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[ncaissie]

QUOTE(rasstar @ Mar 25 2006, 12:18 PM)

Don't give me that BS. The majority of piraters don't own the original so get real. If you think people buy games then back them up you are sadly mistaken.

Yes this site is all about pirating no matter what anyone says. SOme deny it but they need a reality check.

If you don't like the site then leave now. It's that simple.  

I would buy this connector just to show my suport to team Xecuter.

[baathaar]

i was wondering...

is it the intension of this new hack to connect directly on the sata interface of the 360's dvd drive ? (so you would have to open it , and lose your guarantee) or would team xecuter make something that you could plug it on to a usb port and you could simply flash it from there ?

yes this is my first post but i'm reading on this forums for like a year now , start flaming anyways  

[cja100]

QUOTE(baathaar @ Mar 26 2006, 11:50 AM)

i was wondering...

is it the intension of this new hack to connect directly on the sata interface of the 360's dvd drive ? (so you would have to open it , and lose your guarantee) or would team xecuter make something that you could plug it on to a usb port and you could simply flash it from there ?

yes this is my first post but i'm reading on this forums for like a year now , start flaming anyways  

go away and read for another year!

h8 to be mean but if we could get the 360 to run code from the usb port then we wudnt need a dvd firmware hack wud we

[The Anarchist]

hello i was thinking that you could make a solderless mod for the dvd firmware hack thus allowing to have an external 2 bank flash module with a switch to allow the original fw and the hacked fw. this could be done with a clip that would clip over the fw chip on the dvd board and have an external module. (see pics of the playstation dms4 EZI chip) could this be type of clip be applied to the dvd drive?





thats my 2 cents

[SharkUW]

QUOTE(chucklesjh @ Mar 26 2006, 09:02 AM)

Well, others said that the drive is "married" to the Xbox 360 by some sort of key or code.  Kind of like the HDD key on the Xbox I think.  That code would somehow have to be copied over for you to be able to change DVD drives.

By rewriting the firmware perhaps...

[bLiTz 2k]

QUOTE(only2braincellz @ Mar 26 2006, 01:21 AM)

WOOOOO there buddy, speak for yoursef..
I would much rather be able to boot up A full working version of Linux/ windows and run more then 1 app ata  time then play games.  I say the copied games are a bonus... Think about what XBMC center will be able to do with 10Ghz of CPU and 512 Mb of ram, plus its own video memory.... Come on, think before you burp a thought out

First of all, read what I said..VAST majority....do you understand what that means?

That means that MOST people use theyre consoles for games and not homebrew...thats the blatant fact. I worked at an official xecuter reseller for about 2 years, and every customer I've ever had the pleasure of helping wanted their modchips for one primary reason...playing games...period.

There are people that put homebrew before games (YOU) but your not the majority now are you??

Maybe you should take your head out of your ass before you think your opinion is that of the entire community.

[NarutoKun]

QUOTE(Xecuter @ Mar 25 2006, 06:22 PM)

let me just clear up a few things

5. we are testing devices to make this live safe (i.e. protected from updates and detection)

I'm guessing that you are working on a way to block UPDATE.xex from launching and blocking any M$ AU's,
don't have a clue on how you might make this a stealth mode tho.

[Morninglight]

QUOTE(NarutoKun @ Mar 26 2006, 07:17 PM)

I'm guessing that you are working on a way to block UPDATE.xex from launching and blocking any M$ AU's,
don't have a clue on how you might make this a stealth mode tho.

If you've seen the last few updates from live you know if you don't run the update you are not able to connect to live... I think that applies to succesfully completing the update (when M$ found something to block/flash changed DVD firmware) too. So making it live-proof will be a difficult task,

Keep up the good work Team Xecuter!

[ivc]

A few thoughts about the picture... Disclaimer: This is only me and my guesses, I have nothing to back this up with.

There is no SATA cable connected, only the power/tray_status/eject cable is seen. The SATA connector can be seen seen to the right of the powerconnector on the back of the drive.

Regarding the pcb in the picture, it's a fairly similiar to the SeventhSon/Kev schematics. I'm no assembly programmer and only have the basic knownledge of the firmware hack, so bare with me.. Anyway:

- The large black part is a voltage regulator that generates the neccessary 3v3 feed from 5v (a regular molex connector only carries 5v, 12v and ground) that the drive needs.

- The bottom silver like rectangular part is a switch, and if I'm correct, will let you switch between ModeA which is normal mode/xlive/off, and ModeB which is the debug routine that lets you run custom code (spoof the mediaflag parameter that is sent to the Xbox software, i.e dvdxbox360 instead of dvd-r). Note that the switch very well only can be for development purposes of the firmware and not related to xlive. I don't know enough of the inner workings of the firmware hack.

- The board can be a passthrough between the motherboard connector and the connector on the back of the drive, this will let you mount a switch on the outside of the case for easy access to switch between ModeA and ModeB.

- There's proably also a LED on the pcb that will let you know the current switch posisition.

- Xecuter could also provide/manufacture SATA-to-USB, SATA-to-IDE and a powersupply adapter for ultra portability.

Ref: dvdadptpic here here
-ivc

[gehx]

QUOTE(bLiTz 2k @ Mar 26 2006, 12:12 PM)

First of all, read what I said..VAST majority....do you understand what that means?

That means that MOST people use theyre consoles for games and not homebrew...thats the blatant fact. I worked at an official xecuter reseller for about 2 years, and every customer I've ever had the pleasure of helping wanted their modchips for one primary reason...playing games...period.

There are people that put homebrew before games (YOU) but your not the majority now are you??

Maybe you should take your head out of your ass before you think your opinion is that of the entire community.

I guess I'm not in the VAST MAJORITY, I primarily use my chipped xbox for XBMC (read, homebrew)....however, it looks like it will be quite awhile, if ever, before we're able to use homebrew on the x360.

[Textbook]

@IVC, I'm pretty sure that's just the connection used for hooking up the Xbox 360 DVD-ROM drive to your computer.  The Xbox 360 doesn't use Molex connections, so that's all this would be used for is interfacing with the computer.

[trey85stang]

QUOTE(rasstar @ Mar 25 2006, 06:11 PM)

DOn't get it twisted. It's for peope like you who wants to pirate software. This hack has no other use but to pirate.

damn,  if they only said it could boot linux.  Then it would be a legit hack  

[viral_dna]

Honestly, I could give a rats ass if this thing dont play backups of originals, cause I want nothing more then to run Linux, so if I can do just that then I'll be on cloud 9.
 

Awesome work guys way to stick it to the man  
cant wait to see the end results.

As always Team Xecuter is #1 in my books and I go with no one else.  

[krayzie]

QUOTE(Math1 @ Mar 27 2006, 06:59 PM)

If they release a product designed to allow you to change the firmware to allow reading copied discs, you can bet they will be spending the rest of their lives in court.

Only in court or will they be convicted also? My guess is you watch to much tv.

[crasher0255]

QUOTE(Math1 @ Mar 27 2006, 05:59 PM)

If they release a product designed to allow you to change the firmware to allow reading copied discs, you can bet they will be spending the rest of their lives in court.

Even or should i say when a device like this is released im 100% sure it would obviously be released w/ 2 blank flashrom's you can put anything you'd like on the chips if someone puts the hacked firmware on it AFTER buying it blank that would mean that Team Xecuter would be in no way supplying the firmware (though it may be available elsewhere or some like to say 'the usual places'). How would they be in court the rest of there lifes if they sell a pcb board w/ two blank flashroms?? Seems like they would have thought this issue through before making any kind of announcment about this too buddy, their definatly not new to the xbox hacking scene....some would refer to it as common sense

By the way....congrats team xecuter you guys rock...keep up the good work, heres one on me -->