flashing my drive need some help

[adam1]

ok so i have my 360 with a BenQ drive in it

I have a spare 0059 hitachi drive that is unmodded

after watching some videos and reading tutorials i feel best flahing the hitachi( textbook tutorial)

is it possible jus to open up my 360 and swap the BenQ with the hitachi and mod it

if there is anything i need to do pls post thnx

[CoFree]

spoofing the hit to play in a benq console is not the easiest thing to do.
The best thing is to just flash the benQ with iprep 101 v006
look over this
viewtopic.php?f=110&t=215&p=610#p610

[adam1]

ok so ur saying that i should jus keep my BenQ drive in the 360 and use iPrep

P.S i am pretty new to flashing drives, etc.

[Jman 31]

Yes, Its definitely easier to flash a stock drive, other than the Hit 79, than to change a drive and spoof it. There's several easy to follow tutorials for all the drives. cofree has the sammy and benq covered pretty well.

[sadalius]

Most agreed, the Benq to me is by far the easiest drive I've flashed. It takes a minute or two longer that the older hitachi's, but it's easier. Flashing your Benq is what I would recommend as well.

[adam1]

jus finished watchin the tutorial for flashing your BenQ
got most of it seems easy enough

now afew questions, some of which maybe stupid but i am a serious n00b

What is a Chipset

and in the tutorial i heard somthing about needing a usb drive? what do u put on it and how big does it need to be

[sadalius]

Chipset is a set of chips that a device uses to operate. In the case of the subject, an example would be the chipset that is on a Syba 150-r PCI sata card is a VIA 6124L chipset.

You don't have to use a USB stick, commonly called a thumb drive or jump drive to do your project, although it is recommended. You could use a floppy drive if you have one, but floppies can be somewhat un-reliable, or at least I'm told

[adam1]

ok so these SATA card or chipset or whatever, where can you find one of theese and how much are they( assuming they need to be baught)

and say i want to use a usb what program or something do i need to have on it, or does it have to be empty

p.s thanks for the help already, i can see a bit clearer now

[CoFree]

the program iprep makes the usb flash were you can boot the computer off of it.
this will walk you through flashing a benQ drive.
viewtopic.php?f=110&t=215

download the iprep program iprep 101 v006 here
get the firmware toolbox v4.5 also
viewtopic.php?f=112&t=48

this is a card that works good it has the via chipset
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

if you have more questions just ask

[adam1]

i dont know if this is important regarding chipset and sata cards but i have a sata cabl that can already plug in to the back of the dvd drive

and im still not getting the purpose of the chipset thing or the Sata card
in the tutorial it jus seems so damn easy( which is good)

[sadalius]

Some people have problems with certain sata cards. Especially ones that are built in on computers like Dell, HP's and such. The problems generally are not being able to see the drive, nor freezing once the process of reading the firmware begins.

You can try it with the sata card that your computer has though. Worst case scenario would be if you got a bad dump and flash it with a bad key, then you wouldn't be able to play anything.

[CoFree]

its a hardware thing

for your computer to see and talk to the 360 dvd drive right it must have a via6421 chipset.
it may work with others and it may brick your drive.

some people have this chipset on there mother board must do not and have to get a pci sata card
you will put that in your computer hook a nice long sata cable to it run it out of you computer and at the right time hook it up to your 360 dvd drive for doing the firmware dump.

[adam1]

so what your saying is ur better of jus buyin the right chipset/SATA card than chancing it with the one u have aready in your computer

and can you buy these things at for example best buy, or do u have to order them online

and thank you soo much to cofree and everyone who posted

[CoFree]

ive never seen one at a super store of any kind. i've ordered many times from here and this is the card you want.
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

[adam1]

alright so ill probably end up ordering from there

anyways this is a load of new info so im probably going to go but before i leave

do u guys check ur forums and reply back for most hours of the day?

because if i have anymore problems i want a place to get answers