Topic: Can A Laptop Be Used? (Read 157 times)

jaywrth · « **on:** July 21, 2006, 04:48:00 AM »

Can a laptop be used instead of a normal PC to connect the XBox360 DVD drive? The reason I ask is a simple one, I DONT HAVE A DESKTOP PC!!!!! :S

If a laptop can, and I doubt it can, be used, anyone have any ideas how to do it.

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CoolJimKid · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2006, 10:15:00 PM »

(IMG:http://leydenaccess.org/Jimmy/laptop_setup_drawing.jpg)

Why do you doubt that you could flash your drive with a laptop? I'm fairly confident that it can b done...The drawing aboverepresents my theoretical laptop setup. Once I receive everything that I have ordered, I plan on flashing via xecuter's connectivity kit.
Inorder to be able to use it, i need power. I just happen to have an external drive enclosure, so i will power the connectivity kit with that power cable (the cable that is to be going to the drive that should be in the enclosure). Then i will power my xbox 360 optical drive with the sata power cable that comes with the connectivity kit. Alls that left now is rigging up a way to connect the sata optical drive to my laptop.
My laptop doesnt have a sata port, so I had to find a work around. Thats why I bought a sata to usb converter on ebay. That should allow me to connect the sata to my laptop through usb! i know the setup is a big mess, but nevertheless it should work., what do you guys think? i can post my successful or unsuccessful details when i get everything and try it.

jaywrth · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2006, 06:41:00 AM »

Did you have any luck with this, judging from your excellent diagram it all went smoothly?

Btw I understand the theory, I would like to see someone who has actually done the flashing via a laptop write up a report.

Is there anyone out there that has actually done this.

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2006, 09:51:00 PM »

Gotta love that diagram

i still havent tested it because i havent received my sata-usb converter

I suppose i can post a report when i finally do it. (i'll use better pictures

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DVision · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2006, 08:42:00 PM »

CoolJimKid

Please keep us posted on how this turns out for you. In theory it looks very possible. Just wanna here about the results before I go ordering stuff I don't need.

hanantor · « **Reply #5 on:** August 11, 2006, 01:37:00 AM »

is there any folow up about this one, bcoz I have the same problem , I dont have desktop

pisshead · « **Reply #6 on:** August 11, 2006, 04:44:00 AM »

I'm sure the flashing util wont work under dos as there are no drivers.

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #7 on:** August 11, 2006, 09:21:00 AM »

Sorry for keeping you guys waiting, but I just received my sata to usb converter today. (The guy that I bought it from on Ebay is from Hong Kong). Fellow members, let me be the first to officially announce that YES, flashing can be successfully done via a laptop. I did it following my excellent diagram

and using OPA-XTREME-HITACHI-7IN1-V2_1 . Flashed in a manner of minutes. (less than 2 after everything was hooked up). I will post pictures of my setup before the end of the day.

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #8 on:** August 11, 2006, 12:32:00 PM »

Here guys, hope it helps
http://leydenaccess....with_laptop.pdf

fizzy69 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 12, 2006, 05:56:00 PM »

Do you have a Hitachi or Samsung drive?

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #10 on:** August 12, 2006, 06:14:00 PM »

The OPA-XTREME-HITACHI-7IN1-V2_1 is only for Hitachi drives, sorry for not making it clear in the tutorial

chipdouglas2819 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 12, 2006, 11:00:00 PM »

doesnt your computer have to be able to boot with usb drivers?

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #12 on:** August 13, 2006, 07:38:00 AM »

I'm not positive. Thats the way I did it--i turned my laptop off, plugged my setup to the usb port and then booted my laptop. I havent attempted plugging in my setup while my laptop was on, but because the connection is usb, I dont think the laptop (or pc) has to boot with usb drivers--as long as it still is able to load them.

This post has been edited by CoolJimKid: Aug 13 2006, 02:41 PM

zoddtheimmortal · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2006, 11:04:00 PM »

nice write up, i hav the samsung drive. is there an easuier way to get power? i dont have an enclosure. where did you buy the xecutor kit from and where did you get the OPA-XTREME-HITACHI-7IN1-V2_1 file from as i will need one that will work for the toshiba samsung. thanks.

CoolJimKid · « **Reply #14 on:** October 09, 2006, 10:31:00 AM »

This was the eaisest way for me to get power to the xecutor connectivity kit because I have a laptop, and therefore no molex cable. In my situation, i cant see another way of powering the connectivity--there might be a cable with a molex plug on one end and with the standard 3 prongs on the other so that you could power it straight from an outlet, but i havent ever looked for one. You can find the xecuter kit here but that version 1 of it. the version 2 is made more statically sound. As for the firmware file, I cannot tell you where on the internet it is, seeing as it will violate the terms of this site... this thread might be of some help, however

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