Robin Hoods Playground

i'm starting this tread to let you guys know how its going.

well i got my laptop to boot on a usb flash that was made by iprep101 v006 only to find out that i dont have a esata/sata2 cable.
so thats what im doing now ordering that.
ill update this thread when i have more info.

cool, let us know if that card works... would be much easier for me

I have 2 sata pcmcia cards with the via 6421 chipset.. slax couldn't pick either of them up!

soon to test on iprep...

Interested in your results

yea i get it .i did not want to talk about.
money in the trash.
im sure it will flash HIT drives.i dont give a crap about that.i use a x360 usb for the hit. .i want to be able to flash sam and benq with a laptop.
there is noway this will work for that.
its not via
its a silicon image sata controller.
i did try anyway but crap no it wont work.


let us know how it goes with yours
it must be a via
as long as it is you have a chance.
keep us up on what happens with you

I havn't opened & linked up my xbox drive for testing but I did whack the card in & fire up iprep.. I did a dsam xxxxxx xxxxx just to test if my card would show in the list but it doesn't! & there's no options in the bios to trigger it.
so no joy on that score!

need some card services that run in dos really. lookin slim tho :/

In regards to Slax, by default it disables PCMICA when it boots I think, I remember seeing it as it displays various commands (no PCMCIA i think it says). I know this can be modified, but I don't know how to change the Slax ISO to so do...

Have you checked in device manager to see that it is a VIA card installed?? Iprep might be useful because you can select (and test your own primary port) from your card.

kinda lost in this thread......is its the configuration wit the sata card in a laptop that wont match wit iprep to get it to flash.....? cuz i was gonna buy a sata card for my laptop but found this thread about it....plz correct me if iam wrong....

the ones of us that are working on it are trying with a PCMICA.As you can see we are not having any luck,
If i was you i would not buy anything for a laptop to flash with,unless you are just trying things like the rest of us.

I have read that there are docking stations that have pci card slots in them, so it may be possible to install a standard via 6421 card in to use with your laptop. Just another option to look into.

those docks cost a fortune, I managed to find one I think....

One thing that has crossed my mind, is trying one with jungle flasher... If the problem is not having drivers for DOS for the card, why not try it in Windows??

Probably won't work like, just a thought...

Well, it might work in windows with jungleflasher. But it would be an expensive option for me to try. The laptop I have doesn't have a PCMCIA slot, it has a PCI-E slot or some funky new slot on it.

hmmm
well it looks like i have something to try when i can get my sick butt out of bed.

Hope you get to feeling better soon man!! I was wondering where you were at!!!

Yeah buddy you need to get better.
I would like to take this time to thank all of you on here, I have learned a great deal from you all.

Thank You

Just thought I would chime in here.
This is something that has been discussed in great deal over on xbox-scene, and apparently it IS confirmed working on laptops (of course, as everyone knows VIA only).

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=630969" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(Sorry if we aren't allowed to post outside links)

I was hoping to give it a test run, but I haven't had any luck finding a expresscard sata card featuring a via chipset, but for the rest of you that post might have some useful information.