------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximus - FIRMWARE TOOLBOX V3.1B (With C4E/Garyopa Hitachi 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ The Credit on the Hitachi 1.7 is to C4E for his original Hitachi Jitter Fix and to Garyopa for layout those changes on other versions On this release I am including a missing file that was causing problems to users that used the option of the external flashers mainly users with drives 59 and older, none 78 users complain We are on the same line to having 1 tool for all hitachi versions and to allow that we already have figured out how to solve the USB-SATA issues and some SIL issues to, so on next versions you can use that devices (for versions prior to 59) whitout glitches. Meanwhile since this version is not USB-SATA friendly you can use the "external flashers" option or use the C4E release earlier wich is MS-DOS (if your drive is 59 or lower) and this release if you have 78/79 WHATS NEW ON V3.1b: - Added: Missing File was causing troubles to users with Classic Mode. - Added: Hitachi Xtreme 1.7 (Disc Jitter Fix) - Added: Smart Hack Patcher now works for all Production Drives V40 thru v79 - Added: Correctly show and handle of keys for Hit79 drives - Corrected: Bug displaying Samsung FW as spoofed (display error) - Corrected: Several other bugs - Improved : Checksum checkup when dumping - Added: OCX's included on the release (there are available on Microsoft site anyway) Release Notes: On Xtreme 1.7 the F900 core and Stealth FW have been removed This could be seen as a Step Back, but indeed is 2 steps ahead, By one side we are trying to build one solid application (toolbox) that would make easier the future Hitachi Releases (which currently its a pain because of all the variations) and by other side it incorporates Disc-Jitter check fix for Hitachi drives. The F900 core needs more work and can be easily incorporated on future versions along with other goodies that already are under development (media-stealth, single layer support, etc). The Fw Stealth was a good idea but it has been proven that the fw could be readed by other means, indeed the newer versions (78+) does not have the need to implement stealth so I think it will not be used anymore. WHAT IS IT ? ---------- A graphical tool to handle several common dvd-drive firmware tasks. This is the better tool you will find. You can copy-paste the keys from one firmware to another not matter if they are different vendor (samsung or hitachi) and not matter the version of the FW Allows SMART PATCH for rolling code firmwares (Hitachi 0078) and also Direct Flash on all drives, even the nasty 78 drives. RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets yet, be aware of use the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks. We will be working on SIL chipsets later. The flasher/restore appears to be rock solid now, also very easy to understand, so this could be the base to flash future firmware releases, even on the 78 FEATURES: --------- - Direct Dump and Direct Flash over all versions of GDR3120L drives even the 0078 FK drives. - Allow copy-paste of the keys between firmare not matter if they are crypted or not or if they are different vendor or even better, not matter which version of Fw (46,47,59,78 etc) - Do common firmware tasks with a mouse click - Supports Samsung and Hitachi firmwares All Versions - Shows Vendor, ROM version and also if its CRYPTED or NOT - Allow crypt or decrypt the files - Shows the 16 byte Keys not matter if the file is Crypted - Allows adding of TAGS to a KEY like Owner, Serial No, Date. (Dont worry, the tags are not saved onto firmware file) - Fully Integrated with Windows Context Menu (like winrar) - Fully Supports 512 KB firmwares (2 banks) SPONSORSHIP DONATION: --------------------- If you are on repair business, take a look at the Sponsorship donations and help new developments INSTALLATION: --------------- - Unzip contents on the folder you like - Open application and go to Options->Enable Windows Context Menu - Close application HOW TO USE: ------------------ - READ THE ATTACHED FILE LABELED TUTORIALS.TXT - To open a file you can just on Windows Explorer do Right Click and choose "Open with Firmware Toolbox", or you can first launch the application and do File-Open menu or simply drag a file from your browser to the application. - To encrypt or decrypt a file just open it as above and click the button encrypt or decrypt. - To replace a key just type it or copy-paste it into the key textbox and click on "Replace Key" - To set or replace Tag Data just type it into the Tag Data Section "Save Tag Data". This Tag Data will be show every time you open a file that have the same key. Useful to identify an Owner's Key CHANGE LOG ---------- V3.0: WHATS NEW ON V3.0: - Added: Direct Dumping of GDR3120L drives attached to PC. Also features a new RAW memdump which is not fooled by the stealth method on currently hacked drives. Even can dump the nasty 78 drives all by software. - Added: Direct Flashing of Keys, Spoof data and also Direct flash of hacked firmwares over all hitachi drive models attached to the PC. Even flash the 0078FK drives and newer (I hope). So forgot epoxy removal for now. see video tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSSPmAAtMUk - Added: Option to do a Smart hack on those "Rolling Code" Firmwares like 78 and surely newer ones - Added: Option to create multibank fw - Added: Option to split multibank fw - Added: Option to Spoof a firmware, you can spoof a Hitachi XX version to a Hitachi YY version, you can even spoof a hitachi Fw to report as a samsung drive. - Added: Option validate checksum, this will allow detect proper and bad dumps before flashing V2.0: - Corrected: Lookup of keys on GDR-3120L V78 because they dont have same location on all drives. - Added: Show of the "hacker string" that identifies hacked versions. (Samsung on FFE0, Hitachi on 37F0) In case of 512 KB roms will only show for bank 0 - Added: Option to quick view the key database - Added: Bigger "Encrypt/Decrypt" button for those that have not been using this save-time feature WHAT IS NEXT ON FUTURE TOOLBOX VERSIONS ?: ------------------------------------------ - Direct dump/flash of 79 drives - Smart Hack Patcher configurable by script (avoid hard coded rules) - Restore and Patch Wizards (for totally noobs) KNOWN ISSUES: -------------- If the context menu is not shown when you right-click over a file just open the application and do Options-Disable Windows Menu and then Options-Enable Windows Context Menu. Also RAWDUMP does not work fine with SIL chipsets, be aware of use the validate checksum feature to avoid bad dumps and bricks Some USB 2 SATA Adapters hangs at the moment of dumping, use a Native Sata PC BUGS, COMMENTS OR ADD FEATURES REQUEST: --------------------------------------- [email protected] THANKS TO ------------------------------------------------------------------- C4E, Seventhson, garyopa, geremia, birdy, Loser, modfreakz, uberfry, Tecno Devices and all others on xboxhacker.net