Crap I i have a v0078fk hitachi-lg!!!

[horrorbiz]

ok, just bought a xbox two weeks ago. opened it and sadly i have the dreaded v0078fk hitachi-lg. i read a couple of faqs and watch a few vid tutorials. my problem is my pc is farely old, about 6yrs. which in computer yrs really means like 20.

any way im clueless as to what my mobo is. i figure im gonna have to buy some kind of PCI SATA Controller Card, but which should i get?

 

[abeerdrinker]

Via Chipset 6421 A or L 20 bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132009


I wish newegg payed me for the links I have been posting to its site.

 

[azote]

Or theres the ones on the eBay store here. I got the 4 port 6421A SATA one off here and it works great.

 

[horrorbiz]

first, thanks for the assistance. if i purchase will i still have to buy a sata cable? could there be a potential conflict with my mobo?

 

[azote]

Well the ones on the store I listed include a SATA cable and the driver CD. For example this one here. Don't think there should be a problem. Just install to the PCI slot, Windows will recognize it, install the drivers, restart, and you're good to go.

 

[landeilo]

Don't use the drivers on the included CD, download the latest drivers here. I found the 0078fk the easiest one to flash, after I got the 6421 VIA Card.

 

[horrorbiz]

Don't use the drivers on the included CD, download the latest drivers here. I found the 0078fk the easiest one to flash, after I got the 6421 VIA Card.

thanks for the help. youre the first person i have seen to say flashing a 00078fk was easy. which ver slax disc did you use? i read 2.0 wasnt very reliable.

 

[landeilo]

I have an nForce3 chipset motherboard and neither slax 2.0 or 2.1 worked, but slax 2.0 worked fine on my mates pc, I used Slax Live which you can get from the downloads section on here, to flash a 47dj and it worked fine.

 

[horrorbiz]

ok just order the sata card that abeerdrinker suggested. I also have some info on my chipset by using HWinNFO32.

MOBO Chipset: VIA VT8363 KT133 + VT82C686A
Gateway

I have no clue what that means. I was hoping someone on the board could give me some info weather this is ok or should I just chuck my pc out the window?

 

[landeilo]

The PC is fine, it's just the hitachi drives seem picky as to which chipset will detect and get them into modeb, the card you have ordered should work fine.

 

[eko]

ya i took the 78fk back heheh, i had no trubble getting it into mode b with slax, but it kept freezin on me durin thee raw dump .

 

[horrorbiz]

ya i took the 78fk back heheh, i had no trubble getting it into mode b with slax, but it kept freezin on me durin thee raw dump .

what do you mean, you took it back? what software was you using to flash it?

 

[eko]

returned it to the store, i dint break it, i just wanted to exchange it for a drive that i knew a lil more about hehe . i was using toolbox, and when i went to rawdump , it froze

 

[horrorbiz]

hey all! got a problem. my sata card came in the mail I just attemted to install it but the damn thing knocked out my monitor:? after I uninstalled it all was back to normal also my comp was making a weird beeping sound. that has never happen in the seven years I've on my comp?!!!

anyone have a clue what the problem could be?

 

[landeilo]

Have you tried it in a different PCI slot?? And don't use the drivers from the disc use these

 

[horrorbiz]

Have you tried it in a different PCI slot?? And don't use the drivers from the disc use these

I have no more pci slots left. I will try swapping my ethernet card. I let you know how it goes.

 

[horrorbiz]

Have you tried it in a different PCI slot?? And don't use the drivers from the disc use these

I have no more pci slots left. I will try swapping my ethernet card. I let you know how it goes.

 

[horrorbiz]

Have you tried it in a different PCI slot?? And don't use the drivers from the disc use these

Well I tried switching the SATA card with the ethernet card and had zero luck, so I thought maybe my mobo couldnt hand all the slots being used at once so I left the ethernet out, Still no change. I have to face facts that my mobo can't handle it. I'm gonna try it out on my friends cpu if that fails then it looks like I'm gonna have to enlist the services of 360mods.

 

[landeilo]

Just a thought, but if you have RAID enabled Disable it via the BIOS. Also try a different SATA Cable and use the port on the SATA card that is closest to the front of the PC.

 

[horrorbiz]

Just a thought, but if you have RAID enabled Disable it via the BIOS. Also try a different SATA Cable and use the port on the SATA card that is closest to the front of the PC.

how do I go about disabling
RAID? I've never missed with my bios before.