recovering lost firmware for hitachi 46dh with fwtoolbox

[lordmash]

hi, i've got a box here with really old firmware in its drive,so i'd like to update it, this box was flashed by those people at gameworld direct and they said there'd return with the orignal firmware and they didnt, now i'm using fwtoolbox to dump the current firmware,no problems , but when i do the recover lost firmware , its says done but when you load it up it says its still hacked , so can i just add the key from the drive to the orignal 46 firmware in fwtoolbox(if key address is the same)then reflash it?
also when i phoned up this gameworld direct they tld me that i should send it to them to restore and upgrade as they have the orignal(refuse to send to customers) firmware and he said they upgrade any drive under a 59 to 59 firmware, so it that possible?a 46 using 59 firmware?for better media compatablities!
thanks
lordmash

[Gazcoigne]

you need to open an original fw to restore, if you open a hacked version it will just patch the fw with the hacked one.

if i were you id dump the hacked fw thats on there to have a copy of the key and then use fw toolbox to create a copy of an orig

then restore the drive with this orig

then update to latest fw

and no you cant put a 59 fw on a 46 it will not work you cant flash a whole fw image onto a hitachi it will brick it (can be done externally but thats another story)

these goons are gangsters charging to do a mod thats simple just do it yourself.

[lordmash]

i do! the boxs isnt mine but i always keep copys of all the orignal fw's i've done and any ive update i would restore first!it had first gen fw and he was trying to use xbc to make ixtreme backs ups that didnt boot on his fw,but they will now!
that place he sent it to have really bad reports , when i googled them i got so many bad reports about them its untrue!they state they send your fw back on floppy then refuse!
thanks