Flashing a Lite-On

[nufcmickey]

Right ok I never realised that all along, So I can just flash the new drive like its not been done before and it will go straight into my 360, See I was led to believe the drive had to match the console as in serial numbers and stuff, So its correct that as long as its a benq VAD6038 then its all good right ? So I can wipe this stick I have, Make a fresh one and read the FW from the new drive im getting, log back into windows and save the backup then flash as normal with 1.6. I also heard the new drives dont have any FW on at all so do I need to read the drive ? This is all I need to know for now as ill be ordering the drive this week sometime, soon as it comes ill let yous know how I got on ok.

Thanks guys !

[HaGGardSmurf]

Your going to need your key from the original drive. You can put any drive in your console, the console doesnt really care.

Just take your original drive, dump the FW, then flash that to your new drive. Its simple

[nufcmickey]

Right so what your saying is, as ive already got a the stick from doing that broken benq drive that I can just plug in the new drive, boot from this stick whats already got the firmware made on it from the broke drive I can just flash it right off ? So by the sounds of it theres no FW at all on a brand new drive and im just gonna be putting the FW what was custom made for the other drive onto it right ? Thats easy enuff then eh ?

So just to clarify Im just hooking up the new drive and instead of reading the drive im just flashing as normal but with the stick from the other flash. If thats the case that would be easier im thinking.

Thanks Haggard !

I hope you understand me, Lol

[HaGGardSmurf]

The drive has FW on it, but you dont need it. There is no key in it, so you dont need to dump it. You have no use for it. If you want the benQ OFW with no key in it, you can download that from xbins.

Well what I would do first is take your stick, plug it in, and save the OFW and CFW to your computer. Then open the CFW and OFW in jungleflasher and make sure the key is the same.

It should be, and if it is, then just use that stick to flash your new benq

[nufcmickey]

I dont use JF mate it wont work on my PC, Ive always just used ipep. I only just recently flashed the broken drive about a month ago and its all been good, so when I get this new drive I can just use the stick from that and go straight to the flash on the new drive. Ive still got the OFW from before id ever flashed it, but that was 1.41, and so on and so on. I flashed the broke drive again last week aswell just after it had broke coz thought it might of fixed the Read disc error, Thought it was worth a try and I just went straight to the flash on that and it played ok.

Shall I not just wipe the stick completly and make the iprep stick agaon fresh, then just read the new drive and then log back into windows and save the backup, Then I can just flash it then carnt I ?

[HaGGardSmurf]

Oh, yea might as well wipe the stick, and reflash. Just grab the BenQ 1.6 off xbins, format the stick and you should be all good.

I got my drives like 3 days ago, but flashed them today I used JF, and it took me maybe 2 mins per drive. Flashing a stock benQ is the easiest thing Ive ever done.

[nufcmickey]

Yer me too Haggard, I find flashing a benq pretty easy now too, So did you say I just flash it like its never been flashed ? See I always use my 360 power so can I just plug the drive into the console im putting it in to use its power, will that be ok ? Then did you say I still will need to read the FW first and log back into windows to save the backups or do I not need to do that and go right into the flash ? Does the new drives have OFWs on them or do they come with no FW on them ?

Im finding it difficult to explain what I mean, Coz if it comes with nothing on it then it wont be able to read anything to make the CFW, or like Im trying to explain put the CFW on it from the flash from a month ago when I did the 1.6 ?


Basically do I need to read the drive first and do all that logging back into windows stuff ?

Thanks for your help haggard !

[HaGGardSmurf]

Im not the best with iPrep, but all you need is your broken benQ's OFW, that has the key you need, and the benQ 1.6

You dont need to dunp the drive, its useless. It has no info that you need. I dont think it has xbox FW on it. I think it has some manufacturer FW on it. The drive didnt identify itself in JF, it just said "dvd drive" or something, but I have flashed enough, that I know the port my drive is on... Then after the flash, it identified itself like normal.

Xbox power is fine, you dont need to eject the tray or anything, so there is no hassle.

[nufcmickey]

Yer ok Haggard, I just presumed I may not be able to use the power from a console that drive wernt originally from, But thats all good, Yer the same with me whenever ive done my Benq I never had to half open the drive or anything it all went really smooth.

The bit im a bit muddled with is how do I get the OFW I have into the iprep stick to flash to the new drive as CFW, See thats why I thought of using the stick already prepared from the last flash, see it already has the custom FW made so can I just go ahead and flash it using this stick, coz that CFW was made with the OFW from the broken drive. Im sorry for asking you too much, I wish I could learn how to use JF, When I was trying to get that to work it was before id ever flashed anything, I didnt even have the kit at the time I was just eagerly trying it to see what it looked like and stuff, I had the 2 files, Port I/O and the JF exe. I tryed double clicking both and they where giving me error messages and stuff, Think it was something like Carnt find port I/O or something along those lines, But then Im thinking do I have to have everything all hooked up before it will load ? I tryed to get help with this ages ago but couldnt get any. Do you know if you DO need to have the 360 hooked up before it will start, say if you where to open up JF just sat at ur PC without opening the PC or hooking anything up what does it do ?

I bet Its quite easy using JF too, But then again shouldnbt I be just sticking to what I already know and am used to in Iprep, Its just a clart on plugging/Unplugging all the drives, Logging back into windows etc etc.

Thanks for your time again mate ! Im gutted man I had to get a new console and its a lite on, It guts me that Im sat here with a dam drive I carnt flash, Wont iprep read a lite on at all without a probe or solder ? Trust me to get a daft lite on drive, when I first got it home I held the drives next to each other and shouted to me lass, Hey its the same, How lucky am I getting another Benq, LoL Yer Right !!! It has yellow wires. Whats the chances of it being a benq and not a lite on ? I checked the warranty status on xbox.com and its expirey is begining of 2010, Must be a lite on eh ?

Cheers Haggard and take care !

[HaGGardSmurf]

When you open JF, if you get this error:

Then go into your JF folder, and double click PortIO32.exe and it should install port io, if that fails, go into the manual install folder, and open the read me there are instructions there.

If you get this error:

You will need to install a newer .net framework, which you can download on the Microsoft website. Once you update to a new .net (i think 3.5 is the newest) no other application should ever give you an error like this.

Also, I do believe what you will need to do with this drive is a fben no dben... so you will format your stick, then go into the stick, and make a folder named "1234567" and inside that one make another named "12345" Now in the 12345 folder put your BenQ CFW from your original flash. Then reboot your comp, when you get to the point of flashing, use fben 1234567 12345 then go through the steps, and you should be all good.

If you have not yet formatted your stick, dont. Just go into the stick, backup your OFW and CFW, then delete the OFW off the stick, then when you reboot and get into iprep, use the fben command.

Its all good with the questions, thats what were here for

Haha, that sucks. Did you order the CK3?

[nufcmickey]

No my plan now after your great help is this, I have 3 month warranty from the shop with this Lite On console, and the blokey showed me purposely the seal had not been broken as it was pre owned. My broken drive xbox is fine just broke drive so what I thinks the best thing to do is keep the lite on how it is for now, make do with it if you get me, LoL. In the meantime I can only get one thing at the moment so order the new benq drive which will mean Ill have it and be fully good to go within 2 weeks, Then next month I can order the CK3 kit, Im not the type of person to buy something thats a set in singles if you know what I mean, I wwill get the probe and CK3 prrobs the 35 quid one you pointed me to. This way I get to keep the seal in place on the lite on, I keep my 3 month warranty incase of red ring or something and within a few weeks Ill have me Benq again. Known my luck Ill fix the benq and the next day ill get the RROD, LoL.

There is one other thing I think you may be able to help me with if you dont mind, The CK3 and probe, Ive read allsorts about all these different connections it has and seen vid tuts with wires all over the place, Ive looked for vids on you tube showing how to set it all up, what wires go where and stuff but carnt find any, Im sure I know now where to stick the probe and what I need to do in Iprep and stuff but its linking it all together Im struggling to get me head round.

Thanks again.

[nufcmickey]

Sorry and about those JF pics you posted, Yeah that was the culprits, I think I tryed the reinstalling of Net Framework etc etc, My thought was the 360 needed to be connected for it to load. I installed the Port I/O, well I saw a flicker of the DOS in the left corner but nothing else. I learned Iprep since then so havnt tryed in a while, Id like to learn though if I can get it working.
I was getting the similar errors with iprep at first till I figured out I needed to uninstall Net Framework and then reinstall it and it worked, Im sure I tryed this with JF though mate. Thanks bud !

[HaGGardSmurf]

Well the probe goes in the R707 point. Look at this image : http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7876/fixve9.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; see the r707? your probe would go in the yellow circle right under r707. There is a hole there, and you stick the probe in there and you should get a green LED.

If your using iprep, you may want to buy the ck3 lite, as you will get the rs232 cable. You cannot use the usb cable in iprep. Have a look at the back of your computer, you should see this: http://www.lakevalleyengineering.com/lv ... %20Ex2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You will need a molex power source, molex is the type of power source used to power IDE drives. So if you know that you have a ide drive in your computer, you have molex connectors. If you are unsure, look in your tower, and look for this: http://www.nuggetlab.com/comptia_files/ ... 0cable.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thats all the connections you should have heard about. Also, about the molex connectors, its almost a given to have them in your computer. IDE is more common than sata in older computers, and newer computers will have both ide and sata compatibility.

[nufcmickey]

Ok mate, I know the probe hole and stuff, Like I know what im doing with it once its set up I was ju7st a bit unsure how it all connects up, Maybee when Ive got it Ill be able to see better where things go, My PC is about 2 year old, Its an Acer 180 aspire, Its got 2 sata ports I think, Maybee more, Its also got a 160 HD with those connections you show in the pic, It looks pretty much the same as the pic, and about the connection on the back instead of being able to use USB with Iprep, I never knew that I watched a vid on You Tube last night and the guy was using a USB lead but was using JF like you said. Ill just check the back of the PC now for one of those connections, Im sure I have them. Yeah I have, Theres a long red one and a small metal one with male pins sticking out like in the pic. So will I get a full set with the CK3 lite version like with the probe and stuff, I was just gonna get the one you pointed me to before, The 34.99 one from Shopneo. Is the R322 not sure of the name, is that the cable I plug into the serial port on the back instead of USB ? and the other end goes where mate in the CK3 board ? Then I plug the sata lead from the PC sata to the drive sata right ? and the power lead from the CK3 into the drive, Ill figure it out once its set up, Thats the only thing im bothered about. So I have all the right connections then Haggard ?

I carnt wait to get the drive honestly mate Im a bit bored with my Lite on if you get me,

Thanks again Fella ! and thanks for sparing your time helping me out, Its greatly appreciated.

[HaGGardSmurf]

No problem.

Yes, what you said is correct.

If you buy the lite version of it you will get the serial rs232 cable with the ck3, and not the usb. Which is perfect in your case.

This is what you will be getting:




This is how the serial cable plugs in:


Then the other end of the serial cable goes into your computer.

As for the power, you will use the probe to power the drive, like this:


Now you plug the sata into the back of the drive, and connect the other end to your via card.

Now for the power, you should have these kind of connections in your pc: (look at the cable with the red, black and yellow wires)


Look in your computer for them, and look for any unused ones. If you do not have any, you will need to buy a splitter:


or you can see if you can pull a power supply from another computer and use it. Take a look at your drives in your computer, not your HDD's but your optical drives, see how they are powered. If its sata you can buy a sata to molex cable, and use that to power your ck3, if its ide, you can pull the power cable from the drive, and plug it into the ck3.