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« Reply #60 on: April 23, 2006, 04:52:54 AM » |
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Nice to see your good results  btw, i tested mtkflash with hotswapped TS drive with blanked flash and it flashed successfully. @zenofex: Maybe problems can occur when the flash contain a crashing code that freezes the drive on powerup, this case you can try to desolder R408 (the 0 value resistor on flash VCC) and put a switch to OFF, then poweron the drive, then switch ON the flash VCC just prior to use mtkflash. This way the drive should not boot and crash, it should just start and boot nothing, just like in a situation of an empty flash. |
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Geremia
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« Reply #61 on: April 23, 2006, 05:31:27 AM » |
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Just more testing with my VIA chipset motherboard and i can read/write (write also empty flash) without hotswapping:
simply go to BIOS and disable the SATA BOOTROM, this way the sata controller doesn't initializes the drives attached on boot, but the controller is still enabled.
Then mtkflash R /M mydump.bin or if you like mtkflash R /SATA /M mydump.bin , anyway the drive is found also with an empty flash.
note: with sata bootrom enabled, the TS drive doesn't respond the inquiry command as espected, so the sata controller seems to disable himself, that's why mtkflash can't access sata ports.
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« Reply #62 on: April 23, 2006, 10:31:39 AM » |
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note: with sata bootrom enabled, the TS drive doesn't respond the inquiry command as espected, so the sata controller seems to disable himself, that's why mtkflash can't access sata ports.
this is my problem with my soyo board (kt600) i cant disable the bootrom, and the bios doesnt recognize the samsung drive on the sata controller... guess i am going to get a sata hd or dvd and do the swap. many thanks to you and bluecop for all the information you have posted |
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« Reply #63 on: April 23, 2006, 12:01:24 PM » |
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many thanks to germania. thanks for the above information.
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« Reply #64 on: April 23, 2006, 05:13:11 PM » |
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Wow Geremia, Thank you for the info, since i thought i killed my drive im having a friend of mine remove the chip. Im gonna call him today and get the board back (even if the chip is not de-soldered) and try your method. I really apreciate the info as it will deffinetly save me a lot of work! THANK YOU GEREMIA!
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« Reply #65 on: April 23, 2006, 05:43:28 PM » |
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Thank you Geremia, very useful infos! Really much appreciated!  |
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« Reply #66 on: April 24, 2006, 12:38:11 AM » |
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Awsome, it worked, ive revived my drive and everything is working great! THANKS GEREMIA!
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« Reply #67 on: April 29, 2006, 10:02:44 AM » |
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hrm.. can't get it to work.. it seems in order to even show the drive to swap, it HAS to be an mtek chipset drive.. only one I got is my samsung from the xbox 1, but that can't be set to master and my sata adapter apparently can't handle that.
edit: some info: I'm using an nf7-s2g which shows the sata ports as IDE ports, but it seems mktflash can't handle that. the bootdisk's dvdrom driver doesn't show any drives on that port either.. but even if I have two detected drives (on the normal IDE ports), it will auto-select the xbox 1 samsung drive without ever asking me, and when there's no mtek chipset drive hooked up, just other chipsets, it will say "no drive detected".
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« Reply #68 on: April 29, 2006, 11:12:27 AM » |
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if you have a sata port on the mobo use the hdd hotswap method that bluecop posted
works for me every time
just make sure to unplug the power from the dvdrom before starting your computer
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« Reply #69 on: April 29, 2006, 01:03:48 PM » |
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hrm.. can't get it to work.. it seems in order to even show the drive to swap, it HAS to be an mtek chipset drive.. only one I got is my samsung from the xbox 1, but that can't be set to master and my sata adapter apparently can't handle that.
edit: some info: I'm using an nf7-s2g which shows the sata ports as IDE ports, but it seems mktflash can't handle that. the bootdisk's dvdrom driver doesn't show any drives on that port either.. but even if I have two detected drives (on the normal IDE ports), it will auto-select the xbox 1 samsung drive without ever asking me, and when there's no mtek chipset drive hooked up, just other chipsets, it will say "no drive detected".
I don't have nforce chipset to test, anyway i can tell you that mtkflash detects also non mediatek drives, like my pioneer 109. try to connect directly the TS-H943 to sata port, but only after booting in real dos. (btw, do you use dvd bootdisk? try floppy) |
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« Reply #70 on: April 29, 2006, 01:06:13 PM » |
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it didn't detect the toshiba drive I also have hooked up, or the pioneer a04 I tried. I had connected it directly to SATA too, no change.. and yes, I am in real DOS, using a bootcd (it uses floppy emulation, basically a floppy image on CD).. I have no floppy drive, but there's no reason this should make a difference.
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« Reply #71 on: April 29, 2006, 01:28:53 PM » |
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@geremia i can try it for u, tomorrow.. but i need a way to get my dvd-key without desoldering anything from my sammy..  Greets ChaosBoy got www.foro.com and dl there software to get key from a sammy |
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« Reply #73 on: April 30, 2006, 08:23:09 AM » |
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Hi all, I'm trying to dump my TS-H943A but no way to get it working...
this is what I did:
I had to remap my sata port as P-ata in my Asus P5LD2. (If I let it like sata I get no drive choice)
I started pc in dos mode ( only my hd sata connected)
then I hotswapped with dvd360
Then I powered up my 360 (I also tried to power up my 360 before hotswapping)
I ran mtkflash r /m dump.bin
I got this message:
MTKFLASH........
Drive Scaned:
1: IDE Pri. Master
2: IDE Pri. SLave
Choose one drive:
- if I select #1 I get this:
Port: 1f0, Master/slave: b0
Err: fail to identify the flash type.
- if I select #2 I get
Port: 1f0, Master/slave: b0 and it hangs.
I tried to hotswap on my 360 allready powered on, but no luck.
Any idea?
thanks in advance
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« Reply #74 on: April 30, 2006, 08:32:38 AM » |
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mtkflash only scans the primary and secondary IDE ports, but your sata ports will likely be mapped as a third and fourth IDE port.. I have the same problem on my abit nf7-s2.
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« Reply #75 on: April 30, 2006, 08:43:18 AM » |
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Thanks for quick answer, but is there a way to map sata ports like 1 or 2 Ide port?
Can I solve it buying a sata pci port?
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« Reply #76 on: April 30, 2006, 08:49:56 AM » |
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pci card should in theory work, just make sure it doesn't have the SIL3112 chipset.
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« Reply #77 on: April 30, 2006, 12:02:50 PM » |
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Does the bios recognize the TS drive connected as native sata / remapped sata?
Does it hangs in one this 2 condition during boot?
Try to go in bios setup, select the TS drive (if recognized) and set device type to NONE (choice should be something like cdrom, none...)
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« Reply #78 on: April 30, 2006, 12:42:34 PM » |
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the bios detects it, yes.. although sometimes I have to reset once before its seen. my sata ports are always seen as IDE ports 3 and 4, I have to way to switch to make them act as "real" SATA ports. I can't change the device type either, it only gives me options for HDDs.
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« Reply #79 on: April 30, 2006, 02:43:31 PM » |
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Same here , Bios recognize it: TSSTcorpDVD-ROM TS H943A either sata or pata mode. I got it as Prim master, but no luck with mtkflash I tried to set as NONE type but I got "no drive detected" mahhh pdmx |
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