Via VT4261A not recognised in dos?!

[Regionfree]

hi guys, i did a search and tried the various methods i found here to try fix it but none so far have worked.

basically i have two 360's, an ms28 and an ms25.
in my pc i have an intel ich7 sata raid card.

i followed the guide by textbook and got all the latest software to flash my ms25 with 5.2c
took me about 3 mins! excellent. works perfect.

i then tried my ms28, which obviously didnt work because i had the wrong chipset.
so i bought a via vt6241A online.

well it got delivered today.
it detected and installed in windows.

im using the bad flash method and have followed the guide to a T!

the only thing i didnt do is disable raid, because i dont know how!

anyway, in dos the card isnt detected no matter which sata port i connect the 360 to. it sees my intel card ports though.

can anyone help please?


thanks.

 

[wicke666]

just go in bios and disable raid from there

 

[Regionfree]

ok just tried but it only appears to have the option for my intel sata card.

uh-oh!


thanks for the reply.


any other ideas? : )

 

[bennyb0y]

You may want to check your Device ID and I/O port number again ! Use Xtreme Boot Maker !

 

[landeilo]

Someone may correct me if I am wrong on this one, but i am almost 100% positive that only onbaord SATA ports ie on your motherboard are accesed via the bios, PCI SATA card's are done through windows. maybe someone will clarify/correct me on this.

 

[hubbley2k]

If you have an intergrated SATA chipset/ports on your motherboard those device setting will show in the BIOS not a SATA card....



So I'm with you Leon

 

[Regionfree]

ok.
ive used xtreme boot maker.

the intel sata card is integrated on my motherboard and the via is a secondary one on pci.

is there anything i can do?


thanks for the replies guys.

 

[hubbley2k]

O'k have you disabled the intel SATA chipset from within the bios and is the seperate VIA SATA card installed correctly with the most upto date drivers?

 

[landeilo]

And dont install the RAID tool for the PCI one. Just install the latest drivers for it.

 

[Regionfree]

wow you guys are fast!

ok ill uninstall the raid tools now.

where can i find the latest drivers for it?


and ill disable the intel now.



thanks guys. : )

 

[hubbley2k]

get your make and model of it and go to the via website and see what you can find or post the details here and i'll have a look for you.


Anyhting else you could give me a shout on msn details below sit back take a deep breath chill as good things come to those who (wait) don't rush in lol

 

[Regionfree]

this is the one ive got.


thanks.

http://www.newdigitalshop.co.uk/product.php?productid=16138&cat=0&page=1&featured

 

[landeilo]

dowbload the latest drivers for the PCI SATA card from here

 

[hubbley2k]

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=420&OSID=1&CatID=1180&SubCatID=117

there you go mate

****edit****

Leon beat me lol

 

[Regionfree]

thanks guys!

it works now!


im so grateful for all your help! the drivers did the trick.


it read the drive but now when i do samhack 1234567 12345 it says hack.bin doesnt exist.

hmmm. what can i do guys?
i tried re doing samread again, which works fine. but samhack doesnt


thanks.

 

[hubbley2k]

are you doing it from the root of your C: drive

i.i put everything in c:\firmware

 

[Regionfree]

nope, im doing it off floppy.

all other drives disconnected

 

[landeilo]

Glad you got the SATA card bit sorted, I don't know much about doing the Sams, mines is the 78fk Hitachi. i'm sure someone will have the answer on here tho, good luck. Try USB boot.

 

[hubbley2k]

are you using Xtreme firmware 5.2 for TS-H943

as this is what i used....

extracted the orig.bin

created a new one with xtreme put it onto my floppy and flashed that way.

 

[Regionfree]

xtreme 5.2c is on the floppy,
ive just extracted the orig.bin and created a new one.


but theres no hacked.bin on the floppy.


how do i make one of those?

i thought samhack did that for me?


thanks.