I need help!!! Ready to flash!

[Jman 31]

Also, make sure you are using the proper sata cable. Cofree and I wasted hours one day trying to flash a sammy, only to find out we had a bad cable.

[Freebeer187]

I tried it on a third computer. It was a nice ass dual core. It still gave me the problems. When reading the drive it would sit at 0x7F then as soon as the drive would power, it would hop over to 0x80. Thats it! it would not change one bit. I tried many diffrent ways. Do you think possible this is a block because my 360 a little newer?

[Freebeer187]

Damn man i am in a little pickle. I dunno what is wrong! I think i may return it and buy a used system that will have a older drive.

[CoFree]

I don't man.I think some thing is just not right.
your sata card is a via 6421 right.you could try a different card try a different sata cable.Out the pci sata card in different pci slots
The first sam drive drove me and jman crazy.the old computer i had would not work.then i took it to jman and had a bad sata cable.
just stay with it.

[Freebeer187]

yea ill keep messing with it. Btw this is the card you are talking about right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6815124022

Thats the one i have. Pretty sure its non raid. Thats what i orderd. What is another card that i can use?

[CoFree]

I would think it should work.I have not used it .
I have use these card .
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... Tpk=rc-212

both have worked for me.

[Freebeer187]

im going to buy one of those. the card that i have looks like it came out of a cereal box compared to those. Have u ever heard of the problem i am having with the 0x7F and 0x80? I was getting some reading on it on the third try but it wold only stay at 80.

[CoFree]

No man ive not seen it before.
ive read everything

if you are getting a card i would say get this one.
http://tekgems.com/Products/la-pci22-vt6421a.htm

[Freebeer187]

Are there any other methods of flashing the drive?

[CoFree]

there are but if this won't work then the others won't

They all have to get the D1 (debug mode) to start flashing.
I dont think your computers are not seeing the drive.

[Freebeer187]

Hmm thats what i thought but at the same time on the third pc it would change from 0x7F to 80. Do you think the system needs to have a ground connected?

[CoFree]

i dont think that is the problem
but what the hell give it a try.

[Freebeer187]

thats right! Do you have to disable or discconect any drives in the pc? Also i have to SATA cables. one is 28AWG and one is 26AWG. Dunno if they matter

[CoFree]

i would
when you boot off the flash have all the other drives unhooked



i don't unhook mine but you should.

if you have a sata drive of any kind cd/dvd or a hard drive you must
or firmtool wont run

[Freebeer187]

well 2 of the computers i used had sata hardrives. Let me give it a shot