ms25 noob questiosn

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acid0707

Noob Account
Dec 16, 2002
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hey all i have been reading this site
and i think i am ready to mod my 360
i took it apart and found out i have a ms25 drive
my via sata card should be here today

1st question
using the xtreambootmaker 5.3 rc1 do i need to use the sam tool after i back up the original firmware?

or is this done automagically

2nd question
even tho i have a ms25 should i enable the "apply bokes patch"

3rd question
i just got my via card as i was typing this
i realized its vt6421*a* is there and extra step i need to take with this card since its not *L*
 
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Textbook

Console Master
Dec 6, 2002
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Your card will work fine. If you want to use 5.3, you do not need to do the update files mentioned in the tutorial. Also realize that the commands are xRead <serial> <serial> and xFlash <serial> <serial> instead of samread and samhack.

You should probably enable boke's patch anyways, I use it for both MS25 and MS28 drives.
 
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acid0707

Noob Account
Dec 16, 2002
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thank you!

i wasn't exactly clear on the whole samstool thing
i read thru your tutorial and that was one thing that kept confusing me

can you eleaborate a bit on when i need to use that or if i don't?

thanks again
 
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Textbook

Console Master
Dec 6, 2002
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It is run automatically by the xread.bat file. If you open up xread.bat in notepad you see this:

Code: 
@echo off
if "%1" == "" goto usage
if "%2" == "" goto usage
md Backups\%1
md Backups\%1\%2
if not exist Backups\%1\%2\Orig.bin goto step1
echo You have already made a backup for %1 %2
echo ABORTING
goto end
:step1
MTKFlash r /m /sata Backups\%1\%2\Orig.bin
copy Xtremefw.bin Backups\%1\%2\Xtremefw.bin
SamTool Backups\%1\%2\Orig.bin Backups\%1\%2\Xtremefw.bin
if errorlevel 1 goto end
:usage
echo Usage: xRead 7-digit serial 5-digit serial
:end
 
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