Hitachi Drive issue

[iliveinuk]

Hi

My friend has an hitachi drive ( flashed ) and its playing up, as in grinding, opening when not meant to , not playing games all the time, I told him I would change it for him, but he does not have the original firmware, is there a way around this or is he stumped?

Cheers

 

[Sonic]

Firmware toolbox to get the keys

 

[Oggy]

Try this:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=657672

Let us know the results.

Unlocking isnt needed, just run

memdump79 X 12000 8 8000 orig.bin

When in DOS.

 

[iliveinuk]

Ok, thanks guys, so in other words, even though he dont have the orig.bin anymore I can still read the ixtreme firmware, grab the keys and then spoof it onto a new drive? Or even better, I guess if he gets the same Hitachi model, just flash straight back on.

Regards

Dave.

 

[Oggy]

Yes, but if you could try memdump it would be great, v78's are rare these days.

 

[wozzo]

Does iliveinuk have a v78? he dosent say so in this thread?

 

[Oggy]

Does iliveinuk have a v78? he dosent say so in this thread?

I swear I read v78 lol

Ive been up since yesterday, I really need to go bed.

 

[wozzo]

lol you`ve been a busy boy oggy :banana:

 

[iliveinuk]

sorry guys, only just got back on, no its not a v78, its earlier, hes sending it down for me to look at, I have found a few places for replacement drives, sammy from the states at around 35, sammy over here or benq for around 50, any links to any cheaper ones, I dont really want to put an hitachi back in if i can help it, im not quite sure they are that gd to be honest, i prefer sammys I told him I would spoof it for him for a couple of beers, never spoofed yet so will read up on that, so beware a new thread soon

Thanks for all your help guys, cheers

 

[Oggy]

You can use memdump if it wont read discs, or you can use the GaryOPA batch files (that use memdump)

With toolbox it needs a disc, which is no good if its possibly damaging them.