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[aeroshock]

I know its risky to play backups online but I was under the impression youre fine if you connect to live as long as you dont have a backup game inserted? Or is no one for sure?

[zoocircle]

HI, after reading through the .txt file in the fwpack folder I see this

XX.bin       is original
XX_16-?x.bin is Hacked (Media detect 2.0)
XX_16s.bin   is Hacked and Firwmare STEALTH (Media detect 2.0)

I will be working with the hitachi 79 drive and notice there are a few different firmwares, but none of them have the "s" on the end. Does this mean my fw won't be stealth? I'm a bit confused

[pinxt]

I haven't been on xbox live for a about a year.
I don't want to rip my xbox apart again to upgrade unless it is really necessary.
I still run ixtreme 1.2. I read all the release notes for 1.3 and 1.4.

Is it really advisable to upgrade in order to play on xbox live with backups?
In other words: is 1.4 less detectable then 1.2? Or will 1.2 be just fine?

Thx in advance!

[Krystm]

QUOTE(zoocircle @ Oct 11 2008, 03:23 PM)

HI, after reading through the .txt file in the fwpack folder I see this

XX.bin       is original
XX_16-?x.bin is Hacked (Media detect 2.0)
XX_16s.bin   is Hacked and Firwmare STEALTH (Media detect 2.0)

I will be working with the hitachi 79 drive and notice there are a few different firmwares, but none of them have the "s" on the end. Does this mean my fw won't be stealth? I'm a bit confused

I am pretty sure the iextreme for all versions will work with this even the 78/79 but need someone to confirm as I have a 78 on the way so I haven't flashed yet. However everything I have read looks like it should.

[Reaper527]

QUOTE(pinxt @ Oct 21 2008, 01:27 PM)

Anybody?

you should upgrade to ixtreme 1.4. this compensates for a potential bug related to an invalid disc angle being reported. this is something that microsoft can detect. the future update from 1.4 to 1.5 is rumored to only be important if you are spoofing a drive from a different maker than the drive that came with your system.

if i were you, i would upgrade to 1.4 now, and just keep eye out for new developments.

[Krystm]

Does this work on the 78/79 or do I need to use the Maximus?

[jorcasce]

now what happens if I have to drives one hack, the other clean, and switch between them when playing online?  the flashed firmware is in the drive itself so they wouldn't know right?

[Reaper527]

QUOTE(ssyoda @ Oct 27 2008, 10:51 PM)

I know this might sound like a stupid question but can someone please tell me if anyone has been banned with the ixtreme 1.4. firmware?

not that i am aware of. i haven't been banned (ixtreme 1.4 user on a benq, using the drive that came with the system), and haven't read any stories of people being banned with ixtreme 1.4

QUOTE(jorcasce @ Oct 29 2008, 04:51 PM)

now what happens if I have to drives one hack, the other clean, and switch between them when playing online?  the flashed firmware is in the drive itself so they wouldn't know right?

more trouble than its worth, and it might not make a difference. microsoft could potentially see the hacked drive while you are offline, and make a note of it, then have your system turn you in when you connect to live. (for a similar example, look at their harddrive promotion. many people with arcade systems went to get a cheap harddrive, only to find out that the system was aware that at one point, a harddrive was connected to the system, and this altered the console id)

[kraigh98]

hiya folks i have decided to flash my xbox with the benq 1.4xtreme version.. ive gone through the process and just doing a check on my usb drive but it seems to be hanging or frozen on status 0x73 .. i turn off and turn on and turned off and tried again and i get the same error ive even put the xbox back together again (partly) to make sure thats ok and it is.. i have even flashed the usb stick again to make sure that ok but it still hangs on status 0x73 .. this is only the read part of the firmware and haven't actually gone to the flashing part because this seems wrong to me.. anyone got any ideas what it could be ..

Thanx

[Refferehtom]

QUOTE(kraigh98 @ Nov 4 2008, 07:35 PM)

hiya folks i have decided to flash my xbox with the benq 1.4xtreme version.. ive gone through the process and just doing a check on my usb drive but it seems to be hanging or frozen on status 0x73 .. i turn off and turn on and turned off and tried again and i get the same error ive even put the xbox back together again (partly) to make sure thats ok and it is.. i have even flashed the usb stick again to make sure that ok but it still hangs on status 0x73 .. this is only the read part of the firmware and haven't actually gone to the flashing part because this seems wrong to me.. anyone got any ideas what it could be ..

Thanx

try changing your sata port on your mobo, I had a similar problem where it just hung like that too.

[kraigh98]

was yours onboard or a sata card installed.. mines a card i bought

[Refferehtom]

Mine is onboard

[kraigh98]

do you know how i change the port for the onboard card

just looked on the bios and looked at sata devices configuration and it says

Serial-ata devices Devices 0/1/2 it was 0/1

nvidia raid function disabled

[Refferehtom]

what i mean by changing the port is just putting the sata cable into another sata port, my mobo has two ports. One would get stuck on the similar error as you, when i changed the cable to the other port, all went fine. not sure how many ports are on that card but if there's more than one, try the others.

[kraigh98]

no theres only one port on the card.. :-(

i have found another port on the card and doesn't seem to make any difference still hanging and now it says 0x7F