TS-H943 firmware dump by software

[k0mpresd]

i put mtkflash on a xp boot disc..got to dos

i have a dvd burner on ide channel 1
cd burner on ide channel 2

i ran mtkflash r /m dump.bin and it prompted me for which drive

i then hotswapped the dvd burner on channel 1 w/ the xbox dvd drive w/ a sata to ide converter, powering the 360 dvd drive from the 360

then chose option 1 on mtkflash

i get "port 1f0 master/slave a0" and it just seems to hang there..i left the computer along for 30min or so and no other messages ever popped up

should i be using an ida to sata converter and hooking up to the sata port on my mb?

any help..?

[Helltick]

It gives me an error straight away...no hanging.
It seems to give me 3 choises:
1:IDE Pri
2:Sata Pri
3:Sata Sla

2 and 3 give an error....a0

Good luck!

[k0mpresd]

i really want to get this to work..

[ChaosBoy]

@Helltick

read the post from Geremia...

you could try this:

-connect standard dvdrom#1 to sata port... u connect ur 360 ts...
-connect standard dvdrom#2 to ide port... u connect ur 360 hdd...
-mtkflash R /M mydump.bin
-mtkflash  asks wich of the 2 drive to use, hotswap here dvdrom#1 with your TS-H943, then select the drive to proceed...[/QOUTE]

(READ AND READ AND READ.... )

Greets
ChaosBoy

[Geremia]

MTkflash MUST have the TS-H943 drive on a sata channel, not an ide channel (with sata-to-ide converter)
So, you need also a standard dvdrom recognized on a sata channel to swap with TS-H943, so for example plextor sata dvd burner or any ide drive with ide-to-sata converter (by the way, my sata-to-ide doesn't work as ide-to-sata).
sorry but mtkflash explicity doesn't work on Sil3112 sata controller, VIA works for sure (my case), intel should work as well (nedd to be tested).

[k0mpresd]

ok..i will buy a ide to sata converter today

[ChaosBoy]

@Geremia

i will become tomorrow my sata-dvdrom, so i can try your way tomorrow night..
will i be able to boot my original 360 games if i flash the dvd drive with the new firmware including my key?
where should i put my unique key in the new firmware?, at the same position like fw ms25?, or is this not possible at the moment?

thnxx

Greets
ChaosBoy

[evestu]

i think your find it is only to dump the flash not (WRITE at the moment)

if you flash your drive you may kill it 

not flameing just warning 

[BlueCop]

i will become tomorrow my sata-dvdrom, so i can try your way tomorrow night..
will i be able to boot my original 360 games if i flash the dvd drive with the new firmware including my key?
where should i put my unique key in the new firmware?, at the same position like fw ms25?, or is this not possible at the moment?

no ms07 does not work with orginal games. don't flash it expecting better firmware. it is a buggy beta firmware. the whole point of this thread is to get a method to dump the firmware via software to obtain your dvd key. the secondary objective is flashing the firmware back to the drive which i successfully did with while running ms07.

i think your find it is only to dump the flash not (WRITE at the moment)

if you flash your drive you may kill it 

not flameing just warning 

mtkflash did work when flashing my drive from ms07 to ms25. the ms25 bin i had was the dump from my orginal drive with the correct key and when it flashed back to the drive it worked correctly in my 360. So those that order replacement drives from etech4sale and get a drive with ms07 can easily make a working drive for their 360 if they have their key from their orginal dvd drive.



On another note. i have been trying the tiros method of grounding the eject pin on startup to get the drive recognized by windows.

i have tried this several times and my via sata controller always chokes on ms25 firmware no matter what i try. i was abled to get the drive recognized by my my via software in windows using this method to startup the drive and then pluging the sata cable in while windows was running. i couldn't get the drive to populate though.

I tried mtkflash win with ms07 and ms25 running on my drive and it didn't find my drive as a compatible target.

[MacDennis]

On another note. i have been trying the tiros method of grounding the eject pin on startup to get the drive recognized by windows.

i have tried this several times and my via sata controller always chokes on ms25 firmware no matter what i try. i was abled to get the drive recognized by my my via software in windows using this method to startup the drive and then pluging the sata cable in while windows was running. i couldn't get the drive to populate though.

I tried mtkflash win with ms07 and ms25 running on my drive and it didn't find my drive as a compatible target.

Just an idea, but did you consider my method to get the drive detected and working in Windows? I did try this method succesfully with the original LG Windows software flasher for the 8163B drive. Perhaps the same method works with mtkflash. I don't have a Samsung drive so I can't try. The nice thing is, the inquiry command to detect the drive can be faked and you can specify whatever inquiry data you like. The inquiry command seems to be the root cause for a drive not being detected by Linux / Windows ..

http://www.xboxhacker.net/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=33&topic=663.0

[BlueCop]

don't have a convertor right now to try your method. i am looking for a good one that can do both ide>sata and sata>ide.

[k0mpresd]

i got my firmware to dump via ide > sata converter/dvd drive and hotswapped w/ the 360 dvd drive w/ mtkflash

if youd like to take a look...right click..save as.. http://www.mycarbl0ws.com/ms25.BIN

[BlueCop]

glad you got it working k0mpresd
by the way looking at your firmware. your key is at 40EC

[k0mpresd]

glad you got it to working k0mpresd
by the way looking at your firmware. your key is at 40EC

thanks..im glad i got it to work too ..im really sorry about all the n00b ?'s..like i said before..ive never done anything like this and just wanted to make sure i was doing it correctly..

and i took a look @ my key already

so whats the command to flash back to the drive? i guess i should try that next..

[BlueCop]

[k0mpresd]

i was expecting an answer like that 

mtkflash w /m ms25.BIN ?

[BlueCop]

i used
mtkflash w /sata firmware.bin

i am anxious to see if this method works for you writing the firmware back to the drive.

[k0mpresd]

should i be able to use    mtkflash w /m ms25.BIN  ..that command work to write?

and ill try the one you posted

[k0mpresd]

ok..so i used mtkflash w /m ms25.BIN

and i got this screen afterwards:

[Helltick]

Nice work...can you post a link to your adaptor? since my sata card wont work with this SW.

Thanx.