CK V3 Pro ModeB switch question. Lite-on reading/flashing.

[mihalich]

So - I have got Ck3 but I found one strange thing with ModeB switch:

At first when I unpacked it using it I had all switches OFF - power switch - OFF position, Eject and ModeB switches - UP.
View from the top:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3004/shlem-kun.0/0_23e0c_23be6e85_L.jpg
Side view:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3101/shlem-kun.0/0_23e0e_978c7718_L.jpg

Then I Switch power ON:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3001/shlem-kun.0/0_23e0f_4c181b8b_L.jpg

As far as I know from Team Xecuter tutorials, RED means ModeB is ON.
Is ModeB ON when ModeB switch is depressed? Why I got led which is next to the MODEB switch - RED - in tutorials it's the other led RED when MODEB activated.

Here - http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/hitachi_pre07.htm (http://team-xecuter.com/forums/../ck3/hitachi_pre07.htm) I see on image 1 that different led is red.

http://team-xecuter.com/ck3/images/hitachi/1.jpg

And there is instruction which reads:
and press the Modeb switch so the LED is REDWhat does it mean? Different led and different position?


Then I press MODEB switch Down:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3101/shlem-kun.0/0_23e10_e3ed94f6_L.jpg

Led which was red is now OFF. Led which is next to power connector is BRIGHT BLUE =) as it is said in tutorials - blue means ModeB OFF.

In Tutorials it's said that when PROBE is connected its led becomes blue when CK3 blue led is ON. But it's not said if PROBE's blue led should be on or off if CK3 led is red.
Ck3 - blue led; probe - blue led:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3300/shlem-kun.0/0_23e12_fc6e43ad_L.jpg

Ck3 - red led; probe - still blue led:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3003/shlem-kun.0/0_23e11_a0c1440c_L.jpg



So I want to know:
1 - Is my CK3 pro+Probe OK?
2 - Are the leds working properly?
3 - In which ModeB switch position ModeB is ON? Up (depressed) or Down (pressed)?
4 - Which leds should be on in different positions of ModeB switch?
5 - How should led on tail of PROBE work? Always blue when power to CK3 is on? Or it is dependent on the ModeB switch position?

By the way, if I got different Identity.bin files during read process? Is it ok?
I made 3 reads of the same drive at first and got 3 identical copies of all 3 files with same MD5. But after some setup change I read the key again and identity.bin was different. 2 other files were she same - they got identical MD5 to those which I read first.

Thanks in advance.

[KALTIK]

Did you ever find out if your Kit was working right.

Im having the same problem.

Did anyone else have this happen and if so how did you fix it thanks.

[peeedeee]

Same here.

[uron1000]

modeb is only required for hitachi drives so i would not worry about it red or blue it will not effect your flash.

[KALTIK]

modeb is only required for hitachi drives so i would not worry about it red or blue it will not effect your flash.

Thanks uron1000

just to be safe im on the same page, its ok to flash my lite-on even if i dont have the blue led and it is red instead like mihalich pick above.

[uron1000]

Thanks uron1000

just to be safe im on the same page, its ok to flash my lite-on even if i dont have the blue led and it is red instead like mihalich pick above.

yes it will be fine, flashing is done via the sata cable your only using the ck3 to power the drive and to short out R707 with the probe to get the key.bin, identify.bin, inquiry.bin. after that the probe is no longer needed.

[KALTIK]

yes it will be fine, flashing is done via the sata cable your only using the ck3 to power the drive and to short out R707 with the probe to get the key.bin, identify.bin, inquiry.bin. after that the probe is no longer needed.

uron1000 Thank You again, now all i have to wait for is the VIA 6421 to arrive.:D

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