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[capboy210]

Does anyone else have a BenQ in there elite? Time to speak up.

[bigmac_375]

QUOTE(davidrose9 @ May 1 2007, 02:11 PM)

I am going to purchase an elite 360 within the next 2 weeks i will post back then. I was hopeing that it was BLACK BLACK not greyish in color all the pictures I've noticed it beening a bit on the greyer side. Oh well I want it (HDMI) anyhows..  

Well, when i was listening to major last night, he said that the original xbox 360 was a "chill" color. He went on to clearly state that the elite is not charcoal, not midnight, but black. plain old B-L-A-C-K. This person must've painted theirs.

[booker]

QUOTE(epsilon72 @ May 1 2007, 07:51 PM)

If you read the thread referenced in the original post, you'll see that several other elite owners are saying they have a Benq drive as well.

sorry but the elite is not that black you should check other pircutres and when there is a fair amount of light (as when you take  screenshot with flash) you can see it´s a dark grey instead.

[Ge4orce]

That picture is an elite.  Mine looks exactly like it.

It would appear to be my Elite also has a BenQ drive as well.

What would be the exact appearance of the drive so I can double check?

[ErikREspo]

I just bought an Elite on Sunday.  It looks just like that.  The elite is black  but the texture makes it a greyish color.

How can you tell if you have a BenQ drive?

[Noyze]

QUOTE(capboy210 @ May 1 2007, 01:53 PM)

Does anyone else have a BenQ in there elite? Time to speak up.

 I have a BenQ drive in my elite. I also have a VIA 6124 SATA chipset. If anyone has any ideas on how to dump the firmware using the SATA chipset please email me and I will do it!! [email protected]

[CollinstheClown]

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[warlordship]

My drive looks exactly like that of the picture.  Bought in Utah (wherever that zone is).

While the Elite is black, it's not as black as the controller.

[baggiestbullet]

where in utah did you get your elite?

[cerealkillajme]

QUOTE(grim_d @ May 1 2007, 11:15 AM)

agreed, that's time that could be better spent cracking the actual system and getting some actual actual homebrew

Well let's not forget that without the FW hack the hypervisor exploit would not have been found (the shaders could be edited in the Kiosk disc, but the hypervisor bug didn't exist until after they blacklisted the Kiosk disc). It does appear though that most of the big boys are working on hacking the kernel and fully hacking the hypervisor, so maybe we'll see something in the near future.

[spoonjaffa]

QUOTE(epsilon72 @ May 1 2007, 05:11 PM)

Awesome.  I'd much rather have a quiet drive than a firmware hack (for me at least)

After hacking the firmware for my 360 drive i find its quieter now, so i'm much happier whilst playing games.

[zipperboy]

Please post info for your (Benq-Elite) so we can help other people get one.

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unfortunetly the masses only like to pirate instead of buying games

Oh really? The masses are all pirates? Wow, I don't know why MS$ continues to even make Xbox's then.  

[PillHarris]

QUOTE(89c4l98 @ May 1 2007, 03:51 PM)

I am sure ms will finish the surplus of samsung and hitachi before going to benq that is why there is a mix of them

Samsung and Hitachi have been the main suppliers for a long time. For all we know, they could have a contract with Microsoft that lasts 5 years. The BenQ were probably brought in to help out temporarily with supply. No reason to believe that they will ever replace the main suppliers. It's more likely that BenQ will eventually just disappear from 360's and never be seen again, or just be a third supplier.

[Tsukasa83]

got an xbox360 non elite last night and its got the benQ in it