i have the OFW from the fucked benq drive and the hitachi is flashed with ix1.51 i do also have OFW for it, does anyone know of a tutorial on how this is done, as th only tut i found woz 2 an a half years old an its a very long process, thank you anythin would be appreciated (well, not insults)
i wouldnt waste my time with replacing the benq with a hitachi. they suck. very picky about media, and just plain suck. you should really just get another benq drive. then all you have to do is flash your original benq firmware to your new drive with jungleflasher.
@wabashman -I disagree, I have a XBOX from 2005 with a Hitachi 47 and its given me no problems. I did have to do the POT calibration for it to read back-ups. They are the most problematic of the XBOX drives, but if you have one spare I recommend using that save forking out for a Benq
i have spoofed the benq FW as hitachi,,,, ALL GOOD but wen i check the "VIA port only" box, it says "VIA ports not found" i have the vt6421 sata card but it is when i remove the drivers that it says no via ports could somebody, ANYBODY, PLEASE SHINE SOME LIGHT ON MY PROBLEM
DON'T DO IT!!! If your drive is completely dead and you need the hitachi to play until your benQ arrives then by all means go ahead but as a replacment it is no good. They are a pain in the ass, LOUD and picky as hell. I can play most games after warming up my hitachi but some newer games like "prototype" and "transformers" wont play at all. Spend the $40 to get a benQ. you'll thank yourself!!
you probly want to search or start your own thread. Not sure the topic starter would like you hi-jacking his thread but make sure your via drivers are UN-installed and you have your portIO installed.
i started this thread but hey, nevermind right my last problem is that i cannot get a drive letter for my hitachi in JF, it can see the drive in the port device bit on the left but its only showin the 2 dvd drives, in the top right i can get it in modeB but windows cannot see it. any ideas
oh an jus to add, i am now only fixin it to sell so as long as it plays some of the games i have then thats fine by me
Shand360, you might need to install the 5.30c driver and use JF with WinAPI. I have the best luck with Hitachi using that method. Here is the 5.30c driver: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NKWNS2OZ It will require a manual install through Device Manager.
this may sound stupid but what do i do with this is it a driver that i install an how do i do it please IGNORE THIS, SISNT READ YOUR POST FULLY
OK then, can someone help me with JF and winapi please how do i use winapi, do i download it, i don't know
In the Device Manager, right click on the VIA card and hit update software. Windows should ask if you want it to search or you can do it manually, choose the manual option. It will probably ask you again, choose manual. Might say something about show all devices, click next and then choose the option that says Have Disk. You will browse to the folder you downloaded and choose the .INF file. Click next to install and then reboot PC. WinAPI is just an option selected in Jungle Flasher.
Try a different transfer method. The option to change is in the lower right hand corner of the Hitachi tab. Maybe try Mode select.
