hi to all the forum, first post here!
I just buyed my soft modded 360 with hitachi drive; don't know the firmware rev. nor the sofmod type
i read all the usefull stuff of the forum (really usefull tutorials

) and then did my first attempts with
burner: Pioneer 111D fw 1.29
software: xbox backup creator (current release) + image burn (current release)
1)
game: gears of war
media: kodak (ricohjpn d01)
writing speed: 2.4X (the only one supported by pio111D for this media)
works fine, even startin' game from dashboard; no start trick required!2)
game: test drive unlimited
media: verbatim
writing speed: 2.4X
works fine, even startin' game from dashboard; no start trick required!3)
game: motogp 06
media: verbatim

writing speed 8X
works fine, even startin' game from dashboard; no start trick required!More tests soon, but verbatim rulez! Cheap and reliable, if you can find them!