help with flahing a hitachi 47

[wildseal2003]

its a stock drive and i want to use jungleflasher to flash it. i have 2 onboard sata 2 ports. i got eberything hooked up right now. im using the xbox for powering the drive. when i reun jungleflasher no drive is detected. what now?

[CoFree]

guys help him with this
his pc had a via card in it
im just not sure if that will give the hit trouble or not

thanks

[sadalius]

Is the drive for sure in mode b?? I had a 47 last night that gave me a little bit of a fit in trying to get it in mode b properly. JF would say mode b complete, the drive would act like it was in mode b, but windows would not see it for love or money. Ended up doing it on my other PC with firmware toolbox and the mode b switch on my ck3. I dumped the firmware with firmware toolbox, then loaded the original as the source firmware in JF, loaded the 1.51 ixtreme for hit 47 as the target, spoofed source to target and saved the custom firmware, Then I went back to firmware toolbox and loaded the hacked firmware and then flashed it.

[wildseal2003]

1. what is mode b
2. i have 2 sata2 ports on my mobo does it matter which one i connect it to?
3.basically i just opened the 360 and plugged everything to the ports ran jungleflasher. and turned on the 360. i dont know what port it is in. how do i find out?
4. what do i do now?

[sadalius]

With hitachi's mode b is their vendor programming mode. All drives has a vendor mode of some sort. Mode b is hitachi's. What you can try is this. With the drive connected and powered on, boot your computer. Open Jungleflasher and go to the GDR3120 tab. In the upper left corner is a port number that can be changed. Cycle through all of them and see if the drive shows up. If it does, then you can deal with the drive through jungleflasher.

If it doesn't, then you'll have to use slax or a connectivity kit to move forward. Or get someone to flash it for you.

[wildseal2003]

it doesnt show up. what is slax? i dont want to have to buy a connectivity kit.

[sadalius]

Slax is a version of linux that boots of CD. Slax 2.1 is what your looking for in that. It's a live version so it will load off the cd and not mess anything on your hard drive up.

[wildseal2003]

i dont understand how slax will help me

[sadalius]

Slax is just one method to get the drive in mode b. For some reason your not able to get the drive in mode b through jungleflasher. You don't have a connectivity kit and expressed a wish to not have to purchase one. That is where slax comes in and that is how it will help you.

[wildseal2003]

ok i see what you mean. why is it that i cant use my via6421a with jungleflasher? is there a guide on slax? and what do i do after i get it in mode b since jungleflasher cant detect it. also how do i find out the port number of my onboard sata2 ports?

[wildseal2003]

i tried using slax 2.1 and it didnt work. it went through the whole thing until the login without stopping like it should. i checked with the double push method and it opened on 1st push. what am i doing wrong? am i supposed to login at the end?

[david_0161]

bump....I tried helping him out however slax didn't put his drive into mode b...he tried several times... is his only other option to buy a ck3?

[CoFree]

well
you have to get the drive in modeB somehow.
Jungle flasher,slax or a ck3 kit

im not sure why jungle flasher will not work
i would think you do not have the right port in jungle in the drop down
for it to list the drive.

[wildseal2003]

why is it that i cant use the via with jf?

[HAZ3]

why is it that i cant use the via with jf?

you can, you just have to use the work around. i just finished explaining this to another dood in teh forum as well. I have yet to try it but it shouldnt be a problem, i dont see why not.