(Resolved) 360 usb spi not working

[haychis]

Hi. I cannot get the 360 usb spi to work. I have followed the guide correctly. I have tried it on 2 xbox's, both have successful reads via LPT, but when replacing and trying via USB, i get 'Could not find flash controller!" or similiar. I have tried it on 2 different computers, both running XP. I did not get any errors when flashing PICFLASH.HEX. Once the jumper was switched, I loaded the NANDPRO driver successfuly and it displays in devices as MEMORY ACCESS.

What else could be wrong?

[Modified by Will]

Haychis has made it working by removing diodes:

http://www.tiaowiki.com/forums/xbox-360-hardware-talk/360-usb-spi-not-working/msg794/#msg794

[/Modified by Will]

[Mike]

Hi, check your wires, if  you see Memory Access in your device manager, then the chip is good.  Double check your connections.

[haychis]

I have checked. and checked again. I have made the connections with a RJ45 plug on the end. I unplug the USB and plug in the LPT and I get a good read. I plug in the USB and 'Cant find flash controller!'. If it says memory access in device manager, does that mean that the chip was programmed correctly? just wanna make sure. I might just unplug everything and re-do it from scratch.

It's just got me baffled.

[haychis]

OK. re-did everything and same. No flash controller! I did continuity test on wires with my m-meter and all ok. I tried it on a new box, first time opened and nothing. what else can I check?

[Tutoromix]

I am going to have to assume all your connections are correct as stated in this tutorial - http://www.tiaowiki.com/w/How_to_JTAG_XBOX_360_Using_TIAO_USB_SPI_Interface Most likely they are, but you should try to download everything stated under "Software Needed" and "How do I know my XBOX 360 is hackable?". It also states you must have a Dashboard # of below 2.0.8000 to do the jtag hack.

[haychis]

Im not worried bout the jtag hack for now .. I just wanna read the nand, so it doesnt matter what dahsboard ver or cb I have.

I have tried with nandpro 2.0d and 2.0e ... just cannot get get it to read. No flash controller.

If the PICFLASH.hex didnt flash properly would I still get a 'MEMORY ACCESS' in device manager? just wanna make sure that it's working ok. Also, do I do anything with PicXboot.hex ?

[haychis]

Ok .. i've tried everything .. must be something to do with the usb spi .. i have checked my connections and re-connected with lpt and it reads ok ... when I plug in the usb .. no flash controller. I check the connections again with my multimeter and they're ok. continuity test ok. I switched it back to lpt and read nand twice no errors.

Im ready to throw it out the window!!!!!!!

[Tutoromix]

Make sure you download http://www.tiaowiki.com/download//file.php?id=29 and http://www.tiaowiki.com/download//file.php?id=28 You need some of these tools listed in the tutorial to read the nand as well.

The same factors that lead the LPT to work applies to the USB SPI as well. I think the software commands are different for the USB SPI - http://www.tiaowiki.com/w/How_to_JTAG_XBOX_360_Using_TIAO_USB_SPI_Interface

[wicked66]

i am still getting
looking for usb device
could not detect flash controller
can not continue
i re soldered and re soldered it looks clean and all points are intacti am using the usb spi made by taio from DIYGADGET.COM
does anyone else have this exact product
i plug in the power to xbox dont turn it on then i plug in the usb cable from pc into the usb spi now all wires are just a little longer then my then my middle finger lol whitch is what i want to give to my 360 right jk the usb cable is as long as my arm maybe i should shorten usb cable although it detects it when not pluged into xbox it shows as memory access im going to try to take platic covers off the wires on the end that connects to the usb spi device and see if that works they are kinda loose and slide off easily maybe this is the problem anyone who has this usb spi can help that would be great i also have a xenon board hopefully someone has the same exact setup as me and can help im tearing my hair out lol also when it is plugged in to the pc if i do turn pwer on it works like i have done nothing to it is it true that it should not be able to turn on if it is pluged in to pc via usb spi like the guy above said does that really mean my points are not right? and does my pc have to be a old pc to work ive tryd 2 pc's already oh yeah and i also read something about taio tutorial being wrong something about switching pins 5 and 6 anyone know about this ?  i have all the software can someone tell me how to get the usb spi device back to defualt so i can try from scratch i got no errors but maybe if i try again

[Tutoromix]

Give this step another go - http://www.tiaowiki.com/w/How_to_JTAG_XBOX_360_Using_TIAO_USB_SPI_Interface#Connect_the_USB_SPI_Interface_to_XBOX_360

This is the command for USB

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nandpro usb: -r16 nandback.bin
I am assuming you downloaded this http://www.tiaowiki.com/download//file.php?id=29 and this http://www.tiaowiki.com/download//file.php?id=28 already.

[haychis]

ok.. got my friends box .. he had 7xxx dash on it ... I did everything exactly the same ... re-flashed the chip with PICFLASH.HEX ... swapped jumper to run mode ... memory access found after installing driver ... nandpro usb: -r16 read1.bin .. and ...

could not detect a flash controller!!!!

cannot for the life of me find out what the problem is ... I have connected it via LPT using same wires .. and it reads nand fine!!!!! Continuity test from front/back of both console and usb... fine!!!

I have wasted countless hours on this!!!! in the PICFLASH_v3b_plus2 file .. there is also a PicXBoot.hex file. Do I do anything with that
I will take pics if required ...

[Tutoromix]

If it is not a driver/software/hardware problem, it must be a connection problem on the USB SPI. I think the jumpers have to be put in a certain way, like how you do on a computer motherboard. I would have to assume anything mentioned/not mentioned in the Tiaowiki tutorial during the process is what you should do, with no added extras.

Make sure when you plug the USB SPI into the USB port, you here a dinging sound and pops up as a "Safely Remove Hardware" component. Windows must not freeze during the process. Also, make sure you have 32-bit Windows XP. I don't think the drivers for the USB supports 64-bit Windows or Windows Vista/7. Nevermind, looks like you have Windows XP.

Since the LPT version doesn't require extra stuff to install, it could be why it works on the first try.


Another thing, make sure the jumper is set to Normal mode or BoatLoader mode. Try swapping the jumpers before you read the NAND. If the one jumper position doesn't work, switch it to the other.

[three60games]

having the same problem, anyone made any progress / or had success with this adapter?

[Tutoromix]

Download this - http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/MCHP_App_%20Lib%20v2010_02_09_Installer.zip

From http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2680&dDocName=en547784 | http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2680&dDocName=en537044

This is a new PIC (Microchip USB Package) driver for the Tiao USB SPI. I am assuming no one has gotten the USB SPI to work thus far. There are a lot of folders in this package. You will eventually get to some .sys /.dll /.inf files.


There is also the Legacy PIC driver v1.04 - http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2896 But this might be the same driver that Tiao is using. Tiaowiki seems to be suing v1.03 that supports only the older PIC designs. Download v2.6a instead as it is meant for the newer PIC designs.

[three60games]

will try this this evening and report back, hope it works as reading the nand over lpt is starting to drive me insane

has ANYONE successfully read a nand with these adaptors?