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If you have one of the Samsung MS25/MS28 drives then
you will need to have a SATA card (we recommend the VIA 6421) and the flashing is done in DOS as there is no ModeB function so you will need to create a boot disk using something like iPrep. This will do all the hard work for you. You can choose to create a bootable floppy or USB flash drive. Our test rig uses a VIA 6421 SATA Card card. iPrep will tell you if your Port is working and compatible (see Image 3).
The instructions are the same for both the Connectivity Kit 3 Pro & Lite. The tutorial assumes that you are using Windows XP.
1. We are first assuming that you have dissasembled your 360 and removed the DVD drive, If you haven't yet follow this tutorial. Connect power from the CK3 to the Samsung DVD using the green power cable (make sure the connections are the right way around - there are guides on the connectors to help you - plug in the wrong way around and you will damage the drive - remember it's a power cable). Connect a molex power source to the CK3
(to be safe make sure the CK3 power switch is set to OFF). Connect the SATA cable from the DVD drive to your PC SATA. Now turn the CK3 power switch to ON. To check the power cable is working press the eject switch so that the tray ejects. See Image1 to show how everything should look.
Image 1
2. Now you have to create your bootdisk. The easiest way to do this is to install iPrep. You will then need to download the latest iXtreme Firmware that matches your drive. For this example we will be using iXtreme 1.4 for Samsung drives. This can be found on the Xbins server filename Samsung.iXtreme.1.4.rar. Once downloaded unrar the file to your C:\ drive (See Image 2).
Image 2
3. First insert your blank floppy disk or USB flash drive then load iPrep. You can select which drive you want to prepare as your iPrep boot disk. The example shows the floppy drive A:\. You should also tick the Format/Make device bootable box. Note that the VIA SATA Card is selected and it shows as MTKFlash and DosFlash compatible - this means we are good to go. Now click Load Firmware (See Image 3)
Image 3
4. We will be loading the Samsung iXtreme 1.4 8x Firmware (File location Samsung iXtreme 1.4 > 8x > fw > ix14-8x.bin (See Images 4,5,6 & 7)
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5. If the firmware has loaded correctly the full name of the file will appear along with its MD5 hash signature. Now click Prepare Destination (See Image 8).
Image 8
6. A popup window will display the progress of the iPrep disk creation (See Image 9).
Image 9
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7. You are now read to flash your Samsung drive. Reboot your PC with the Floppy / USB drive connected to the PC. Make sure that they are set as a bootable device in your system BIOS. If you do not know how to do this check your motherboard manual or look it up on Google.
8. The first screen is a disclaimer for the guys at X-Projects. Type the letter Y and press enter (See Image 11)
 Image 11
9. Next you will be shown a screen with all the commands for both Samsung & Benq drives (See Image 12).
You must first dump the original firmware from your Samsung drive and then it will automatically patch it with the iXtreme Firmware that you loaded into iPrep. The command for dumping the firmware is dsam. As extra protection for your backups you must also type in a 7 digit serial number and then a 5 digital serial number. This usually corrolates to your Xbox's serial numbers however you can use any numbers you like. For this example we will use 1111111 & 22222. So the command to type is.....
dsam 1111111 22222
(See Image 13)
Image 12
10.
If you chose the correct SATA port in iPrep and everything is communicating correctly you should now see the available ports listed. As we used a VIA 6421 SATA Card with just one usable port it is listed 1 available port, labelled as 1: XTREME Pri Master. Now here's the trick that trips many users up but is in fact very easy. The following method works with both MS25 and MS28 drives and also repairs any Samsung drive from a bad flash (also known as a bricked drive). Before you select the port turn OFF the CK3 power switch and then immediatley type the port number and press enter (in this case the port is 1). Count to 10-15 seconds and then turn the CK3 power switch to ON. The drive should immediatley start reading :) When it is finished you will get a message to reboot your PC. Don't Reboot ! (See Image 13)
Image 13
11. Your dumped firmware is now being patched with iXtreme. As you can see for the image we actually connected an MS28 drive that had an original MS25 firmware flashed to it. The firmware is detected as MS25 and then automatically spoofed to iXtreme MS28. You will then get a message to reboot your PC (See Image 14). In our experience this isnt always necessary so you can try the next step without rebooting to save you time.
Image 14
12. Now to flash the drive with iXtreme. The procedure is exactley the same as dumping. Instead of using the dsam command you will use the fsam command with the same 7 & 5 digit serial numbers you used previousley. So in this case we will type.......
fsam 1111111 22222
Again, before you select the port turn OFF the CK3 power switch and then immediatley type the port number and press enter (in this case the port is 1). Count to 10-15 seconds and then turn the CK3 power switch to ON. The drive should immediatley start flashing :) When it is finished you will get a message to telling you that everything worked OK. (See Image 15)
Image 15
13.
You are now finished! Turn the CK3 power off,
unplug the cables and test your new flash updated Xbox 360 :)
This tutorial was written by Team Xecuter. If you use anything
from this tutorial please give credits and also a direct link to
this page. Also if we have made any mistakes or left anything out
please let us know - thanks ! |
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