i had similar issue before ensure that any bridges, soldered wires across the tx rx pads are removed before attempting the ck3 probe read

yes the benq liteon drives have the motor wires etc soldered as per your pic so you will have to desolder and resolder them correctly.

if possible you should dump your drive firmware and flash your key to the new drive when it arrives its a lot easier and less time consuming.

have you tried to read.write the benq in dos?

didnt hear it saw it with my own two eyes.

bought a replacement laser for hitachi and it was different model laser which didnt work at all when i replaced the laser

emailed the guy i got it from and he said to use the ribbon cable supplied with the laser as it had pads on opposite sides, switched out the ribbon cable and it worked a treat.

quite simply your xbox is f***ed

if the xclamp fix has been done and it has RROD again then its time to buy a new xbox!!

there is a driver for the wireless RF board for windows would this work in linux?

no the later revisions use a different laser and the ribbon cable is flipped on one end so thats why it wouldnt work.

hitachi 78 can be put into modeb by slax no idea why you were unsuccessful.

have you got access to another PC? if so try to use that to read the drives may have more luck there

all i can say that what you are attempting is possible and easy if you have your PC setup correctly so dont give up!!

you can use any hdss from any official drive to create the WD drive, you are simply cloning the official HD name and serial onto the WD drive to make it appear to be the official one.

google for the english tut easy to find and easy to do also if you follow the guide and IMHO i'd stick with the origianl release of HDDHACKR from the specialist seems to have best compatibility and less issues than the later releases

zouzz has posted links on here for the resigners i think might be wrong!!

the hdss.bin is on the hdd not the mobo so the jtag exploit is not suitable

you can get a hdss.bin from the net if you look around or pm me your addy ill send u a 120gb one

how did the drive die? did it die whilst using xplorer360 as there is a fix for that on this board if you look for it then you will be able to grab your data and stick it on the new drive.

you need

WD HDD
120 Gb ss.bin from 'somewhere' lol
HDDHACKR 0.91
SATA CABLE

and

PATIENCE

good luck!!

then the drivers for CK3 arent registered properly reinstall them and try the USB in another port.

pisses me off i sent one to the euroopean one in better nick with a few scratch marks and they didnt even open it just wrapped it back up and sent it back with a sarcastic letter saying f*** you basically lol

americans get it a bit easier on this one

does the CK3 show at all in device manager? as anything with an ! beside it?

have you  installed the ck3 usb drivers it sounds like you havent

see here  http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/downloads.htm

download relevant drivers to your OS and you should see the usb com port in JF when the CK3 is powered and connected to USB

uninstall mobo/card sata drivers and install portio drivers in their place.

use USB never had a drive not read flash etc done plenty of liteons no difference.

verbs arent the be all and end all just find a media that your burner and 360 both like so what if it wears your laser they are easily replaced.

i have a CK3 kit and it works flawlessly with USB dont overcomplicate things for yourself try the USB

no idea how to test com port sorry but again why waste time just stick with USB

and also dont leave it on longer than a few minutes as they have been known to burn out.

sorry i thought u were referring to the pots on the laser not the track screws my bad

if it is still in warranty send it back for repair.

umm that would just blow his laser to $#!t do you have any idea what those pots are for?

if not do not offer retarded advice to people that will just make things worse.

the "insert this disc" message is generally when the key has been lost/replaced with invalid key

however i have noticed that on some frives this also happens when the laser is about to die, which is the case in your problem as you have not flashed the drive.

odd thaw swapping the daughterboards didnt fix it, try to find a laser that matches the model number in your original faulty hitachi, there are a few different types but im not aware that it matters if you swap em but obviously best to replace like for like.