Topic: Larger Hard Drive Project Thread (Read 5421 times)

mr. newbie · « **Reply #135 on:** January 16, 2006, 04:44:00 PM »

i firgured someone may have tried it but i haven't seen a lot of actual testing here (i may just not be seeing it not saying it isn't happening) so its worth a shot. i'd like to see what i can come up with but the cheapest sata lapto drive i can find is $65.

Rymez · « **Reply #136 on:** January 17, 2006, 01:29:00 AM »

mr. newbie: That has already been tried. The hard drive image is locked to the drive with serial/model information also there is a 256 bytes of encrypted data which is probably a hash of the information.
So I fail to believe a 200Gb drive is working in a 360.

This post has been edited by Rymez: Jan 17 2006, 09:31 AM

trey85stang · « **Reply #137 on:** January 17, 2006, 01:49:00 AM »

QUOTE(Arakon @ Dec 29 2005, 06:34 PM)

I just tried out a Maxtor IDE HDD connected to an abit "serillel 2" SATA->IDE adapter, with a "dd" full clone of my 360 HD on it (non-virgin).. the 360 won't even recognize that it's there. Doesn't show up under memory either. So MS either modified the firmware, or there's a serial/model lockout on the 360.. a straight clone does NOT work.

Two notes:

- when the HDD was set to "slave", it apparently didn't work on the sata adapter, the result was error 67.. I'd say that's the equal to the "Error 7" on the old box (HD not responding).
- the edges of the metal cage around the original HD are razor sharp, WATCH YOUR FINGERS... I have two quite deep cuts to show for it.

Curious, can you mount the image with the fatx or the linux driver that has been created?

Murderwon · « **Reply #138 on:** January 17, 2006, 06:17:00 PM »

Ok I have read through this form and I am still unclear weather you can add a larger hd to the the 360? I've won a core on ebay, but I don't won't if I can't add a bigger hd. Is the premi better than the core? I really don't care about the 20gbs because I want more....but do you need memory to play games?

mikedavis2838 · « **Reply #139 on:** January 17, 2006, 07:21:00 PM »

you need either a hard drive or a memory card to save games. You can play them without saving, but that seems like a waste

posiedon · « **Reply #140 on:** January 18, 2006, 08:01:00 AM »

even if you copied the hash, data, and the encryption key the partition would still be set at 20gb
the only way to use all of a drives space is to edit the partition code wich is impossable unless you know your units encryption code (wich is diffrent for every unit)
i call bs on what you did but even if you did dump the contents on a larger drive what you did is useless because you can only use 20gb
wich is just as usefull as hot swapping because you need the original disc to startup
and if you could change the parameters it would invalidate the lockdown encryption key and the unit would not be able to read the drive

This post has been edited by posiedon: Jan 18 2006, 04:03 PM

bonevichio · « **Reply #141 on:** January 18, 2006, 11:33:00 AM »

QUOTE(posiedon @ Jan 18 2006, 04:08 PM)

even if you copied the hash, data, and the encryption key the partition would still be set at 20gb
the only way to use all of a drives space is to edit the partition code wich is impossable unless you know your units encryption code (wich is diffrent for every unit)
i call bs on what you did but even if you did dump the contents on a larger drive what you did is useless because you can only use 20gb
wich is just as usefull as hot swapping because you need the original disc to startup
and if you could change the parameters it would invalidate the lockdown encryption key and the unit would not be able to read the drive

How about if YOU (authorized repair dealer) - were to use the so called programmer and boot disk to enable the safe mode? I know we cannot do this without your help because of your disclosure and inability to make the CD available (you would probably end up in jail). But - theoretically could you connect the programmer w/boot CD from M$ (which you will not distribute) and a 200 gig HD (from compusa) connected instead of the usual 20 gig - could you make the 200 gig work? Could we build a programmer and a boot CD ourselves and make this work?

shakaru · « **Reply #142 on:** January 20, 2006, 11:57:00 PM »

QUOTE(bonevichio @ Jan 18 2006, 07:40 PM)

How about if YOU (authorized repair dealer) - were to use the so called programmer and boot disk to enable the safe mode? I know we cannot do this without your help because of your disclosure and inability to make the CD available (you would probably end up in jail). But - theoretically could you connect the programmer w/boot CD from M$ (which you will not distribute) and a 200 gig HD (from compusa) connected instead of the usual 20 gig - could you make the 200 gig work? Could we build a programmer and a boot CD ourselves and make this work?

Because
A) There are NO "Authorized Repair Dealers"

Why would you need a "safe mode" if there is a virtual machine?
C) If there was a programer, ms would never let it out of the factory because if it can write ANY ammount of data, it the xbox is cracked easily.

DarkLabel · « **Reply #143 on:** January 23, 2006, 06:40:00 PM »

QUOTE(shakaru @ Jan 21 2006, 08:04 AM)

Because
A) There are NO "Authorized Repair Dealers"

Why would you need a "safe mode" if there is a virtual machine?
C) If there was a programer, ms would never let it out of the factory because if it can write ANY ammount of data, it the xbox is cracked easily.

If all your saying is true, how will MS change stuff like a new DVD Drive and such?

posiedon · « **Reply #144 on:** January 23, 2006, 10:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(DarkLabel @ Jan 23 2006, 08:47 PM)

If all your saying is true, how will MS change stuff like a new DVD Drive and such?

simple ms dumps the data from the firmware then installs that to a new drive
and if the firmware is lost then they retrieve it from the lpc ports
(each bus runs a seperate code) when these 3 are combined with some program you get the master key for that specific unit
and that is converted into the unique firmware to enable a dvd drive to work with only that unit

HomieJK1 · « **Reply #145 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:10:00 AM »

An idea get the ide to Sata connector or w/e then connect to the pc. then surf the internet for a hdd cloner that needs to go within ms-dos(bootable) then clone the hdd. I did this with the original xbox years ago and it worked fine dont know about 360 though

lukecalypso · « **Reply #146 on:** February 03, 2006, 09:42:00 AM »

chip number ID on Hitachi Travelstar model: HTS541020G9SA00

u3= 25fv055

u6= 593c 668

u1= m37a56s0B-4400KP

u4= s6416AHTA-6BEH

U5= TLS 2291A

i hope it'll be useful to find eprom with HD info

LukeZ

This post has been edited by lukecalypso: Feb 3 2006, 05:42 PM

whyte · « **Reply #147 on:** February 04, 2006, 02:58:00 PM »

Has anyone looked into the memory unit aspect of this? Maybe if we take a look at it, it will give us insight as to how the hard drive works. It might even be possible to make larger memory units, maybe even wire a hard drive into the memory unit and trick the 360 into believing it is a real unit.

BlueCop · « **Reply #148 on:** February 05, 2006, 11:24:00 AM »

or the one above mine

TWiST · « **Reply #149 on:** February 05, 2006, 06:35:00 PM »

Espicalley when the board freaks out and posts my msg twice... haha guess I shouldnt of said anything at all.

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