Topic: Sh-d162c, Is It Worth The Investment (Read 140 times)

Chancer · « **on:** December 02, 2006, 10:00:00 AM »

Is it worth the investment??
This drive is £11.73 from my supplier in the UK. Hardly expensive and it can be used as a DVD drive other than for backups.

05flhri · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:18:00 PM »

Yes it is !!
My 360 is fully assembled and looks like it should. Never have to take it apart, except for FW upgrades.
My reader and writer are in USB 2.0 enclosures and get put away when not in use.
XBC and Schtrom work great, and just can't say enough about the convience.
Sorry for the long and off topic answer, but if you can get one, Get It!!!!

Heet · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2006, 12:51:00 PM »

Hell ya its worth it. Its worth a lot more than that but dont tell anybody. It kicks so much ass with Kreons firmware!

pb_05 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:14:00 PM »

yeah deffinetly worth it...i got ahold on one for $48....best investment EVER! i put the disc in and had a working backup in under an hour!

jabroniekilla · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:28:00 PM »

just a side question, does the sh-d162 rip games faster then using stock 360 drive? if so, how much faster?

spe411 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:34:00 PM »

QUOTE(crazydrve @ Dec 2 2006, 02:36 PM)

Ok guys stupid question here.

I need to ask what the SH-D162C does?

and can someone tell me what this stuff is
XBC? my guess is xbconnect

Schtrom? MY guess is way to read games.

any help is appreciated

The SH-D162C is a Samsung PC DVD Drive that can be flashed with a special firmware (Kreon) that allows it to read XBOX 360 games. Most PC drives can't read 360 games. So it makes ripping games easy.

XBC is actually Xbox Backup Creator. It can be used to rip and burn games. Schtrom does the same thing...just a different program.

Thanks everybody for the advice so far.

crazydrve · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:48:00 PM »

Hey thanks for the quick reply

will it read xbox 1 games?

and thanks to everyone helping in the scene

pb_05 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2006, 01:54:00 PM »

it rips games completely in under 15 minutes, then backup takes around 30 at 2.4x on my computer...which is deffinetly faster then other methiods...wxripper took around 45 and isobuster took over 30

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2006, 02:02:00 PM »

vasalia or something .com has them 38 shipped paypal. takes about 8 days coming from over seas.

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2006, 03:15:00 PM »

when you rip with the 162, it rips all necessary sectors for current xtreme firmware, SS, dmi, and pfi? i forget the names, but it does all three, ready to go in the image.

Chancer · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2006, 01:57:00 AM »

QUOTE(spe411 @ Dec 2 2006, 07:52 PM)

The only place I can find one to purchase is on Ebay.....$60 after shipping.

Dabs.com has them in stock. That may of course be different in the US. I just ordered another which has already been shipped
Yes it will rip Xbox 1 games, but you still have to convert to an XISO afterwards using qwix etc so it makes the process a bit long winded

ShMaCk2004 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2006, 02:19:00 AM »

QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Dec 2 2006, 11:22 PM)

when you rip with the 162, it rips all necessary sectors for current xtreme firmware, SS, dmi, and pfi? i forget the names, but it does all three, ready to go in the image.

what do you mean by 162?
also with the 360 play the xbox 1 backups?

Chancer · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2006, 02:25:00 AM »

QUOTE(ShMaCk2004 @ Dec 3 2006, 09:26 AM)

what do you mean by 162?
also with the 360 play the xbox 1 backups?

162 = The model number of the drive Samsung SHD 162C
Yes the 360 will play Xbox 1 backups but only if on DL media and created the same way you create a 360 game

ShMaCk2004 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 03, 2006, 09:54:00 AM »

QUOTE(Chancer @ Dec 3 2006, 10:32 AM)

162 = The model number of the drive Samsung SHD 162C
Yes the 360 will play Xbox 1 backups but only if on DL media and created the same way you create a 360 game

well it looks like i wont be making xbox 1 backups till xtreme 5 comes out...im not wasting my DL's on xbox 1 games...i'll play them on xbox 1 for now. but thanks

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