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[framer]

i had open tray error with a samsung ms25 drive on xtreme version 3 , 3.3 and 4.2.
i tried the rubberband trick,de-dusted the machine,fitted a new laser and eventually bought a new drive,none of these cured the problem.then i installed xtreme 5.1 and it worked!!!!! no open tray error but lots of money spent.my halo 2 scene rip wont work on 5.1 tho i will have to try this fw

cheers c4e

[joojoobee666]

Iriez, Saint's Row and Test Drive Unlimited backups are still locking up on me with 5.2.  I can confirm that disc read is better with the new lockon.  I still had a couple backups I burned that didnt work laying around, gave those a shot, they now read.  Hopefully my 111d will be here and I just bought some verbatim media.  Will let you guys know if that fixes my lockups with those 2 backups.  Anyhow, thanks for all the great work c4e!  

[piggymouth]

QUOTE(framer @ Jan 2 2007, 11:23 AM)

my halo 2 scene rip wont work on 5.1 tho i will have to try this fw

You mean your "backup" copy of Halo 2 doesn't work.
That is what you were going to say isn't it..?  

On Topic:
I really need to do some reading on these SATA mods.

@Chigawaa
Do you have any screenshots for that mod you were suggesting.
Sounds interesting.

[memturbo]

QUOTE(memturbo @ Jan 2 2007, 01:17 PM)

EVERYBODY you wont believe this
I took big bumpin used simpleXISO and burned it on supercheap playo media
AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY
Not as an xbox1 game but it works as a 360 single layer disk!

I couldnt belive it worked I just extracted the game and recreated it as a xbox1 game
took out the default.xbe for xbox1

And it loaded it was a littlye slow loading but it works !!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I tried it online and it works there too !

[exclusiv]

QUOTE(Copesnuffdss @ Jan 2 2007, 01:42 AM)

I got a quick question I has a pci sata card I can flash everytime with the enable0800 disk but how do I boot the drive in windows xp it lock my computer up every time at the loading screen

This happened to me when I was using my 6421 raid card.  I had to update to the newest drivers in order to prevent it from locking up at the windows screen.

[Iriez]

QUOTE(Reikon @ Jan 2 2007, 01:21 AM)

You're asking for the reliability of something that's been out for less than a day...

Out for less than a day, and tested heavily amongst our beta team for 3 days + ....you think we go public without testing first?

QUOTE(nickolasj80 @ Jan 2 2007, 06:02 AM)

First off...great work c4e, you guys never cease to amaze.

Ok, I have some cheap media that, when I would burn xbox1 games to, my drive would report the "open tray" message, even with 5.1.  So will this new 5.2 possibly allow that media to run?

Likely. Why dont you try it, and tell us your results? That IS what we want to hear you know.

QUOTE(memturbo @ Jan 2 2007, 11:17 AM)

EVERYBODY you wont believe this
I took big bumpin used simpleXISO and burned it on supercheap playo media
AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY
Not as an xbox1 game but it works as a 360 single layer disk!

I couldnt belive it worked I just extracted the game and recreated it as a xbox1 game
took out the default.xbe for xbox1

And it loaded it was a littlye slow loading but it works !!!!!

Yes, this is likely the case. First, we must distinguish the difference between the BK games, and 'real' xbox360 games. That is, they are multi boot...for xb1 and 360. Therefore, considering the price and time spent, we all know that these games are single layer.

The 360 does random LBA checks for 360 games, sometimes to layer1 (2nd layer) which is what causes/will cause issues for SL xbox360. A game like sneak king, or big bumpin, will obviously only be on layer0. Which is why it boots on SL.

We have confirmed FEAR working on SL as a raw image (just layer0 raw data extracted).

Likely it works as a file based iso because of its support for xb1.

[Dravor]

So,

Is there any real reason for someone with FW 4.1a to upgrade to 5.2a if they:

A) Have no desire to play SL discs
Have no media read issues

For the life of me I can't see a valid reason to flash until there are new security tweaks, or other reasons compelling for the upgrade?

[Chigawaa]

QUOTE(Chigawaa @ Jan 2 2007, 04:22 PM)

There is a much easier way guys.  All you need to do is cut a hole in the case shileding and the grey piece under the Hard drive.  The purchase this from New Egg (STA cable adapter).  Take one of them loose and connect one end to the hard drive and the other to the 360 cable.  Then when you want to flash remove hard drive, pull cable out of hole (plenty of slack) and plug it into the other cable from the new egg purchase.  You then have a nice long cable to plug into the PC. I have mine liek this and it takes me less than 1 minute to setup my 360 to flash.  

Let me know if you have any questions or need some pics.

QUOTE(et00l @ Jan 2 2007, 05:06 PM)

Could you please post some pics.

I do NOT Want to Hijack this post so I started a new topic concerning this.

You can find it here  SATA Quick Flash Mod

[memturbo]

The big bumpin dvd according to dvdinfo
is infact dual layer not single layer
here:
Disc Regions are                                          1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID                                N/A Pressed DVD
UDF Format Type                                                     V1.02
UDF Volume Name                                            SEP13011042072
UDF Application id                                                      
UDF Implementation id                                 Smart Storage, Inc.
UDF Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy)                   9/13/2001 10:42:55
Format Capacity                                           0.01GB(0.01GB)
Book Type                                                         DVD-ROM
Media Type                                                        DVD-ROM
Data area starting sector                                          30000h
Data area end sector                                                1B4Fh
Layer 0 end sector                                                 31AAFh
Linear Density                                                0.293um/bit
Track Density                                                0.74um/track
Number of Layers                                                        2
Layer Track Path direction                      (OTP) Opposite track path

[sandmanza]

Great Work C4E made our lives so much easier at no profit to yourselves.

[framer]

QUOTE(framer @ Jan 2 2007, 04:23 PM)

i had open tray error with a samsung ms25 drive on xtreme version 3 , 3.3 and 4.2.
i tried the rubberband trick,de-dusted the machine,fitted a new laser and eventually bought a new drive,none of these cured the problem.then i installed xtreme 5.1 and it worked!!!!! no open tray error but lots of money spent.my halo 2 scene rip wont work on 5.1 tho i will have to try this fw

cheers c4e

i forgot to mention i own the original halo 2,silly me

[sandmanza]

Looking at what current firmware does it makes me wonder if anything else can be added.

[phistyle]

hey would making my drive read my backups faster cut down on loading times or would making it read slower? or it wouldnt make a difference?

[Iriez]

QUOTE(memturbo @ Jan 2 2007, 12:26 PM)

The big bumpin dvd according to dvdinfo
is infact dual layer not single layer
here:
Disc Regions are                                          1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID                                N/A Pressed DVD
UDF Format Type                                                     V1.02
UDF Volume Name                                            SEP13011042072
UDF Application id                                                      
UDF Implementation id                                 Smart Storage, Inc.
UDF Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy)                   9/13/2001 10:42:55
Format Capacity                                           0.01GB(0.01GB)
Book Type                                                         DVD-ROM
Media Type                                                        DVD-ROM
Data area starting sector                                          30000h
Data area end sector                                                1B4Fh
Layer 0 end sector                                                 31AAFh
Linear Density                                                0.293um/bit
Track Density                                                0.74um/track
Number of Layers                                                        2
Layer Track Path direction                      (OTP) Opposite track path

Of course the media used is dual layer...xbox1 was dual layer. The data is however only on layer0.

[Boddah]

QUOTE(Chigawaa @ Jan 2 2007, 10:22 AM)

There is a much easier way guys.  All you need to do is cut a hole in the case shileding and the grey piece under the Hard drive.  The purchase this from New Egg (STA cable adapter).  Take one of them loose and connect one end to the hard drive and the other to the 360 cable.  Then when you want to flash remove hard drive, pull cable out of hole (plenty of slack) and plug it into the other cable from the new egg purchase.  You then have a nice long cable to plug into the PC. I have mine liek this and it takes me less than 1 minute to setup my 360 to flash.  

Let me know if you have any questions or need some pics.

I saw that too, but I'd rather not have to see a huge gaping hole every time I take off my hard drive.