How to flash a BenQ Xbox 360

**Venomous Fire** · 02-04-2008, 12:49 PM

If it gets the RRoD you can either Xclamp it yourself or send it to Scar to have it X-Clamped, that is a permanent fix for the RRoD

imtiazahmed · 02-05-2008, 09:58 AM

I've bought a via sata card and guess what......now i did it. my x360 can play backups....yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahoo

**Venomous Fire** · 02-05-2008, 04:24 PM

Congratulations

**Nightcast** · 02-12-2008, 10:50 AM

Is this tut still good, any updates? I just got another xbox with a benq drive so im going to flash then one and not my samsung.

**Venomous Fire** · 02-12-2008, 12:14 PM

Tut is still good, no updates yet

If you want help get on AIM and I can walk you through it on there or something. I have class until 3:15 central today so i wont be home till 4pm-ish

kruton6 · 02-13-2008, 11:36 AM

ordered my via card last night

Here's hoping that fixes my problems.

ajan231 · 02-14-2008, 03:49 AM

I recently purchased
Rosewill Sata + Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER
Newegg.com - Rosewill RC-212 PCI SATA / IDE Controller Card SATA 150 + ATA 133 : Supports Raid 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD, un-RAID mode - Retail

installed it, drivers all that.

I am just having trouble locating the port number so I can flash my benq!! where exactly you find the exact port number to flash. :cry2:

I look in my devices and I dont see any number or anything.

Can someone exactly explain where can you locate SATA PORT numbers ? thanks

**Xox Jfresh xoX** · 02-14-2008, 07:30 AM

bios

kruton6 · 02-14-2008, 08:15 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ajan231

I am just having trouble locating the port number so I can flash my benq!! where exactly you find the exact port number to flash. :cry2:

I look in my devices and I dont see any number or anything.

Can someone exactly explain where can you locate SATA PORT numbers ? thanks

right-click my computer -> left click properties -> click hardware tab -> click device manager -> pull out IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> find the VIA card and write down the last 4 at the end of that line.

ajan231 · 02-14-2008, 05:43 PM

Hmm thats the thing...

My Sata PCI port shows up where the storage controllers are located...

The only controllers showing up in the IDE/ATA/ATAPI tab are the controllers on my mobo...

does anyone know what to do??

**Venomous Fire** · 02-14-2008, 05:51 PM

I have no idea, I guess just go with it and just write down the port numbers from there

kruton6 · 02-14-2008, 08:33 PM

Looks like vista. You could try connecting a sata drive up to the via card and powering your computer on as it may not show up in the usual spot unless you have a drive attached.

It appears that those other drives are attached to your jmicron (ICH9) controller so that most likely won't work for you. It that works let venomous know and he can edit the main post to say make sure you have a drive attached to get the sata port locations.

Also could be a vista thing. You may want to obtain an XP gui PE bootable disc and try booting to that and see what happens.

**Venomous Fire** · 02-15-2008, 12:07 AM

Its not a Vista thing, I already talked to him on AIM earlier and we found the port number, FYI people, the port number of the first port of the first I/O range

When you see Port I/O there should be a long number *8 or so digits* the last 4 number/letters is the port number

Go to Run and type msinfo and expand to find the Sata card by going
Components > Storage > SCSI

Ex. I/O Port - 0x0000EF80-0x0000EF8F

If you saw that as your first port I/O range, your first port number would be EF80

Bah he just told me he couldnt find the port number, 2morrow Im gonna get on my desktop and show him the other way to find it, but its a xp desktop, and he is on Vista...

kruton6 · 02-15-2008, 08:06 AM

hm, I wonder if that's the problem I was having.... I'll check this out tonight

ajan231 · 02-15-2008, 10:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by kruton6

Looks like vista. You could try connecting a sata drive up to the via card and powering your computer on as it may not show up in the usual spot unless you have a drive attached.

It appears that those other drives are attached to your jmicron (ICH9) controller so that most likely won't work for you. It that works let venomous know and he can edit the main post to say make sure you have a drive attached to get the sata port locations.

Also could be a vista thing. You may want to obtain an XP gui PE bootable disc and try booting to that and see what happens.

eh . tried that port number still didn't show up

nvm.. ima just go to my friends house and do it there... he's running native XP.

props to venom.. help me find the PORT NUMBER . vista is gay about hiding it and making it difficult to flash.

DeadOhio · 02-17-2008, 04:02 PM

Thanks for the write up. I am about to gives this a try but I am also running vista on my sata machine. If I had a sata card I put together a old machine and load xp on it but I do not and the local micro center is a million miles away.

I am going to try and see if I can figure out how to get this to work with a sata onboard setup and vista. I will check for the port numbers in my bios first and if not there I would seem to think there would have to be a tool out there to allow you to locate the ports from vista.

**Venomous Fire** · 02-17-2008, 04:04 PM

The ports are found in the device manager......

And your onboard Sata card prolly wont work, needs to be a VIA VT6421 sata card

DeadOhio · 02-17-2008, 08:16 PM

Do you if there is a reason why the onboard sata will not work? Is it only because you can not find the port? I have read it works with other firmware hacks for 360's

I found that you need to have a VIA or Nforce chipset to be able to read the BENQ drive. So check your motherboards chipset before buying the sata card. Below is a more detailed write up and explains some more things to Noobs like myself.

http://caster420.360mods.net/Textbook.2008.pdf

You can also mod the BENQ drive so it can be read on other chipsets. I would not recommend it though.

http://caster420.360mods.net/VAD6038/vad6038.pdf

**Venomous Fire** · 02-17-2008, 11:47 PM

VIA VT6421 is the best, because all drives respond to it, and its only like, 10-15 shipped....not too big of an investment when you consider your games are ALOT cheaper

OHB0Y2K4 · 02-23-2008, 07:07 PM

I am having the problem at the dosflash part. Whether manual or via xp i cannot read the drive. I have the 6124 chipset, i followed the directions to a T???
In manual mode it constantly comes up with the parameters every time i hit enter.
In xp it does ask me if i wanna resend the mtk .. and it defaulted to the pic below (ECD0).. can i change this? i answer yes. Turned it off for more than 15 sec. The dosflash dialog window never poped up and i did notice that the dvd ramped up for about 30 sec. then stopped.

Please look at the pics.
Cap1.jpg
Cap2.jpg

When i select to read the flash it errors telling me that there "is no know flash chip on this port"

Is there a chat or something that i can comm with??

Also when dosflash loads it

02-05-2008, 09:58 AM	#22
imtiazahmed Novice	DID IT I've bought a via sata card and guess what......now i did it. my x360 can play backups....yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahoo

02-12-2008, 12:14 PM	#25
Venomous Fire Novice	Tut is still good, no updates yet If you want help get on AIM and I can walk you through it on there or something. I have class until 3:15 central today so i wont be home till 4pm-ish Last edited by Venomous Fire; 02-12-2008 at 12:14 PM.

02-14-2008, 08:33 PM	#32
kruton6 Novice	Looks like vista. You could try connecting a sata drive up to the via card and powering your computer on as it may not show up in the usual spot unless you have a drive attached. It appears that those other drives are attached to your jmicron (ICH9) controller so that most likely won't work for you. It that works let venomous know and he can edit the main post to say make sure you have a drive attached to get the sata port locations. Also could be a vista thing. You may want to obtain an XP gui PE bootable disc and try booting to that and see what happens. Last edited by kruton6; 02-14-2008 at 08:38 PM.

02-15-2008, 12:07 AM	#33
Venomous Fire Novice	Its not a Vista thing, I already talked to him on AIM earlier and we found the port number, FYI people, the port number of the first port of the first I/O range When you see Port I/O there should be a long number 8 or so digits the last 4 number/letters is the port number Go to Run and type msinfo and expand to find the Sata card by going Components > Storage > SCSI Ex. I/O Port - 0x0000EF80-0x0000EF8F If you saw that as your first port I/O range, your first port number would be EF80 Bah he just told me he couldnt find the port number, 2morrow Im gonna get on my desktop and show him the other way to find it, but its a xp desktop, and he is on Vista... Last edited by Venomous Fire; 02-15-2008 at 12:20 AM.

02-15-2008, 10:29 PM	#35
ajan231 Novice	Quote: Originally Posted by kruton6 Looks like vista. You could try connecting a sata drive up to the via card and powering your computer on as it may not show up in the usual spot unless you have a drive attached. It appears that those other drives are attached to your jmicron (ICH9) controller so that most likely won't work for you. It that works let venomous know and he can edit the main post to say make sure you have a drive attached to get the sata port locations. Also could be a vista thing. You may want to obtain an XP gui PE bootable disc and try booting to that and see what happens. eh . tried that port number still didn't show up nvm.. ima just go to my friends house and do it there... he's running native XP. props to venom.. help me find the PORT NUMBER . vista is gay about hiding it and making it difficult to flash. Last edited by ajan231; 02-15-2008 at 10:29 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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How to flash a BenQ Xbox 360

02-04-2008, 12:49 PM	#21
Venomous Fire Novice	If it gets the RRoD you can either Xclamp it yourself or send it to Scar to have it X-Clamped, that is a permanent fix for the RRoD

02-05-2008, 04:24 PM	#23
Venomous Fire Novice	Congratulations

02-12-2008, 10:50 AM	#24
Nightcast In Charge B*****	Is this tut still good, any updates? I just got another xbox with a benq drive so im going to flash then one and not my samsung.

02-13-2008, 11:36 AM	#26
kruton6 Novice	ordered my via card last night Here's hoping that fixes my problems.

02-14-2008, 03:49 AM	#27
ajan231 Novice	I recently purchased Rosewill Sata + Ultra ATA RAID CONTROLLER Newegg.com - Rosewill RC-212 PCI SATA / IDE Controller Card SATA 150 + ATA 133 : Supports Raid 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD, un-RAID mode - Retail installed it, drivers all that. I am just having trouble locating the port number so I can flash my benq!! where exactly you find the exact port number to flash. :cry2: I look in my devices and I dont see any number or anything. Can someone exactly explain where can you locate SATA PORT numbers ? thanks

02-14-2008, 07:30 AM	#28
Xox Jfresh xoX Premium Member	bios

02-14-2008, 08:15 AM	#29
kruton6 Novice	Quote: Originally Posted by ajan231 I am just having trouble locating the port number so I can flash my benq!! where exactly you find the exact port number to flash. :cry2: I look in my devices and I dont see any number or anything. Can someone exactly explain where can you locate SATA PORT numbers ? thanks right-click my computer -> left click properties -> click hardware tab -> click device manager -> pull out IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> find the VIA card and write down the last 4 at the end of that line.

02-14-2008, 05:43 PM	#30
ajan231 Novice	Hmm thats the thing... My Sata PCI port shows up where the storage controllers are located... The only controllers showing up in the IDE/ATA/ATAPI tab are the controllers on my mobo... does anyone know what to do??

02-14-2008, 05:51 PM	#31
Venomous Fire Novice	I have no idea, I guess just go with it and just write down the port numbers from there

02-15-2008, 08:06 AM	#34
kruton6 Novice	hm, I wonder if that's the problem I was having.... I'll check this out tonight

02-17-2008, 04:02 PM	#36
DeadOhio Novice	Thanks for the write up. I am about to gives this a try but I am also running vista on my sata machine. If I had a sata card I put together a old machine and load xp on it but I do not and the local micro center is a million miles away. I am going to try and see if I can figure out how to get this to work with a sata onboard setup and vista. I will check for the port numbers in my bios first and if not there I would seem to think there would have to be a tool out there to allow you to locate the ports from vista.

02-17-2008, 04:04 PM	#37
Venomous Fire Novice	The ports are found in the device manager...... And your onboard Sata card prolly wont work, needs to be a VIA VT6421 sata card

02-17-2008, 08:16 PM	#38
DeadOhio Novice	Do you if there is a reason why the onboard sata will not work? Is it only because you can not find the port? I have read it works with other firmware hacks for 360's I found that you need to have a VIA or Nforce chipset to be able to read the BENQ drive. So check your motherboards chipset before buying the sata card. Below is a more detailed write up and explains some more things to Noobs like myself. http://caster420.360mods.net/Textbook.2008.pdf You can also mod the BENQ drive so it can be read on other chipsets. I would not recommend it though. http://caster420.360mods.net/VAD6038/vad6038.pdf Last edited by DeadOhio; 02-17-2008 at 08:16 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

02-17-2008, 11:47 PM	#39
Venomous Fire Novice	VIA VT6421 is the best, because all drives respond to it, and its only like, 10-15 shipped....not too big of an investment when you consider your games are ALOT cheaper

02-23-2008, 07:07 PM	#40
OHB0Y2K4 Novice	HELP! I am having the problem at the dosflash part. Whether manual or via xp i cannot read the drive. I have the 6124 chipset, i followed the directions to a T??? In manual mode it constantly comes up with the parameters every time i hit enter. In xp it does ask me if i wanna resend the mtk .. and it defaulted to the pic below (ECD0).. can i change this? i answer yes. Turned it off for more than 15 sec. The dosflash dialog window never poped up and i did notice that the dvd ramped up for about 30 sec. then stopped. Please look at the pics. Cap1.jpg Cap2.jpg When i select to read the flash it errors telling me that there "is no know flash chip on this port" Is there a chat or something that i can comm with?? Also when dosflash loads it

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