Topic: Larger Hard Drive Project Thread (Read 5848 times)

modthebox.tk · « **Reply #45 on:** November 27, 2005, 10:37:00 AM »

hmm. I just thought of this. Could the locking key be inside the CPU with the boot rom? That way you can use that particular hard drive on any other or something like that. That is something to think about if the drives are not locked but are lockable.

Also has anybody tried going into DOS or Linux version DOS and tried see what they can find? I know it sounds crazy but I have heard of people say that you can recover anything if you know what you are doing. And it seems that the drive connects without much difficulty to the PC.

Just a thought.

holy crap sorry when I was replying it was different :|. Sorry that is awesome! ppl are already finding stuff.

Step 1 completed

deadparrot · « **Reply #46 on:** November 27, 2005, 10:42:00 AM »

QUOTE(TheSpecialist @ Nov 27 2005, 03:07 PM)

Therefore, there is some speculation going on that the new filesystem might be the one that's supposedly going to be used in the new windows version, Vista.

I was hoping for an NTFS based system, so yay! As for the Vista Filesystem (WINFS) it was dropped some 1 or 2 years ago.

mafiafan123 · « **Reply #47 on:** November 27, 2005, 11:15:00 AM »

Input fits any HD and Xbox will Format Any Kind So is it pos. To Mod With A HD oR Have A 250GB And Be Supported, Only Thing is it wont fit in the case,

Look in the pictures Couldnt You Just Hook Up ANy HD bc of the REG SERIAL CABLE? aND there not be a need for special files or anything due to under the options you can format a new hdd under system settings

IPB Image

CracK The BoX

XBOX 360 LIVE NAME: mafiafan123 , contact me if you have any ideas

Cyclone268 · « **Reply #48 on:** November 27, 2005, 12:13:00 PM »

Hey, about those usb hard drives.

Couldnt you internalize one of the rear USB ports and internalize a USB 2.0 hdd?

Please correct me if im wrong.

Thanks

Oliver

Vectrexx · « **Reply #49 on:** November 27, 2005, 02:04:00 PM »

Saving on an external USB Hdd isn´t possible ?

nebur · « **Reply #50 on:** November 27, 2005, 02:31:00 PM »

has anyone tried low level formatting a drive before connecting it with a sata to ide adapter? Also how about using the original 360 drive in a usb enclosure and connecting it to a usb port on the 360. would try this myself but can't find a drive( had to settle for a core for now

) Maybe we can get the 360 to recognize the drive from the usb as a 360 drive. just a few ideas.

nebur

Jonolche · « **Reply #51 on:** November 27, 2005, 03:20:00 PM »

OK, The one think that we know it on the hard drive is the emulatior for the xbox. To test this take out your hard ddrive and it will not play origional games.

I also read this off IGN, it says that emulation files are on it:

The technical issues seem to revolve around the backward compatible (BC) code. Because the games normally run without any issues on Xbox, and because they're running on Xbox 360s, the BC code, which is stored on your Hard Drive, is the most likely candidate. Once you get into a session, the game runs without any noticeable issues. But joining a game proved erratic and frustrating at best. The experience of trying various scenarios -- like turning the system off and one again or switching controllers -- may, or may not, work. Miller's 360 never worked at all, and this could potentially happen to anybody.

MrCrazy1 · « **Reply #52 on:** November 27, 2005, 04:28:00 PM »

I don't think it will be possible for quite some time before you can plug usb in and it recognizes it as the main drive. Now getting a sata drive and formating it correctly to run on 360 shouldn't be very hard. Thanks to free60 it may be very close.

PsylentGlo · « **Reply #53 on:** November 27, 2005, 07:36:00 PM »

QUOTE

To add a new HD to the XBOX and enable the XBOX to format it, the correct headers at the bottom of the Hdd have to be set. After that is picked up, the xbox allows you to format it.

Why the hell are yall still talking about ways to add a retail HDD?? Like the specialist stated its already possible!! ok leave it alone now all we need is a reason to add more hdd space(other than f***n pics and music!), and we need software addons for other things, and we need the understand the filestructure more b4 those can be developed!! so in other words stop worrying about adding a hdd and start to working on decrypting the hdd dumps that The Specialist was talking about!!

Hey specialist could you possibly post that dump on a ftp server or sumthing like that? or possibly get on efnet and hand it over?

just do a " /whois DyZiE" to find me! thx!

Burgleflickle · « **Reply #54 on:** November 28, 2005, 12:03:00 AM »

QUOTE(PsylentGlo @ Nov 28 2005, 03:43 AM)

Why the hell are yall still talking about ways to add a retail HDD?? Like the specialist stated its already possible!! ok leave it alone now all we need is a reason to add more hdd space(other than f***n pics and music!), and we need software addons for other things, and we need the understand the filestructure more b4 those can be developed!! so in other words stop worrying about adding a hdd and start to working on decrypting the hdd dumps that The Specialist was talking about!!

Hey specialist could you possibly post that dump on a ftp server or sumthing like that? or possibly get on efnet and hand it over?

just do a " /whois DyZiE" to find me! thx!

He's right. You guys don't have enough knowledge to be screwing around with your xb or drive. Leave it to the people with the know how to check/decrypt the files, and/or hardware. Speculation does nothing without the know how. Quit spinning your wheels and let these guys go nuts--be patient, they'll crack this bitch. Bunnie, we miss you man. I hope you're up for cracking this one.

JoBlo69 · « **Reply #55 on:** November 29, 2005, 01:15:00 AM »

wow...

I just read this forum from the start to the finish, I think people should acctually read the whole thread before adding a replay, so that the same damn thing isnt repeated over and over... Gets old and hard to pick out the new stuff.

Just a thought

Here's some info for you guys!!!

The xbox 360 dash is on a 128mb flash rom from Hynix. Here is the model number HY27US08281A. Google it and it will take you strate to what this chip consists of.

A friend of mine (i think) accually did the quality control for these chips about 8 months ago at the oregon plant.

So now we know the dash is on a "flashable" bios type chip that is 128mb in size.

The bitch part of this is going to some how get around the boot bios that is accually made into the ibm cpu.

but the dash is just software flashed onto a chip!!! there has to ba away to dump or read the flash rom on the mobo. I have no idea of what could do this... unless someone could find away to hook this chip up to a pc that can run some kind of bios type reading sofware app.

If it is even possable to read the data on this chip we could look for what it takes to "sign" whatever to get a homebrew dash of somekind to boot. Its not like there can be much to the dash software that has it encryped is there??? I wouldnt know... yet

but anyways... theres somthing for you all to hash out... Hope it was usefull

JoBlo69 · « **Reply #56 on:** November 29, 2005, 02:16:00 AM »

I just googled it...

Heres a link

<a href=http://www.hynix.com/datasheet/eng/flash/details/flash_11_HY27US08281A.jsp></a>

I just googled it...

Heres a link

<a href=http://www.hynix.com/datasheet/eng/flash/details/flash_11_HY27US08281A.jsp>click here</a>

i guess html isnt supported???

dwall4 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 29, 2005, 05:52:00 PM »

what about using a usb stick as a memcard then transferring a 360gamesave to the memstick.

i am using a Lexar 256 stick as a xbox memcard.

i dunno if you could gain access to anything by modifying the gamesave but maybe it would be of some help. i know i have the link for making a usbstick xbox memcard somehwere but i cant rememer where.

azninvasion · « **Reply #58 on:** November 29, 2005, 11:38:00 PM »

Someone with access to some great hardware could install a clip between the hard drive and the xb360, and record the data that passes between the hd and 360 on startup (if this technology exists yeah...), and then analyze and copy those contents to a rom, and then install a retail sata laptop drive, develop a proto board which passes the contents of the rom (hd boot sequence) to the xb360, then allows data to flow freely between the hd and xb360 and sees what happens. This would work assuming that the pass/authen key, (whether or not hte xb360 will recognize the new hd) is checked only once on system startup, and not periodically. If its checked periodically then hmm nevermind.

thejt · « **Reply #59 on:** November 30, 2005, 07:00:00 AM »

I think one possible way to get a larger "stock" drive working would be to replace the 360's drive with a new larger one. Then call MS and tell them a story of your hard drive not working. Hopefully like with the old xbox they can give us a button sequence and beep bop boop the 360 dumps headers or whatever it needs and then formats the drive. Im gonna call MS and give it a shot.

Im glad to see progress on the topic. Im sure the guys that know this stuff inside and out will have something soon. Until then people will continue to have ideas, stupid or not they are ideas.

If I was better at using my gonkulator I would have hacked the 360 already.. LOL.

Author Topic: Larger Hard Drive Project Thread (Read 5848 times)