0x7F

I made sure xbox was off... hit y at resend.. turn on xbox... 10 sec.. then off...10 sec than back on

Status never changes from 0x7F... i was expecting it to switch to 0x51 and 0xD1 when i powered on xbox but status still remained the same. Time to order the via chip ?

[CoFree]

well you can try this but dont hold your breath.
try a different flash drive or a floppy.
if that dont do any thing order the card.

[R3Ap3R]

just ordered VIA VT6421A from tekgems.. project is on hold until shipment comes in.. How long does shipping usually take? Im in texas

[sadalius]

Depends on what shipping method you chose. Standard shipping is by first class postal mail and could take up to a week or maybe a little longer. UPS Ground shipping generally takes 3-5 days and so on down the list.

[R3Ap3R]

i want my via ! ! lol

[R3Ap3R]

Ok stupid me. After looking at my motherboard i have two sets of sata ports.. one for the silicon image and one for the Nforce chipset. i was plugging into the silicon image set so i then plugged into the correct ports and i was able to get a dump with a Green Success! Woooo

So i took the dump (CFW and OFW) put them in firmtool and the keys match and its not a lot of the same number or letter. Should i proceed with the flashing ?

on a side note.. after booting into iprep, when i hit y at the resend part.... i turned on the xbox and within 4 seconds it read all 4 banks and gave me the success message.. i didnt even have to do that ten second deal. I want to proceed with flashing but i wanted to verify with u guys first. Thx

[CoFree]

it looks good to me
as long as you checked the dump for a good key it should be good.

if by chance you are flash a v25 for the first time you dont have to do the 10 sec trick.
from now on you will.
if you are flashing a v28 and did not have to do the 10sec trick that is weird

[R3Ap3R]

so now that i checked my dump.. once i boot into iprep am i going to have to start from scratch and re-read my drive? or will it go straight into firmtool ?

[CoFree]

after it dumped firmtool should have run and built your hacked firmware.
watch the video

you should just start at the flash part

[R3Ap3R]

first i want to thank all you guys who helped me out. i was able to flash my drive, and backups are working. Looks like nforce sata will work with phillips/benq, just make sure your plugged into the right port. Thx guys !

[CoFree]

nforce sata will work with phillips/benq

some of them will work.
i still think getting this card is the best thing to do for most.
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

glad you got it going