Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360 - HACKED Xbox 360 Firmware!

[Zeus]

Commodore4eva has released the long awaited world first Xbox 360 backup firmware modification to boot all game backups, Arakon has confirmed that it worked with a backup of GRAW.

Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360

Here it is, the long awaited World first Xbox 360 backup firmware modification to boot all game backups!

Features

- Boots all Xtreme Xbox 360 backups
- Boots all Xtreme Xbox 1 backups
- Boots all Xbox 360 originals
- Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360
- Xtreme0800 extraction firmware enables drive to function natively under - Windows without any hardware conversion/adaptors
Use on Xbox Live at own risk

Technical Details

- Reads Xbox 360 security sector from PSN 04FB1F (Layer 0)
- Reads Xbox 1 security sector from PSN 605FF (Layer 0)
- Security sector must be extrated using Xtreme0800 360 firmware for Xbox360 games and Xbox 1 games
- Will not boot Xbox 1 backups made with Xbox1 605b 0800 firmware (maybe in future release)

Flashing Your Drive

- Advisable to make a backup of your dvd drive firmware first.("mtkflash r /m orig.bin")
- Please make sure you hexedit the Xtreme.bin firmware (Not Xtrm0800.bin firmware) to include your dvd drive key from your original firmware (usually at $4000-4200).
- Plug SATA cable from DVD drive to PC. Power cable drive still connected to Xbox 360
- Power on Xbox 360
- Power on PC
- Boot with standard dos boot disk with included mtkflash utility
- Run "mtkflash w /m firmwarename.bin" with relevant firmware file (Xtreme.bin for running backups or Xtrm0800.bin for security sector extraction)

Extracting Security Sector

- Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
- Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
- Run DVDinfoPro
- Enter the following four custom cdb commands:

AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 01 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 03 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 05 C0
AD 00 FF 02 FD FF FE 00 08 00 07 C0

Then save hexadecimal display as bin file as SS.bin

Creating a game backup

- Ensure DVD drive has been flashed with Xtrm0800.bin firmware. Drive can now work under Windows.
- Extract Isobuilder.rar
- Insert original game disk into drive and wait for windows to detect disk change
- Run DVDinfoPro
- Enter the following custom cdb command to unlock drive: (game data visable)

FF 08 01 01

- Run Isobuster
- Right click on DVD and select Extract From-To
- Click Length and enter number of LBAs as follows:

- Xbox 1 Original Number of LBA to read 3431264 decimal
or
- Xbox 360 Original Number of LBA to read 3567872 decimal
- Select User Data (2048 bytes/block)
- Click Start Extraction
- Enter filename as game.iso and click Save
- Upon read error dialogue box choose fill with blank zeros for sector and select use this selection for all errors
- Copy game.iso and ss.bin to the relevent isobuilder directory (Depending on Xbox 360 or Xbox 1 game)
- Run build360.bat (Xbox 360 game) or build.bat (xbox 1 game)
- Ensure your burner will set the booktype of DVD+R DL to DVDRom
- Burn with CloneCd and choose the image.dvd file

Download: N/A (VERY ILLEGAL)

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[thePANICHIOteam]

Wow, interesting. Remember how Microsoft said their core security hasn't been breached ? Well it looks like a big part of their security has :). I'm gonna get on this when I got home from work later on tonight, I wonder what M$ will have to say in response!

[mksoftware]

Wow, interesting. Remember how Microsoft said their core security hasn't been breached ? Well it looks like a big part of their security has :). I'm gonna get on this when I got home from work later on tonight, I wonder what M$ will have to say in response!

Their lovely Xbox Live detection will smell piracy from the firmware in the DVD-Drive soon, trust me ... Some Xbox 360's will get owned by microsoft soon....

[thePANICHIOteam]

Their lovely Xbox Live detection will smell piracy from the firmware in the DVD-Drive soon, trust me ... Some Xbox 360's will get owned by microsoft soon....

Yes looks like this will be there only way of stopping current systems functioning, that have the firmware hack. Im sure some unscrupulous people will buy the system to hack it and not care about xbox live.:eek:

[11111]

Yes looks like this will be there only way of stopping current systems functioning, that have the firmware hack. Im sure some unscrupulous people will buy the system to hack it and not care about xbox live.:eek:

i dont care about LIVE at all. i have an ultra customed xbox1 and never used LIVE, dont need it.

i got my grubby hands on the files time to try this out soon.

[Arakon]

Wow, interesting. Remember how Microsoft said their core security hasn't been breached ? Well it looks like a big part of their security has :). I'm gonna get on this when I got home from work later on tonight, I wonder what M$ will have to say in response!

it's already confirmed working.. and this hack has very little to do with the security of the main system, import and homebrew hacks are impossible with this still.

[Sonic2k5]

is an tutorial for this hack avaible ?

[preetkk]

hey is there any chance there will be the same hack for the hitachi drive?

if so how long will it be for it to be released?

[crono]

Even better,way don't try to flash a normal pc dvd drive(sata) that wil work in xbox360 whit a good firmware writen for it.:D

[Friks]

Sorry for my noob question , but how do i see what 360 drive i have ?

[shakoor_h]

damn...feel like getting an xbox360 now. So does this mean that you don't need to physically modify the console?

[Friks]

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/241/drives8ke.jpg

soz , here u can see wish drive do u have ...

Good Luck

[thePANICHIOteam]

Im not sure exactly but .......I dont think you have to physically modify anything. You "just" have to do sector extraction, flash the firmware. Which is a very risky business to say the least. Oh and youre going to have to backup your games which you have already bought;) You have every chance of screwing up your 360 completely. Youre going to have to be a technical wizard to get this working. I hate to say it but unless youre an expert at these kind of things you best leave well alone. otherwise youre xbox 360 will be exactly that a useless "box".

This release should help pave the way for a more n00b friendly version one of these days. At least we know now that it is a very real possibility now. (unless this realse turns out not to be all its cracked up to be):cool:

[thePANICHIOteam]

oops sorry i forgot!!! Youre going to have to void your warranty to get the DVD drive out anyway, duh!. Oh and you'll need dual layer dvd discs to burn backups of those games of yours.

[thePANICHIOteam]

ok ive made a few posts and theyre probably not making much sense so here is a summary..................................



You will have to remove your DVD drive from your 360 in order to FLASH it. THUS VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY!
You will need dual layer discs to burn games! OH and your DVD burner must support DL (dual layer discs)!
If a game is region locked it must match the region your console is from in order to work. Otherwise it wont work.
If you are a fan of xbox live, microsoft will obivously in future as they have done in the past, BLOCK your 360 serial accessing xbox live server, FOR LIFE. So if you love your xbox live dont go there!

[mksoftware]

:D well, my hitachi drive doesn't got a hack yet .... I assume it will get one, but my warranty + Xbox LIVE is more important to me right now

[whackawookie]

ok ive made a few posts and theyre probably not making much sense so here is a summary..................................



You will have to remove your DVD drive from your 360 in order to FLASH it. THUS VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY!
You will need dual layer discs to burn games! OH and your DVD burner must support DL (dual layer discs)!
If a game is region locked it must match the region your console is from in order to work. Otherwise it wont work.
If you are a fan of xbox live, microsoft will obivously in future as they have done in the past, BLOCK your 360 serial accessing xbox live server, FOR LIFE. So if you love your xbox live dont go there!


agreed, its not worth the hassle so early on. I'll wait til theres a more solid solution. I'm not ready to void my warranty for something that could be only a few days of playing.

[thePANICHIOteam]

Yeah with all the problems people have been having with there 360s (some people even having 4 replacement consoles). Voiding the warranty on your 360 wouldnt exactly be the smartest thing to do.

We have to take it for what it is at the moment. It is a big step forward but not the ultimate solution!

[wiggim]

ok ive made a few posts and theyre probably not making much sense so here is a summary..................................



You will have to remove your DVD drive from your 360 in order to FLASH it. THUS VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY!
You will need dual layer discs to burn games! OH and your DVD burner must support DL (dual layer discs)!
If a game is region locked it must match the region your console is from in order to work. Otherwise it wont work.
If you are a fan of xbox live, microsoft will obivously in future as they have done in the past, BLOCK your 360 serial accessing xbox live server, FOR LIFE. So if you love your xbox live dont go there!


You have made good points, but 5 dual layer discs and a dual layer burner can be bought for under $80 - which is about as much as one xbox game disc will cost you to replace. As for the hacking and burning that is a challenge for sure, and usually first gen mods are very risky and tedious to do (Look at xbox with the 24 or 28 wire chips).

Guaranteed someone will make a modchip that you can solder in over your drive's firmware and enable/disable it when you want, not needing to risk your Xbox drive.

[Vintage]

To me its not worth it, you would be wasting dl discs if you burn wrong or it messes up while writing, it voids ya warranty and mircosoft will give you a big fat NO and its hard work to get a game running, i am waiting for something that is more set in stone then in liquid :D

[whackawookie]

Just be cautious when using this guys, make sure this is what you want to do because once you get banned from live thats it for that console

[mksoftware]

To me its not worth it, you would be wasting dl discs if you burn wrong or it messes up while writing, it voids ya warranty and mircosoft will give you a big fat NO and its hard work to get a game running, i am waiting for something that is more set in stone then in liquid :D

I completely agree

[Vintage]

Another way to put it, its a new drug, you try and people like and other don't :D

[GodsMinion]

ok ive made a few posts and theyre probably not making much sense so here is a summary..................................



You will have to remove your DVD drive from your 360 in order to FLASH it. THUS VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY!
You will need dual layer discs to burn games! OH and your DVD burner must support DL (dual layer discs)!
If a game is region locked it must match the region your console is from in order to work. Otherwise it wont work.
If you are a fan of xbox live, microsoft will obivously in future as they have done in the past, BLOCK your 360 serial accessing xbox live server, FOR LIFE. So if you love your xbox live dont go there!



WHO cares about xbox live. Get SOME FRIENDS. All my friends come over when playing multiplayer games. I play online games on the PC, which rivals over this menial system. People keep complaining about live this, live that....ummmm do you have a life and friends? Also, live isn't that great anyways--well I guess if you want to pown using a controller...

[Almighty_Peanut]

you guys crack me up. since the firmware hack was announced, alls you guys did was ***** and complain that it wasn't made public. now that it is public, you're saying you want a better way. there's just no pleasing you filthy pirates.

[Prachanda]

If I use this, and then M$ starts banning people from Live, can I go back to the original firmware and back on Live ok?

Is there any chance that M$ won't be able to detect this at all?

[lenselijer]

I dont need xbox live, I just need the toshiba dvd player so i can put it in my 360 :P

[Friks]

This firmware is for Toshiba Drive ? or for Samsung ? Hitachi is the drive for europe Systems ? Hitachi is the drive for the 1st systems ?

Getting confused , dunno whish Drive i have .. i belive it must be the one that have no holes in the plastic drive.

**** Live , i wanna see what my 360 is made of , i have it for almost 6 months i just played a little of COD2 , if live is that so great i can buy another console just for playing it ... i already tryed 30 Days of Live in COD2 , and i just played twice , Lag and lame ... Live will just be good with Pro Evolution ... Well ... now that i talk in Pro Evolution it could be that game that prevent me from flashing the dvd-drive ... hum .... hummmmmmmmm ... nahhhhhhhhh :D !! THANKS COMMODORE :D

[tommasi]

can anyone pm where i can get the file from ?

[Zeus]

can anyone pm where i can get the file from ?

Don't ask such stupid things. This is a warning to anyone else who thinks of asking the same.

[KPunk]

WHO cares about xbox live. Get SOME FRIENDS. All my friends come over when playing multiplayer games. I play online games on the PC, which rivals over this menial system. People keep complaining about live this, live that....ummmm do you have a life and friends? Also, live isn't that great anyways--well I guess if you want to pown using a controller...

IM sorry dude but XBL on the 360 is a huge part of the 360, you lose achivements, XBL Arcade and and many awesome features like downloadable content. Im not paying 400 bucks for a system, getting it banned to a hack thats only going to last a month at most.

And Friends i do have, many of them we will chill and play 360, once in a while but its still not as good as playign 16 player online, and getting a 16 player lan up is a bit of a pain. God i remember those halo 1 days.

[thePANICHIOteam]

WHO cares about xbox live. Get SOME FRIENDS. All my friends come over when playing multiplayer games. I play online games on the PC, which rivals over this menial system. People keep complaining about live this, live that....ummmm do you have a life and friends? Also, live isn't that great anyways--well I guess if you want to pown using a controller...

OOOooOOOooo hark at you. Thanks for taking time out of your busy social life to reply on this thread. Its great to hear that you are so popular!!!!!!!

Obviously though you are 100% correct. All the millions of people who use xbox live are clearly reclusive individuals. Jobless, friendless, loveless the only way they get through there day is with their beloved xbox live. Im guessing you cant tell but that is sarcasm. Thanks for your opinion though.:)

However the point was only being made to highlight that users of xbox live who decided to use this recent devlopment should beware. Maybe you should read the posts fully before commenting on them.

[KPunk]

can anyone pm where i can get the file from ?

READ FORUM RULES! NO REQUESTS

[shakoor_h]

Someone should make a Xbox Live spoofing program or something. Maybe there will be in the future.

[TomAngle]

well, i dont have broadband i-net @ home so i can't use Xbox live. if i would use a hack like this i would not care in the next 2 years, before i move out.

But i dont even have a xbox xet, i'll wait. ;>

[AceMilo]

Lets look at the facts and the longevity/viablility of this hack. First of all it requires a lot of work to pull the hack off and to actually play the games, which will turn off a lot of ppl. Second, I'm sure that ms has already started developing a patch to fix this hack and imo could be included in this month's dash update or at the latest by next month. Next, all future games will include said update and maybe even their own firmware checks. Future xbox revisions may even have encrypted firmware (doubtful) or will remove the debug routines that makes this possible (almost definite). The fact is that this hack does nothing to further us in the "right direction" of getting homebrew to run, it is 100% for piracy, nothing more, and anyone who says otherwise either doesn't understand how this hack works or is kidding themselves.

Anyway, went on a little bit of a rant there, but honestly how long do you think ms is going to sit back and let this happen? Sure you will be able to steal games for a month or two, but what after that? Is it worth losing live over, for just a couple months of free games? Seriously, ms will not let this work for long, is it really worth it?

[c4dm4n]

well i don't want to presume but let say that I'm one of the lucky bastards who has 2 xbox360... it's clear I will try this out on one of them, which will never need to get into Live. Now... people who do this and make these programs do it for the rush of pleasure, to say I did it... and it's fun as hell. Some people will use it for the wrong purpose some of us will scream in joy when we see it work...so my respect to the developers .. good work.

[roike]

if Acemilo is Correct, so why condemn the hack, we try it for the "2months" and then if we like the games we bought it. here in portugal we have to pay 80€ for a game, we don't have live, so why not test this? :D

( sorry my english :S )

[Friks]

A compatriot ;) , well dear portuguese mate , i agree with 2 points , the one to try the hack , and the one to not try :P !!

Imagine they release the new games like they do with PSP SCENE with protection of the Exploit ?? What will we Play ? Just to dont talk about we lost our waranty ... i dont know ... For other point i really damm want to try it :P , it's more strong than me :) ...i'm gonna w8 a few days to see what's going to happen !

[Friks]

well i'm not :( , i have a Hitachi Drive !! :(

[kronikdaddy]

umm, wow. ur most all more paranoid then me and in the one tokin it up!!

here's a throry: make backup and flash drive ect, now since you've got ur 360 torn apart to get to the dvd drive when you put it back together just dont plug in the ethernet cable and play away. then later your done playing so you hook ur drive back up to your pc reflash your oroginal FW so its nice and stock again and this time when you put it back together go ahead and plug back in the ethernet cord and get online with your now once again stock console and you shouldent ever get banned.

to much work u say? then your to lazy.(or dumb or dont care)

dont want to do it, wait for the next hack.

oh and an external sata port on your computer really makes this easier.

[jammi]

....The fact is that this hack does nothing to further us in the "right direction" of getting homebrew to run, it is 100% for piracy, nothing more, and anyone who says otherwise either doesn't understand how this hack works or is kidding themselves......

Please don’t see this as a dig AceMilo this is just a general remark as i see this being said all over the place about piracy and how ppl just want homebrew im sure 99.9% of the ppl on here and into any console scene that has any from of hacking, have pirate software (windows) or they run there downloaded TV shows movies on there 100% homebrew XBMC, its just the norm now.

I think we've come to the point with these next-gen consoles when we are always going to be in this cat and mouse game with hackers and M$/$ony updates and the ppl waiting for a SOLID hack are just holding out for something that will most prob never happen especially to still have access to live aswell.

With this release id like to thank the makes on a great job, at least there doing something.

Also if ppl think im just after pirate games I buy all the games I like to play and have to many games for the 360 anyway that my wallet isn’t too happy about lol.

[mauler]

IS THE DRIVE JUST A STANDARD DVD ROM?

and the question to ask after that.....


can the system be modded to swap drives? keep your original nice and tidy, and hack a second one to play backups? have not poked around in my 360, because i feel most of the games are worth the $60 otherwise, i just don't buy em!

so how is the drive connected to the system anyway a sata cable?:confused:

[jammi]

IS THE DRIVE JUST A STANDARD DVD ROM?

and the question to ask after that.....


can the system be modded to swap drives? keep your original nice and tidy, and hack a second one to play backups? have not poked around in my 360, because i feel most of the games are worth the $60 otherwise, i just don't buy em!

so how is the drive connected to the system anyway a sata cable?:confused:

1) dont think you can use another drive :(
2) and yes its a sata connector

[Reset]

You people have no faith

Everyone was asking for this thing to be released for ever calling it fake and not possible and all kinds of crap. Now its here like I knew it would in the shape I expected, and all anyone does is talk **** and try to discredit it as worthless (anyone who called this worthless is worthelss to the forum). This is no harder than softmodding an xbox which is done everyday by noobs (there will be easy install packages made for this too)

Live....really nobody knows if they can check it yet. Obviously they didnt think about the firmware when they made the boxes security or this wouldnt be possible. SO to think there is a system process or service that looks into the background of the firmware is jumping the gun and giving microsoft to much credit (because MS software isnt known for having bigger loops and holes than Clown shoes and swiss cheese). The day MS doesent make an oversight is the day im suprised.

If they do block it or change the ss dileo, than the firmware will change with it. Most likely, some brave sole or someone who wants to be the first will go on and get banned. that will most likely lead to someone learning what its looking for and that can be changed too. the key the drive uses is ur original.
Im not sure about checking the checksum, but checksums can be spoofed, at least they can be on the ps2, so have some faith. If you cant go on live in the end then that will just lead to switchable banks.

Im not sure whats gonna happen, but all u haters should be greatful and stop the damn bitching. You want everything spoon fed, a little challenge is good sometimes and can make the results even more enjoyable.

besides if u guys cant read and fallow step by step guides, then wait for someone to release an app or suite that will do the tidious parts for you.

I also wouldnt reccomend going on live with it if you enjoy live, but really no one knows yet how this will pan out. If you dont want to be the guinnee pig, fine... many others will be glad too, and u can benifit from what they learn.

also some ppl said why doesent he make it for SL, refering to how the specialists worked on a single layer. Well actually no one was able to confirm the specialist method. But anywho if u read the original xbox firmware hack, Commodore4Eva said he put the SS on the second layer in preperation for the 360. So far this guy has delivered, and he has said hes gonna keep working, so go give the guy some thanks and motivation.

Its a good day people really, stop the whining

The only thing im worried about is will we see something like psp where new games require firmware or security updates. I hope microsoft realisez this is a bad idea and would lead to less software sells. I have a psp 1.5, and I will not update it, which means I may not be playing loco roco anytime soon, But if sony didnt restrict there own software. I would buy it and many other games I cant play cause they wont let me run the original (sony has lost money from me w/ psp solely because they wont allow there software to be run on there console in its original state).

[Vintage]

Ok, here is is, want to play backups/pirates copies and have no live or online gaming then do this hack, if you want live and online gaming and do no want to play pirate/backup games then do not do this. Simple.
Also i think xbox are going to patch this up soon, it will go down the psp road, new consoles are now, if you have seen the PS3 interface they have a network update icon like on the psp, so i would think they are going to do firmware or reg updates on there console like 360, its going to be another PSP moment, enjoy it for a while then hit you with a brick and you have to get back up again and start all over but this time harder.

[EZYESS57]

I'm going to give this hack a try. After reading the .txt file included in the package a have a question though. The Xtreme.bin file is the file you need to hexedit and flash to play a properly burned iso. The Xtreme0800.bin is the file that doesn't need hex editing but you need to have this flashed to your 360drive when connected to your PC to be able to read the securty sector and create a raw dump. So, Xtreme=play backup Xtreme0800=make backup? Thanks for the response!

[razuraw]

i get everything else but how do i hex edit my key to the frimware as i never used hex editing software before anyone got a set by step guide on how to hex edit.

[PC_Arcade]

I'm going to give this hack a try. After reading the .txt file included in the package a have a question though. The Xtreme.bin file is the file you need to hexedit and flash to play a properly burned iso. The Xtreme0800.bin is the file that doesn't need hex editing but you need to have this flashed to your 360drive when connected to your PC to be able to read the securty sector and create a raw dump. So, Xtreme=play backup Xtreme0800=make backup? Thanks for the response!

Absolutely correct :)

You can even use WXripper to rip the games (and leave the Xtreme firmware on the xbox), then you can inject the Security Sector manually @ address $FD8F800 (I used the PGR3 SS included in the RAR with my WXrippered original to make a working backup)

[shakoor_h]

Hey guys since I don't have an Xbox 360 I can only give you some advice:

Those of you who don't have the right drive to try the hack, and those who do and are not risking it. Here is an option for you. Buy the Drive...

Here are some links:-

http://froogle.google.com/froogle_url?q=http://www.etech4sale.com/hardware/partinfo-id-153050.html&fr=AJzuEz75_7466s_wzPND9FVZh9Sus3Gmp4rj5X_dA8ZeAAA AAAAAAAA

http://froogle.google.com/froogle_url?q=http://www.mdofpc.com/onlinestore/product_info.php%3Fproducts_id%3D409830&fr=AJ3KuaycaTbUdn2OKSEJfc_5JODeJRR9qiAgcTlG6dBaJQO 9yJroYgsAAAAAAAAAAA

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http://froogle.google.com/froogle_url?q=http://www.newandrefurbhardware.com/product_info.php%3Fproducts_id%3D409830&fr=AD5X5hOBcEdx9qtAlaTkoL3uTr-qh0jZ2DmDkM8s6UdmVz6Ldm7Z5OIAAAAAAAAAAA

You will find them between $75.00 - $88.00 - If the links have been removed then froogle TS-H943

[medo145]

according to the instruction/readme it has a certain lba, wouldn't that mean that every backup you make will be the same and doesn't that mean that some games will be truncated?

[shakoor_h]

There is an idiot already selling the hack on ebay! £5

[delt31]

this might be a dumb question but if i do this, any chance i turn "it" off when going on live or is it once you flash, you can't go back (i.e. if MS starts banning people, you have no chance to go on live unless you buy another HD and swap it.)

[thePANICHIOteam]

There is an idiot already selling the hack on ebay! £5
hahahahahaahahahah Do they have the PS3 hack I want that too :p

question

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this might be a dumb question but if i do this, any chance i turn "it" off when going on live or is it once you flash, you can't go back (i.e. if MS starts banning people, you have no chance to go on live unless you buy another HD and swap it.)
Nope nope no going back.
Unless you can manage to turn your 360 back to its former state. Good luck with that though!!:D

Xbox live will ban the serial of your xbox360 for life from xbox live.

[sbanting]

Well i agree with GodsMinion, who really needs Live?
Oh yer you can download content.....wait a min i have the internet on my pc! :D happy days!!! :D
How nurdy did you all sound trying to take the piss out of GodsMinion lol!
Even tho i think Live could be good, from what i heard at E3, but anything you can download on Live you'll be able to find on P2P software and then burn it and save it to the hard disk.

[NeroAngelo]

READ FORUM RULES! NO REQUESTS
<_< hehe
suck up

but yeah ..people should read the rules before posting

[AceMilo]

Well i agree with GodsMinion, who really needs Live?
Oh yer you can download content.....wait a min i have the internet on my pc! :D happy days!!! :D
How nurdy did you all sound trying to take the piss out of GodsMinion lol!
Even tho i think Live could be good, from what i heard at E3, but anything you can download on Live you'll be able to find on P2P software and then burn it and save it to the hard disk.

Quite the opposite, everything on live marketplace is exclusive to it (except the e3 stuff that got leaked by various ways). There are demos, trailers, movie trailers, etc. Believe me, anyone who has ever used live can tell you its worth it and that the 360 is nothing without live, period.

[medo145]

i did all the steps and it didnt work, for some reason it leads me to believe that it is for pal consoles only. beacause when i try to boot an original it tells me to put the game into a 360 console. i've had that screen come up once before i even flashed the drive and a simple reset fixed the issue. im very confident that i did all the steps right. the screen that comes up is white with bunch of different languages telling me to put it into a 360.

[k0nan]

FWIW, I'm hearing from multiple sources that this works fine on Live..

[cubenoob]

Commodore hacked M$ how ironic :D

[lilvic]

Believe me, anyone who has ever used live can tell you its worth it and that the 360 is nothing without live, period.

360 is nothing without live? GIVE ME A FREAKIN BREAK. There is plenty of gaming for the 360 besides being multiplayer geeks. The only reason i would pay for live is to play the multliplayer games and NOT for the bullcrap arcade,demos and trailers. If the online gaming was free like it is for the ps2, nobody in their right minds would pay for 8bit arcade games,demos or trailors.

[medo145]

this might seem simple but i can't find any options for booktype on clone cd. anyone know where it is or what the read me is refering to when it says to change it to dvd rom

[roike]

1 - my Motherboard don't have native support to SATA, so i will have to buy a PCI controller to be able to connect the Xbox Drive to my PC, but i see that only some SATA chipsets works with this hack.

i found this one Conceptronic 2 ports serial ata controller (C05-053) (http://www.conceptronic.net/site/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=200&Cat=30&grp=3030&Prod_ID=481&Prod=CSATAi2)

can this controller be used to do the hack, if not, can u guys recomend me one?

2 - we have to make the ISOS with the xbox drive? or can we make it with a normal Dual layer dvd drive and then patch it with the key?

yes, i know that a normal drive can't read the content of a xbox game, but if one normal drive can burn it, they should be able to make a ISO from it without need to know what's inside, right?

3 - if the answer for the second question is yes ( we do have to make the iso with the 360 drive ), if i make a ISO with my 360 drive then copy it to a friend and then he patch the ISO with his firmware key, will it works?

4 - or if i download a "clean" iso made from other drive and patch it with my key, will this works? ( i know that this answer is "incomodative" but it's what everybody want's to know...)

discuss the use that we will give to the hack will not help anybody, i do have an original, so i just wan't to try more games ( 90% are ports of games that i already have in other platforms, so would be nice to try it to see if the differences worth the money )

thanks in advance

[oltron]

ok is there a way to find out what drive u have without opening your 360 i have a ntsc core system can u tell by serial or model please pm me if u know for sure or tell me where to look thanks

o and i got a core system becuase thats all i could find got sick of waiting so i bought hdd and wireless controller separte

[babb_z]

Is it possible to put a TS drive in a machine that originally had a HLG drive?

EDIT: never mind - you can.

[xghost360]

hi guys when i mtkflash to dump my f/w of the drive i try different settings like
mtkflash 1 r/m orig.bin and then mtkflash 2,3 and 4,but the highest i get to 59 out of the 70 needed to complete the dump my question is does mtkflash take a long time sy around 30mins to dump the firmware

[thePANICHIOteam]

Somoeone has already posted how to tell which drive you have.Make sure you read the thread :)

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/241/drives8ke.jpg

soz , here u can see wish drive do u have ...

Good Luck

[kal777]

Ok ive a laptop, so i take it i cant apply this hack yet then? Ive got sata usb connector but dont think it will work. Can someone plese advise other methods etc . Thanks

[TheHorst]

Somoeone has already posted how to tell which drive you have.Make sure you read the thread :)

yepp but link is dead ... next time, test it ...

[mksoftware]

I am in the mood to test it, however need to wait for a hitachi hack ... which will not come out anytime soon!

[whackawookie]

yepp but link is dead ... next time, test it ...

link works for me, a little slow on the loading but it works

[babb_z]

I am in the mood to test it, however need to wait for a hitachi hack ... which will not come out anytime soon!

Why not? Hitachi was done way before this one.

[c4dm4n]

Well I got 2 360 BOTH of them with Hitachi.. CRAP!!!! ok I'll wait... opening the 360 was much easier than I expectet. There are like $15 on materials in there.. the chip is worth like $600. Is really a clean design from a manufacturing standpoint.

[medo145]

just wanted to confirm that it does work, it hit me this morning after a little sleep. the instructions say that the key is between offset 4000-4200 and i was thinking that the key they are talking about is the 16 digit hex value but the actually you're supposed to take all the data from 4000-4200 from you original and put it on the xtreme.bin on the same place. ;)

[shakoor_h]

Well I got 2 360 BOTH of them with Hitachi.. CRAP!!!! ok I'll wait... opening the 360 was much easier than I expectet. There are like $15 on materials in there.. the chip is worth like $600. Is really a clean design from a manufacturing standpoint.

Buy the drive for your Xbox 360 - TS-H943 (search this code in froogle)

What I don't get is this code is for a Toshiba. Yet the picture given for the drives to recognise which one is hackable is for a Samsung and a Hitachi. Obviously the Samsung is the one that is hackable - is this drive actually made by Toshiba?

[mauler]

GREAT FLAMING BALLS OF CRAP! my drive looks somewhere between the two pictured. it has holes in it like the hitachi, but they are in different places.....is this a running change? or do i hafta open the 360 to figure this out? i cant take a pic at the moment, but i will soon. anyone else have the same drive? the two swiss cheese looking holes are connected to the middle hole where the disc is picked up on the motor. and there are two paralel holes on either side, but much smaller than the one pictured and they are farther apart where the longer slot runs (the laser alley) . i got this in the second wave of 360's in the usa if that helps any....:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[kronikdaddy]

i just noticed one of the places selling the toshiba drive raised its price since it was posted in the original post on this hack. it was $75 when i first looked and when i went back it was $95. price goudging bastards!!!

[Hind]

i just noticed one of the places selling the toshiba drive raised its price since it was posted in the original post on this hack. it was $75 when i first looked and when i went back it was $95. price goudging bastards!!!

could you please give the site where you found those 360 dvd drives?

[thePANICHIOteam]

yepp but link is dead ... next time, test it ...
hmmm works fine for me, not dead......next time, use your brain :)

[kronikdaddy]

could you please give the site where you found those 360 dvd drives?



use froogle and search for TS-H943
the best price i found was $81 and change, not sure on shipping. i decided not to waste my money and just wait and i bought a Logitech MX-5000 Bluetooth keyboard and laser mouse instead. a much better purchase in my opinion.

[elchulo5000]

I moded mine it looks ok couldnt buy the right cable at local shop but it does the job for flashing at anytime its like plug and play :D

Some pics

http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xbox360mod3jl.jpg
http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xbox360mod27mt.jpg
http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=xbox360mod37ii.jpg

[tommasi]

does anyone know if pal games works on NTSC systems and what are the Security Sectors do ?

[whackawookie]

does anyone know if pal games works on NTSC systems and what are the Security Sectors do ?

sorry to say but regions are still locked so pal to pal only

[lenselijer]

Some games are not region-locked.

I can play GRAW NTSC on my PAL Xbox 360 :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_360_games_without_region_encoding

[norm]

Is it possible to read the drive key from a Hitachi drive at all? Then copy to a TS-943 drive?

[c4dm4n]

Is it possible to read the drive key from a Hitachi drive at all? Then copy to a TS-943 drive?

yes you can...I can't remember where I read it but that's what most folks are doing ... buying a the DVD drive and pasting the Hitachi key...don't sweat it The Hitachi hack may be out by Sunday...

[Natboy]

Out by Sunday? Are you speculating/spreading rumors, or do you actually know something? It took them a while to do the drive they did do.. I don't think they'd be able to do the same thing in a weeks time and the locations would probably be different..

[c4dm4n]

Out by Sunday? Are you speculating/spreading rumors, or do you actually know something? It took them a while to do the drive they did do.. I don't think they'd be able to do the same thing in a weeks time and the locations would probably be different..

I took the info from the foros360 site... but I do understand your point, it was the moderator who make the comments.. but it still is a maybe.

[terbear]

ill wait. i like building my achievements, downloading game demos and xboxlive arcade. if you go online then you will be banned from all that.

[lingkang]

i would like to make a try about this hack, but what kind of ide to sata converter should be available for this ? any suggestion ?

[whackawookie]

Please do not ask for firmware whether its original or hacked. These files are not allowed

[dannyboy23]

Please do not ask for firmware whether its original or hacked. These files are not allowed


oops.... my fault... sorry but i want to get my 360 back to life...:(
Anyway, so can someone tell me if i can just buy the DVD unit, plug it and start playin? or does it need to be flashed too??

[odb]

I am doomed becouse i only have a vaio desktop and i cant install the xtreme firmware.
Sorry for asking this but someone from north london could help me out with this?All for a price.

[fanni]

I am doomed becouse i only have a vaio desktop and i cant install the xtreme firmware.
Sorry for asking this but someone from north london could help me out with this?All for a price.


pm sent :)